About Me (And TowerSecrets!)

TowerSecrets.com is a labor of love by Mandi Grant, web developer and artist. It’s basically an outlet for coping with not being able to ride the Tower every day. 🙂 I first rode the Tower when I was 10 years old and it scared the daylights outta me.  But that’s okay, I love being scared silly.

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December 1994 – my first ride on the Tower of Terror! (I’m the screaming kid 😀 )

A couple decades of thrill rides later, I can still say the Tower is my most cherished theme park attraction. The Tower is so many of my favorite things – ghosts, creepy old buildings, a science fiction backstory, an exhilarating ride experience – rolled up into one tall, beautiful, cobwebbed bundle.

The “insides” of things have always fascinated me, and the Tower is no exception. Most theme park attractions are easy to figure out, but the Tower was (and still is, in many ways) a mystery to me.  I would give almost anything for a tour of the Tower of Terror’s engine room and to ride with the lights on.  In the meantime, I will settle for building this site dedicated to the Tower of Terror (and its secrets… you know, like secret stuff).

Photography

Many of the photos on this site were taken by me using a simple point and shoot camera. Read more about my photography equipment here.

Site Design

This site is powered by WordPress. It uses the Genesis framework and a custom theme I created myself called 13th Floor.

This site is hosted on Lunarpages.

Thank Yous

A huge thank you is owed to the following websites and people:

spectropluto.deviantart.com for the photo used in the site’s background

TowerOfTerror.org for being a wealth of information and inspiration

RunningAtDisney.com for teaching me the ins and outs of the Tower of Terror 10 Miler

Me and the Tower of Terror

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December 2012 – Visiting an old friend

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September 2013 – me and my husband Jim make spooky faces near the DCA Tower of Terror.

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October 2014 – Jim and I say hello to the DCA Tower again!

Site History & Milestones

September 2013: Site launched

October 2014: Site reaches 100,000 views total

Disclaimer

The Tower of Terror is copyright Disney.

TowerSecrets is independent of and not supported, endorsed by or connected to The Walt Disney Company or its subsidiaries and affiliates.