Opening date May 1, 1989 Closed 2001 Designer Walt Disney Imagineering | Status Closed Closing date April 29, 2016 Status Operating Opened 1 May 1989 | |
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Construction of the earffel tower
The Earffel Tower is a faux water tower located at Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris in Seine-et-Marne. The original version previously existed at Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Adorned with a set of Mickey Mouse ears, they were inspired by the real water tower located at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.
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A pun on the Eiffel Tower, they are based on water towers commonly found on Hollywood studio backlots of the first half of the 1900s, which were originally a safety measure to douse fires on highly flammable wooden film sets; the Earffel Towers, however, do not contain water.
The original 130-foot Earffel Tower at Disney's Hollywood Studios, was the first of the two towers and was located in the Studio Backlot Tour backstage area of the park. It was the original icon of the park (then-known as Disney-MGM Studios), from 1989 until 2001, along with the Chinese Theatre facade of The Great Movie Ride. The Sorcerer's Hat then served as the park's official icon until its removal in 2015. The tower was removed on April 29, 2016, to facilitate the construction of the park's Toy Story Land.
The second, 163-foot tower at Walt Disney Studios Park debuted in 2002 and has served as the park's icon since then.
Earffel tower construction
