Earffel Tower, faux water tower at Walt Disney Studios Park and formerly at Disney's Hollywood Studios
The Earffel Tower was a water tower-shaped structure at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida built from metal that never actually stored water. The structure featured a rectangular base with a rounded top and large Mickey ears on top, standing approximately 130 feet tall.
The structure was built in the late 1980s and opened in 1989 with the newly built Disney-MGM Studios as a symbol of film production. It was dismantled in 2016 to make room for new attractions like Toy Story Land, marking the end of an era in the park's history.
The name combines 'Eiffel' with 'earful' as a playful pun referring to the large Mickey ears placed on top of the structure. The tower served visitors as a visual symbol of the park's Hollywood theme and helped them navigate while experiencing the feeling of classic film studio surroundings.
The structure was located in a back area of the park and was visible from many spots, making it helpful as an orientation point. It was not designed for public entry, so visitors could only view and photograph it from the outside.
The structure was inspired by real water tanks found at Hollywood film studios in California, with Disney Imagineers adapting it as a recognizable landmark. Despite its appearance as a functional water tank, the structure was purely decorative and never stored water, serving only to create an authentic Hollywood studio feeling.
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