Avengers Campus: E-Watch! (Waiting on the new ride)

[MarvelCharacterNerd]

It was really exciting seeing the building already going vertical and also seeing how big the space looks!

 

[Disney Analyst]

More Progress.

 

[NobodyElse]

More Progress.

literally.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

More Progress.

 

[wityblack]

Is it really that fast? How is this faster than any other build Disney has done?

 

[coffeefan]

Maybe 2026 is in the cards.

 

[wityblack]

Maybe 2026 is in the cards.

This guy has jokes!

 

[Touchdown]

I’m sure they want that thing up and running for the Olympics.

 

[coffeefan]

This guy has jokes!

Chill out, I didn't say it was going to happen.

But if they keep working at this pace, it's possible, since there's an incentive to cross-promote along with Doomsday.

 

[etc98]

Picture if you will Tower of Terror off in the distance with an Avengers version of Cosmic Rewind being built in the expansion pad.

Oh well. Nice that DCA is getting new attractions.

Cosmic Rewind is 130-140 feet tall. Tower of Terror is 183 feet tall. If they built a Cosmic Rewind clone directly next to Tower of Terror, you’d have an enormous box that comes three quarters of the way up the hotel. It would have completely thrown off the forced perspective and wouldn’t have looked good at all. Even if they themed it better than the blue box in Epcot, I still think it’s way too tall for that location in DCA

 

[DrStarlander]

More Progress.

I just hope this new building blocks the sight of the power lines. And if not, Disney should get the city (or power utility's) permission to paint the towers red and gold and add some thematic doo-dads to them to make them part of the theme...as if they're bringing the juice necessary to run Tony Stark's lab.

 

[Disney Analyst]

I just hope this new building blocks the sight of the power lines. And if not, Disney should get the city (or power utility's) permission to paint the towers red and gold and add some thematic doo-dads to them to make them part of the theme...as if they're bringing the juice necessary to run Tony Stark's lab.

I think it will. When they build the rest of the building much closer to the current building, should be blocked. Of course perhaps if you’re further back you’ll see a smidge, but should be better than before.

 

[Disney Irish]

Is it really that fast? How is this faster than any other build Disney has done?

It depends on by what projects you're talking about. Recently many of Disney Parks projects were taking 5ish years to complete, most due to being delayed by the pandemic. So in that timeline they wouldn't have been going vertical after only starting the project a few months prior. But now that it has, and the progress in which they are moving puts this project on a path to be finished in 2-3 years, a more normal timeline. I wouldn't be surprised if we don't have a completed show building (obviously with all the work still left inside to do) by the middle of next month.

So yes a late 2026 opening to coincide with the premiere of Doomsday in December 2026 is not out of the question if its already going vertical now with quick progress.

 

[Disney Analyst]

It depends on by what projects you're talking about. Recently many of Disney Parks projects were taking 5ish years to complete, most due to being delayed by the pandemic. So in that timeline they wouldn't have been going vertical after only starting the project a few months prior. But now that it has, and the progress in which they are moving puts this project on a path to be finished in 2-3 years, a more normal timeline.

So yes a late 2026 opening to coincide with the premiere of Doomsday in December 2026 is not out of the question if its already going vertical now with quick progress.

This is also probably one of the simpler builds they have had in a long time. Up there with Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway. And that actually went quite fast given the pandemic.

All they are building is a warehouse, with the entrance area themed like… simple buildings, slightly futuristic.

 

[Disney Irish]

I’m sure they want that thing up and running for the Olympics.

Its looking to be up and running at least a full year before the Olympics.

 

[mickEblu]

Cosmic Rewind is 130-140 feet tall. Tower of Terror is 183 feet tall. If they built a Cosmic Rewind clone directly next to Tower of Terror, you’d have an enormous box that comes three quarters of the way up the hotel. It would have completely thrown off the forced perspective and wouldn’t have looked good at all. Even if they themed it better than the blue box in Epcot, I still think it’s way too tall for that location in DCA

I knew it was big. Not sure I knew how big it was in relation to Mission Breakout. I’d be ok with any indoor coaster there. Doesn’t have to be Cosmic Rewind. They were originally considering a Tron style Captain America coaster there which I’m assuming wouldn’t have been housed in a gigantic blue box.

 

[mickEblu]

Its looking to be up and running at least a full year before the Olympics.

If true then maybe Coco is the attraction that opens up during the Olympics.

 

[Disney Irish]

I knew it was big. Not sure I knew how big it was in relation to Mission Breakout. I’d be ok with any indoor coaster there. Doesn’t have to be Cosmic Rewind. They were originally considering a Tron style Captain America coaster there which I’m assuming wouldn’t have been housed in a gigantic blue box.

Possible scale is one of the other reasons (besides capacity) why they didn't choose a coaster to go in that location and why the Cap coaster was scrapped.

 

[Disney Irish]

If true then maybe Coco is the attraction that opens up during the Olympics.

Possible, as if it starts this fall that would be like 2.5 years which is doable I would think.

 

[mickEblu]

Possible scale is one of the other reasons (besides capacity) why they didn't choose a coaster to go in that location and why the Cap coaster was scrapped.

If so that was never mentioned. I have to imagine they understood that a modern E ticket indoor coaster would require at least a decent sized show building before they went down the rabbit hole of designing a ride for that plot.