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

[Disney Analyst]

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

Also another simple build! A warehouse behind the coaster, with theming wherever they place the entrance.

This is the beauty of adding rides, they will never take as long as something like Avatar, which will have complex theming.

 

[Disney Irish]

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.

When bluesky'ing a project I have to assume that those type of things aren't looked at really closely until the time they have to move to actually making a decision, ie a go/no-go type of decision. And it was that go/no-go decision point where things like capacity and in this case scale was looked at.

Also just for reference, I believe the show building for Tron is 105 ft, so just a 20-25 foot difference between Tron and Cosmic Rewind. So that seems like it would have thrown off the scale too, unless they went below grade and sunk the building.

 

[Disney Irish]

Also another simple build! A warehouse behind the coaster, with theming wherever they place the entrance.

This is the beauty of adding rides, they will never take as long as something like Avatar, which will have complex theming.

Plus not much site prep work to clear the area, which is also different from Avatar.

 

[mickEblu]

When bluesky'ing a project I have to assume that those type of things aren't looked at really closely until the time they have to move to actually making a decision, ie a go/no-go type of decision. And it was that go/no-go decision point where things like capacity and in this case scale was looked at.

Also just for reference, I believe the show building for Tron is 105 ft, so just a 20-25 foot difference between Tron and Cosmic Rewind. So that seems like it would have thrown off the scale too, unless they went below grade and sunk the building.

Yeah this doesn’t make any sense to me. Even if they blue sky’d it before considering the location. How long can you possibly consider a particular location without considering a very obvious issue like a building being too big for that location? Seems to me they got far enough along to where either the size of the building wasn’t an issue of they just didn’t care. And again the building size was never mentioned as a possible reason the project was ax’d. All we heard was capacity. For all we know maybe the fact that they were going to go with a smaller coaster/ building contributed to the capacity being low.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

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.

When was this ever rumored? I've never heard of this.

 

[mickEblu]

When was this ever rumored? I've never heard of this.

A while ago. I was want to say at least 8 years

 

[Disney Irish]

Yeah this doesn’t make any sense to me. Even if they blue sky’d it before considering the location. How long can you possibly consider a particular location without considering a very obvious issue like a building being too big for that location? Seems to me they got far enough along to where either the size of the building wasn’t an issue of they just didn’t care. And again the building size was never mentioned as a possible reason the project was ax’d. All we heard was capacity. For all we know maybe the fact that they were going to go with a smaller coaster/ building contributed to the capacity being low.

Yeah who knows. I'm just saying that its possible it played a part into it not that its the primary reason. Capacity was obviously the main reason because that was the rumor being pushed at the time.

 

[Professortango1]

They also wouldn't necessarily need to enclose the coaster in a show building if it was themed to a property which didn't need to take place in some void of space. An Avengers coaster could be something similar to Hagrid's with a majority of the ride taking place outdoors.

 

[Gusey]

They also wouldn't necessarily need to enclose the coaster in a show building if it was themed to a property which didn't need to take place in some void of space. An Avengers coaster could be something similar to Hagrid's with a majority of the ride taking place outdoors.

Does DCA still have the sound barrier issue? I know that both Incredicoaster and Goofy's have sound barriers to stop the screams getting to the rest of Anaheim but is that still an issue for that park? If so, an outdoor coaster would still need some kind of barrier to stop the screams. Disneyland's berm seems to work for BTM, but again all the other Disneyland coasters (Gadget's and Space) are either indoors or have a disguised barrier to the outer world

 

[Animaniac93-98]

An Avengers coaster could be something similar to Hagrid's with a majority of the ride taking place outdoors.

The Spider-Man coaster coming to Shanghai Disneyland is just that, complete with indoor show scenes for some parts

Just without the motorbike seating

 

[Disney Analyst]

This photo came from Owen_M on the Freshbaked app…a third floor?

 

[Disney Irish]

This photo came from Owen_M on the Freshbaked app…a third floor?

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Office space or breakroom? Like isn't that they put up on MMRR second floor.

I mean it would be cool if it was all 3 stories used for attraction space.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Office space or breakroom? Like isn't that they put up on MMRR second floor.

I mean it would be cool if it was all 3 stories used for attraction space.

I certainly wonder if they are including offices or backstage infrastructure much like they did with MMRR.

 

[NobodyElse]

This photo came from Owen_M on the Freshbaked app…a third floor?

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Hard to tell. It looks (for now) like the side facing the park is taller than the back side. It might be used to support a façade (for theming and maybe to alter site-lines).

 

[mickEblu]

Drops confirmed

 

[Disney Analyst]

Hard to tell. It looks (for now) like the side facing the park is taller than the back side. It might be used to support a façade (for theming and maybe to alter site-lines).

That tallest side we see right now is the furthest back corner of the site, I'm not even sure if they'll need to theme it for park guests.

Pretty sure it is this area in red:

The theme facade, entrance, and flat ride should be much close to the current Avengers HQ, which would block view of the main show building (the section that has gone vertical) for Infinity Defense.

 

[DrStarlander]

I'm just hoping it's not something like...

 

[Disney Irish]

I'm just hoping it's not something like...
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I think we can pretty much guarantee that it won't be that.

 

[wityblack]

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.

I'm sorry, I was just trying to be playful. I just don't see it opening in 2026. But I'd love to be proved wrong!

Also another simple build! A warehouse behind the coaster, with theming wherever they place the entrance.

This is the beauty of adding rides, they will never take as long as something like Avatar, which will have complex theming.

Ironically I feel like Stark Flight Lab may be the more complicated ride, at least in some aspects.

I certainly wonder if they are including offices or backstage infrastructure much like they did with MMRR.

I feel like that's a given at this point, since they are reclaiming so much backstage for expansions. Why not build in infrastructure that frees up more backstage area in the future?

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.

A couple notes: I was more referring to how fast steel goes up when that stage starts. I think it looks fast to us because it's way more visible than with other ground-up projects, like Galaxy's Edge, or even Runaway Railway. Secondly, I imagine their pie-in-the-sky opening timeframe could have coincided with the original release of Secret Wars in May of 2026. So if they end up with a Winter 2026 opening, it would be more serendipitous than anything. But December 2026 is a year and a third away, and this is a non-clone attraction, so I just find it unlikely that it will have enough time for a full build and complete testing by then.

 

[wityblack]

I'm just hoping it's not something like...
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Don't be silly!! You forgot to put in the gift shop for Stark Flight Lab!!