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

[mickEblu]

To me it sounds more like he's implying that rather than just being a passive observer going through an attraction like PotC, that you are part of the story and your ride vehicle will be integral to the story like RotR or MMRR which is the new thought process in Imagineering.....making you less passive and more part of the story. Recruits!!!!

Probably a better example would be something like Transformers the Ride. You technically aren't doing anything interactive in the sense of controlling a gun or waving your arms, but more that your ride vehicle is what saves the day at the end by shoving the Allspark into Megatron's chest. You "saved the day" even though you really didn't actively do anything. So my guess is something similar on this attraction.....that your presence there and what your ride vehicle does has some sort of effect on the outcome of the story. Again, you save the day without really doing anything.

The line "Sometimes we can do that where you can do gestures, but even if we can't, if we give you the sense that you did something, that's the magic." is what leans me toward that conclusion.

Probably but my question is why anyone in imagineering would think this adds any value?

 

[Disney Irish]

Probably but my question is why anyone in imagineering would think this adds anything value?

To put the guest in the middle of the action and add "stakes" because they feel like they are directly involved rather than just a passive observer like a movie?

 

[mickEblu]

To put the guest in the middle of the action and add "stakes" because they feel like they are directly involved rather than just a passive observer like a movie?

But things like hearing “great job recruit” if you didn’t actively do anything don’t really do that and are hardly worth mentioning by Bruce Vaughn.

 

[Disney Irish]

But things like hearing “great job recruit” if you didn’t actively do anything don’t really do that and are hardly worth mentioning by Bruce Vaughn.

I mean do we really do anything in MB but wave our hands to open the lift door (which isn't even required)? It doesn't require much to change the guest from being a passive observer to feeling like being an active participant, even it they didn't really do anything.

 

[D.Silentu]

To me it sounds more like he's implying that rather than just being a passive observer going through an attraction like PotC, that you are part of the story and your ride vehicle will be integral to the story like RotR or MMRR which is the new thought process in Imagineering.....making you less passive and more part of the story. Recruits!

I realize that this may be all he is saying, as Disney Irish pointed out as well. My instinct to look past that stems from the fact that said approach is such an industry standard now, even Universal does it. So to me it's an odd thing to tout in an interview, much like a car manufacturer proudly stating that their newest model has a screen on the dashboard. Scott Trowbridge teasing a "favorite part" of the ride at D23 keeps me optimistically wondering if there is more than meets the eye to this ostensibly cloned attraction.

 

[Disney Irish]

I realize that this may be all he is saying, as Disney Irish pointed out as well. My instinct to look past that stems from the fact that said approach is such an industry standard now, even Universal does it. So to me it's an odd thing to tout in an interview, much like a car manufacturer proudly stating that their newest model has a screen on the dashboard. Scott Trowbridge teasing a "favorite part" of the ride at D23 keeps me optimistically wondering if there is more than meets the eye to this ostensibly cloned attraction.

Sure anything is possible. And I'm sure that they will try to have a few surprises on the attraction to "wow" us. But I still wouldn't read too much into it at this point.

Also in the world of sound bites they for sure would highlight something that seems mundane to us but would get clicks on some media outlet covering the Parks. I mean just look we've gone on a couple pages now on this just ourselves.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Don't forget that all roller coasters are interactive. When you raise your hands, the coaster goes faster.

 

[D.Silentu]

Also in the world of sound bites they for sure would highlight something that seems mundane to us but would get clicks on some media outlet covering the Parks. I mean just look we've gone on a couple pages now on this just ourselves.

You make a good point, admittedly I am looking at the interview through an enthusiast's lens.

 

[Touchdown]

Don't forget that all roller coasters are interactive. When you raise your hands, the coaster goes faster.

No you’re wrong, raising your hands does nothing! Everyone knows the only way to make a coaster go faster is to row up the lift. There is no current method for increasing the speed on a launch coaster.

 

[MisterPenguin]

No you’re wrong, raising your hands does nothing! Everyone knows the only way to make a coaster go faster is to row up the lift. There is no current method for increasing the speed on a launch coaster.

<looks furtively left and right....> I keep magnets in my pocket!!

 

[chadwpalm]

Don't forget that all roller coasters are interactive. When you raise your hands, the coaster goes faster.

Or when you stare at a goat.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Some great new views of the show building.

 

[MarvelCharacterNerd]

I keep saying it but this building is going up insanely fast. Was just there and suddenly there's a roof?!

 

[Dayoldbread16]

I keep saying it but this building is going up insanely fast. Was just there and suddenly there's a roof?!

I was surprised too. Although I wonder if they’ll fully finish the facade before starting construction on the interior of the ride? Although it’ll be disappointing since at that point we won’t be able to visually see any progress.

Also I doubt this will happen but if we are really lucky maybe this ride will be finished by the end of next year

 

[Disney Irish]

I was surprised too. Although I wonder if they’ll fully finish the facade before starting construction on the interior of the ride? Although it’ll be disappointing since at that point we won’t be able to visually see any progress.

Also I doubt this will happen but if we are really lucky maybe this ride will be finished by the end of next year

Remember we're just 9 months into this project with them starting construction in January this year. So while my bet is still for a late 2026 opening even if it does open in 2027 that will still be fast at just over 2ish years (depending on opening date) compared to recent construction projects averaging 3-5 years.

I really do think they want to move on these projects and get the capacity added to DCA before the Olympics, so this and Coco should both be online before summer 2028 in my opinion.

 

[Phroobar]

I keep saying it but this building is going up insanely fast. Was just there and suddenly there's a roof?!

I don't think its a difficult project to build. Just build an empty box. Add projector screens and minimal physical objects. Drive in your trackless vehicles and your done. You already have the loading building.

 

[denyuntilcaught]

Crazy how we waited what seemed EONS for this ride to get off the ground and all of a sudden it's being built quicker than a dark ride in Roller Coaster Tycoon.

Sorry if this has been asked before, but now that it has a roof does anyone have a sense if the building is taller or shorter than ROTR?

 

[Phroobar]

Crazy how we waited what seemed EONS for this ride to get off the ground and all of a sudden it's being built quicker than a dark ride in Roller Coaster Tycoon.

Sorry if this has been asked before, but now that it has a roof does anyone have a sense if the building is taller or shorter than ROTR?

I don't really see a second story like ROTR has. I guess it has really tall IMAX screens?

 

[mickEblu]

I don't really see a second story like ROTR has. I guess it has really tall IMAX screens?

Probably. Still hard for me to see how an Avengers ride that’s just going to move you from screen to screen at 5 mph without any real physical thrills is going meet the energy people are expecting from this IP. I can see how it would work for something like Peter Pan or why something like FOP works for Avatar/ a majestic flight around Pandora but it isn’t clear to me how this is ideal for the Avengers. I don’t think Transformers 2.0 will cut it here.

 

[Phroobar]

Probably. Still hard for me to see how an Avengers ride that’s just going to move you from screen to screen at 5 mph without any real physical thrills is going meet the energy people are expecting from this IP. I can see how it would work for something like Peter Pan or why something like FOP works for Avatar/ a majestic flight around Pandora but it isn’t clear to me how this is ideal for the Avengers. I don’t think Transformers 2.0 will cut it here.

I have a bad feeling about this. Are we are just going to get a rethemed Peter Pan from FS ? At least Transformers has a second floor and elevator.