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

[Disney Vault]

https://ktla.com/news/theme-parks/disneyland/disney-spent-142m-in-splash-mountains-shift-to-tianas-bayou-adventure-forbes/

This article says avengers campus cost 404 million. I can't wrap my head around how it could have even come close to that

 

[Misted Compass]

But for example web slingers is like if Disney made a second space mountain coaster but drastically changed things that people liked about the original. Like ... putting in all screens.

 

[J4546]

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Tron coaster is awesome imo, glad they built one in the states

 

[britain]

https://ktla.com/news/theme-parks/disneyland/disney-spent-142m-in-splash-mountains-shift-to-tianas-bayou-adventure-forbes/

This article says avengers campus cost 404 million. I can't wrap my head around how it could have even come close to that

Does it include the the years of R&D on the slingshot Spidey animatronic and preparatory development for the cancelled Quinjet ride? That’s $200 million easy.

 

[Disney Irish]

https://ktla.com/news/theme-parks/disneyland/disney-spent-142m-in-splash-mountains-shift-to-tianas-bayou-adventure-forbes/

This article says avengers campus cost 404 million. I can't wrap my head around how it could have even come close to that

That $404M is for Avengers Campus at DLP.

Also start to finish, when including delays due to the pandemic, I could see it adding up to that much even for AC at DCA.

 

[C33Mom]

Tron coaster is awesome imo, glad they built one in the states

I enjoyed it in Shanghai, glad it made it to MK, but I don’t think we need more than one of the exact same coaster in the states… I’m going to be sad if DLR gets a Tron clone instead of the Cosmic Rewind clone.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

I enjoyed it in Shanghai, glad it made it to MK, but I don’t think we need more than one of the exact same coaster in the states… I’m going to be sad if DLR gets a Tron clone instead of the Cosmic Rewind clone.

How about we stop cloning and start CREATING again?

 

[Dayoldbread16]

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I’m not local to wdw, only the California Disney parks. So I’ve never seen a video of the ride nor have I been on it. Also doesn’t tron go fast?

 

[Dayoldbread16]

Does it include the the years of R&D on the slingshot Spidey animatronic and preparatory development for the cancelled Quinjet ride? That’s $200 million easy.

They never should have cancelled that quinjet ride tbh. It would have been way better than the way Lower budget multiverse ride we are getting instead

 

[Disney Irish]

They never should have cancelled that quinjet ride tbh. It would have been way better than the way Lower budget multiverse ride we are getting instead

In all fairness we don't know how the Quinjet ride would have turned out, it showed promise but we just don't know. Nor do we know how the King Thanos ride will turn out either. We assume screens, but we don't know if they'll do some practical effects or some AAs also, so we can't say its "lower budget" just yet. And to be honest they could change their mind yet again and do something completely different. We'll just have to wait and see what they end up building.

 

[C33Mom]

How about we stop cloning and start CREATING again?

100%— that would be my top choice…but I do really love Cosmic Rewind’s ride system and want more coasters with fun sound tracks (I also want them to periodically bring the old Dick Dale Space Mountain soundtrack back).

Earlier this month I started to worry that Disney isn’t going to introduce any great coasters in CA because they want us DLR folks to have to keep flying to WDW at least once a year to get our new coaster fix.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

I also want them to periodically bring the old Dick Dale Space Mountain soundtrack back

100%! Why haven't they done this yet?!

 

[C33Mom]

100%! Why haven't they done this yet?!

Would be an easy (and probably cheap?) way to draw back lots of the Disney millennials.

 

[SuddenStorm]

https://ktla.com/news/theme-parks/disneyland/disney-spent-142m-in-splash-mountains-shift-to-tianas-bayou-adventure-forbes/

This article says avengers campus cost 404 million. I can't wrap my head around how it could have even come close to that

All I know is that between Avengers and Tiana that's $544 million that could have gone towards turning the Carousel theater or Fantasyland Theater into something special.

 

[Dayoldbread16]

100%— that would be my top choice…but I do really love Cosmic Rewind’s ride system and want more coasters with fun sound tracks (I also want them to periodically bring the old Dick Dale Space Mountain soundtrack back).

Earlier this month I started to worry that Disney isn’t going to introduce any great coasters in CA because they want us DLR folks to have to keep flying to WDW at least once a year to get our new coaster fix.

Just a rumor but apparently they are going to clone one of California adventures only unique e ticket rides at wdw. They are going to clone radiator springs racers over there. I have no idea why. Like many said cloning the same rides at their parks here in the us kinda ruins the whole “every Disney park is unique and offers a different experience” thing.

 

[Dayoldbread16]

In all fairness we don't know how the Quinjet ride would have turned out, it showed promise but we just don't know. Nor do we know how the King Thanos ride will turn out either. We assume screens, but we don't know if they'll do some practical effects or some AAs also, so we can't say its "lower budget" just yet. And to be honest they could change their mind yet again and do something completely different. We'll just have to wait and see what they end up building.

I think it would have been amazing, because they had just finished the ambitious rise of the resistance ride not too long before this avengers ride at the time. Honestly I’d be excited for the king Thanos ride too if things had been going well recently. But lately things haven’t been going well, most notably a lot of the new additions/rides have been lackluster and budget cut to hell (I can only speak in terms of the California Disney parks since I’m local).

For example the cheap lazy re themes like Pixar pier and San Fransokoyo. The cheap and awful avengers campus which is still missing the e ticket ride. Ride wise web slingers has been a disappointment, and I know it’s at wdw but Tiana’s is honestly pretty bad. Not saying that because of politics, it’s just legitimately bad kinda like web slingers. And to me smugglers run was disappointing especially since they haven’t bothered to add new travel destinations to it yet, in addition to the gunner and engineer positions being boring. But to be fair at least the ride had some effort put into it unlike the others I listed here.

Sorry for the long rant and I do not want to ruin anyone’s excitement. It’s just I let myself get excited the last few times for Disneys promises only for them to get cancelled or budget cut to hell, so I kinda lost trust/faith in them. I hope I’m wrong and that this d23 is amazing but I worry we will be in for more disappointment

 

[Disney Irish]

I think it would have been amazing, because they had just finished the ambitious rise of the resistance ride not too long before this avengers ride at the time. Honestly I’d be excited for the king Thanos ride too if things had been going well recently. But lately things haven’t been going well, most notably a lot of the new additions/rides have been lackluster and budget cut to hell (I can only speak in terms of the California Disney parks since I’m local).

For example the cheap lazy re themes like Pixar pier and San Fransokoyo. The cheap and awful avengers campus which is still missing the e ticket ride. Ride wise web slingers has been a disappointment, and I know it’s at wdw but Tiana’s is honestly pretty bad. Not saying that because of politics, it’s just legitimately bad kinda like web slingers. And to me smugglers run was disappointing especially since they haven’t bothered to add new travel destinations to it yet, in addition to the gunner and engineer positions being boring. But to be fair at least the ride had some effort put into it unlike the others I listed here.

Sorry for the long rant and I do not want to ruin anyone’s excitement. It’s just I let myself get excited the last few times for Disneys promises only for them to get cancelled or budget cut to hell, so I kinda lost trust/faith in them. I hope I’m wrong and that this d23 is amazing but I worry we will be in for more disappointment

It certainly had the potential to be "amazing", but you can never tell how things will turn out until they are built.

As for your disappointments, they are certainly valid opinions. However with that said, that doesn't mean that there aren't positives to be taken from each. For example, what you consider cheap lazy rethemes with Pixar Pier and San Fransokyo appear to have positive guest feedback overall. So even if some things haven't been well regarded by the fan community, its the guest feedback that Disney cares about. As long as that remains positive, that is all that matters. When its no longer positive that is when Disney makes changes, its a constant cycle.

We'll just see how things turn out when they build the Avengers attraction. Personally I still think it has the potential to be "amazing".

 

[easyrowrdw]

Imagine how good the ride and campus would have been had Disney actually tried and had they actually given it a good budget. Yet they didn’t so we are stuck with a land that feels like something I’d see at six flags not Disney. Also they haven’t even started construction on the avengers e ticket ride that they announced all the way back in 2019. It’s 2024 yet still no progress aside from vague announcements.

We enjoyed Web Slingers, but I really didn't understand what was happening with the Avengers Campus overall. It was our first visit so I'm sure we missed something, but it definitely felt underdeveloped.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Just a rumor but apparently they are going to clone one of California adventures only unique e ticket rides at wdw. They are going to clone radiator springs racers over there. I have no idea why. Like many said cloning the same rides at their parks here in the us kinda ruins the whole “every Disney park is unique and offers a different experience” thing.

You could ask why they are cloning Indiana Jones over at Animal Kingdom. If it'll be different who knows if RDR at MK would have a different sorta spin!

 

[Phroobar]

Just a rumor but apparently they are going to clone one of California adventures only unique e ticket rides at wdw. They are going to clone radiator springs racers over there. I have no idea why. Like many said cloning the same rides at their parks here in the us kinda ruins the whole “every Disney park is unique and offers a different experience” thing.

Who says "every Disney park is unique and offers a difference experience"? Definitely not Disney. If they could, they would build them like McDonalds.