Avengers Campus - Reactions / Reviews

[TROR]

This is y'all's punishment for enjoying Mission Breakout

 

[Rich T]

Unfortunately, my friend, this is the direction Disney is taking with all of their new attractions and re-skins.

The suits think AA figures and real sets are soooooo 1960's.

 

[Disney Irish]

The suits think AA figures and real sets are soooooo 1960's.

I think it depends on the content. Some content lends itself better to screens versus AAs/physical sets, for example an action scene.

 

[TROR]

I think it depends on the content. Some content lends itself better to screens versus AAs/physical sets, for example an action scene.

Elaborate action scenes don't belong on theme park rides. Pirates of the Caribbean's firing on the fort is the best action scene ever created in a theme park attraction.

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

Elaborate action scenes don't belong on theme park rides. Pirates of the Caribbean's firing on the fort is the best action scene ever created in a theme park attraction.

Its so well done that, to this day, my girlfriend still ducks her head when we go past the cannon fire. I'd also throw Indiana Jones in there for best use of practical action/effects. There's just some stuff a screen will never be better at.

 

[Rich T]

I think it depends on the content. Some content lends itself better to screens versus AAs/physical sets, for example an action scene.

I agree that, in the appropriate situations, screens can be used very effectively on rides. It's just a bit saddening to see Disney increasingly turning its back on the types of rides that made DL famous in the first place. A nice mix would be great.

 

[Disney Irish]

Elaborate action scenes don't belong on theme park rides. Pirates of the Caribbean's firing on the fort is the best action scene ever created in a theme park attraction.

It depends on what you're trying to convey in the attraction.

 

[mickEblu]

This is y'all's punishment for enjoying Mission Breakout

Take that you easily pleased people! now we continue getting crap.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

This is y'all's punishment for enjoying Mission Breakout

But the contract with Twilight Zone was up because Disney doesn't own Rod Serling, and also the better version is in Orlando, and also Walt Disney himself said "Disneyland will never be complete" and nobody even knows what a Twilight Zone is anyway and I even heard from someone on facebook that Rod Serling himself tried to increase the cost of the contract so Disney didn't have a choice.

The suits think AA figures and real sets are soooooo 1960's.

Who likes physical sets anyway? Forget impressive effects and sets, I just want to sit on a moving platform of any type and watch TV at the same time, and possibly see plastic figures doing nothing. That's the new Disney standard for immersion, right??

 

[Disney Irish]

I agree that, in the appropriate situations, screens can be used very effectively on rides. It's just a bit saddening to see Disney increasingly turning its back on the types of rides that made DL famous in the first place. A nice mix would be great.

I think that all comes back to content. Right now the content chosen is more action packed, as the guests tastes have changed to expect that.

 

[TROR]

It depends on what you're trying to convey in the attraction.

What you're trying to convey should be limited by what the medium offers. Having an scene play out on a screen on a dark ride is the equivalent of reading the description of an entire scene in a movie.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

I think that all comes back to content. Right now the content chosen is more action pack, as the guests tastes have changed to expect that.

I'm not sure what the newer generations prefer, but Disney is certainly capable of giving us masterpiece attractions without the need to dumb it down with screens and live-action on said screens, right?

 

[Rich T]

I think that all comes back to content. Right now the content chosen is more action packed, as the guests tastes have changed to expect that.

It's all in the design. If they want to create a scene full of story elements impossible to do with physical sets and figures, then screens are the only way to go. Or they can choose another approach and design the ride in another direction. One of the most popular rides in DLR history, RSR, is an action-packed adventure that's nearly entirely AA's and sets. (Of course, it's also one of the most expensive rides in human history...)

 

[MisterPenguin]

I'm not sure what the newer generations prefer, but Disney is certainly capable of giving us masterpiece attractions without the need to dumb it down with screens and explosions right?

Use of screens being equivalent to 'dumbing down' is just your opinion. When done right, you can have excellent rides and attractions that use some form of screens. Just like when done poorly, an attraction with AAs can be a horrible experience.

 

[The Pho]

I even heard from someone on facebook that Rod Serling himself tried to increase the cost of the contract so Disney didn't have a choice.

Sounds just like a good internet rumor. Just blame the guy that died in 1975. It's foolproof!

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

Screens on attractions should be reserved for motion simulators or to enhance the background depth of a scene (ie: the rain in Pirates).

 

[Model3 McQueen]

Use of screens being equivalent to 'dumbing down' is just your opinion. When done right, you can have excellent rides and attractions that use some form of screens. Just like when done poorly, an attraction with AAs can be a horrible experience.

Disney can, and has, done more than give us screens. I expect more than something I can watch on my 4k television. And we know it's achievable with little space, like the mirror room and hallway in ToT. People like to make excuses for this stuff which is why Disney keeps going the cheap route.

 

[nevol]

BREAKING: Full Attraction, Restaurant, & Store Lineup Revealed for MARVEL Super Hero Land at Disneyland Resort

October 23, 2018 Tom Corless

https://*****.com/2018/10/breaking-...-marvel-super-hero-land-at-disneyland-resort/

While construction has already begun on a MARVEL Super Hero themed land at Disney California Adventure, details have been scarce on exactly what will be located in this land come 2020. As Disney stated, 2020 will bring about phase 1 of the land, with a planned 2nd phase following a year or two later. If there are plans beyond these two phases, they aren’t green-lit just yet and it’s unclear exactly where further attractions and such will go (although the removal of more of Hollywood Land seems likely). Let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves and focus on what’s already in the works…

Where the marquee for “A Bug’s Land” once stood, guests will enter under a new marquee to begin the long walk down to the Marvel Super Hero themed-land at Disney California Adventure.

As guests enter through the former Bountiful Valley Farm area, they’ll pass under a marquee and walk down a long passage between Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree in cars Land and the former “it’s tough to be a bug” Theater.

The former “it’s tough to be a bug” Theater building is being repurposed for the new Spider-Man attraction where guests are given a web-shooter of their own to use. The ride appears to be mostly screen-based (likely 3D in nature), so think Toy Story Midway Mania, but with guests shooting webs instead of darts, balls, and rings. The entrance to the building will be rerouted to the opposite side of so it can be accessed from the hub of this new land. The central hub is a large Avengers symbol in the ground that is surrounded by all of the land’s offerings. Think of this as The Avengers’ California Campus.

The Spider-Man queue is attached to the former “tissue box” restrooms of A Bug’s Land, which will be remodeled and kept for the new area.

Nearby, Doctor Strange has his own show experience where guests will meet the Avenger in a round courtyard. We expect this to be similar to an offering currently on the Disney Cruise Line.

If you’re hungry, there are some dining options nearby. There is a counter service restaurant and microbrewery in the plans. Who do you theme a microbrewery to? Well, Ant-Man of course. This explains the giant canned beverage that appears on the poster. This can will be located on the second level of the building.

The giant canned beverage sits on top of the Ant-Man microbrewery.

While we’re looking at the poster, it’s worth noting that what you see is what you will get. While not absolutely true to life, this will pretty much be the view guests will have down the main thoroughfare of the Marvel land heading towards Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission Breakout.

The Quinjet is located in front of the Phase 2 offering (not flying like in the poster), a truly massive Avengers E-Ticket attraction that is expected to be a roller coaster. As for story elements or anything beyond that, details are scarce at this point. All we know is that it is HUGE in scale.

This is concept art for the Hong Kong Disneyland Marvel area, but the boxy Avengers building on the left should house the very same roller coaster being built at Disney California Adventure.
As for shopping opportunities, a large shop sits near the second phase Avengers ride, with a smaller shop located across from the Spider-Man attraction.

You’ll be happy to know that Phase 1 and 2 do not touch the Red Car Trolley attraction that runs from Mission Breakout down to Buena Vista Street, so that will be sticking around.

All of this information has been confirmed by internal documents at this point, so none of the above is much of a rumor. Certainly, thematic elements could change, but the overall plan mapped out above is what you will see rolling out in phases at Disney California Adventure starting in 2020.

So, who’s ready to suit up?

How lame! The opposite of galaxy’s edge. Not going for immersion at all, I see. Just a bunch of standlaone unrelated attrsctions based on characters rather than a fully integrated marvel universe.

 

[nevol]

Disgusting

It's true. All of it.

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

How lame! The opposite of galaxy’s edge. Not going for immersion at all, I see. Just a bunch of standlaone unrelated attrsctions based on characters rather than a fully integrated marvel universe.

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