mickEblu
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It’s the worst land in the park. Well, second worst. But that’s not saying much.
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Avengers Campus - Reactions / Reviews
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It’s the worst land in the park. Well, second worst. But that’s not saying much.
MarvelCharacterNerd
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I like Avengers Campus. I love that it's character central. I like the Web Slingers attraction. I like that there are multiple regular shows.
It's just this PR piece I was giving a hard time when the best they can highlight is to mobile order chocolate there. lol
DrAlice
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You forgot #10: buy plastic crap to make WebSlingers a better ride.
MarvelCharacterNerd
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But just wait till they offer the accessories to upgrade your plastic thingamabob! And then you can pay extra for the new Accessory+ to trigger the special features!You forgot #10: buy plastic crap to make WebSlingers a better ride.
Animaniac93-98
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Okay - when "mobile order a candy bar" is one of the "10 Things You Don't Want to Miss when Visiting Avengers Campus", even I'll call that a reach and I like the place more than most...
10 Things You Don’t Want to Miss when Visiting Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure Park
There is so much to do, see, taste and discover during any visit to Avengers Campus – and so many thrilling adventures for recruits of all ages to experience. Here’s a list of 10 things that you won’t want to miss during your next visit todisneyparks.disney.go.com
BONUS #11
Take out a "Super" Student Loan to buy all the stuff to maximize your enjoyment of Avengers Campus!
mickEblu
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Because I’m not a Hypocrite. Lol. Full disclosure, my son got one of those Web Slingers toys as one of his Christmas gifts. My sister asked what he wanted and he just happens to be really into Spider-Man right now and noticed a kid playing with it in line on one of the last trips. So I said that. We also wrapped our Disney + gift package as a gift for him. Lol. We chose the Spider-Man package of course and might I say it’s much much nicer then the Magic Key welcome package that I still haven’t got 5 months later. lol
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Disney Irish
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Yep at least from all the reports I seen over the holidays. I haven't heard on if it runs when it rains, but a lot of things at DCA don't run when it rains so wouldn't be surprised if they don't have it running during that time.
truecoat
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I was being a smartass.
MarvelCharacterNerd
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Ahem...
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TP2000
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I haven't even watched this new ride on YouTube. This might be the first time in history I've ever done that.
I've even watched YouTube videos of rides I'd never go on, at parks I'll never visit. But this one? Why am I so disinterested? Is this ride worth watching on YouTube, or will it leave me unimpressed and just delay my visit to Marvel Land even further?
In this ride's unknown defense, I'm usually the one who claims "YouTube can't do it justice!" in topics like this.
In the meantime, it's 6pm and I had to do math in that other thread, so I think I'll make a cocktail and watch this one again...
I've even watched YouTube videos of rides I'd never go on, at parks I'll never visit. But this one? Why am I so disinterested? Is this ride worth watching on YouTube, or will it leave me unimpressed and just delay my visit to Marvel Land even further?
In this ride's unknown defense, I'm usually the one who claims "YouTube can't do it justice!" in topics like this.
In the meantime, it's 6pm and I had to do math in that other thread, so I think I'll make a cocktail and watch this one again...
MoonRakerSCM
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Does the struntronic still do the 'screwup' pose? I've only seen it do the spiderman pose ONCE and it was really impressive. Every single other time I or my friends have seen it it's the one that just throws the thing willy nilly in the air.
MarvelCharacterNerd
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I've mostly seen the "splat" version. Only the good version from afar once or twice and while I was actually in front of it once and of course didn't have my camera ready. He splats a lot from what I've seen.
Oh and I've seen the no stuntronic at all a few times which is really confusing. lol You're looking up in the sky like wait for it... wait for it... and it doesn't happen and then the stunt guy just comes back down again.
TP2000
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Okay, for the small handful of people who care, I finally watched a YouTube version of this new ride. To give it the most benefit of the doubt, I first made myself a dry martini (Roku gin, Dolin vermouth, California almond-stuffed olive) and then pulled up the Attractions 360 video from YouTube on my 70 inch 4K TV screen in the family room. This is about as close to real life as we can get these days, until they invent smell-a-vision.
My thoughts on thisnew six month old Spiderman ride? From someone who has absolutely no idea what he's talking about regarding comic books, but knows a thing or two about theme parks...
But whose idea was it to put this Midway Mania clone in the same park as Midway Mania? What was the other option?
This ride seems like a jokey knock-off of a theme park ride. I got definite Universal Studios circa 2005 vibes from the overall experience. The fake "workshop" pre-show with wrenches and hammers hot-glued to the walls and electrical wires thrown about by WDI interns, the fake industrial cement and pipes and industrial props of the overall design. It's industrial, so it's supposed to look this cheap! The CM's in giant baggy shorts and giant baggy untucked shirts because it's "industrial" and "modern". It's Universal Studios for some random superhero ride from 15 years ago.
What's the point again? And where did that twink in the small t-shirt disappear to?
I think I'll stick with an evening martini instead of a Magic Key. At least for now. 
My thoughts on this
- Pre-show. Okay.... um... this almost seems like a caricature of a theme park pre-show. The chirpy dialogue, the fake plotline of an "Open House!", the predictable herding by the CM's "Right this way recruits!" or whatever we're supposed to be. Then there's a video of a twink in a small t-shirt who starts talking, and right away Something Goes Terribly Wrong! with all those robot crabs the twink is replicating. Or something. This ride gets an award, either for introducing the Something Goes Terribly Wrong! concept before we've even been asked to pull down on the lapbar, or for having a twink in a small t-shirt be our host. Either way, it wins an award.
- Loading Area. Kind of a letdown after that dramatic pre-show with the twink in a small t-shirt. But we do have to get assigned to a row and pull down on a lapbar, that's just the nature of the business.
- Ride. And we're off! Where's the twink? What are we doing? Narrator lady is half-screaming "blah-blah-blah webslingers!" over the speaker. There's no gun. I'm supposed to go pew-pew with my hands? Do I really have to do that dorky hand posture, or can I just make a gun with my hand like a normal American? Loud noises! Dialogue! You can do it! More dialogue! Pew-pew. Spiderman. Pew-pew. Robot crabs. We did it! You won! Spiderman won! Something happened! Closing dialogue. Push up on lapbar and exit to your right super people. You are awesome and truly meaningful!
But whose idea was it to put this Midway Mania clone in the same park as Midway Mania? What was the other option?
This ride seems like a jokey knock-off of a theme park ride. I got definite Universal Studios circa 2005 vibes from the overall experience. The fake "workshop" pre-show with wrenches and hammers hot-glued to the walls and electrical wires thrown about by WDI interns, the fake industrial cement and pipes and industrial props of the overall design. It's industrial, so it's supposed to look this cheap! The CM's in giant baggy shorts and giant baggy untucked shirts because it's "industrial" and "modern". It's Universal Studios for some random superhero ride from 15 years ago.
What's the point again? And where did that twink in the small t-shirt disappear to?
I think I'll stick with an evening martini instead of a Magic Key. At least for now.
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TP2000
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I hope you at least bought him a drink.
SuddenStorm
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Okay, for the small handful of people who care, I finally watched a YouTube version of this new ride. To give it the most benefit of the doubt, I first made myself a dry martini (Roku gin, Dolin vermouth, California almond-stuffed olive) and then pulled up the Attractions 360 video from YouTube on my 70 inch 4K TV screen in the family room. This is about as close to real life as we can get these days, until they invent smell-a-vision.
My thoughts on thisnewsix month old Spiderman ride? From someone who has absolutely no idea what he's talking about regarding comic books, but knows a thing or two about theme parks...
So, I'm still confused. The ride overall was colorful and zippy, I'll give them that.
- Pre-show. Okay.... um... this almost seems like a caricature of a theme park pre-show. The chirpy dialogue, the fake plotline of an "Open House!", the predictable herding by the CM's "Right this way recruits!" or whatever we're supposed to be. Then there's a video of a twink in a small t-shirt who starts talking, and right away Something Goes Terribly Wrong! with all those robot crabs the twink is replicating. Or something. This ride gets an award, either for introducing the Something Goes Terribly Wrong! concept before we've even been asked to pull down on the lapbar, or for having a twink in a small t-shirt be our host. Either way, it wins an award.
- Loading Area. Kind of a letdown after that dramatic pre-show with the twink in a small t-shirt. But we do have to get assigned to a row and pull down on a lapbar, that's just the nature of the business.
- Ride. And we're off! Where's the twink? What are we doing? Narrator lady is half-screaming "blah-blah-blah webslingers!" over the speaker. There's no gun. I'm supposed to go pew-pew with my hands? Do I really have to do that dorky hand posture, or can I just make a gun with my hand like a normal American? Loud noises! Dialogue! You can do it! More dialogue! Pew-pew. Spiderman. Pew-pew. Robot crabs. We did it! You won! Spiderman won! Something happened! Closing dialogue. Push up on lapbar and exit to your right super people. You are awesome and truly meaningful!
But whose idea was it to put this Midway Mania clone in the same park as Midway Mania? What was the other option?
This ride seems like a jokey knock-off of a theme park ride. I got definite Universal Studios circa 2005 vibes from the overall experience. The fake "workshop" pre-show with wrenches and hammers hot-glued to the walls and electrical wires thrown about by WDI interns, the fake industrial cement and pipes and industrial props of the overall design. It's industrial, so it's supposed to look this cheap! The CM's in giant baggy shorts and giant baggy untucked shirts because it's "industrial" and "modern". It's Universal Studios for some random superhero ride from 15 years ago.
What's the point again? And where did that twink in the small t-shirt disappear to?
I think I'll stick with an evening martini instead of a Magic Key. At least for now.
And this is the same WDI that's about to redo Splash Mountain.
TP2000
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And this is the same WDI that's about to redo Splash Mountain.
It seems like a complete rip-off of Midway Mania, but opened 13 years later and with Spiderman instead of Woody.
Although, to be fair, Midway Mania has no industrial themed pre-show room with hammers hot glued to the walls.
But are the kids enjoying this new ride? Do they not care it's Midway Mania with Spiderman and robot crabs? Is it popular and successful? I'm out of the loop on this one, in more ways than one.
Honest question; was this ride a big hit with the kids?
TheDisneyParksfanC8
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I think with Disneyland Forward possibly being approved in 2022, we could see the Avengers E ticket be revived in some form. Maybe they could encroach into Hollywood land and replace the Animation building and Hyperion with Marvel attractions.
TP2000
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Or, just put the Avengers E Ticket where they designed it to go, in a giant ride warehouse south of Marvel Land in the current employee parking lot east of Cars Land...
TheDisneyParksfanC8
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That would be ideal. And here is the ride system they could use. It is from a company called Holovis.Or, just put the Avengers E Ticket where they designed it to go, in a giant ride warehouse south of Marvel Land in the current employee parking lot east of Cars Land...