Avengers Campus: WE’VE BEEN INSIDE! Photos, Videos, Full Avengers Campus Review

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Originally Posted On: Avengers Campus: Marvel Land Now Open at Disneyland! (mickeyvisit.com)

 

Avengers Campus is now open at Disney California Adventure with a great new attraction, highly themed dining options, interactive next generation character experiences, and shops with new Marvel merchandise. 

Disney invited me to preview Avengers Campus at a media event. During the event I spoke with the teams behind the attraction, dining, and merchandise. I also got to take a ton of photos throughout Avengers Campus. I have updated this article with photos and my thoughts from inside Avengers Campus.

The opening of Avengers Campus is another step in the process of reopening Disneyland. We were at the parks for reopening day and are thrilled to bring you coverage as Disneyland continues to reopen (click link for tips on visiting Disneyland right now). Be sure to join our newsletter so you never miss out on news and discounts!

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Disney California Adventure Welcome New Marvel-Themed Avengers Campus

Avengers Campus is a new six acre land in Disney California Adventure themed to your favorite Marvel Super Heroes (you’ll never hear Disney refer to Avengers Campus as “Marvel themed” though – read our section at the bottom of the article for the explanation). The land is situated between Cars Land and Hollywood Land. 

The main draws of the new land are the WEB Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure attraction, the food at Pym Test Kitchen Featuring Impossible, the “Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!” attraction, and the character experiences throughout the land.

There are also hidden Marvel easter eggs and secrets throughout the land. As the author of “Disneyland Secrets: A Grand Tour of Disneyland’s Hidden Details”, learning about these hidden Marvel easter eggs and Disneyland history in the land was a highlight for me. More on this in a moment!

Click below to watch a trailer of the new land to get a good feeling of what it is like to visit Avengers Campus:

Planning Your Visit to Avengers Campus at Disneyland

Now that I’ve given you an overview of what is included in the new Avengers Campus, here’s what you need to know to have a great experience at the new land in Disney California Adventure.

These are the Avengers Campus tips you need to plan out your visit this summer at Disneyland.

How will you access the new Avenger Campus Marvel Land?

When Avengers Campus opens, the land will have single flow traffic with the entrance to the land just past the Carthay Circle Restaurant across from Golden Vine Winery and the exit to the land by “Guardians of Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!” into Hollywood Land.

There are two ways to access Avengers Campus.

1. If you are riding the attraction, securing a Boarding Group for the WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure virtual queue (details below) guarantees you immediate access to the land. After riding the attraction you can then remain and explore.
2. If you are not riding the attraction but would still like to access the land, there will be a standby queue meant to limit capacity so that the land stays socially distanced.

WEB Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure Boarding Group Tips Disneyland

When Avengers Campus opens on June 4th Disney will be utilizing the virtual queue system for WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure via the Disneyland mobile app. 

The process will look quite similar to the Boarding Groups used for Rise of the Resistance.

Before you read through the below bullet points trying to piece together how to ride both Rise of the Resistance and Spider-Man WEB Slingers, just walk through this process flow diagram and you should have all your questions answered!

Here is all the information spelled out about the new Spider-Man WEB SLINGERS attraction:

• Guests with a valid ticket and theme park reservation, who will start their day at Disney California Adventure Park, can access the virtual queue system via the Disneyland app and check for an available boarding group starting at 7:00 AM on the day of their park reservation. This can be done before you leave your hotel, home, or wherever else you may be at that time. You’ll need to have park tickets linked to your Disney account and applicable theme park reservations.
• To access the virtual queue opportunity beginning at 12:00 PM, Guests must have a valid ticket and park reservation, and have entered Disney California Adventure Park, or Disneyland Park with a Park Hopper ticket, by noon. Guests beginning their day at Disneyland Park may then enter Disney California Adventure Park with their Park Hopper ticket after 1:00 PM for their boarding group, as applicable.
• You’ll receive a push notification via the Disneyland app if your group is called to return. You’ll have up to an hour from the time of the alert to go to the entrance of WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure.
• No standby lines will be available.

And also keep in mind that, guests cannot hold a boarding group for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure at the same time! See graphic above for answers to your questions and comment anything we didn’t cover.

WEB Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure in Avengers Campus at Disneyland

WEB Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure is a next generation interactive attraction where you compete with and against your vehicle to collect Spider-Bots with your “Web Slinger” that have escaped into the attraction.

This first Spider-Man attraction at a Disney Park is housed in the Worldwide Engineering Brigade (AKA- “WEB”). During the “open house at WEB” guests are enlisted by Peter Parker, played by Tom Holland, to help him collect the Spider-Bots after they escape. An experiment goes terribly wrong leading to a fun adventure where you are the key to stopping the multiplying Spider-Bots. 

The attraction functions in a similar style to Toy Story Midway Mania with vehicles moving between differently themed scenes. Each scene is themed to a different Avengers Campus location – the Pym Test Kitchen, Avengers Headquarters launch area, and “Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!”.

The Imagineers outfitted the WEB Slinger vehicles with next level technology to allow guests to experience slinging webs. Onboard, infrared cameras analyze the actions of guests 60 times per second, tracking eye position, shoulders, elbows and wrists. The vehicle measures when guests move their arms and maps out the geometry of their web sling, rendering a 3D web in the interactive gameplay.

During the Avengers Campus preview I was able to enjoy the attraction a number of times. The Disney team put together this highlight reel for me to share capturing some of my experience. You may have to watch an ad, but it is a pretty fun video on the ride!

I also got the chance to ask some of the Walt Disney Imagineers that were in attendance their advice for beating your friends on the new attraction. Though they encouraged focusing on working together because the entire vehicle receives both an individual and joint score, I was able to get a couple of tips on secret targets on the Spider-Man attraction.

Here are their top tips to get a high score on WEB Slingers at Disneyland:

1. Points are awarded based on the color of Spider-Bot that you hit. The gold bots are the most rare and the most valuable. Look for these spiders throughout the ride experience.
2. Don’t stop moving your hands and shooting webs. Just as is recommended in the tips for getting a high score on Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, continuing to shoot is the most important way to increase your score. The attraction is split up into a number of different scenes so you can rest between them.
3. Aim for buttons and levers to release new secret targets. One example we were alerted to is a lever on a tank in the Pym Labs scene that releases a high value target at the top of the tank.

We’ll share more tips and secret Spider-Man targets as we discover them.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission- BREAKOUT!

The Guardians of the Galaxy re-theming of Tower of Terror was all part of the plan to blend that area of Hollywood Land into this new Marvel themed land. You can definitely expect this popular attraction to stay and keep it’s Guardians of the Galaxy theme.

If you look closely at the concept art at the top of this post, you can see the attraction in the background giving you an idea of how the former bugs land now will connect to Hollywood Land to create this Marvel themed land.

Avengers Campus: Atmosphere & Easter Eggs

The backstory of the land is that Tony Stark’s father, Howard Stark previously owned the property and used it for Stark Industries. Once Tony inherited the property he converted the area into the Avengers Campus. You’ll see layers of history throughout the land. For instance you’ll notice older “Star Motors” style murals painted on buildings and early days SHIELD logos. The more modern Avengers technology and WEB Slingers buildings are all built on top of these “historic” Stark Industries details.

Coincidentally land that Avengers Campus is built on was also marked a spot of great power long ago. The Vishanti build powerful Sanctums on these great spots. This is the area in the land where you’ll find the time bending Doctor Strange interacting with guests in a new show. There is also a fun optical illusion for photos here.

The Sanctum at Avengers Campus

Doctor Strange will most often be found in The Sanctum which will be one of the most beautiful locations in Avengers Campus. These overgrown ruins are the perfect spot for guests to encounter Doctor Strange and learn his secrets of the mystic arts.

Doctor Strange will use powerful spells to bring The Sanctum to life, and you’ll want to return to the area after dark, when it will glow even more vividly with majestic colors and lights and its mystic energy will seem even more vibrant.

The Sanctum is a place where “rumors of unexplained events and energies have emanated from this remote location. Here, you’ll learn mysterious secrets from Doctor Strange and discover ancient, magical artifacts.” Pictured above is the Orb of Cagliostro which is known to be especially active at night when it flows with magical energy.

The main entrance to the land is located adjacent to the Worldwide Engineering Brigade-also known- as WEB- and also features a back entrance outside of Guardians of the Galaxy- Mission: BREAKOUT. Pictured above is described as a “curious substance” in front of the attraction. The story goes that Taneleer Tivan (the Collector) placed his fortress against the edge of Avengers Campus which warped the ground and caused a cosmic disruption to ooze from the ground below.

Colorful graffiti murals created by young recruits are placed around the land.

Here you see a callback to Tony Stark’s father’s company: Stark Motors which Tony transformed into the Worldwide Engineering Brigade.

And of course, the focal point of the land: Avengers Headquarters with the Quinjet parked on top.

Avengers Campus Food

The full menu of unique Marvel themed treats is outlined below, but I wanted to give you my quick take on the food that I enjoyed during my visit in one condensed place. This section will expand into its own standalone Avengers Campus food guide in the coming weeks.

• Not So Little Chicken Sandwich from Pym Test Kitchen – This is a filling plate of food! The sandwich is a piece of chicken schnitzel on a tiny bun with a heap of good purple slaw. I really enjoyed the chicken. This requires some strategic eating. Do you use a fork and knife around the edges of the sandwich until it is small enough to pick up on its own? The tater tots and sandwich are a great filling option and a nice addition to California Adventure.
• Impossible Spoonful from Pym Test Kitchen – I have never had Impossible meat before, but I really enjoyed this plant based meatball served with pasta. The dish comes in a giant spoon bent to serve as a bowl. Very fun presentation and a nice dish for those who are vegetarian or vegan.
• New York’s Tastiest Shawarma from Shawarma Palace – This chicken pita wrap is a great lunch addition for the parks. Highly recommend this as a quick counter service restaurant option. Disney has already anticipated high demand for the cart and has added another location in Hollywood Land just outside the exit to the land near Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!
• Cosmic Cream Orb from Terran Treats – This is a crispy cream puff with a whipped raspberry cheesecake mousse center. My immediate thought upon tasting this was a of a refreshing cheesecake treat. 
• Pingo Doce – This is a Hulk inspired drink that is exclusive to Avengers Campus! The sweet drink has a lemon-lime flavor with a vanilla kick! I am not a soda drinker, but enjoyed sampling the beverage. The drink is in the Coke Freestyle machine so you should be able to just try a sip if you purchase any soda.

Here is the FULL food guide to all the treats you can find at Avengers Campus including souvenirs like Iron Man’s infinity gauntlet!

Pym Test Kitchen Featuring Impossible

The main eatery announced is the Pym Test Kitchen Featuring Impossible! Just like Ant-Man and The Wasp use “Pym Particles” to grow and shrink anything, Pym Technologies grow and shrink food at the restaurant.

The Pym Test Kitchen dining location will have a ceiling “quantum tunnel” which below you can watch a conveyer belt of pretzels go from regular-size to ginormous. How big is ginormous? According to Disney, these pretzels weight nearly 360 grams!

Breakfast

• Calculated Breakfast = E x 2 + (B+P)/T – Eggs Two Ways with smoked bacon, crispy potato bites, and focaccia toast
• Impossible Quantum Garden Breakfast – Plant-based folded omelet with Impossible breakfast sausage, crispy potato bites, and focaccia toast
• Ever-Expanding Cinna-Pym Toast – Baked Pym particle bread and egg custard with cinnamon-sugar topping, a fried egg, smoked bacon, and maple syrup
• Spoonful of Cereal – Bran flakes and raisins garnished with a yogurt-covered pretzel and served with reduced-fat milk and a ripe banana
• Nano Eggs-periment 101 – Softly arranged eggs and turkey bacon with toast (for small beings ages 3 through 9)
• Cinna-Pym Mini Toast – Warm toasted cinnamon Pym particle bread with turkey bacon and maple syrup (for small beings ages 3 through 9)

Snacks and Sips

• Quantum Pretzel – 453.8 grams, Bavarian-style pretzel with sharp cheddar-beer sauce
• Atomic Fusion Pretzel – Buffalo-style pretzel loaded with chicken, hot sauce, ranch dressing, blue cheese crumbles, celery, and dill-pickled carrots
• Pingo Doce – Refreshing lemon-lime with a vanilla kick! This distinctly green beverage from Avenger lore available exclusively at Avengers Campus.
• Proton PB&J Punch – Minute Maid Lemonade with peanut butter and strawberry flavors, PB-infused whipped cream, and PB pretzel spheres

Blue Particle Specials

• Pym-ini – Salami, rosemary ham, Provolone, sun-dried tomato spread on toasted focaccia with marinara dipping sauce and arugula salad
• Not So Little Chicken Sandwich – Fried chicken breast, teriyaki and red chili sauces, pickled cabbage slaw on brioche with crispy potato bites
• PB³ Superb Sandwich – Warm PB&J with banana, candied bacon on Pym particle bread, with micro banana smoothie and crispy potato bites
• Caesar Salad + Colossal Crouton – Hearts of romaine, Kalamata olives, pickled onions, Caesar dressing, garlic crouton and Parmesan crisps
• Impossible Spoonful – Rigatoni and ditalini pastas, plant-based meat-balls, tomato sauce, dairy-free Parmesan, and micro basil
• Choco Smash CANDY Bar – Dark chocolate, peanuts, caramel, nougat, and chocolate brownie

These fun Red Particle Mini-Meals for small beings ages 3 through 9 include a Cuties Mandarin Orange, Dannon Yogurt, and choice of small lowfat milk or small DASANI Water (except Mini Pasta & Impossible Meat-balls).

• Teeny Pym-ini – Toasted ham and provolone sandwich with marinara dipping sauce
• Subatomic Chicken Sandwich – Crispy breaded chicken breast on a soft roll
• PB&J Flavor Lab: Assemble Your Own Experiment – Smooth peanut butter, strawberry jelly, and Pym particle bread
• Mini Pasta & Impossible Meat-balls – Rigatoni and ditalini pastas, plant-based meat-balls, tomato sauce and dairy-free Parmesan served with coconut milk yogurt and small DASANI water

Pym Tasting Lab at Avengers Campus

Located right by Pym Test kitchen, guests can find the Pym Tasting Lab which represents Scott Lang aka Ant-Man’s pet project and has a focus on adult beverages. Craft beers on tap range from a blood orange hefeweizen to an amber lager, and they’re poured via an ingenious reverse draft system where the glass fills from the bottom up. The Pym Tasting Lab will feature four different beer cocktails and snacks such as sweet and savory popped grains, mini pretzels, and salted honey-roasted peanuts.

Pym Tasting Lab (mobile order available)

• Honey Buzz – Gin, lemon juice, and honey syrup with a honey straw
• X-Periment –Tequila, Minute Maid Lime Juice, mango and habanero syrups with mango popping pearls
• Honey Fusion – Gin, Minute Maid Lemonade, honey syrup, IPA, and a honey straw
• Molecular Meltdown – Marshmallow milk stout and vanilla ice cream topped with miniature marshmallows
• The Regulator –Tequila, Minute Maid Lime Juice, mango and habanero syrup, wheat ale, and mango popping pearls
• Particle Fizz –Hard Seltzer with cherry pearls
• Draft beer, hard seltzer, and wine
• Snack Molecules – Mini pretzels, honey roasted peanuts, and sweet & spicy popped sorghum

Shawarma Palace

Shawarma Palace (mobile order available)

You may recall that after the Battle of New York, the Avengers discovered their new favorite food after checking out Tony Stark’s favorite “shawarma joint” just two blocks from the battle zone. Well, the Avengers loved the food so much they invited the Shawarma Palace crew to open a second location at Avengers Campus. This cart, decked out with Avengers memorabilia, is sure to become a must-try spot for Avengers fans!

• New York’s Tastiest – Chicken shawarma wrap, garlic spread, and coconut yogurt-tahini sauce with pickled vegetables
• Impossible Victory Falafel – Plant-based-falafel and cauliflower wrap, garlic spread, hummus and coconut yogurt-tahini sauce with pickled vegetables

The details on the Shawarma Palace are awesome! Take a look at the zoom in photos for some of the Marvel easter eggs hidden on the cart.

 

Terran Treats

Remember the unique collection of Taneleer Tivan on display at Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT!? Well prepare to find an awesome assortment of intergalactic eats and treats at this food cart called Terran Treats. The Cosmic Cream Orb resembles an Infinity Stone, but it has the flavor of a delectable cream puff filled with raspberry cheesecake mousse.

Terran Treats will also feature a changing variety of colorful Sweet Spiral Rations, which look and taste like what we have come to know and love as a churro.

Near Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT!, you’ll find another food cart with a couple of unique treats. Curated by Taneleer Tivan, this cart features weird and wonderful galactic concoctions he’s conceived to lure guests to his fortress.

• Cosmic Cream Orb – Crispy cream puff with whipped raspberry cheesecake mousse
• Sweet Spiral Ration – Churro spirals with unique flavors

Novelties

• Glowing Pym Particle Capsule and Glowing Pym Particle Disc – Light up your beverage with a red or blue glowing Pym particle capsule or disc
• Enlarged Pingo Doce Soda Can – Filled  with Pingo Doce or your favorite Coca-Cola®  beverage
• Iron Man Infinity Gauntlet – A great way to hold your favorite Coca-Cola® bottled beverage

Pint-Sized Pints Mini Beer Flight – Oversized ruler flight board with mini beer steinsAvengers Campus Character Meet and Greets

Avengers Campus Entertainment and Character Interactions

Guests will also be able to encounter their favorite heroes at Avengers Campus including Spider-Man, Black Widow, Ant-Man and The Wasp, Doctor Strange, the Guardians of the Galaxy, heroes from Wakanda and Ashard, Thor, Loki, and Iron Man.

The characters in the land are not constrained to specific meet and greet areas and instead roam the land providing a heroic atmosphere. The character interaction is similar to the style of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge with characters weaving through the crowds and interacting with guests.

On the Avengers Headquarters building, there are stunt acts throughout the day. You might see Black Panther, Black Widow, or Captain America face off against a dangerous foe like Taskmaster (villain from this summer’s Black Widow movie). In front of Avengers Headquarters guests can train with the loyal bodyguards from Black Panther, the Dora Milaje, to learn what it is like being an elite royal guard. The training is led by Okoye. This is the first time that this Marvel character appeared in a Disney Park.

Above the WEB building, Spider-Man soars through the air at 60-65 feet before dropping down to interact with guests. This incredible stunt figure is one of the highlights of the new land.

You HAVE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO! It is difficult to explain how cool the Spider-Man stunt figure is.

According to Disney, the Black Widow stunt team worked closely with the Disney Parks Live Entertainment team to ensure that Taskmaster’s unique talent—his natural ability to memorize and replicate Super Hero moves—comes to life thrillingly and authentically.

Avengers Campus Merchandise

WEB Suppliers is the store in Avengers Campus located across from the WEB building where you can find all your favorite headwear, drinkware, patches, pins and more.

It’s also home to a version of the Spider-Bots that go haywire in WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure- the Spider- Man attraction inside the land. Each Spider-Bot is powered by a remote control and has eight articulated legs that move backward and forward.

Just like our beloved droids in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, this Spider-Bots have plenty of accessories that allow guests to customize their Spider-Bot! Guests can choose accessories like backpacks to carry their Spider-Bots and attachments to harness the powers and style of favorite Super Heroes, including Black Panther, Iron Man, Black Widow, and Ant-Man and The Wasp.

You can also find plenty of awesome Spider-Man themed merchandise such as Spider-Man light goggles with 17 unique expressions, action figures that interact with mini Spider-Bots, Web-shooters with authentic lights and sounds, a kit that enables fans to make their very own webs at home, and Parks-exclusive Funko Pop! vinyl figures of Spider-Man and Iron Man.

You can also find a variety of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)-inspired kits that enables aspiring heroes to create their own “Gamma Goo” and more.

Guests looking to find themed apparel can go to the Campus Supply Pod for official Avengers Campus logo gear such as performance fleece hoodies and tees, hats, drinkware, and more Super Hero supplies.

Why Disney Can’t Mention ‘Marvel’ in their Theme Park Addition

The ‘Stark Industries’ walls went up once a bugs land closed to make way for the new Marvel themed land. Marvel’s original licensing agreement with Universal Studios (prior to Disney’s acquisition of Marvel) states that “any theme park west of the Mississippi River is not allowed to use the name “Marvel” in any part of its attractions or the promotion of them.” Disney is free to use any Marvel characters west of the Mississippi which is why you still see the characters mentioned in the rides and press announcements. Disney just won’t be able to use the word ‘Marvel’ anywhere in the theme park, its name, and the press releases about the land. This is why recent press releases called it the ‘Superhero themed land’ rather than mentioning Marvel.

When it comes to theme parks east of the Mississippi, Disney can only license superhero families that aren’t already in use by Universal. So because of the presence of Spider-Man, The Hulk, and other characters used at Universal’s Islands of Adventure, Disney cannot use any of those characters at Walt Disney World. But Universal isn’t using Guardians of the Galaxy for any attractions, this is why Disney can add the new Guardians of the Galaxy themed roller coaster in Epcot.

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