Avengers Campus


Avengers Campus is an upcoming Marvel Comics–themed area being developed at several Disney theme parks: Disney California Adventure, Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris, and Hong Kong Disneyland. The Marvel-themed areas or "lands" will be developed simultaneously at the three parks and inspired by the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However it will instead take place in the "Marvel Theme Park Universe", an alternate universe parallel to it within the Marvel Multiverse, in which Thanos snapping half of all life in the universe out of existence in did not occur. They will be developed by Walt Disney Imagineering, in collaboration with Marvel Studios and Marvel Themed Entertainment.
These three parks all hosted a Marvel-themed seasonal event in the past, which confirmed the demand for the integration of the superheroes in the parks.
Based on three different continents, the Marvel-themed areas will be defined as the "Super Hero campus" of their specific region, that will form guests to become heroes. Each area will feature mostly different sets of attractions and entertainment, while being strongly interconnected with each other by sharing a common narrative.

Avengers Campus (Disney California Adventure)

The version at Disney California Adventure will be taking up the space previously occupied by A Bug's Land and will be anchored by the nearby attraction. The land closed on September 5, 2018 to make way for the new area. At the 2017 D23 Expo, Disney announced the Guardians of the Galaxy will be joined by Spider-Man and the Avengers as part of the new immersive Superhero area at the park. Disney initially announced on March 11, 2020 that Avengers Campus would open on July 18, 2020, but has since been indefinitely delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to the indefinite closure of Disney parks worldwide and the suspension of construction projects at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Due to a 1994 contract with Universal Parks & Resorts, Disney cannot use the "Marvel" name in the area name or attractions. The new Spider-Man themed ride will use the former It's Tough to Be a Bug! attraction.

Current attractions and entertainment (as part of Hollywood Land)

The version at Walt Disney Studios Park will be taking over the Backlot area of the park, repurposing it with the Marvel theme. It will include a re-theme of Rock 'n' Roller Coaster avec Aerosmith to feature Iron Man. On December 10, 2018, it was announced that Walt Disney Studios Park would feature a Marvel area similar to the one coming to Disney California Adventure, receiving the same Spider-Man ride,

Current entertainment (as part of Backlot)

The version at Hong Kong Disneyland was announced in 2016, as part of the park's expansion plan. It will take over part of Tomorrowland and will be themed as the Stark Expo based in Hong Kong, where guests are asked to join the Super Heroes in their battles. This version entered phase 2 in 2019, which includes in the Science and Technology Pavilion of Stark Expo, along with a new retail facility and themed food. This new attraction joined the Iron Man Experience, which opened in 2017 and took up the area where the former Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters attraction used to be. On top of this, there will be new attractions and other forms of entertainment added to the land up until the year 2023, when a brand new Avengers themed ride will open, taking over the area previously occupied by Autopia.

Current attractions and entertainment (as part of Tomorrowland)