Imagineering Considered Spider-Man and Doctor Strange Overlays for Tower of Terror

    In a recent interview with D23, Joe Rohde talked about some of the early concepts for the makeover of Tower of Terror at Disney California Adventure. Rohde was tasked with creating something big to open on the west coast at the same time he was tasked with opening Pandora – The World of Avatar on the east coast. Here’s what Rodhe said about the process, which included early concepts that could have seen Dr. Strange or Spider-Man take over the space instead of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

    We ran a couple of ideas. We could do Dr. Strange, that would work really, really well and is almost what Tower of Terror is. Spider-Man, Spider-Man needs like some space you know, I don’t know if that’s a thing, and then Guardians. I was looking at the building, and the California Tower of Terror only had a few specific details that made it look like a hotel. I could pop those off and make it a generic thing. I can then make a generic thing look like anything.

    Of course, Disney California Adventure ultimately wasn’t robbed of Dr. Strange or Spider-Man, both of which will have a presence in the upcoming Avengers Campus.

    As a quick refresher, Avengers Campus is home to the Worldwide Engineering Brigade – also known as “WEB” – which will house a new Spider-Man experience, the first Disney ride-through attraction to feature this iconic superhero. 

    During an open house at WEB, the aspiring inventors are excited to invite you for a test drive of their latest invention: the “Web Slinger” vehicle, which allows you to sling webs just like Spider-Man! The attraction gives you a taste of what it’s like to have actual superpowers as you help Spider-Man collect Spider-Bots that have run amok.

    Avengers Campus will also feature Pym Test Kitchen. Just as Ant-Man and The Wasp use “Pym Particles” to grow and shrink just about anything, Pym Technologies is using the latest innovations to grow and shrink food at this eatery.

    You will also find heroic encounters throughout the campus, including Black Widow, Ant-Man and The Wasp, Doctor Strange, the Guardians of the Galaxy, superheroes from Wakanda and Asgard, and Iron Man.

    As superheroes continue to assemble at the campus, one of its iconic buildings will be the Avengers Headquarters where you should be on the lookout for Avengers in action.

    All of that is only phase one for the land, with Phase Two set to open in the coming years and feature the headliner Avengers E-Ticket ride that Disney has briefly touched on. We go into more detail on the attraction (HERE).

    As always, keep checking back with us here at BlogMickey.com as we continue to bring you the latest news, photos, and info from around the Disney Parks!

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