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Marvel themed area

Postby Barry McB » Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:27 pm

Hong Kong Disneyland announced today its plan for the first ever Marvel-themed area featuring "The Iron Man Experience" to be opened in 2016!

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Re: Marvel themed area

Postby KeithS » Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:51 pm

Amazing news Barry!

Here is a another image released today:
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And the news story at the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/08/busin ... n-man.html
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Re: Marvel themed area

Postby KeithS » Wed Oct 09, 2013 7:37 am

Some updated on news on this - The Ironman Experience will be based in Tomorrowland and will use technology similar to Star Tours. It will feature Ironman's battles over the sky of Hong Kong. Sounds like a lot of fun to me! I'm just trying to picture where exactly it will be built - maybe between Buzz Lightyear and Autopia?

There will also be a meet and greet and associated Marvel gift shop.
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DLR: 2005, 06, 09, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18
DLRP: 2006
HKDL: 2006 (Mar & Sept), 11 (Apr & Dec), 14, 19
SDR: 2017
TDR: 2008, 10, 17
WDW: 2006, 13 (Mar & Sept), 16, 19
DCL: 2013, 15 (Alaska & Hawaii), 18
Aulani: 2015

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Re: Marvel themed area

Postby mushu mama » Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:21 am

I LOVE Ironman, so this alone is enough to make me get a bit more motivated to get over and finally see the Hong Kong park.
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Re: Marvel themed area

Postby WayneG » Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:53 pm

Yesterday had a good look at the construction site from the Autopia queue and the site is huge with a massive show building some distance from where the entrance to the show building is. In front of this building they have dug down a fair way and are building another building. It looks like it will be amazing when it opens in 2016.

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Re: Marvel themed area

Postby KeithS » Sat Nov 12, 2016 7:58 am

Disney announced today that the Ironman Experience will open on 11 January 2017, so not long to go now!
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Re: Marvel themed area

Postby calisota » Sat Nov 12, 2016 4:15 pm

So, Disney now have the Muppets, Star Wars and Marvel to theme around...what other "franchises" can they purchase that will expand Parks even more?

Once Upon A Time has used Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Frankenstein, Oz etc. What about a steam punk land?


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Re: Marvel themed area

Postby KeithS » Sat Nov 12, 2016 5:02 pm

What about a steam punk land?
They actually considered a Myst-themed area a few years ago, and Myst is very steam-punk.  I would have loved that being a big fan of the game series, but it never got off the ground.
I'm pretty sure they will want to tap more into Marvel and Star Wars for the foreseeable future - I can't imagine they'd be on the lookout for more properties in the immediate future, but you never know!  Of course - they have more Indiana Jones stuff to do yet as well - at least one more movie which I'm sure will set the scene for future film expansion without Harrison Ford and therefore more theme park opportunities...It is a great time to be a Disney fan!
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Re: Marvel themed area

Postby calisota » Sat Nov 12, 2016 5:34 pm

That's right! I'd forgotten about Indiana Jones. That's one that I would like to see expanded, it seems like every movie has at least one scene that could be used as the basis for a ride as well as a wealth of locations for different areas.

If you liked Myst have you see "The Room" games? It's available on both android and apple and strikes me as Myst for today. Great puzzles and graphics. Highly recommended. 


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Re: Marvel themed area

Postby KeithS » Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:53 am

I've just downloaded Obduction for the PC; it is by Cyan Software who did Myst back in the day and is the spiritual successor to that series.  It is fantastic - has a real Myst feel and a completely new mythology.  It was on Steam this weekend on sale, so worth the purchase if you are into those types of games.
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Trip history:
DLR: 2005, 06, 09, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18
DLRP: 2006
HKDL: 2006 (Mar & Sept), 11 (Apr & Dec), 14, 19
SDR: 2017
TDR: 2008, 10, 17
WDW: 2006, 13 (Mar & Sept), 16, 19
DCL: 2013, 15 (Alaska & Hawaii), 18
Aulani: 2015


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