The Sweep Spot - A Disneyland Show by Former Cast Members
Oct 12, 2026 · 54 min · 21 segments
We catch up on the latest at the Disneyland Resort, including details about the two major rides being added to Avengers Campus, a sign of long-term Resort expansion plans, more tea spilled by former…
Eric JohnsonUh, Bernie McDonald at the Orange County register of all places has a story called how Disneyland's Avengers eat ticket ride evolved over the past seven years.
The Avengers e-ticket ride coming to the Disneyland Resort has evolved over the past years from a Wakanda-bound mission aboard the Quinjet into a showdown with King Thanos across the multiverse.
Construction is underway on the Avengers Infinity Defense attraction as part of an expansion of Avengers Campus set to debut in 2028 at Disney California Adventure that will double the size of the Marvel-themed land.
Newly released concept art showed Mrs. Marvel, played by actress Imam Velani, Leading a pre-mission briefing for the new Avengers Infinity Defense attraction, Marvel stars Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Anthony Mackie as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, and Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man will reprise their roles in the new attraction.
To trace the history of the Infinity Defense attraction, you have to go back to 2019 when Walt Disney Imagineering announced plans for an Avengers e-ticket ride for a new Marvel themed land set to debut in 2020.
In 2019, the unnamed Avengers e-ticket was going to feature an all-new ride system unlike any attraction at a Disney theme park.
Disney and Marvel used New York Comic-Con 2019 to reveal new details about the Avengers Campus themed land set to debut at Disney California Adventure.
Riders on the original action envisioned for DCA would have boarded the Avengers Quinjet and embarked on a mission to the Black Panther world of Wakanda alongside the team of superheroes.
The year-long COVID-19 pandemic closure of Disney's Anaheim theme parks postponed plans to open Avengers Campus until 2021.
Avengers Campus eventually debuted in June 2021 with a Spider-Man attraction, Doctor Strange magic show, Ant-Man and the Wasp restaurant, and Marvel character shows and photo ops.
Then Disney Chairman Josh DeMauro announced during the D23 Expo in 2022 that Imagineering had gone back to the drawing board to develop an entirely new concept for a Marvel multiverse e-ticket attraction where the Avengers would battle the King Thanos villain.
In 2023, Imagineering announced the new e-ticket Dark Ride coming to Avengers Campus would transport riders aboard a world-jumping spaceship to remote worlds and alternate realities throughout the Marvel multiverse.
Concept art showed a motion-based platform ride vehicle designed to look like an Avengers spaceship passing through a glowing orange wormhole portal.
the new ride vehicles would utilize portal technology to help transport superheroes throughout the marvel multiverse into a in a matter of moments according to the backstory created for the attraction After five years of development, Imagineering finally announced a name for the e-ticket ride in 2024 during the D23 Fan Convention in Anaheim.
The Avengers Infinity Defense attraction will take riders on a search for a world-jumping technology developed by Tony Stark That King Thanos is using to wreak havoc on the universe According to the backstory for the attraction recruits will travel to Asgard look and New York City alongside Marvel superheroes before facing off against Thanos.
The Imagineering Pavilion at D23 in 2024 showed off a Maquette model of the 12-seat trackless ride vehicle planned for Avengers Infinity Defense attractions.
Avengers Infinity Defense is expected to employ ride vehicles similar to the ones used on Peter Pan's Neverland Adventure in Tokyo DisneySea, Transformers The Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood, and Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man at Islands of Adventure, which is also a Universal park.
Yeah, so Avengers Infinity Defense will debut in 2028 alongside the new Stark Flight Lab thrill ride in the expanded Avengers Campus.
Uh, Bernie McDonald at the Orange County register of all places has a story called how Disneyland's Avengers eat ticket ride evolved over the past seven years.
The Avengers e-ticket ride coming to the Disneyland Resort has evolved over the past years from a Wakanda-bound mission aboard the Quinjet into a showdown with King Thanos across the multiverse.
Construction is underway on the Avengers Infinity Defense attraction as part of an expansion of Avengers Campus set to debut in 2028 at Disney California Adventure that will double the size of the Marvel-themed land.
Newly released concept art showed Mrs. Marvel, played by actress Imam Velani, Leading a pre-mission briefing for the new Avengers Infinity Defense attraction, Marvel stars Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Anthony Mackie as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, and Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man will reprise their roles in the new attraction.
To trace the history of the Infinity Defense attraction, you have to go back to 2019 when Walt Disney Imagineering announced plans for an Avengers e-ticket ride for a new Marvel themed land set to debut in 2020.
In 2019, the unnamed Avengers e-ticket was going to feature an all-new ride system unlike any attraction at a Disney theme park.
Disney and Marvel used New York Comic-Con 2019 to reveal new details about the Avengers Campus themed land set to debut at Disney California Adventure.
Riders on the original action envisioned for DCA would have boarded the Avengers Quinjet and embarked on a mission to the Black Panther world of Wakanda alongside the team of superheroes.
The year-long COVID-19 pandemic closure of Disney's Anaheim theme parks postponed plans to open Avengers Campus until 2021.
Avengers Campus eventually debuted in June 2021 with a Spider-Man attraction, Doctor Strange magic show, Ant-Man and the Wasp restaurant, and Marvel character shows and photo ops.
Then Disney Chairman Josh DeMauro announced during the D23 Expo in 2022 that Imagineering had gone back to the drawing board to develop an entirely new concept for a Marvel multiverse e-ticket attraction where the Avengers would battle the King Thanos villain.
In 2023, Imagineering announced the new e-ticket Dark Ride coming to Avengers Campus would transport riders aboard a world-jumping spaceship to remote worlds and alternate realities throughout the Marvel multiverse.
Concept art showed a motion-based platform ride vehicle designed to look like an Avengers spaceship passing through a glowing orange wormhole portal.
the new ride vehicles would utilize portal technology to help transport superheroes throughout the marvel multiverse into a in a matter of moments according to the backstory created for the attraction After five years of development, Imagineering finally announced a name for the e-ticket ride in 2024 during the D23 Fan Convention in Anaheim.
The Avengers Infinity Defense attraction will take riders on a search for a world-jumping technology developed by Tony Stark That King Thanos is using to wreak havoc on the universe According to the backstory for the attraction recruits will travel to Asgard look and New York City alongside Marvel superheroes before facing off against Thanos.
The Imagineering Pavilion at D23 in 2024 showed off a Maquette model of the 12-seat trackless ride vehicle planned for Avengers Infinity Defense attractions.
Avengers Infinity Defense is expected to employ ride vehicles similar to the ones used on Peter Pan's Neverland Adventure in Tokyo DisneySea, Transformers The Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood, and Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man at Islands of Adventure, which is also a Universal park.
Yeah, so Avengers Infinity Defense will debut in 2028 alongside the new Stark Flight Lab thrill ride in the expanded Avengers Campus.
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