{"id":202641,"date":"2026-03-03T19:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202641\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T19:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:51:10","slug":"disneyland-offers-behind-the-scenes-tour-of-60-million-avengers-campus-expansion-pasadena-star-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202641\/","title":{"rendered":"Disneyland offers behind-the-scenes tour of $60 million Avengers Campus expansion \u2013 Pasadena Star News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walt Disney Imagineering offered a behind-the-scenes tour of the Avengers Infinity Defense attraction under construction at Disney California Adventure as part of the $60 million Avengers Campus expansion project that will double the size of the Marvel themed land.<\/p>\n

Disneyland filed an updated building permit with the city of Anaheim for the construction of a 110,000-square foot attraction building with restrooms, offices and an employee break room as part of the Avengers Campus expansion<\/a> already under way at Disney California Adventure, according to Theme Park IQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The permit also calls for the construction of 3,400-square foot outdoor canopies and nine awnings.<\/p>\n

The permit lists the value of the work at $60 million, according to MousePlanet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Walt Disney Imagineering structural engineer Alanna Marshall offered a behind-the-scenes construction tour of the new Avengers Infinity Defense attraction in a video posted to YouTube.<\/p>\n

Marshall showed viewers the structural supports of the building that handle gravity loads from the weight of the building and lateral loads due to seismic activity.<\/p>\n

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Video footage showed the fully-framed building and highlighted the overhead catwalks that will eventually hold video projectors, audio speakers and other show elements inside the dark ride attraction.<\/p>\n

\"ConstructionConstruction of a new ride at Avengers Campus inside Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort Anaheim, CA, on Friday, January 16, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)<\/p>\n

Construction began in January on the Avengers Campus expansion that will add the new Avengers Infinity Defense and Stark Flight Lab attractions to the Marvel super hero themed land.<\/p>\n

The Avengers Infinity Defense<\/a> dark ride will transport riders aboard a world-jumping spaceship to remote worlds and alternate realities throughout the Marvel multiverse utilizing a blend of large-scale built environments and immersive media.<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of the Avengers Infinity Defense attraction coming to Disney California Adventure. (Courtesy of Disneyland)<\/p>\n

The Stark Flight Lab<\/a> attraction will be set inside Tony Stark\u2019s workshop where riders will fly like Iron Man at the end of an auto factory-style robotic arm during a simulated flight.<\/p>\n

Robert Downey Jr., who will play the supervillain Doctor Doom in new \u201cAvengers: Doomsday\u201d debuting in December, will reprise his role as Tony Stark\/Iron Man for both new Avengers Campus attractions.<\/p>\n

\"AA Kuka RoboCoaster motion simulator robot arm for Stark Flight Lab undergoing testing in a still frame from a Walt Disney Imagineering video posted to YouTube. (Courtesy of Disney)<\/p>\n

Disneyland has committed to spend $1.9 billion over the next decade as part of the DisneylandForward<\/a> expansion plan and hopes to bring a big chunk of the $30 billion Disney has earmarked<\/a> for theme park investment to Anaheim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walt Disney Imagineering offered a behind-the-scenes tour of the Avengers Infinity Defense attraction under construction at Disney California…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2223,163,165,164,7,2222,1341,611,420],"class_list":["post-202641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-amusement-parks","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-disney-california-adventure","tag-disneyland","tag-orange-county","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}