Does Avengers Campus Still Suck? California's vs. Paris's: What's Different & Which is Better?

It's no secret we weren't very impressed with Avengers Campus at Disneyland Paris- but what about the original at Disney's California Adventure? They share a lot of similarities, but also a lot of differences! Today we're going to see which is better and determine if the land still sucks!
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[@ThemeParkAvenue]

“They built the ride so they could sell toys” Welcome to Disneyland

[@ThemeParkAvenue]

This Avengers Campus bashing is going to be a common trend in the channel isn’t it? I’m for it because it’s entertaining.

[@CoasterStudios]

We only bash things that we believe deserve bashing. Avengers Campus is one of those.

[@ThemeParkAvenue]

@@CoasterStudios I am in full agreement.

[@NavaNoidGMD]

@@CoasterStudios never been to disneys cali, but at least I know I shouldn’t go there for the avengers campus 😂

[@HollywoodandWine101]

@@CoasterStudios Disney parks in general in Europe and America deserve bashing. Only decent Disney parks nowadays is in Japan and China.

[@ireadysucks3026]

@@NavaNoidGMD at least dca still has incredicoaster and mission breakout!

[@willsharp9666]

You can really see first hand how little of a budget DLP gets compared to the American parks ;(

[@ThemeParkAvenue]

That might be due to DLP going insanely over budget for its opening

[@ireadysucks3026]

and then all the America budget goes to wdw 💀

[@benskelton1723]

@@ThemeParkAvenue DLP opened in 1992, more likely its owned entirely by Disney and hasn't had a attendance change for the original park since it opened

[@maui3551]

Don't forget that Disneyland, Paris is getting a Frozen land while here we are sadly not getting one at Disneyland

[@rejectclone4504]

I still can’t believe the Web Slinger ride literally is just a worse version of the Ninjago ride at Legoland 😭🤣 At least the Ninjago ride has proper references to the pre-movie era of the show (featuring the Serpentine tribes, the Skulkins, the Great Devourer, etc) and the queue is very well themed and is chock full of props from the series as well

[@tpc2666]

Timeline wise, Avengers Campus isn't set in the main MCU timeline (more like the theme park MCU so any of the disney parks/cruise ship marvel content follows each other). It also means you don't get the Galaxy's Edge problem of everything being set at a specific point in time.

[@ajhummel9187]

The MCU is all about the characters, and I think the infusion of characters is what makes Avengers Campus work. The area is small and not that visually appealing, plus the main new ride is just okay, but there's the energy of having at least a couple recognizable film characters out and about at all times. It elevates one of the weakest lands in a major theme park to an area that isn't a priority but is still worth checking out.

[@CancelHappiness]

The M-SHE-U and its Phase Bore are rancid dogshit

[@jonathanbishopmusic]

Still can't believe the centerpiece of this whole land is a reskin of an old ride that was already there. I want to like Avengers campus because I'm a huge Marvel fan, and the 'side stuff' with all the characters is great, but it really needs that long-teased Avengers dark ride as a proper anchor to make the land feel complete.

[@drdewott9154]

Man this more than anything just seems to confirm that Disneyland Paris and especially Walt Disney Studios there is like the Michigans Adventure of the Disney parks. Y'know the forgotten child which gets underinvested in yet the higherups don't care because they know the Disneyland name is enough to bring in tourists from every corner of the continent and squeeze all the money out of them. Heck I saw ads for Disneyland Paris's Avengers campus on the Metro train in Copenhagen this summer! You never see ads for parks beyond our own national borders here except for Disneyland paris. But people go there anyway because Disneyland is such a hyped up thing, largely thanks to American media, and because the public doesn't know any better. Heck I mean in the US its well known that some theme parks are continentwide destinations, with the Disney parks especially so, but thats not really the case here, and the only one that really is one is Disneyland paris because they've marketed the park so aggressively and because of Disneylands costant mentioning in American media. The closest we even have to that is maybe some slightly large parks that can attrack crowds from a few neighboring countries like Heide Park, Liseberg, and Europa Park, but again you just won't find anything on public awareness scale in Europe like Disneyland except... well Disneyland!

[@kalaoahaole]

Webslinger cheat gear 3/$50 way better than the $45 each prices when it first opened. Great coverage, CS Team! Can't believe the Paris version is so bad. Thanks for the warning. Was hoping to go there for a better experience than DCA has LMAO

[@maui3551]

Let me remind you that Hong Kong, Disneyland all has a version of Avengers Campus called Tony Stark Expo

[@maui3551]

The Marvel Multiverse ride will come to Avengers Campus with the 1st one at Disneyland, California

[@Spiritwonder420]

I mean we all know that Disney land Paris is the budget park of all of the Disney parks...

[@maui3551]

What would say about Hong Kong, Disneyland based on 💵?

[@ktm6612]

25 years and Universal's marvel land still kicks Disney's marvel Avengers campus butt

[@picantepollo6238]

Flick and the gang died for this.

[@rac2327]

Underwhelming , I'm betting the Avengers ride with King thanos is a relocated Star Tours simulator.

[@dayoldbread1696]

Exactly I’m glad someone else also things the ride will be underwhelming. You know the original plans were for an e ticket quinjet ride, but they cancelled it because they are too greedy to spend money to make it a good ride. Instead they are now making a “multiverse” avengers ride (which suspiciously isn’t being called an e ticket by Disney anymore). It’s going to take forever to build but they will try to hype us up for it. Then once people actually get on they’ll notice it’s just a clone of another ride or a new ride but one that sucks. It worries me that this new ride is hinted to be heavily screen based unlike the original plans

[@andrewschannel4259]

You know what's hilarious? The length of this video is also the length of the Avengers Campus area music.

[@edvaira6891]

I really liked the one in California, considering the fact it replaces an area that basically had Nothing…the Dr Strange show is fun…Pym Kitchen has good food…

[@kalaoahaole]

Breakout is better than the rest of the campus put together. Having gone a few times when that ride was open long before the rest of campus, the follow through complete opening was a total let down. The Legoland rip-off Spider-man ride after having finally experienced Islands of Adventure's version was a fun slap in the face. They need a new Avengers coaster ride in there ASAP Gotta love Pym kitchen and ALL the cast members though! Love You!

[@maui3551]

Now they just need to go to Avengers Campus at Hong Kong, Disneyland

[@killianwells520]

but the thing is in paris we still have the tower of terror, and thank god cause that rework with gardian is TERRIBLE worst mistake they ever made. And on top of that, we even have 2 attraction on marvel campus, even if flightforce is rough lol

[@Flame_001]

There are no active heroes at the paris park due to understaffing and strikes

[@jayarby8494]

Well, at least the Guardians of the Galaxy got decent rides

[@NintendJoe]

Good thing they are planning on making an E ticket attraction there

[@kSwissh007]

i enjoyed avengers campus yess it was a small area but im glad to know they are adding more rides to it in the future and the rides the decorations and all the marvel characters walking around and putting on a show at the campus was great to me!!! and the webslinger ride wasnt that bad it was a cool game but i do wish they wud make a spiderman ride where u are webslinging across the city vr style dodging attacks from the villains

[@davestertm6498]

I dunno, maybe my standards are low but I'm not really even an MCU fan but I enjoyed Avenger's Campus when I went. Webslingers was actually kinda fun and worked way better than I expected and Guardians is good.

[@Flankbit]

I really liked avengers campus at DCA, when I saw your Paris video I thought you were crazy (thinking it was a copy of the California version) but after visiting Paris last month, holy hell was that disappointing. I absolutely loved the characters and entertainment at the DCA version and couldn’t believe that was not carried over to Paris.

[@DanP-t1i]

California is so much better than Paris. It’s as if someone at Disney said how can we replicate California but do it cheaper in Paris.

[@AmaelFenix]

I've been to Disneyland Paris and when I went there was just as many roaming characters. I don't think WEB slingers is that bad too. But yeah, flight force had so much potential. Oh, and the buffet in Paris is because their style of food is different.

[@ThemeParksAndAttractions]

Another great comparison 👏

[@diegofavaratozfilms962]

Avengers Campus in California needs an expansion

[@ciscoduncan1490]

Maybe when they finally put in that E ticket attraction that they keep mentioning about will make the land a little bit better. I recently went to IMG theme park in Dubai. It was an absolutely awesome experience. They have some marvel attractions there that would really hit over here. But they couldn’t really do too much there anyway because there’s not so much room at Avengers campus to expand. Thanks for the video and the info. 👍🏾

[@maui3551]

DCA could get ride of Hollywood land and use that space for more Avengers things

[@jonathanwaugh5378]

We’re from the uk and we went here last year with our 4 children 13, 10, 6, 3, even my kids thought it was poor, me and my wife honestly didn’t enjoy it either, it was just far far far to busy, we had to queue for what felt like an age to get on 2 very mediocre rides, we must’ve been unlucky as we seen hardly any superhero’s and we were in the for hours and hours before we moved on, we were there (California) on holiday for 16 days and only ever went once, my kids are all huge marvel fans and didn’t want to go back after there first visit, kind of tells the story on its own, like yourself we have also been to the avengers campus in Paris and again while not being fantastic in our opinion we all enjoyed in more then the version in California, we went to Disneyland Paris for 5 days and visited twice, while in me and my wife’s opinion the difference was minimal, although We definitely enjoyed the Paris version more, my children liked the Paris version way more for some reason, they especially liked the ant man food place that did the large and small food, and the rollercoaster ride (I though it was bang average), and lots of other little small differences, we also seen many of the characters in the Paris version and got photos as well, we visited on a Tuesday and a Thursday and it was very quiet in comparison to the California version, so that might have had a lot to do with it perhaps, after having been to both I’d say that neither are great and I wouldn’t rush back to neither, but if I had to go back to one for me it would be the Paris version.

[@WDWCentral]

I have to say the design of the Paris campus is much better, but Disneyland offers more characters opportunities

[@toadstein]

I feel like you shouldn't have gone to Avengers Campus in Paris on opening week. I went there fairly recently and a saw a lot of characters so to say there were none is just plain wrong. There just aren't as many like the Hulk isn't in Paris for example. But there are still plenty. When I went, in Paris, I saw: Thor, Captain America, Spider-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Gamora, Starlord and Black Panther. I think they weren't there in the opening week because there would literally not be any room with how crowed it can be in those opening weeks.

[@andywoodmusic]

Desperately needs an E ticket.

[@morganfigge]

“Earths mightiest heros can assemble from across TIME AND SPACE” this is how they get around the timeline in the MCU. The hero’s on campus come from various different timelines… and the Campus Personal are aware of the Multiverse. A good example of this is Black Widow having her iconic red hair… and Hulk wearing his suit from endgame. ☺️

[@maui3551]

The hulk suit he Weare in this land is also a hint to the moment when he went to space in the She Hulk series

[@DavidJordao]

As someone who loves the MCU, I finally got to go to Avengers Campus earlier this year and really loved it. I don’t get the bashing 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Bobcatflyfish]

I think they should add a flying coaster themed to iron man, preferably a new vekoma flyer

[@ChristopherKapoun711]

While I can honestly say it does have it's advantages than the one at Paris I think the one in America is still pretty much an "underwhelming", land and I hope with this supposed second phase it does improve a little bit...but I'm not holding my breath very strong!

[@ducksfan_1149]

every Avengers Campus is not cannon in the MCU. that includes the rides. when they announced the lands, they said they would be cannon to each other, which is why you see Mission Breakout in Webslingers, and characters which don’t fit the timeline with each other. It’s pretty dumb, but that’s their justification. Like, webslingers is cannon to itself since it has been cloned? that’s the marvel theme park universe for ya

[@ireadysucks3026]

apparently the parks have their own “mcu”. like all the parks share a marvel universe

[@maxhagenauer24]

Why is this pym kitchen worse than the parris one? Do you not prefer buffets?

[@CoasterStudios]

I’d much rather go to a restaurant where I can order one food item for $12 (that I’ll fill up on after eating) then pay for a buffet that costs more than 3x as much

[@lilcloutvevo]

When is the full Disneyland vlog coming 👀👀👀

[@CoasterStudios]

Tomorrow is day 1!

[@gitner421]

that Spider Man looked straight out of Spirit Halloween loooool

[@rabooey]

I'm gonna say, no, the Avengers Campus certainly does not look like it still sucks. It actually looks amazing, mostly due to the character actors but also some of the much smaller details.

[@loganolson3968]

Just curious, do y’all plan on making a video on comparing Disneyland to Disney world. Also, is it everyone else’s first time at Disneyland?

[@liamcollinson5695]

Disney could of chosen something better and more impressive like Asgard,wakanda or even the quantum world as a theme but no we get a couple of lame warehouse with stark on the side

[@xcoasterenthusiast]

What's worse, WEB Slingers of F&F Supercharged?

[@CoasterStudios]

Probably F&F Supercharged, because at least WEB Slingers is interactive and a decent ride length. Both suck tho lol

[@FearTheTurle21]

On the timeline issue, should Spiderman even be there? In the last movie, everyone forgets he exists and he is on his own, not an Avenger. I get it, you're not gonna leave out Spiderman, but just another example of the timeline being thrown out the window lol.

[@dziankolack9331]

Nobody forgot Spider-Man’s existence, they just all forgot Peter. If WEB actually just hires smart people (and not only hidden superheroes) then Peter could get in as a nobody that no one has heard of

[@rygregory]

Avenger’s Campus (California) feels to me to be one of the more immersive lands even without the 3rd attraction. 🤷🏽

[@KohbeTyre]

They should do avengers campus at Tokyo disneyland and Shanghai disneyland

[@victorrodriguez6608]

I noticed you guys mentioned that the timeline is all over the place. Yep, it sure is! And it doesn’t matter one bit! The plaque you read at the beginning clears that up. It’s a place where they “can assemble from across time and space.” It’s the multiverse! That means a character can be alive, dead, look different, etc. They could literally have 2 Iron Man’s walking around if they wanted to. Of course that would confuse everyone. For Avenger’s Campus a timeline doesn’t matter at all. They were smart enough to learn from their mistakes with Galaxy’s Edge. Comic book geek here.

[@maxhagenauer24]

I think both advendure campuses could use a good high thrill ride and just get rid of those spider bots all together.

[@SpikePBB]

I knew before watching you'd find the US one better because DLP always gets shafted. It's the runt of the litter and gets the worst iterations of lands in the chain.

[@ShockerTopper]

I didn't see Captain America, where was he? I saw Falcon with his stolen shield.

[@The8BitNerd]

Can they please keep the product shoehorning crap out of the theme parks?

[@Ralf3z]

The land isn’t that bad, between the shows and guardians it’s decent

[@Heifer2997]

At the end of the day they are all inferior to Diagon Alley and Mysterious Island at DisneySea

[@djkoeib]

Answer: YES!

[@Danrarbc]

Was it actually Tom Holland? Inquiring minds want to know.

[@xcoasterenthusiast]

9:29 Did I just see a cosplayer of Giyu from Demon Slayer?

[@lorenzoborromeo4835]

🤨📸

[@dylankolers3143]

Mission Breakout is better than Tower of Terror and California Adventure is the best US Disney park

[@upsidedown_]

Disney Paris wins just bcs they destroyed tower of terror for this land

[@bashernasher2486]

Did you not go to Paris just after opening?

[@CoasterStudios]

We went to Avengers Campus in Paris a week or less after it opened

[@bashernasher2486]

@@CoasterStudios it's a little unfair to compare them. Paris was going through a heatwave. Lots of meet and greets were cancelled. Yes it's only heat but Paris is not built for heat like that. Just like DL is not built for rain or snow. Giving DLP a few months into operation would be fair.

[@CoasterStudios]

@@bashernasher2486 we visited after the heat wave you are referring to. When we went it was actually perfect weather.

[@ShockerTopper]

Man it sucks that they totally destroyed the Tower of Terror. I have such good memories of that ride from the first 10 years of it's existence and going in college and end of high school. Things were so much different back then. It's weird like the huge population growth and unfortunate evolution of people has resulted in things being less good overall. I was thinking about this the other day, when there were less people that different things like Disneyland had to cater to the better it was as a place. I used to have a pass in the early to mid 2000's and that was the time to have a pass when it was having a resurgence. They went through a rough time in the mid 90's and up to the late 90's but things really turned around at a good time. I remember going with my friends in college to the park after school and on days off work and they used to have free parking for 3 hours, and 6 with validation, no metal detectors walking in, one of the best show venues EVER, a fun place to go on the weekends and a chill place to go during the day and get to ride 5-6 rides in a few hours then bail. Now you would never find a day like that where you could use free fast pass and get on a bunch of rides because there was a slow day. Man, I'm glad I grew up when I did haha...

[@shawnmatt]

The guardians is much better than tower of terror much of an improvement