Disneyland plans to open the conventional “exit through the gift shop” that has become a theme park mainstay before breaking ground on the companion Marvel multiverse E-Ticket attraction planned for Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure.
The new Avengers Vault gift shop will open in mid-September in the little-used Avengers Campus headquarters building that is expected to eventually serve as the entrance for a King Thanos attraction planned for the Marvel-themed land.
Avengers Vault will sell Marvel super hero apparel, merchandise and Infinity Saga Relics like the Infinity Gauntlet, Iron Man Gauntlet, Tesseract and the Eye of Agamotto.
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Disneyland’s Instagram post announcing the debut of Avengers Vault made no mention of the Marvel multiverse E-Ticket attraction — but the social media commenters were focused on virtually nothing else.
“Hate to be that guy, but where’s the second ride we were promised?” Michael Baldwin wrote on Instagram.
“Wake me up when we get some concrete news on that Avengers E-ticket ride,” Matt Murdoch wrote on Instagram.
In addition to the Avengers Vault, Marvel gear will also be sold in Avengers Campus at WEB Suppliers, Supply Pod and the Collector’s Warehouse. With the opening of Avengers Vault, DCA’s Avengers Campus Super Store in Hollywood Land will close on Sept. 14.
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Disney has offered sporadic updates on the Marvel E-Ticket ride since the highly-anticipated attraction was first announced at the D23 Expo in 2019 as part of a planned second phase of Avengers Campus.
Back in 2019, before Avengers Campus had even opened, Walt Disney Imagineering envisioned riders climbing aboard a Quinjet and flying to Wakanda on an all-new ride system. At the time, Bob Iger was still in his first stint as Disney CEO.
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