Posted By Ken Storey on Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 2:54 PM click image Image via Disney The Ant-Man themed restaurant heading to Disney California Adventure As soon as Disney acquired Marvel in 2009, the company looked for ways to utilize the brand across the entire company. The media side of things quickly made back the $4 billion acquisition with a line of blockbuster films. Within a decade, three Marvel movies sat in the top ten list of highest-grossing films of all time. Still, on the Parks and Resort side things have taken a bit longer. A redo of the Tower of Terror at Disney California Adventure to the Guardians of the Galaxy opened in 2017. That same year a 3D motion simulator attraction themed to Iron Man opened at Hong Kong Disneyland.
Posted By Ken Storey on Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 2:45 PM click to enlarge Photo courtesy Universal Orlando/Facebook Universal has been on a multi-year expansion of its parks, resulting in new attractions nearly every year. Despite the pandemic, leadership remains committed to new investments in the parks and are still moving forward with Epic Universe, the largest expansion since Islands of Adventure opened in 1999. Even as Epic Universe construction ramps up, new additions are still moving forward at Universal’s other parks. Universal executives have been focused on opening the new Beijing resort, now slated to debut later this year. There’s also been plenty of focus on Hollywood, where multiple new attractions have been in the works.
Posted By Melissa Perez-Carrillo on Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 9:32 AM click to enlarge Courtesy of Scream n Stream Concept art for 2021 Horror drive-thru adventure Scream n Stream started as a pandemic necessity, but its not ending that way. The drive-through haunted house announced it s returning for a second year this fall. From September 18 to October 31, guests will be spooked by a new horrifying adventure created by Patrick Braillard, a Halloween Horror Nights Veteran. Scream n Stream first opened in 2020 after major Halloween events across Florida were being scaled back or canceled all together, leaving many residents jobless. Event coordinator, Josh Gunderson, said that they were hoping to bring jobs and horror to Central Florida.