Disney's rival Universal Studios created their own Spider-Man attraction The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man in 1999 which also used hybrids of physical sets and 3D projection. While using significantly less visually advanced CGI, Universal's attraction has been generally better received than that of Avengers Campus' due to its enhanced immersion, more charismatic Spider-Man, comic-book New York aesthetic, and story featuring Spider-Mans's rogues gallery rather than the commercialized Spider-Bots.
Queue[]
Exterior queue[]
The WEB building is repurposed from a 1950s base for Stark Motors and its subsidiaries Accutech & Geffen-Meyer Chemicals. Accutech and Geffen-Meyer Chemicals are both organizations from the comics; Accutech being an R&D company owned by Stark, and Geffen-Meyer Chemicals being a chemical company which Tony Stark used during civil war as bait to attack his fellow superheroes.
The crane atop the building was used in A Bug's Land to move Heimlich's Chew Chew Train.[1]
The mural on the side of the building is made by Miles Morales, the second Spider-Man who took over for Peter after Peter's death in the Ultimate Marvel Universe and who works for the Worldwide Engineering Brigade in this continuity.
One of the primary criticisms of Peter Parker in the MCU (inspiring the depiction featured in the parks) has been that he appropriates many personality traits and story beats from Miles Morales.
The Web Slinger vehicles are developed by multiple characters from the comics and films. This includes Harley Keener from Iron Man 3, Onome from the Future Foundation comics, Lunella Lafayette AKA Moon Girl, and Doreen Green AKA Squirrel Girl.
Doreen was co-created by Steve Ditko, who also co-created Spider-Man.
The codes of different WEB members allude to their real-world origins.
Spider-Man's ID is PAKR-150862. PAKR is an abbreviated form of the surname Parker, 15 represents Amazing Fantasy #15 where Spider-Man made his first appearance, 08 represents the month of August which it released under (and which is Peter's birth month in the MCU), while 62 represents the year 1962 when the comic was released.
Harley's WEB ID is KENR-050313. KENR is an abbreviation of his surname, while the numbers represent May 3rd, 2013, the release date of Iron Man 3.
Onome's WEB ID code is ONOM-381219. ONOM is an abbreviation of her name, 12 references 2012, the year of her creation, and 19 references how she first appeared in FF #19.
Lunella's is LULA-010116, 0101 symbolizing her first appearance in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Vol. 1 #1, while the 16 is likely intended to represent her first appearance in 2015 though the ID is a year off. LULA is a combination of her first and last names.
Squirrel Girl's ID is DEEN-011001 with DEEN being an abbreviation of Doreen. The number 1's presence may reference her having first appeared in 1991.
Throughout the attraction, Peter Parker is shown to be comically inept at keeping his secret-identity. This starts in the queue where he is shown openly experimenting with web fluid, and as the lead on creating both Spider-Bots and the the Web-Slingers vehicles, inspired by Spider-Man's moniker.
Entrance/Pre-Show[]
The artificial-intelligence S.H.A.R.I.N. is likely inspired by the artificial-intelligence, "Karen" from Spider-Man Homecoming (2017), an artificial-intelligence similar to Jarvis or F.R.I.D.A.Y. which Tony Stark had built into Spider-Man's suit.
Various WEB member items in the rack allude to their comic-book/film origins.
The bicycle of Amadeus Cho is visible, Amadeus Cho being a Hulk-like genius superhero from the comics.
Moon Girl's specialized roller-skates appear in the locker.[2]
Doreen's bicycle has, "Unbeatable" on it, referencing her prefix, "The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl".
The skate-board of WEB member Gwen Stacy appears. In the comics, Gwen was Spider-Man's original love-interest who was killed off by Green Goblin but later revealed to be alive in an alternate-reality as the super-heroine, "Spider-Woman". Gwen's skateboard matches her superhero colour-scheme and says, "The Mary Janes", a band which Gwen was a member of in her Spider-Woman universe alongside Mary Jane Watson, Gwen's best friend turned supervillain enemy, "Carnage" and partial love-interest.
In the comics, Spider-Bots were created by Spider-Man's reformed enemy Dr. Otto "Doctor Octopus" Octavius after he switched bodies with Peter and after absorbing his memories, became the morally-ambiguous superhero, "The Spectacular Spider-Man". Otto used the Spider-Bots to survey New York, having them transmit footage and data to his suit's lenses and phone while controlling the robots with his mind.
This attraction's depiction of Peter Parker is shown to be comically inept at maintaining his secret-identity. While working for a group called, "WEB", he openly works on web-shooters and as the lead on creating both Spider-Bots and the the Web-Slingers vehicles, inspired by Spider-Man's moniker.
In the side of the room is a, "Gear Grabber" containing multiple easter-eggs.
The claw machine contains the aliens from Toy Story, referencing, "The Claaaw" from said film.
One of the items are the Honorary Bug Glasses from the show It's Tough to be a Bug, an attraction in the A Bug's Land which predicated Avengers Campus.
One of the plushies is of Baymax from the Disney animated film Big Hero 6. Said film was actually based on a Marvel Comics from which Baymax originates.
Harley Keener is shown to be experimenting with different potato-guns as he was in Iron Man 3. Different proposed names contain Disney related puns like, "Spud Slinger", "Spud Lightyear", "Darth Tater", "Air Spud", "Starch Industries", C3-PO-TA-TO" and "SPUDer-Man".[3]
Post-cards from Washington DC and St. Mark's Basilica reference Peter's travels in Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home where he fought the Vulture and Mysterio respectively.
There is a menu for Shawarma Palace and advertisement for Lucky Dog's Pizza.
The introduction to Lunella has artwork of Devil Dinosaur on it.
A flyer advertises WEB members Bruno Carrelli and Onome tutoring others in Wakanda's language of Xhosa. Bruno is a character from the comics who is best-friend to Kamala Khan AKA Ms. Marvel.
The flyer for drummer auditions for a band called The Gamma Rays further references Gwen Stacy who is a drummer and shares a colour-palette with the flyer.
The photo of Doreen outside of the Eiffel Tower references the Paris version of Web-Slingers, Spider-Man W.E.B. Adventure. This also partially references the tie-in comic W.E.B. of Spider-Man's story.
Lunella has a missing poster for Devil Dinosaur, her companion from the comics.
The name of Doreen's squirrel communication app, "SQUEAKEN" may be a reference to the Disney film The Emperor's New Groove (2000). In this film, the character Kronk is able to communicate with squirrels by speaking sounds like, "Squeaken".[6]
Most of these members hadn't appeared in the MCU when referenced in the attraction.
Several members of WEB are members of the superhero team The Champions in the comics.
Lunella Lafayette, Dante Pertuz, and Bruno Carrelli's best-friend Mr. Marvel are all Inhumans.
Cassie Lang is a central character in the backstory of PYM Test Kitchen.
The locker for Grisol Ramirez is in tribute to the late imagineer of the same name. She has a Wall-E sticker on hers.
Several lockers contain Easter eggs to comic-book counterparts of the WEB members:
Bruno's locker has the Wakandan language Xhosa on it, spelling his name.
Amadeus Cho's locker is smashed open, referencing his super-strength.
Dante's locker has his logo from the comics and is singed, referencing fiery super-powers.
Anya's locker has her spider logo.
Gwen Stacy's locker has another logo for The Mary Janes and allusions to her intelligence and feminism.
America Chavez's locker has a star, alluding to her logo.
Lunella's locker has a painting of Devil Dinosaur.
Ironheart's locker is made to resemble her costume.
Onome's locker has xhosa on it.
Squirrel Girl's locker has art of dandelions, leaves and acorns.
Cassie's locker has a small door for ants to enter.
Miles' locker in Web Slingers references the 2018 hit non-Disney marvel film Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse. The art style of the locker is made to reference the film's aesthetics and artwork which Miles creates in the film. The spaceman floating upwards on the locker references Miles falling upwards on the film's poster and in its iconic, "Leap of faith" scene while the arrows around the spaceman's head reference how spider-senses are visualized in the film.
Peter's locker has a web fluid explosion leaking from it and Lucky Dog's Pizza sticker.
There are various references to the 1955 development of, "MARIA", a car from the Iron Man Experience inspired by the flying car Howard Stark showed off in Captain America: The First Avenger.
The Time Clock is set to the time, "6:16". This is a reference to Earth 616, the main reality of the Marvel Comics universe.
The Utilidoors which the Web Slingers travel through take their names from the actual Utilidoors of the park.
The blueprints of Avengers Campus has various easter-eggs.
The can labelled WDI-1401 is a tribute to Walt Disney Imagineering's address, frequently used in the parks.
Googam Goo Shoo is a reference to the Doctor Strange villain Googam whose likeness is on the bottle. The bottle description also name-drops the Iron Man villain Fin Fang Foom. via "(FIN FANG) 4X), alluding to the Fin Fang Four which both Googam and Fin Fang Foom were members of.
Wal Rus Wipes references Rocket Raccoon's engineer ally Wal Rus, who appears as the mascot. The description says it kills 99.9% of Lord Dyvyne's forces, Lord Dyvyne being an alien enemy of Rocket Raccoon who fought Wal Rus in the comics.
The sign saying it has been, "39 days without a potato gun malfunction" references Harley Keener's potato guns.
The intended hover car release year of 1955 is a tribute to Disneyland's opening year.
The ID on the Web-Slingers are STRK-042619, which translates to Stark April 26, 2019, the date which Avengers: Endgame released and which featured Tony Stark's MCU death. Despite this easter-egg, Tony Stark is still alive in park continuity.
Chemical Storage[]
Before arriving at the Chemical Storage room, the Web Slingers pass by a chamber for Gamma Radiation testing and for Negative Zone testing. Gamma radiation is commonly featured in the Hulk franchise while the Negative Zone is a location from Fantastic Four comics, affiliated with the villain Annihilus.
PYM Test Kitchen[]
The lab shows Pym Particles being used on food. In both the comics and the films, applying PYM Particles to food and drink would be problematic due to prolonged exposure to them sometimes causing insanity in their users.
The tank which turns from small to giant is an item from the film Ant-Man (2015) where it belonged to Hank Pym.
In one of the display cases is Stormbreaker, the Uru hammer wielded by Beta Ray Bill in Marvel Comics and by Thor in Avengers: Infinity War. This hammer also appears in the interior queue of Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT! where it is referred to as the, "Asgardian War Hammer" and closer resembles its comic-book counterpart.
Return[]
There is a vehicle labelled HEIMLICH. This is as it is a stripped down vehicle from the attraction Heimlich's Chew Chew Train from A Bug's Land which predicated Avengers Campus.
A pipe outside shows that Geffen-Meyer Chemicals was working with Gamma radiation, referencing the Incredible Hulk. A tree growing outside of their gamma waste pipe is large and mutated, being nicknamed the, "Hulk Tree".
Many of the props and footage are repurposed from the attraction's California counterpart.
A framed poster in the queue for WEB's base in Paris pictures and mentions the California workshop, referring to it as, "Notre sucursale WEB au Avengers Campus de Californie" (French: Our WEB offices in the Avengers Campus of California), promoting its beta-tests of their technology.
There are several tanks of, "Flagelliform Formula", referring to web fluid.
There is a can of Canelo’s Auto & Body, referencing the place of work of the, "Ghost Rider", Robbie Reyes.[7]
Pre-Show[]
Many of the easter-eggs and props are taken from the California attraction, including the Luxo Jr. lamp, claw machine, Damage Control boxes, and various stickers.
On the screen, different WEB members have logos referencing their source-material counterparts such as Lunella's depicting Devil Dinosaur, Harley Keener's depicting a potato, and Doreen's depicting an acorn.
There are drawings of Devil Dinosaur on Lunella's table.
The art on the Gear Grabber shows Wakandan vibranium beads, Terrigen crystals, Hank Pam's miniature tank, and Star-Lord's Awesome Playlist.[8] The art of claws on the gear grabber resembles the robotic arms of classic Spider-Man villain, Doctor Octopus.
The screen will show references to several characters including reviews from Tony Stark, a lecture on Gamma radiation from Dr. Bruce Banner, and mentions of Harley needing to be informed that he is on clean-up duty.
Interior queue/Load Area[]
The blueprints mention Howard Stark, Dum Dum Dugan and Peggy Carter. It also mentions Colonel J. Mauro, a tribute to imagineer John Mauro.
The Stark time-cards are tributes to various imagineers.[9] One is labelled, "B. Vista" referencing Buena Vista.
The WEB lockers are taken from the California attraction. WEB members who do not have lockers in this facility include: Rick Jones, Wiz Kid, Spider-Girl, Patriot, Amadeus Cho and Grisol Ramirez.
Most of the postings on the bulletin-board are taken from California's queue. The only original posting is a stargazing advertisement from America Chavez.
A crate has stickers for, "New York Brave" with the Avengers logo, the Stark Expo of Hong Kong, Shawarma Palace, and the band The Mary Janes.
Ride[]
The attraction's scenes are copied from its American counterpart, despite the American attraction revolving around the settings of different attractions in Disney California Adventure which are not present in Paris' version.
Web Slingers: A Spider-man Adventure references in other properties[]
Avengers Assemble: Flight Force: The Avengers database has a section dedicated to members of the Worldwide Engineering Brigade.
PYM Test Kitchen: Wasp receives texts from Peter Parker and Cassie Lang, referencing the events of this attraction.
