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Disneyland’s Avengers Campus takes place in a world where Thanos’ snap never happened, diverging from canon. Set for Disney’s California Adventure, the Marvel-themed destination will include Avengers Headquarters.
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“We don’t want anyone to feel that there’s an apocalyptic threat to the end of humanity,” Fields said. He added that while there is a desire for Avengers Campus Park to feature some conflict, the form of that conflict should remain accessible to visitors of the attraction. Avengers Campus story lead Jillian Pagan elaborated further, noting that Avengers Campus Park does share history with the films but with a little more fluidity. “We live in a version of the multiverse where there are some characters who did not sacrifice themselves for us,” she noted.
The decision makes sense from a business standpoint. An attraction should appeal to large swaths of people. Sticking too closely to established canon would limit certain possibilities that would otherwise be available.
Okay, okay. I get it. Those of us that are comic fans know that the multiverse provides opportunities for alternate and differing realities. But, I've always labored under the idea that, while the highly successful "superhero" franchise films of late are based on their comic book source materials, that the producers and film companies didn't want to just please the hardcore fans. Rather, they want to make money.
As such, film makers want the end product to appeal to everyone. Perhaps that is the logic behind the move here (to have the Avengers Campus exist in a 'non-snap' world).
Given the events that took place in Endgame, this plan will also allow for some characters that should be dead to be part of the story (I'm thinking of Black Widow, as an example).
However, I guess it's all moot since the opening of this new theme park at Disney's California has been delayed due to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic:
Disney’s Marvel-themed Avengers Campus was originally supposed to open at Disney California Adventure on July 18th, 2020. Well, it’s not surprising to learn that the opening of the attraction has been delayed. Now the Disneyland website says that it’s “Coming Soon”.
Well, no matter how you slice it - or when it will open, I'm sure that it will be awesome. I'm still feeling really impressed by how Galaxy's Edge turned out....