Avengers: Arcade Attack!

Near the back of the Marvelous Fun Expo, guests can find a large marquee titled “ARCADE LAND” where guests can enter through the mouth of Arcade, one of the world’s leading Theme Park tycoons. But, the Avengers and SHIELD know him as a criminal mastermind, bent on destroying Earth’s heroes through means of wacky death traps. The queue is full of interactive games and funhouse mirrors as well as posters describing Arcade’s many theme parks across the world in places like Paris, Orlando, and Beijing. Guests are taken to the Pre-show room in groups of 15, in which elaborate pinball machines and pool tables surround them. The villainous Arcade appears on the monitor and tells guests about his newest accomplishment, creating the world’s largest game of Pinball. And today’s visitors will be the first ones to test it.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, you will be the first humans beings to test out the world’s largest pinball machine! But alas, it wouldn’t be the complete theme park experience without an added catch! You will be placed right in the middle of a battle between Earth’s mightiest heroes and most devious supervillains. Hulk vs Juggernaut! Iron Man vs Whiplash! Wolverine vs Sabertooth! And more as you’ll be scurrying to avoid injury! And the worst part is, you won’t be receiving a refund!”

Guests leave the Pre-show room and enter the boarding rooms. The ride vehicles:

(This Motion Base vehicle: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uzHazKkZ4o&feature=emb_title )

are meant to resemble pinballs and are meant to simulate movement through means of simulated effects, drops, and movements.

The ride begins as guests put on their VR headsets. Arcade laughs as the experience takes off with a blast. Guests are hurled through a large pinball set-up as the first “challengers” arrive. Hulk and Juggernaut come bursting into the scene as guests are picked up and hurled by the infamous X-men foe. Hulk intercepts the ride vehicles and sends us rolling amuck.

We end up in a western town themed Pinball environment as we bounce through miniature cactuses, cowboys, etc. and find ourselves amidst a fight between Wolverine and Sabertooth. Sabertooth uses his claws to try and damage the outside of our ride vehicle as Wolverine intervenes and fights him off. We manage to escape from their battle and enter a new location within Arcade’s massive pinball game.

Next, guests find themselves in a sci-fi pinball setting with UFO’s flying overhead. That’s where they find themselves in the middle of an altercation between Iron Man and Whiplash. Whiplash uses his whips to entangle us and send us towards Iron Man in an attempt to damage his suit. Tony uses a repulser blast to send us away from Whiplash but it ends up bouncing us toward the wall and back at Whiplash. He ends up whipping us back into a new pinball environment.

We find ourselves in a big city with cut outs of buildings and Taxis surrounding us. where we end up in a battle between Spider-Man and Scorpion as Scorpion attempts to use his sharp tail to pierce the exterior of our pinball. Spider-Man helps us escape by webbing our ride vehicle and launching us out of danger.

Our final destination is a forest/camp themed setting with campfires, cartoon bears, and park rangers around our vehicles. Immediately, Omega Red emerges from behind and uses his deadly metal tentacles to send us flying until Storm catches us and gently puts on down using her lightning abilities. She sends a storm cloud over Omega Red’s head and electrocutes him. Unfortunately, the lightning bounces of his tentacles and hits guests instead, which causes the ride vehicles to shake. We’re sent flying backwards as we break through the walls of the devious pinball trap. The heroes all manage to escape as the rest of the villains team up to confront them. The Avengers manage to get an upper-hand over them and declare victory.

All of a sudden, Arcade emerges in a robotic suit as the Avengers use their combined abilities to send our ride vehicles through the central core of the suit, causing it to short circuit. The Avengers apprehend Arcade and thank us for our help. We return to our boarding rooms and exit back into the Arcade.