SPECIAL REPORT: Avengers Campus | Disneyland Resort

Main Street Magic - A Walt Disney World Podcast

Jeremy Stein

Walt Disney World, Disney Springs, Society & Culture, Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney, Epcot, Citywalk, Wdw, Universal Dining, Disney World, Kids & Family, Universal Studios, Places & Travel, Hollywood Studios, Disney, Universal Orlando, Magic Kingdom, Disney Resorts, Disney Dining, Islands Of Adventure

4.6 • 690 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

With all of the exciting news that broke yesterday, April 8th, with the announcement of Avengers Campus opening on June 4th, Jeremy sat down with Kirsten Acuna, a correspondent on Insider's Entertainment team covering TV, movies, and theme parks to talk about the March 2020 media event at Avengers Campus, as well as Scott Gustin, a News executive producer at Nexstar who covers “real news” as a day job and theme parks when time allows, to talk more about Josh D'Amaro's virtual presentation and announcement.

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0:00.0	On this episode of Main Street Magic, we interrupt our program to bring you this important message.
0:17.5	With all of the exciting news that broke yesterday with the announcement of Avengers campus opening on June 4th, I wanted to get more info direct from some incredible sources.
0:27.3	Kirsten Akuna is a correspondent on Insider's entertainment team covering TV, movies, and theme parks.
0:33.2	She is Insiders resident expert on all things The Walking Dead.
0:36.4	When she's not covering the Walking Dead universe,
0:39.0	Kirsten covers superheroes in all things Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and live action remakes.
0:44.4	She's a verified film critic on Rotten Tomatoes.
0:47.4	In March of 2020, right before the shutdown of Disneyland's parks,
0:51.3	Kersen had the unique opportunity to visit Avengers campus during a media event.
0:56.2	She's an incredible follow on Twitter at Kirsten Akuna.
0:59.2	That is K-I-R-S-T-E-N-A-C-U-N-A.
1:04.5	It was my privilege to sit down and chat with her about her experience.
1:08.4	Well, Kirsten, thank you so much for coming on Main Street Magic.
1:12.0	I truly appreciate your time.
1:13.2	And I want to hear about this, you know, amazing experience that you got to have last year
1:19.1	when you were able to, you know, actually attend and see Avengers campus out in California.
1:25.6	And I just kind of want to hear your experience and some thoughts on everything that you're able to experience when you're out there.
1:31.6	Yeah, you know, first, thanks for having me, Jeremy.
1:35.3	It's, I feel like I haven't really spoken to too many people about being able to to walk through Avengers campus while they were very much still working on it.
1:48.5	Like I'm talking about rebar on the ground.
1:51.0	Oh, wow.
1:51.5	Like they did not have a whole lot, a whole lot set up.
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