Disney to Offer Pay-to-Play Upcharge for Spider-Man Ride
May 19, 2021, 2:26 PM ·
The Disneyland Resort today introduced new merchandise items for its upcoming Avengers Campus land at Disney California Adventure. But the big news here is a souvenir that fans can buy to help boost their scores in the Marvel land s new interactive Spider-Man ride.
Essentially, it s a pay-to-play upgraded ride experience - something that Disney has not offered before on a major ride. Disney has offered paid attraction upgrade options before in the form of special reserved seating areas for shows - usually as part of dining packages - but that s different from something that changes the attraction experience, as these items promise to do.
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Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) ended the fiscal second quarter with 103.6 million subscribers on its Disney+ streaming service. While that s more than double the total reported in the year-ago quarter, analysts expected Disney+ to finish the quarter with 109 million subscribers.
The stock initially sold off sharply after the earnings report and is currently down 4.3% year to date. Investors are probably wondering if the House of Mouse is still a good investment.
Here are four important points from the earnings call that suggest Disney is doing fine and could make the sell-off a good buying opportunity.
While theme parks in Florida are taking steps away from COVID-19-era protocols, face masks are still required at California's Disneyland Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood.
Published May 17, 2021 •
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You d probably never want to be turned into a person who is the size of an ant, via incredibly futuristic technology, unless you d had a satisfying breakfast.
Likewise, you re not going to want to go into a film-ending battle scene with some interdimensional foes without feeling you d had a filling food experience beforehand.
The Pym Test Kitchen Featuring Impossible Foods, an intriguing eatery set to debut inside Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure in June, understands you and your nosh-ready needs, dear superhero.
Outlandish and offbeat offerings, which rock names like Experiment No. EE10: Pym-ini, fill the menu, while other dishes boast bites that include both small and large elements (fitting for a test kitchen inspired by Professor Hank Pym, the inventor of the Ant-Man suit).
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