Yelp limits you to 5001 CHARACTERS in your reviews--which simply is not enough for things like "experiences." That said I have posted a full review here on our blog at https://gerouxcrew.wordpress.com/2014/12/29/our-experience-at-marvel-experience/ for all to see complete with pictures if you would like more details about my comments below
Disclaimer:
It should be noted that I refrained from reading any reviews or watching any news stories about this event prior to our visit so I kept my own expectations as high as they should have been for the cost of the tickets. Also, while some may say it is not fair to compare something like this to "Disneyland", I disagree. Disney as the parent company who has "theme park" entertainment down to a science would never settle for the poorly executed design and management of this experience to exist. No reason to re-invent the wheel- pool resources from the Disney parks gurus and fix the kinks. Several of the activities inside the experience are actual activities AT Disneyland (in the Innoventions attraction in Tomorrowland) so there should be zero "kinks" with those, yet there are.
Cost: For our family of 4 (2 adults 2 teens) we paid $145 for the Marvel Experience plus an additional $10 for parking and shelled out another $20 for a souvenir photo. So at $175 we are not talking about chump change.
Time: We had tickets for Sunday December 28th at 3pm- the web said the experience would last 90-120 minutes. We were there for 3.5 hours ( i.e. 210 minutes) from 2:45pm until 6:15pm. Approximately 60 minutes of that was actual "experience" everything else was standing in line.
Would we do it again?:
not likely- at least not at the cost that it was. Again it was nearly $30 per person
Pros: It's Marvel so if you like Marvel you will be able to find something to like about it.
Cons: 1-interestingly enough kids 6 and under were FREE- which blows my mind because there sure were a TON of them and they take up a TON of time on the activities that those of us that PAID to be there are now having to wait for. Due to the structure of the activities I believe every person who enters should be a paying ticket holder that would make it fair. 2- parking was an additional $10 (if you ever go to anything at Talking Stick you KNOW you have to pay for parking, this just always sucks- but at $10 per event they need to PAVE that lot- the dirt is getting old) 3- poor crowd management (read full review for details) 4- low value high cost (see full review for details of what $30 per person gets you)