Construction walls are finally down at Villain-Con Minion Blast at Universal Studios Florida. Let’s take a closer look.
First Close-Up Look at Villain-Con Exterior
Various promotional posters line the future entrance to this attraction, with depictions of the supervillains who comprise the group known as the “Vicious 6.” Since the story revolves around this building hosting a convention, the villains are advertised as live featured guests hosting question & answer sessions, autographs, and special appearances inside.
Bratt, El Macho, Vector, and Scarlet Overkill each have their own photo ops. Here, El Macho is promoting a fictionalized “Explosive Q & A” at 4 p.m. in Hall M — perhaps this is teasing a portion of the attraction story itself?
Balthazar Bratt invites you to “meet the villain behind the hairspray,” with signed bratt dolls apparently on offer.
Villain-Con Minion Blast
Belle Bottom, Jean Clawed, and the other members of the Vicious 6 will join guests aboard Illumination’s Minions at Villain-Con. Visitors will “blast their way to supervillain stardom.”
Illumination’s Villain-Con Minion Blast is a moving walkway stand-through shooting attraction. The attraction was developed in partnership between Universal’s award-winning creative team and the filmmakers from Illumination. This interactive blaster game experience invites guests to compete against each other in hopes to join the franchise’s most dastardly supervillains.
Illumination’s Villain-Con Minion Blast will use screen technology, gaming interactivity and physical sets to create a unique, game-based adventure. Guests will put their villainous skills to the test in these immersive environments, where they’ll spot nefarious evil-doers and mischievous Minions from Illumination’s films. The attraction promises to allow guests to interact with these characters in a whole new way.
The story behind the attraction is that guests are transported to Villain-Con: the biggest criminal convention on the planet. Here, they are instructed to take part in a competition to see if they have what it takes to become the newest member of The Vicious 6. Guests will then grab an interactive blaster and step onto a motion-based pathway to start blasting.
They’ll move through several scenes where they earn points by shooting at a variety of items and causing as much destruction as possible.
Villain-Con Minion Blast will be part of Illumination’s Minion Land on Illumination Avenue, also including the pre-existing Despicable Me Minion Mayhem and upcoming Minion Café, Bake My Day Eater, and Pop-A-Nana Popcorn.
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