Having your meal served by the Marvel superheroes responsible for making the animation was the goal of Marvel Mania, a themed restaurant opened in the Universal amusement park in February 1998. But the adventure was very short. duration…
For comic book fans and the Marvel team in particular, it was probably a bit of a dream to be served a cheese pizza from the Fantastic 4; being brought his soda by the Hulk; taste mutant chicken wings. Or jump on a good Cajun validated by the Palace of Gambit. Before ending with a dessert lovingly placed on the table by Spiderman. Chills, at least for the youngest, guaranteed. Because the superheroes even invited themselves to the table!
But the adventure was unfortunately very, very short-lived. Her name ? Marvel Mania. Inaugurated in the Universal amusement park in February 1998, this thematic restaurant was completely modeled on the very fashionable model of Planet Hollywood at the time. A model that has also largely perished over the years. The establishment located in the Disney park in France will close its doors in January 2023.
What did it look like? To that :
Marvel Mania, therefore, closed its doors after a year, in September 1999. As it was a collaboration between Marvel and Planet Hollywood, many superhero objects were displayed in the restaurant, such as the Green Goblin’s mask, Spider-Man’s belt, or Professor X’s helmet.
Here, an overview of the exhibits. There were, of course, drawing boards.
The bankruptcy of the Planet Hollywood group, which occurred in 1999, obviously directly mortgaged the future of this Marvel Mania restaurant, which was supposed to become a chain; in a context where this type of restaurant also seemed to have gone out of fashion. The irony is that with the triumph of the Marvel team passed under the Disney banner, and the accessories of MCU films by the hundreds, there would undoubtedly be a small resurrection to be done…