Bottoms up San Diego! This isn’t your ordinary bounce house. It’s the Rick and Morty Buttworld Bounce House!
The Adult Swim offsite for Comic-Con 2025 is now being built behind the San Diego Convention Center. And right next to the boardwalk are giant rolls of toilet paper, massive plungers, and a bunch of fat, gross, inflated behinds! Yes, this activation might be ass-inine, butt… What fun!
Do you dare enter the bouncy Buttworld dimension? What if other Adult Swim visitors have eaten beans? How sanitary is this? But–but–but–
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The “pirate ship” promoting Voodoo Ranger IPA arrived behind the San Diego Convention Center early this morning, in time for Comic-Con 2025! The amazing ship is now docked across the bayside boardwalk from the King of the Hill offsite, between two other Comic-Con offsites: Brawl Stars and Abbott Elementary.
Why is “pirate ship” written in quotes? Because this beautiful tall ship, San Salvador, is actually a faithful replica of the Spanish galleon Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sailed in when he discovered San Diego Bay in 1542!
This modern day San Salvador was built by the Maritime Museum of San Diego back in 2015, and is now a seaworthy part of the museum’s ship collection.
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The Voodoo Ranger’s black pirate sails will beckon Comic-Con visitors who are looking for music, live entertainment, drink and a good time. The floating activation will be open to the public Thursday through Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm.
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New stuff outside Comic-Con 2025 keeps popping up! Look what I stumbled upon while walking around downtown San Diego this afternoon, two days before Preview Night!
First, check out the Gaslamp Quarter sign! It has been taken over by The Bad Guys 2! Some panels were on the nearby sidewalk, too. Not sure where they’re going to be placed…
Workers were putting up large frames along Harbor Drive near the trolley tracks. And into the frames go Peacemaker graphics…
Still putting up Comic-Con graphics on the San Diego Convention Center…
The Gaslamp is filling up with Comic-Con goodness. Check out some of the awesome AMC graphics…
Work continues on the Percy Jackson offsite at Gaslamp Square…
A spaceship has landed at the southeast corner of the Hard Rock Hotel. I was told there will be a Predator: Badlands screening here!
The Rookie and Abbott Elementary building wraps on Petco Park grow…
That vertical banner workers were having trouble with this morning is now attached to the corner of the Hilton’s parking garage. It promotes Little Nightmares III.
Some cool graphics have appeared on one fence at the Alien: Earth offsite by FX.
Another surprise! I was told this offsite in the courtyard beside the Hilton San Diego Bayfront will concern Superman! It’s a collaboration between DC Comics and Old Spice. I’m told there will be photo ops.
Adult Swim is shaping up slowly…
The fun Abbott Elementary Block Party is also shaping up…
The Coca Cola/Star Wars activation is taking shape at First Avenue on MLK Promenade near Harbor Drive…
The Fantastic Four mural near their offsite is about done, looking cool…
I’ve come full circle back to the Gaslamp Quarter, where STARZ wraps are still being applied to the Hard Rock Hotel…
The IGN balcony is about ready at the Hard Rock. Which celebrities will be spotted here?
I peeked inside The Lodge and found Mission: Impossible!
Outside, Happy Does’ yellow smiley face has been replaced with the Paramount mountain logo!
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Very special donuts will be available at the Pendry San Diego hotel during Comic-Con!
Swing by Thursday to Sunday after 7 am and you can sink your teeth into Superman, Spider-Man, Stitch, a Labubu and more!
These yummy creations come from San Diego’s world-famous Donut Bar. You’ll be able to purchase them at the Donut Bar’s downtown store, as well.
The Pendry San Diego hotel is located in the Gaslamp Quarter (not far from the convention center) at Fifth Avenue and J Street. Look for the donuts out by the Fifth Avenue sidewalk.
The Donut Bar is located at 401 West A Street. That’s where I took these photographs!
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More and more cool stuff is showing up in downtown San Diego, with only two days to go until Preview Night of Comic-Con 2025!
I took another walk this Monday morning through the Gaslamp Quarter and around the San Diego Convention Center. Hundreds of workers are all over the place, preparing building wraps and offsite activations. A couple of offsites have newly appeared this morning, too!
Here we go!
The Fantastic Four/ Google Play offsite is becoming ever more amazing. They’ve been working on it for about a week. Whatever the heck it is, it will be sure to draw a crowd to the grassy area next to the Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter!
Peanuts has begun moving into their usual location on Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade. It’s the 75th Anniversary of Charlie Brown, Snoopy and gang!
And right next door, the Doctor Who offsite promises to be amazing, too. I saw them moving tons of stuff from BBC Studios into this activation the other day.
Workers were beginning to set up an activation beside MLK Promenade at First Avenue. I learned it will concern Coca Cola and Star Wars!
I made my way behind the San Diego Convention Center.
The Abbott Elementary Block Party has made a tiny bit of progress since yesterday…
The King of the Hill offsite now has their water tower!
More activity spotted beyond the fence…
The Brawl Stars barge, location of Starr Park, is looking ever more cool. What’s inside Mike’s Mine?
A bit more activity at Adult Swim…
I’m afraid the FX offsite is almost entirely blocked by fences now. Oh, well.
As I walked to the Hilton San Diego Bayfront parking garage, some guys were having trouble hanging a long banner on the structure’s corner…
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again…
The Harbor Drive side of the parking structure has a cool new banner! It promotes Digimon Story: Time Stranger.
Building wraps are now going up on Petco Park. I recognized ABC’s The Rookie…
This spot on the grass near the Omni hotel will feature a billboard, pointing fans to the Brawl Stars offsite behind the convention center…
I see MTS has most of the Comic-Con trolley wraps now on the Green Line, which passes the convention center. Here’s one…
With only a couple more days to finish the Disney+ offsite, Percy Jackson and the Olympians is busy transforming Gaslamp Square…
The Lounge of Paramount+ is also preparing for San Diego Comic-Con’s opening. I got a peek inside. Popcorn, anyone?
Lastly, Kaluú Restaurant & Bar on Fifth Avenue is being transformed into Alice in Wonderland: Down The Rabbit Hole!
Watch for more updates!
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With about three days to go until Comic-Con 2025’s Preview Night, new offsite activations and building wraps continue to appear! My previous blog posts provide a lot of the action up until now.
Early this morning I set out on a looping walk through downtown San Diego–through the Gaslamp Quarter, around the convention center, and back. Even as the city slept, workers were getting busy!
Check out some photos.
First off, Gaslamp Square is going to be the location of Disney’s Percy Jackson offsite. They were just beginning to set up as I walked past…
I’ll skip past the Fantastic Four and Doctor Who offsites. There was nothing going on, and it appeared they hadn’t made much progress since late yesterday.
I did notice the big Star Trek: Strange New Worlds wrap on the Marriott Marquis hotel is almost complete now!
Behind the San Diego Convention Center, the Abbott Elementary Ferris wheel appears to be somewhat assembled.
Guys were working on the entrance to the King of the Hill offsite…
The huge FX building wrap on the Hilton will take several days to finish. It promotes Alien: Earth…
I passed the quiet Adult Swim and FX offsites and crossed Harbor Drive, heading back to the Gaslamp Quarter.
Nothing on the grass that stretches near the Omni hotel yet.
The long Gen V wrap facing Fifth Avenue is expanding…
And, surprise! The Hard Rock Hotel’s wrap will be…STARZ! Workers got started on it this morning…
UPDATE!
I took a similar walk in the mid-afternoon. Here’s what I saw!
Surprising how quickly the STARZ building wrap on the Hard Rock Hotel was applied on the hotel’s Fifth Avenue side…
And across Fifth Avenue, the Gen V wrap was moving along…
Now I’m walking along San Diego Bay with the FX wrap and Abbott Elementary Ferris wheel in the distance…
The next two photos were taken from Embarcadero Marina Park South…
(The Alien: Earth graphic is looking cool!)
Back on the boardwalk behind the San Diego Convention Center, the Abbott Elementary Block Party has some graphics up…
King of the Hill’s entrance…
The Brawl Stars barge… (Whoever waved at me–hello!)
Looking over Adult Swim toward the Hilton…
Starbucks has the beginning of fun Scooby-Doo window graphics…
The FX offsite has added additional fences, making photos from the outside more difficult…
ABC television wrap just beginning to be applied to Petco Park…
Disney’s Percy Jackson offsite has a lot of metal, but no substance yet…
Up MLK Promenade, the Doctor Who offsite entrance is almost done, it appears…
Heading back toward the Gaslamp, The Fantastic Four offsite is looking epic. It’s almost Clobberin’ Time!
Finally, heading back north up Fifth Avenue, the sidewalk was closed in front of The Lodge. Lots of activity inside!
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Oh, dear! It seems Doctor Who’s famous TARDIS isn’t functioning properly. It arrived in San Diego for Comic-Con 2025 not by traveling through the Time Vortex, but in a big old truck! And in pieces!
Hopefully the reassembled TARDIS can be reactivated in time for San Diego Comic-Con. The Doctor Who UNIT’s Black Archive activation is set to open to the public at 10 am this coming Thursday. You’ll find the offsite activation along Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade.
Yes, I saw numerous crates marked BBC Studios unloading from the truck.
And I noticed with a bit of despair that there are only two TARDIS pieces in only one crate!
I hope this complex, living organism capable of traveling through time and space (stuck in the shape of a British police box) can be pieced together as easily as a book shelf from IKEA.
Visitors to the offsite would love to travel through space and time, I’m sure. But then, downtown San Diego every year during Comic-Con becomes its own peculiar world.
Is the Time Lord wandering about the city late this afternoon? One can already stumble upon a few unusual creatures…
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My artist friend Shirish Villaseñor (@shirishtheartist) and her partner Richie were painting the windows of Sweet Things Frozen Yogurt for Comic-Con 2025 today. They were putting the finishing touches on some super fun Pokémon artwork!
How many of the Pokémon characters do you recognize? I easily got Pikachu, but Squirtle’s cool sunglasses almost fooled me!
For many years now, Shirish has embellished the yogurt shop’s window with kid-friendly pop culture imagery. If you go to Comic-Con and walk past the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, you’ve no doubt seen her art!
This afternoon, Shirish and Richie will begin decorating the windows of nearby Starbucks. The subject? Scooby-Doo!
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