On April 29, 2026, Disney World Wish Day, Disney and Make-A-Wish hosted Wishes Assemble at Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure, a first-of-its-kind event that brought nearly 40 children battling critical illnesses and their families into a full day of Avengers missions alongside some of the biggest names on the internet and a few surprise guests from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Wishes Assemble is the centerpiece event of Disney Week of Wishes, the company’s global campaign to grant wishes for children facing critical illnesses. This year, Disney partnered with Make-A-Wish America and MrBeast to give nearly 40 wish kids and their families an immersive Avengers-themed day at Disneyland Resort. The wish kids were cast as Avengers recruits, and the entire day was built around that premise, from the first activity of the morning to a private after-hours celebration that closed out the night.
The event was designed to feel personal at every turn. These were not kids watching a show. They were the ones suiting up, running missions, and getting time with the people they actually wanted to meet.
The Creators Who Showed Up
Disney assembled a roster of some of the most-watched content creators on the planet for Wishes Assemble. MrBeast served as the anchor, leading a scavenger hunt and hosting his signature-style Beast Games for the wish kids. Mark Rober brought his science background to Avengers Headquarters with a hands-on egg drop experiment. Dude Perfect set up a Fan Zone with themed trick-shot stations and games throughout the day.
PrestonPlayz and Clix spent time with wish kids in custom-designed gaming spaces, playing Fortnite and Minecraft before heading out to ride WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure together. Sam and Colby hosted a spooky storytime featuring a special appearance by Agatha Harkness.
The creator lineup was clearly chosen with the wish kids in mind. These are not names a Disney press team picks. These are the people kids actually watch every day, which is exactly the point.
The Marvel Surprises
The day opened with a comic book art class led by a professional artist, teaching the kids how to draw Spider-Man. Captain America actor Anthony Mackie arrived as a surprise guest during the lesson and gifted each wish kid a Hasbro Captain America Action Figure. He then spent time with 9-year-old wish kid Coen, who had wished specifically to meet Mackie because Captain America is his favorite superhero. The two rode Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission BREAKOUT together.
The evening celebration at Avengers Campus brought one more surprise. Vision actor Paul Bettany appeared at the private after-hours event, which also included YouTube’s Creator Corner lounge, a special memento award ceremony for each child, and an interactive thumbnail-creation station built in partnership with MrBeast’s team.
The Gifts That Went Home With Them
With support from Disney Consumer Products, Disney Store, and a group of licensees including Berkshire Fashions, Corkcicle, Funko, Hasbro, the LEGO Group, Mad Engine, and Monogram International, each wish family received curated gifts designed to carry the Avengers energy beyond the park. Welcome moments, hotel room surprises, action figures, character-inspired apparel, and special keepsakes were all part of the experience. The goal was to make sure the memories didn’t stay at the gate when families headed home.
Bob Iger Honored During the Event
A standout moment from Wishes Assemble was the presentation of the inaugural WishMaker Lifetime Achievement Award to former Disney CEO Bob Iger, presented by Make-A-Wish America President and CEO Leslie Motter. Disney helped grant more than 110,000 wishes during his tenure, and Disney provided Make-A-Wish with $30 million in support last year alone. We covered the Iger recognition in full detail in a dedicated article here.
What This Event Means for Disney and Make-A-Wish
Disney has helped grant more than 175,000 wishes alongside Make-A-Wish since the partnership began more than 45 years ago at Disneyland Resort. A Disney wish is granted every hour of every day. Wishes Assemble is the latest example of what it looks like when that institutional commitment gets translated into a single event, one where nearly 40 families who have been dealing with things most of us cannot imagine got to spend a day feeling like the heroes of the story.
This kind of event is genuinely hard to pull off. The logistics of making 40 separate experiences feel personal while also running a day-long production with celebrity guests, Marvel actors, and an after-hours park event are enormous. The fact that it landed the way it did says something real about how seriously Disney and Make-A-Wish take these moments. It is easy to write a check. It is harder to build something that a kid will carry with them for the rest of their life, and that is what Wishes Assemble was built to do.
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Wishes Assemble: Disney and Make-A-Wish Brought Nearly 40 Wish Kids to Avengers Campus for a Day No One Will Forget
