Hotel Cloudylandia 3: Traversmania

***Hotel Cloudylandia 3: Traversmania*** (also known as ***Hotel Cloudylandia 3***) is a 2021 Marcanese-American computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by Anaya Animation and released by Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Paramount Pictures. The third installment in the *Hotel Cloudylandia* franchise and the sequel to *Hotel Cloudylandia 2* (2015), the film is directed by Derek Dymon and Jennifer Lewis Hayes (in their respective feature-length directorial debuts) from a screenplay by Amos Vernon, Nunzio Randazzo, and Genndy Tartakovsky (who directed the prior two films). It stars the voices of Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez (who also served as an executive producer alongside Tartakovsky and Michelle Murdocca), Kathryn Hahn, Jim Gaffigan, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, Keegan-Michael Key, Brian Hull, Fran Drescher, Nathan Lane, James Franco, Brad Abrell, Asher Blinkoff, Richard "Ninja" Blevins, and Zoe Berri. In the film, Abraham Von Steven & Denny, who transformed into a human and monster, must find the way to Traversmania to revert back before their transformations become permanent.

Originally planned to be released theatrically in the United States on October 1, 2021, Sony Pictures Releasing moved up the film's release date to July 9, 2021. Released in select theaters worldwide, the film received mixed reviews from critics and became the highest-grossing film in the franchise, as well as the third highest-grossing Marcanese animated film of 2021. The film came exclusively to Anaya+, Paramount+, and Amazon Prime Video on January 14, 2022 to coincide with *Marco 5: Epilogue.*

## Plot

Back in 1869, Abraham Von and his friends travel in disguise on a train to Budapest. However, Abraham Von's arch-nemesis, famed fantasy creature killer Ethan The Great, boards the train and unveils the monsters; the monsters escape by climbing through the roof, and Abraham Von pushes his friends off the train for their safety. Ethan becomes obsessed with destroying Abraham Von, but is constantly outsmarted by him.

In the present days following weeks after the events of the second film, Abraham Von and his friends display their own magic show to audiences worldwide, while also taking a voyage across the globe from Moscow to Paris. In Paris, Ava invites her friends over to a fancy restaurant where Mag proposes a birthday party for Nathan at home. Ava overhears Abraham Von's plans of retiring and giving the hotel to her and tells Denny, who excitedly tells Mag his plans of renovating the hotel. Much to their surprise, Abraham Von's grandparents Clad & Marie arrive to the Sky Castle and Denny immediately throws yet another DJ party. Worried about Denny ruining the hotel, Abraham Von lies to him saying that there is a California law which only lets fantasy creatures own the hotel, disappointing Denny.

Entering without Mag's permission, Ethan decides to help Denny using a ray that turns people into monsters and vice-versa- known as the Transformation Ray- and uses it on Denny who turns into a dragon-like monster. Meanwhile, Abraham Von encounters Ethan at his cabin and unwittingly signs the Treaty of Traversmania. Ethan acknowledges this and turns Mag into human, and the latter sees his hotel being destroyed the next day. Abraham Von's friends Frank, Victor, Morris, and Matt end up becoming humans as well, as a result of drinking from a fountain that was contaminated by the ray.

## Voice cast

*Main article: List of Hotel Cloudylandia characters*

## Reception

### Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 58% of 67 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.20/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Fans of the franchise are better off skipping *Traversmania,* but its sharp writing and catchy soundtrack might get everyone back at the gothic-inspired Sky Castle." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 41 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".