As we previously reported, “Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway” at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, is opening in 2020 and today Disney has revealed several exciting new details!
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway makes for the first ever Mickey-themed ride-through attraction. The new attraction will totally immerse guests in a cartoon world and will feature a new catchy theme song created especially for the attraction. They say it’s an ear worm for sure!
We got a preview of the the ride marquee, as you can see in the pic above, which will hang on the Chinese Theatre when the attraction opens. Then we got a chance to see what the ride vehicles will look like as you can see below. On the left in normal lighting and on the right in black lighting.
One you make it inside past the marquee, the pre-show are will feature a brand new Mickey Mouse animated short called “Perfect Picnic.”
Goofy will be driving the train once you make it on the ride and one of the most interesting take aways from todays press event is that the whistle that will be heard in Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway will be the actual whistle used from 1928’s “Steamboat Willie.”
On Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway, you’ll step through the movie screen and join Mickey and his friends like never before. The attraction will put you inside the wacky and unpredictable world of a Mickey Mouse Cartoon Short where you’re the star and anything can happen. This zany out-of-control adventure features surprising twists and turns, dazzling visual effects and mind-boggling transformations that happen before your very eyes.
The teams helping create the attraction are currently working with partners at Disney Television Animation—the people who create the popular and award-winning Mickey Shorts – to keep the characters and story authentic and to make sure you’re able to step through the movie screen and join Mickey and his friends like never before.