Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway Articles
10 Things That Disneyland Took From Disney World
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Disneyland was Walt Disney's revolutionary theme park that brought families together, but his "Florida Project" was designed to be a constantly evolving endeavor that would be unlike anything his original had done before. This has become more or less true as decades have rolled on. While Disneyland remains the gold standard, Walt Disney World is the bigger and better version. So much so, in ...
5 Lightning Lane Attractions Closing In January For Refurbishment
It 's just about that time of year again when some of Disneyland 's most popular attractions go out of commission for a few weeks or several months to get a little TLC. The end of the Christmas holiday season always brings a flurry of seasonal refurbishments at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure in January - with nine attractions getting a refresh in early 2023. January ...
8 Magical New Reasons To Visit This Year
In my humble opinion, there's always a reason to go to Disneyland. You just got paid? Go to Disneyland. There's a new churro flavor? Go to Disneyland. It's Tuesday ... well, you get the idea. You don't necessarily need a special reason to visit The Happiest Place on Earth. However, there are quite a few new attractions and special events coming to Disneyland Park and Disney ...
A Late Night Visit To Mickeys Toontown
On my recent trip to the Disneyland Resort, I did something that until fairly recently, you weren 't able to take advantage of. I paid a post-fireworks visit to Mickey 's Toontown.
For those of you unfamiliar with the location of Toontown in Disneyland Park, it 's at the very back of the park and is just in front of where the nightly fireworks are launched from. Historically, the land closed ...
Aerial Photos Show Mickey And Minnies Runaway Railway Dark Ride Construction
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New aerial photos of Mickey & Minnie 's Runaway Railway trackless dark ride show the initial phase of construction underway on Disney 's first theme park attraction ever dedicated to Mickey Mouse. The Runaway Railway photos were taken Thursday, Nov. 14 by Bioreconstruct aerial photography from 3,000 feet with permission from air traffic control. The aerial photos shot by ...
All 9 Lands At Ranked
Fantasyland offers the most rides and is ideally located in Disneyland. Mickey's Toontown has mediocre rides and limited shopping and dining options. New Orleans Square has the best dining options and underrated classic rides. Disneyland in Anaheim is divided into nine distinct ''lands,'' and some of these certainly offer better experiences than others. ...
Attraction Lineup Through 2023 With Spidey Tiana And Mickey Rides
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Disneyland and Disney California Adventure have three major new attractions tied to Spider-Man, Princess Tiana and Mickey Mouse that are expected to debut over the next three years once the Anaheim theme parks reopen following extended coronavirus closures. Avengers Campus, Mickey and Minnie 's Runaway Railway and a “Princess and the Frog” makeover of Splash Mountain have all been announced - ...
Baymax To Fly Over Castle During New Fireworks Show
A massive Baymax figure in winged armor from “Big Hero 6” will fly over Sleeping Beauty Castle during the new “Wondrous Journeys” fireworks show coming to Disneyland for the Disney100 anniversary celebrating a century of Disney animation. Baymax will soar high above the Disneyland castle during the new nighttime spectacular in a thrilling moment of heroism “inspiring us all to fight for our ...
Best Easter Eggs In Mickey And Minnies Runaway Railway
Sometimes, you have to look really hard - or get incredibly lucky - to see an Easter egg Disneyland Imagineers have placed in one of the park 's rides. But on Mickey & Minnie 's Runaway Railway, the new ride that opened Jan. 27, the secrets are right there in plain sight … as long as you know what to look for. In fact, the ride holds a unique distinction: It has more hidden ...
Closing Date For Mickeys Toontown
The Mickey's Toontown land at Disneyland in California will close next month for a year-long transformation project. Disney Parks Chairman Josh D'Amaro announced at the IAAPA Expo last year that Disneyland would make over Toontown in preparation for the west coast debut of Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway in 2023. Today, Disneyland announced that Toontown's last day ...
Crowds Wait Five Hours For New Fireworks Show Wondrous Journeys
On Jan. 27, Disneyland kicked off 100 Years of Wonder, a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Walt Disney Company. The yearlong party includes a makeover for Sleeping Beauty Castle and “platinum” decorations throughout both parks, new food and merchandise, and the opening of Mickey & Minnie 's Runaway Railway, a new ride in Toontown. It also includes two new nighttime shows. World of ...
Disney Theme Park Has Bad News About A New Attraction
Fans of Walt Disney Co. theme parks are in constant anticipation of the opening of new rides and attractions and spend a lot of time planning their trips to parks, buying admission tickets and getting their reservations lined up. Both Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., and the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., have big development projects underway, including new rides and attractions ...
Disney Unveils Disneyland Toontown Revamp
When Mickey's Toontown reopens sometime early next year, visitors will see a newly reimagined area of Disneyland. The moment visitors walk underneath the Disneyland train trestle that separates Fantasyland from Toontown, they'll first encounter CenTOONial Park. There, they'll see a large manicured grassy area and, in the middle, a Dream Tree modeled after the same tree ...
Disneyland Covers Up Sexy Jessica Rabbit In A Detectives Trenchcoat And Fedora
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Sexy cartoon actress-turned-private eye Jessica Rabbit has covered up her signature sparkly red dress with a detective 's trenchcoat and fedora on a Toontown dark ride in the latest change to make Disneyland attractions more culturally relevant. Roger Rabbit 's Car Toon Spin is the latest Disneyland attraction to undergo a major refresh to remove outdated and problematic scenes - joining ...
Disneyland Delays Reopening Of Mickeys Toontown
Disneyland officials announced Friday that the reopening of Mickey 's Toontown has been delayed. The cartoon-themed land, which features “Roger Rabbit 's Car Toon Spin,” “Mickey 's House,” “Minnie 's House,” and the new dark ride, “Mickey & Minnie 's Runaway Railway,” will now open on March 19 instead of the previously-announced opening date of March 8. “Due to heavy winter storms ...
Disneyland Digs Into The Roots Of Walt Disneys Imagination With His Dreaming Tree
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A new Disneyland landmark inspired by the hometown tree that Walt Disney daydreamed under as a boy will pay tribute to the vivid imagination of the Anaheim theme park 's founder while also serving as a whimsical children 's playground. The new Dreaming Tree coming to Mickey 's Toontown at Disneyland will be inspired by a Cottonwood in Walt Disney 's hometown of Marceline, Missouri. ...
Disneyland Extends Haunted Mansion Holiday Run 3 Weeks
Disneyland has extended the run of Haunted Mansion Holiday a few extra weeks this Christmas season - much to the delight of each and every Buddy the Elf and dismay of Scrooge McDucks everywhere. Disneyland 's classic version of Haunted Mansion won 't return until February once the Halloween and Christmas decorations are put away for another year. Since 2001, Haunted Mansion ...
Disneyland Finally Implements Ban We Have All Been Begging For
What bothers you the most when visiting a Disney theme park? The expensive ticket prices? Other passengers talking loudly on rides? Or visitors glued to their phones the entire time? If you answered the latter, we have good news for you.
Disney parkgoers have recently spotted a new sign on one of Disneyland 's most popular rides. Some consider this the first step towards a much-needed ban on ...
Disneyland Has Its Own Leprechaun And He Lives In Adventureland
The near-insurmountable work that went into the creation of Disneyland is largely documented - but what isn 't is the little bit of unexpected Irish luck that was also involved. That luck came in the form of Patrick the leprechaun, the fabled Little Man of Disneyland. Patrick 's story blends fantasy with reality, much like the other great works associated with Walt Disney. And while Disneyland ...
Disneyland Limits Mickey And Minnies Runaway Railway To Virtual Queue And Pay To Play Access
You 'll have to win the virtual queue lottery or pay extra for Lightning Lane access to ride Mickey & Minnie 's Runaway Railway because Disneyland won 't offer a standby line when the new trackless dark ride opens next week at the Anaheim theme park. Disneyland visitors will be required to join a virtual queue or pay an Individual Lightning Lane line-cutting upcharge fee via the Disneyland app ...
Disneyland Looks To Accommodate All With New Mickey Mouse Ride
Of all the new rides and attractions teased at Disney 's D23 Expo in Anaheim earlier this month, the first to open to the public likely will be Disneyland 's Mickey & Minnie 's Runaway Railway. The anchor attraction for the reimagined Mickey 's Toontown is a trackless dark ride through a modern Mickey Mouse cartoon. But that 's not the most significant thing about this new ride. Unlike many ...
Disneyland Sets Reopening Date For Mickeys Toontown
The Mickey 's Toontown section of Disneyland will reopen on March 8, 2023 following a year-long renovation, Disney announced Friday. Renovations began this past March to coincide with the debut of the West Coast version of the Mickey and Minnie 's Runaway Railway trackless dark ride, which itself will open on Jan 27, 2023. When the rest of the land reopens, guests can expect to find some areas ...
Disneyland Sets Splash Mountain Closing Date Releases New Concept Art For Tianas Bayou Adventure
Disneyland 's Splash Mountain - the famed log flume ride whose imagery is rooted in the dated and racist 1946 film “Song of the South” - has an end date. Guests will have their final chance to plunge a five-story drop through a briar patch on May 30, giving Disneyland attendees one last busy Memorial Day weekend to experience the attraction in its current form. But the imaginative water-based ...
Disneyland To Celebrate 68th Anniversary With Limited Time Event
The Disneyland Resort will celebrate its 68th anniversary on Monday and will hold a celebratory cavalcade to mark the special occasion, the resort announced Thursday. Walt Disney welcomed the first guests into Disneyland on July 17, 1955. The celebratory cavalcade will take place at Disneyland at 11:45 a.m. and will likely include appearances from Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Daisy, ...
Disneyland Trades Toontowns Cartoon Chaos For Family Friendly Calmness
The chaotic Toontown of yesterday that looked like it had been designed by Roger Rabbit with a cartoon mallet and a stick of dynamite has been replaced with the family-friendly Toontown of today that looks like the result of a Minnie Mouse home improvement show. Disneyland hosted a media preview of Mickey 's Toontown on Saturday, March 18, ahead of the grand reopening of the kid-centric land ...
Disneyland Turns Mickeys Toontown House Into A Private Party Location
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Young kids with a birthday happening in the first few months of the new year who have always wanted to have Mickey Mouse pop into their party before hopping on a roller coaster are in for a special treat at Disneyland. The Celebrate in Mickey 's Toontown private parties will be available for a limited time at Disneyland from Jan. 19 through March 6. The 90-minute private birthday ...
Employee Previews Offer First Look Inside Soon To Reopen Park
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It only seems appropriate that the first visitors to step foot inside Disneyland and Disney California Adventure after the coronavirus closures that shuttered the Anaheim theme parks for more than a year would be some of its 15,000 cast members, Disney parlance for employees. “It was honestly so great to spend a full day back at Disneyland after well over a year,” wrote on Twitter. “It 's a ...
Everything New Coming In 2022
Disneyland spent nearly all of 2020, and the first part of 2021 closed, which means that 2022 will be the first time since 2019 that the Disneyland Resort will have the chance to put together a full year of fun for guests. 2022 will also be the first year in quite some time that the resort is not expecting to open a major attraction or new land, but that doesn 't mean there isn 't going to be some fun to ...
Exciting New Details On Mickey And Minnies Runaway Railway
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At the Disney Parks panel at D23 we 've just learned brand new details about the construction of Mickey & Minnie 's Runaway Railway at the Disneyland Park. Firstly, an opening year. In comparison to Walt Disney 's World 's opening of the attraction at Disney 's Hollywood Studios, Mickey & Minnie 's Runaway Railway will be opening at Disneyland in 2022. It might seem a long way off ...
Fans Complain That Tomorrowland Is Stuck In The Past
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Disneyland fans who were hoping to hear about an upcoming renovation of Tomorrowland left last weekend 's D23 Expo disappointed, when no new improvements to the land were announced. Rumors had been flying for months that Bob Chapek, Disney 's Chairman of Parks, Experiences and Products, might announce a Tomorrowland revamp at the expo, which is the largest gathering of Disney fans in the world ...
Halt Construction During Coronavirus Closure
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Disney has halted construction on the Avengers Campus themed land at Disney California Adventure and Mickey and Minnie 's Runaway Railway dark ride at Disneyland during the coronavirus closures of the Anaheim theme parks. In line with direction from government and health officials, the temporary closure of Disneyland Resort includes construction sites, Disney officials said. The ...
