Mickey’s Runaway Rail Takes Disneyland Visitors On A Whimsical Adventure (VIDEO)

Disneyland’s newest attraction is officially rolling. Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway opened at Disneyland Park on January 27, 2023, kicking off the resort’s Disney100 celebration and giving guests their first look at the reimagined Mickey’s Toontown more than a month before the rest of the land reopens.

Step Inside a Mickey Mouse Cartoon

The ride is housed in the brand-new El CapiTOON Theater, a playful nod to Disney’s historic El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. Guests arrive for the premiere of a new Mickey Mouse cartoon, then step through the movie screen and into the cartoon itself. Once inside, riders board a train with Goofy as the engineer, and things go wrong almost immediately.

What follows is an out-of-control adventure through the zany, hand-drawn world of the modern Mickey Mouse shorts. The attraction uses trackless ride vehicles, so each car can break away and spin through scenes on its own path, combined with projection effects that make the cartoon world feel like it is wrapping around you.

A West Coast Version of a Florida Favorite

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway first opened at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in 2020, inside the Chinese Theater that once housed The Great Movie Ride. The Disneyland version brings the same story to California but in a new building, with a queue designed specifically for Toontown and filled with costumes, props and memorabilia celebrating Mickey’s long career on screen.

The attraction is also known for packing in an unusual number of Hidden Mickeys and nods to classic shorts, so repeat riders have plenty to hunt for. We rounded up the best of them in our guide to Mickey’s Runaway Railway Easter eggs.

What’s Next for Mickey’s Toontown

The rest of the reimagined land is still behind construction walls. Disneyland had originally planned to reopen Mickey’s Toontown on March 8, 2023, but weather delays pushed the date to March 19. When it opens, guests will find CenTOONial Park, Goofy’s How-To-Play Yard, a water play area at Donald’s boat, and two new places to eat, Café Daisy and the Toontown Farmers Market at Good Boy! Grocers. Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin and the newly renamed Chip ‘n’ Dale’s GADGETcoaster will remain.

Until then, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway is the one piece of the new Toontown guests can experience, and it’s well worth the wait. If you’re heading to Disneyland during the Disney100 celebration, put it at the top of your list.

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