DHS Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway confirmed

[Surferboy567]

I’ve heard the train is being controlled by Goofy...any mention of how this is done? Animatronic? Projection? What are we talking here?

 

[flynnibus]

man.. if it's this bad at spring break and beyond... this summer is gonna suck when all the kids get too much free time

 

[MisterPenguin]

I’ve heard the train is being controlled by Goofy...any mention of how this is done? Animatronic? Projection? What are we talking here?

I'm sorry to be the one to have to tell you this, son, but Goofy isn't real.

 

[marni1971]

I’ve heard the train is being controlled by Goofy...any mention of how this is done? Animatronic? Projection? What are we talking here?

It’ll be a trackless train engine that takes a different path to the guests train as the latter begins to split.

 

[Surferboy567]

It’ll be a trackless train engine that takes a different path to the guests train as the latter begins to split.

Thanks!

 

[Bleed0range]

It’ll be a trackless train engine that takes a different path to the guests train as the latter begins to split.

But is Goofy himself a projection or an animatronic?

 

[marni1971]

But is Goofy himself a projection or an animatronic?

I’d assume a figure if there is one.

 

[DisneyfanMA]

Yes, I'm excited for the additions. I hardly spend any time in HS, it's like a 1/2 day or less there in the past several years. I loved the GMR so I hope the new ride doesn't disappoint. I'm also excited for the Slinky Dog Coaster ride, it looks cool. As far as Star Wars, unless I can get a FP+, I'm not waiting in super long lines.

I’m hoping the massive lines in Star Wars land help relieve the rest of the park. Of course they will likely raise overall attendance as well so we have to see. Will be traveling with young kids and neither my wife or I are much into Star Wars but will walk the area and maybe sneak in 1 ride myself. I will not do 90 minute lines that’s for sure. Hope by nov 2020 that’s not case, but wouldn’t be surprised if it still is.

 

[DisneyRoy]

I’m hoping the massive lines in Star Wars land help relieve the rest of the park. Of course they will likely raise overall attendance as well so we have to see. Will be traveling with young kids and neither my wife or I are much into Star Wars but will walk the area and maybe sneak in 1 ride myself. I will not do 90 minute lines that’s for sure. Hope by nov 2020 that’s not case, but wouldn’t be surprised if it still is.

I would be surprised if it's not since FoP is still over that wait just about every day now.

Edit: it's currently over 2.5 hours as I write this.

 

[Hawg G]

I would be surprised if it's not since FoP is still over that wait just about every day now.

Edit: it's currently over 2.5 hours as I write this.

Yeah, heck, the wait to get in the land could still be 90 minutes then.

 

[ThistleMae]

I’m hoping the massive lines in Star Wars land help relieve the rest of the park. Of course they will likely raise overall attendance as well so we have to see. Will be traveling with young kids and neither my wife or I are much into Star Wars but will walk the area and maybe sneak in 1 ride myself. I will not do 90 minute lines that’s for sure. Hope by nov 2020 that’s not case, but wouldn’t be surprised if it still is.

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised about the super long waits for the next several years but if they offer FP+, we shall have a chance to experience the rides. And you will probably have the opportunity to experience both rides by Nov. 2020.

 

[ThistleMae]

I would be surprised if it's not since FoP is still over that wait just about every day now.

Edit: it's currently over 2.5 hours as I write this.

I know right...FOP...still going strong. I'm sure SWGE and the rides will be crowded and have long waits for years to come. I would bet on that one.

 

[BasiltheBatLord]

I’ve heard the train is being controlled by Goofy...any mention of how this is done? Animatronic? Projection? What are we talking here?

The concept art (I know it may not be 100% accurate) really seems to indicate there's going to be some kind of Goofy presence in the front of the engine. I'm also curious how they're gonna do this.

 

[DisneyRoy]

I know right...FOP...still going strong. I'm sure SWGE and the rides will be crowded and have long waits for years to come. I would bet on that one.

Absolutely. Which is why I hope they hold off on FP+ for those rides for the time being. I know everyone loves them as it lets them bypass the line, but all it does is make the standby line a non-moving mess.

 

[britain]

The concept art (I know it may not be 100% accurate) really seems to indicate there's going to be some kind of Goofy presence in the front of the engine. I'm also curious how they're gonna do this.

I figured a very easily done projection in the engineer's cab.

 

[truecoat]

I figured a very easily done projection in the engineer's cab.

In the concept art, it looked like a projection but who knows. It might represent a sticker.

 

[raymusiccity]

Especially since the increase in budget would have been fairly small to make it twice the length. It is Accountanteering at its finest. But it's clearly all they had to do. Had Universal opened some ride like that, with one AA at the end, and no story, people would just say how it's more of how Universal just can't compete, and why they don't go there. At AK, it gets 1 hour waits daily.

....sort of like being confronted by a more or less truncated version of King Kong at the end of a ride!

 

[ToTBellHop]

In the concept art, it looked like a projection but who knows. It might represent a sticker.

Only because you guessed it, I can exclusively reveal the sticker they’ll apply to each train:

 

[marni1971]

It’s worth noting the “engine” will be clearly visible and viewable at load.

 

[Hawg G]

....sort of like being confronted by a more or less truncated version of King Kong at the end of a ride!

Kong was never touted as anything beyond a medium addition to IOA to give it a new ride. Universal has been getting trashed because they put in new D tickets, admitting they were D tickets, and they had D ticket budgets. But at least they put them in. Disney avoided new rides to the point they started seeing guest satisfaction plummet.

They have two guest bases: Those that go all the time, and don't care if they only get 3 rides a day and praise everything, and then everyone else. Thing is, I truly think the former is not some insignificant portion, perhaps even 30% or more (which would only be a few percent of the US population). Those people will gladly pay more for less year after year, because they are "home". Plus, most of those folks just laugh off Universal as competition, and many never even go. They say Universal just puts in screens, then say FoP is the greatest ride in the world.

Disney has still not really knocked a home run new tech E ticket in the US for decades. Yeah, FoP, it's Soarin with a new seat base and higher definition. As safe of a ride as they could have built with the head scratching popularity of Soarin'.

This ride COULD be that ride finally does put Imagineering in the forefront again. I mean, it's about time. Spider-man opened 20 years ago. But it SHOULD be. Disney is spending massive money on all these recent rides, and bragging about it. Even though it was a result of them not spending money on rides for a long time. NRJ had MUCH higher expectations on it than Kong, which anyone paying attention knew was simply the film from Hollywood with an AA at the end, and a really cool one in the queue no one mentions, even though it's better than any AA in Pandora. NRJ was supposed to be a solid D ticket, when it's firmly a C ticket with a big budget, and an AA speaking gibberish at the end doing yoga.