DHS Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway confirmed

[Piebald]

I dont really want to read through all this so I figured I'd ask...

What's the general consensus on what this ride will be like? Surprisingly great and technical or something people will find lame in a few months?

For what it's worth I thought GMR had to go so no expectations one way or the other.

 

[easyrowrdw]

It might help manage the demand for Rise.

I don't really see it. Having Mickey's Railway available in standby doesn't do anything to satiate my demand for Rise. Even if I was over-the-moon excited about Railway, there's still nothing keeping me from trying to get a boarding pass for Rise. Maybe if I had to pick between them, but I still think that would tilt heavily in favor of Rise.

 

[SplashJacket]

Surprisingly great and technical or something people will find lame in a few months?

Well, it is going to be an unconventional dark-ride but other than that your guess is as good as mine, as for whether people will find it lame in a few months, no, it should be great. As none of us have ridden it, we are unable to make any concrete conclusions on the effectiveness of the ride's effects.

It will be WDW's 2nd ever LPS trackless dark ride, the first being Rise of the Resistance. The third will be Ratatouille ~ Summer 2020. WDW will have gained three trackless dark rides within 8 months which is up from 0. It is a highly regarded system and all of them around the world are very worth doing.

 

[marni1971]

I don't really see it. Having Mickey's Railway available in standby doesn't do anything to satiate my demand for Rise. Even if I was over-the-moon excited about Railway, there's still nothing keeping me from trying to get a boarding pass for Rise. Maybe if I had to pick between them, but I still think that would tilt heavily in favor of Rise.

It won’t lessen the demand for Rise. But it will add more capacity for those waiting to ride Rise (or those who can’t)

 

[YodaMan]

It won’t lessen the demand for Rise. But it will add more capacity for those waiting to ride Rise (or those who can’t)

Sounds solid to me. Should also manage MMRR to an extent. If they finally bring down boarding groups to an hour-long return window all day instead of just early morning, should keep people out of line from MMRR. Would you risk being in a 2-hour line for MMMR if you only have 1 hour to get to Rise when you’re called?

 

[disneygeek90]

Sounds solid to me. Should also manage MMRR to an extent. If they finally bring down boarding groups to an hour-long return window all day instead of just early morning, should keep people out of line from MMRR. Would you risk being in a 2-hour line for MMMR if you only have 1 hour to get to Rise when you’re called?

I think the obvious solution for this is don’t get in a 2 hour standby line when your boarding group is within 20 or so groups. The windows are very easy to manage your plans around if you just keep an eye on it once in a while to gauge how it’s moving along throughout the day.

 

[SJN1279]

Since I'm only going in the morning, I really hope that Mickey is standby. Trying to get a return window before 1pm is a total crapshoot.

 

[Disney Maddux]

Also hoping that MMRR is standby.

 

[CastAStone]

I don’t understand why FastPass/Standby isn’t the ideal option here. 8/9ths of the rides at the park opened as headliners. 4 of them in the last 22 months. Treat em the same unless they’re constantly dumping the queue.

 

[disneygeek90]

I don’t understand why FastPass/Standby isn’t the ideal option here. 8/9ths of the rides at the park opened as headliners. 4 of them in the last 22 months. Treat em the same unless they’re constantly dumping the queue.

Or better yet, standby only.

 

[CastAStone]

Or better yet, standby only.

I’m up for the whole park standby only as it would spread out the lines efficiently, but one ride of it in a park with 7 FP rides is not a good idea IMHO. It would certainly cause wait times to drop at the other attractions though.

 

[disneygeek90]

I’m up for the whole park standby only as it would spread out the lines efficiently, but one ride of it in a park with 7 FP rides is not a good idea IMHO. It would certainly cause wait times to drop at the other attractions though.

It’ll have fastpass eventually but I think having SR standby only for the first 5 months worked well.

 

[CastAStone]

It’ll have fastpass eventually but I think having SR standby only for the first 5 months worked well.

It certainly reduced standby times at other attractions.

 

[djkidkaz]

With this opening it should make Slinky much more accessible.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Or better yet, standby only.

Stand by with all the rides

 

[Stripes]

I'm guessing the sign isn't being lit yet and that's why we don't have a picture of what it looks like at night?

 

[Magenta Panther]

Is it just me or is it a bit excessive to have a sign that large so close to the ground? You'd think they'd mount it higher so its more noticeable? Or make it smaller if they want it right above the doorway?

Edit: Or better yet, move it out to the front side areas like the GMR signs were.

Good point. But I'm glad the sign doesn't completely cover up the dragon design. It's a stunner, and helps retain the Chinese Theater's character IMO.

 

[Nautilus]

The location of the sign makes sense to me. It fits the 'theater' you're going to a 'show' vibe. It doesn't mess with the architecture lines (at least from photos). Man, it's been awhile since I've posted. ::waves:: hi everyone! Like everyone else, I'm really curious to see how the opening plays out.

 

[DarkMetroid567]

Gorgeous sign but I hate hate hate the placement, just because the covered dragon. I don't particularly have an attachment to the Chinese theater or anything, but it's just a really strange juxtaposition.

 

[Touchdown]

To be fair, the original does it all the time. It’s thematically consistent