Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway confirmed

[Mickeyboof]

I’m curious what the reviews will be like from those who have never experienced GMR.

I never got to ride it, therefore to me and a lot others it’s not replacing anything.

 

[marni1971]

It is what it is.

We seem to have to say that more and more.

I await the discussion of the ”2.5 D” visuals.

 

[wdwmagic]

I’m curious what the reviews will be like from those who have never experienced GMR.

I never got to ride it, therefore to me and a lot others it’s not replacing anything.

It will be wildly popular in a park very short of family friendly rides.

 

[marni1971]

Imagine DHS with an amazingly updated GMR and this in Animation Courtyard.

Now THAT would have been something to celebrate and would have really elevated the park.

 

[BasiltheBatLord]

No GMR easter eggs/references in the show building?

 

[Surferboy567]

I wonder if I could replicate those tickets in like photoshop...would love to have one.

 

[wdwmagic]

One thing of note is that it is very short of queue space. Expect a lot of outdoor makeshift lines to the side and in the courtyard and probably beyond.

 

[Surferboy567]

One thing of note is that it is very short of queue space. Expect a lot of outdoor makeshift lines to the side and in the courtyard and probably beyond.

With a ride that is sure to be super popular (given its location in the Chinese theater) as well the reception so far. Is it possible that they could add more queuing in a small structure? This could be a serious problem with a line stretching for a long while leading to congestion in the park.

 

[Ponderer]

Now THAT would have been something to celebrate and would have really elevated the park.

I guess my thinking is - and I say this as a filmmaker and a film buff - it seemed unconscionable that WDW didn't have a straight up ride celebrating Mickey cartoons. As neat as GMR was, I'm more than happy to have this instead, a celebration of the characters and spirit that literally started the whole Disney empire. I always felt that GMR was much more a celebration of MGM than Disney.

I would have preferred having both rides, of course, but if there had to be a choice, I would've gone this way 100 percent of the time.

 

[Nunu]

Now THAT would have been something to celebrate and would have really elevated the park.

I'm curious and excited about MMRR, but I wish it was an addition. Truth be told, a part of me will always mourn GMR, though...

 

[PandoraPreview]

Thoughts:

1.) If someone goes in "blind" and rides this before Rise of the Resistance, it will diminish how special Rise is. It's weird have two trackless ride systems in the same park, opening so close to each other.

2.) This ride feels inefficient in that it uses the massive space of GMR just because it "can". Many of the rooms feel gigantic and almost barren outside of projections. I'd prefer each room to be smaller and not feel like we are dancing around a warehouse. It's odd to duplicate this attraction in Disneyland.

 

[Smooth]

Well, we certainly do not want congestion in the park

 

[Disney Analyst]

Especially with Disney owning Fox. They could have easily removed the aging ride vehicle system, installed a new tracked version or trackless system like MMRR, and then updated the scenes with owned IP so they didn’t have to worry about licensing and stuff.

 

[Surferboy567]

Especially with Disney owning Fox. They could have easily removed the aging ride vehicle system, installed a new tracked version or trackless system like MMRR, and then updated the scenes with owned IP so they didn’t have to worry about licensing and stuff.

Disney didn’t even have Fox on their radar when they closed GMR. Or maybe they did but it will still too early in the process.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Disney didn’t even have Fox on their radar when they closed GMR. Or maybe they did but it will still too early in the process.

Didn’t they announce the acquisition plans shortly after it closed? They clearly would have known both were on the radar.

 

[Surferboy567]

Didn’t they announce the acquisition plans shortly after it closed? They clearly would have known both were on the radar.

According to Wikipedia “On November 6, 2017, CNBC reported The Walt Disney Company was negotiating a deal with Rupert Murdoch to acquire 21st Century Fox's filmed entertainment, cable entertainment, and direct broadcast satellite divisions, including 20th Century Fox, FX Networks, and National Geographic Partners.”

GMR closed on August 13, 2017 also according to Wikipedia

 

[FigmentForver96]

I guess my thinking is - and I say this as a filmmaker and a film buff - it seemed unconscionable that WDW didn't have a straight up ride celebrating Mickey cartoons. As neat as GMR was, I'm more than happy to have this instead, a celebration of the characters and spirit that literally started the whole Disney empire. I always felt that GMR was much more a celebration of MGM than Disney.

I would have preferred having both rides, of course, but if there had to be a choice, I would've gone this way 100 percent of the time.

Well the ride wasn’t made to celebrate Disney. Disney was celebrating the movies. People can’t appreciate a concept like that now because Disney is just Mickey Mouse and Elsa and any other character that can sell on shirts and cheap cups.

 

[Surferboy567]

#DisneyCastLife lots of reviews and high praise...of course it’s cast members so take with a grain of salt.

 

[Steph15251]

Of course it is. They ripped out an anchor E ticket to put another ride in the same building with the same draw and iconic positioning.

When they closed GMR it was not much of an E-Ticket and it needed a ton of updating ,but yes they should of keep GMR and updated it and made MMRR a new build .

 

[Ponderer]

Well the ride wasn’t made to celebrate Disney. Disney was celebrating the movies. People can’t appreciate a concept like that now because Disney is just Mickey Mouse and Elsa and any other character that can sell on shirts and cheap cups.

Yeah, I get that. But my point is that there wasn‘t a major Mickey attraction, nor one that celebrated the literal starting point of the Disney enterprise. It was ridiculously conspicuous by its absence.

(I get amused by being peeved by merchandising, though, when Walt’s own Mickey merchandise was so hypersaturated and ubiquitous that it was a joke by the 40s. )