Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway - Disneyland

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Does adding a ride increase the park's capacity?

 

[TP2000]

Does adding a ride increase the park's capacity?

Yes.

 

[TP2000]

A few years ago, didn't they sell DCA only AP's at Costco? Anyone know how that worked? I feel like they sold em for like a month but haven't heard anything since.

I think you just answered the question on how that worked for them.

 

[rebelk73]

Well, to be fair, they are expanding the park acreage to do this. Mickey's Runaway Railway at Disneyland will use a warehouse space that has never been part of the park's operating footprint, and where no customer was allowed to go before.

Much like for Star Wars Land, where they incorporated a dozen acres that were either unseen warehouse space "backstage", or severely under-utilized empty areas like the old Festival Arena and tree forest.

Interestingly, at DHS for both of these new areas - Star Wars Land and Runaway Railway, they used areas within the existing park footprint and closed operating rides and lands to build the new stuff. The complete opposite of how they built the same things at Disneyland, by pushing the park boundaries out and adding new acreage to the park experience.

But then DW would have less room to build more hotels.

 

[socalifornian]

But then DW would have less room to build more hotels.

There’s a laughable amount of land to expand every park and build more hotels. It’s like they’re thinking about DLRs limited space while building out WDW

 

[Californian Elitist]

 

[rebelk73]

There’s a laughable amount of land to expand every park and build more hotels. It’s like they’re thinking about DLRs limited space while building out WDW

Sarcasm friend

 

[MisterPenguin]

Exactly. And the fact that this chart has removed the four rides closed suddenly last year at DCA, at the same time adding the three big E Tickets announced suddenly for WDW two years ago and currently under construction. That's six new E Tickets currently under construction at WDW! It's alarming how it took a huge building push of three E Tickets plus Star Wars Land and Runaway Railway for WDW to pull slightly into the lead by the 2020's.

WDW is certainly swinging for the E's. I suppose WDW could pull way ahead if it forewent the E's and put in a bunch of dinky C-Ticket dark rides.

Nice catch. Silly Symphony Swings is missing from the DCA tally on @MisterPenguin's list. I'm sure it will be corrected momentarily.

Super easy. Barely an inconvenience. Fixt.

I wouldn't count the monorail,

Neither would I, but most do because at one time it was an E-Ticket.

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Cause it done ain't have more rides than da world.

 

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

So it’s a nice rock at least, a rock mansion.

More like an iceberg. Like the one the Titanic hit

 

[mickEblu]

Really curious on how they will simulate us being sucked into a movie screen. I’m guessing it will be part of some pre show but that’s all I got.

Some pre show room with rows of movie theatre chairs that move toward the screen?

 

[Disneylover152]

Really curious on how they will simulate us being sucked into a movie screen. I’m guessing it will be part of some pre show but that’s all I got.

Some pre show room with rows of movie theatre chairs that move toward the screen?

I'm thinking it's going to be like the effect in Enchanted Tales with Belle.



I'm thinking it's not going to be a big movie theatre like the pre-show room but a room a little bigger than Tower of Terror.

Also, just because you're already immersed in Mickey's World in Disneyland, I kind of doubt the DHS Preshow & queue is going to be involved with this attraction. I can Disneyland's queue and being different since there is no need for you to be sucked into the Mickey Shorts & you're not located in a Golden Age of Hollywood movie theater.

 

[mickEblu]

I'm thinking it's going to be like the effect in Enchanted Tales with Belle.



I'm thinking it's not going to be a big movie theatre like the pre-show room but a room a little bigger than Tower of Terror.

Also, just because you're already immersed in Mickey's World in Disneyland, I kind of doubt the DHS Preshow & queue is going to be involved with this attraction. I can Disneyland's queue and being different since there is no need for you to be sucked into the Mickey Shorts & you're not located in a Golden Age of Hollywood movie theater.

Yeah it would make more sense and be cost effective for Disney but we’d be losing a cool element. Also, just because we’re in Toontown doesn’t mean we can’t be sucked into a movie screen and transported to a new locale.

 

[Disneylover152]

Yeah it would make more sense and be cost effective for Disney but we’d be losing a cool element. Also, just because we’re in Toontown doesn’t mean we can’t be sucked into a movie screen and transported to s new locale.

It would be very meta, haha.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

So the movie screen is a portal like in The Last Action Hero...

 

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

Really curious on how they will simulate us being sucked into a movie screen. I’m guessing it will be part of some pre show but that’s all I got.

Some pre show room with rows of movie theatre chairs that move toward the screen?

maybe they wont since unlike the DISNEY HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS version of the ride, we are already in the animated world by being in toontown. they may just leave the movie screen portion out of the preshow and do something different. we are already in the cartoon world so why would we need a movie screen to go into said world? ya know.

 

[Disney Irish]

So the movie screen is a portal like in The Last Action Hero...

Only if Arnold is there is greet us...

 

[BrianLo]

Cause it done ain't have more rides than da world.

Actually, if we are pulling teeth here it does in fact currently have more rides.

But the sheer fact that we even argue over park transport or unannounced attractions to fudge the numbers misses the point.

3/4 WDW parks need more rides. They are also 3/4 least ride filled parks in Disney's entire 12 park portfolio. There is still a lot of investment WDW really needs beyond 2023.

They have finally had an E-ticket boom and I acknowledge that's a great change.

 

[mickEblu]

maybe they wont since unlike the DISNEY HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS version of the ride, we are already in the animated world by being in toontown. they may just leave the movie screen portion out of the preshow and do something different. we are already in the cartoon world so why would we need a movie screen to go into said world? ya know.

Because it’s an interesting and fun story telling device and going from the human world to the toon world isn’t the only reason so. It’s also the fact that you are being transported to another locale through a portal.

Anyway, my question wasn’t park specific. I’m just curious how they pull it off.

 

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

Because it’s an interesting and fun story telling device and going from the human world to the toon world isn’t the only reason so. It’s also the fact that you are being transported to another locale through a portal.

Anyway, my question wasn’t park specific. I’m just curious how they pull it off.

I get your point but to me it sounds redundent to have you go into a cartoon movie when you are already in Toontown. I personally hope they leave out the movie theatre idea in Disneyland and come up with something unique, even though it will be a copy of what's in florida, it will make the Disneyland version stand out as something special to Disneyland.

 

[mickEblu]

I get your point but to me it sounds redundent to have you go into a cartoon movie when you are already in Toontown. I personally hope they leave out the movie theatre idea in Disneyland and come up with sonething unique, even though it will be a copy of what's in florida, it will make the Disneyland version stand out as something special to Disneyland.

IMO just stepping onto a train would make the DHS version more special.