Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway - Disneyland

[A Noble Fish]

While the video has me loving the ride’s look, I agree the name is going to mislead a lot of folks into expecting a thrill ride. Maybe they should create a parody of a warning sign in the queue: “WARNING: Mickey’s Runaway Railway is NOT a high speed, turbulent thrill ride. It contains no sharp turns or sudden drops and tops out at 5 MPH” Etc.

You never know, it might make people appreciate dark rides more. That would be a great joke!

To be fair, we haven’t seen the entire attraction yet... and in regards to “thrill” (or apparentl lack thereof) it does appear the ride will have varying speeds. If you watch the video around 1:21-1:25 you do see an (albeit brief) bit of acceleration.

It definitely will have some 'fun' acceleration. Not as fast as Rise, but definitely present, unlike other trackless rides.

 

[Phroobar]

Here is some video of the ride at DHS. It actually looks like a decent dark ride. Nice job Disney. Too bad I can't find a video of the ride that isn't from Disney. It is like every vlogger used the same video. I wonder how easy this ride would be to turn into a Roger Rabbit ride. That is what we should have gotten for Toon Town. However, this will do nicely.

 

[mickEblu]

Here is some video of the ride at DHS. It actually looks like a decent dark ride. Nice job Disney. Too bad I can't find a video of the ride that isn't from Disney. It is like every vlogger used the same video. I wonder how easy this ride would be to turn into a Roger Rabbit ride. That is what we should have gotten for Toon Town. However, this will do nicely.

I think the reason the queue is better than the Ride on Roger is because the queue focuses on the best aspects of the movie. Toons In the real world. Going back and forth from the vibrant colors we see in MMRR to a more subdued film noir looking old Hollywood would have been amazing for Roger.

 

[mickEblu]

I think RR looks great, but I agree the trackless ride systems (in their current form) sacrifice intimacy. I’m not a fan of all the open flooring and empty space just so the cars can waltz around like forklifts in a warehouse.

BUT, so far Imagineering seems to be coming up with clever ways to pair the system with the theme: The idea of a train coming apart in classic cartoon fashion and then reassembling at the end with the engineer unaware that anything went wrong is pretty wonderful. I think that’s enough to justify the trackless system here.

I love the look and concept for this attraction. The tunnel scene looks fantastic but the wide open spaces with mostly screens on the walls doesn’t quite do it for me. Their needs to be more props, AAs etc but I’m guessing that could either ruin the illusion or make it more difficult to accomplish.

 

[Mickeyboof]

It's about damn time they started using trackless tech in America amirite?

Hunny Hunt was the first iteration, but interestingly, the load/unload was on sort of guide rail chain.

After, some flat rides like Aquatopia, and much later on the second Luigi flat ride came to be.

Ratatouille and Mystic Manor shared their tech as Disney's dark ride version #2 except for a small motion base integrated on Rat's puck.

Rise of the Resistance and seemingly Mickey, use the same or similar system, but I have no idea. They just look the same in that they don't have pucks and they are also both capable of varying levels of acceleration.

Ironically, Mystic Manor and Ratatouille use trackless with little importance, but it doesn't detract all that much. Tokyo's Beauty uses an animatronic non-passenger vehicle like Pooh instead of Rise or Mickey where the vehicle itself is also part of the story.

With exception to Rise, they all suffer a 'flatness,' but it doesn't hurt the parks since there is so much variation of attractions and tech. There are a few intimate moments in every trackless ride, but overall you feel there are gaps, so I definitely see that point. I think ride variation is what's more important, however. Maybe this decade will see the criminally underused EMV at more parks after trackless was king of the 10's, or even Shanghai Pirates' tech.

Trackless is at its peak when vehicles participate in the story.

I never really wanted to see Trackless vehicles in the American parks. I find them a bit dull. One-tone

1) Even without a track, you can see exactly where you’re going from the obvious wheel marks on the shiny floor.

2) Why is the floor always so shiny, and never integrated into the sets?

3) Why are the sets always so far from the vehicles, creating a massive gap of flat shiny floor?

4) The vehicles over little to no thrills.

5) The vehicles stop a lot (even in this preview video for MMRR, this “runaway” train sure does stop a lot!).

 

[Californian Elitist]

::Spoiler Alert::
Also, not the entire ride, but still... enjoy

Very cute.

 

[Phroobar]

I love the look and concept for this attraction. The tunnel scene looks fantastic but the wide open spaces with mostly screens on the walls doesn’t quite do it for me. Their needs to be more props, AAs etc but I’m guessing that could either ruin the illusion or make it more difficult to accomplish.

I think there are a few AAs with projection faces like the Mickey/Minnie car at the beginning and Pluto in another scene. This ride seems really easy to customize for holidays or even a completely different cartoon.

This ride attraction themed to Roger Rabbit would have been so much better but that ship sailed twenty years ago.

I never really wanted to see Trackless vehicles in the American parks. I find them a bit dull. One-tone

1) Even without a track, you can see exactly where you’re going from the obvious wheel marks on the shiny floor.

2) Why is the floor always so shiny, and never integrated into the sets?

3) Why are the sets always so far from the vehicles, creating a massive gap of flat shiny floor?

4) The vehicles over little to no thrills.

5) The vehicles stop a lot (even in this preview video for MMRR, this “runaway” train sure does stop a lot!).

I agree the trackless wheels make marks on the floor. You can see exactly where you are going on Rise before Dawn. I wonder if these ride vehicles are more reliable than the system used in ROTR. It could be the exact same ride system.

I'm hoping to see an actual POV ride through that isn't created by Disney soon.

 

[TROR]

I never really wanted to see Trackless vehicles in the American parks. I find them a bit dull. One-tone

1) Even without a track, you can see exactly where you’re going from the obvious wheel marks on the shiny floor.

2) Why is the floor always so shiny, and never integrated into the sets?

3) Why are the sets always so far from the vehicles, creating a massive gap of flat shiny floor?

4) The vehicles over little to no thrills.

5) The vehicles stop a lot (even in this preview video for MMRR, this “runaway” train sure does stop a lot!).

Big agree. The best use of trackless vehicles I know of is Symbolica at Efteling.

 

[brb1006]

Big agree. The best use of trackless vehicles I know of is Symbolica at Efteling.

Hunny Hunt also worked (then again it was a first of it's kind) since the Hundred Acre Woods section's ride path is colored baby blue making the track marks look like water paths.

 

[Mickeyboof]

Regardless of any shortfalls of one particular ride system over another, I seriously can’t wait for Toontown to finally get an anchor attraction (as much as I adore Roger Rabbit!), and this attraction seems like a marvelous fit thematically.

 

[TROR]

Hunny Hunt also worked (then again it was a first of it's kind) since the Hundred Acre Woods section's ride path is colored baby blue making the track marks look like water paths.

Hunny Hunt fails in the Heffalump scene, however. While Symbolica has a similar setup with the ballroom, it’s far less empty.

 

[brb1006]

Hunny Hunt fails in the Heffalump scene, however. While Symbolica has a similar setup with the ballroom, it’s far less empty.

Still love the AA's for Hunny Hunt since they actually look much more lifelike since they are not only more expressive. But they are actually given fur unlike other versions where they are just plastic.

 

[Sailor310]

The ride looks fun, but I think the new Mickey and Minnie are kind of edgy, not as rounded in facial features as they were in the early years.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

This one seems to be totally accessible for all ages with no height requirement, which is a good thing for a new E Ticket. In fact, I feel like that rarely happens. I was baffled as to how they greenlit the needless extremely brief thrill portions of Rise Before Dawn considering 99% of the ride is slower than molasses. I see no need to have even included that portion and hence have a height requirement.

 

[MisterPenguin]

This one seems to be totally accessible for all ages with no height requirement, which is a good thing for a new E Ticket. In fact, I feel like that rarely happens. I was baffled as to how they greenlit the needless extremely brief thrill portions of Rise Before Dawn considering 99% of the ride is slower than molasses. I see no need to have even included that portion and hence have a height requirement.

Sometimes "height requirements" are a stand in for age requirements.

Though toddlers and infants would be totally fine with RotR's movements, they may not be so fine with the loud noises and threat of a scary man briskly walking at them. It's a lot more "real" than cartoony hijinx.

 

[Phroobar]

Sometimes "height requirements" are a stand in for age requirements.

Though toddlers and infants would be totally fine with RotR's movements, they may not be so fine with the loud noises and threat of a scary man briskly walking at them. It's a lot more "real" than cartoony hijinx.

There use to be no height requirement on the Matterhorn. Moms would take babies on it. I remember taking my two year old son on Knott's Log Ride. I almost forgot to hold on to him on the drop!

 

[DavidDL]

Incidentally, the new Secret Life of Pets omnimover dark ride or whatever it is over in Universal has a height requirement too. 34". Wonder what their reasoning will be considering the area and attraction is so heavily aimed at kids/the whole family.

 

[Phroobar]

Incidentally, the new Secret Life of Pets omnimover dark ride or whatever it is over in Universal has a height requirement too. 34". Wonder what their reasoning will be considering the area and attraction is so heavily aimed at kids/the whole family.

I always thought you ride on the back of something? I didn't think it was just a box with a bench inside.

 

[DavidDL]

I always thought you ride on the back of something? I didn't think it was just a box with a bench inside.

Here's the hidden test vehicle just outside the attraction.

Credit to Inside Universal for the image. But yeah, I guess it will just be the box. Makes me wonder what elements of the attraction required the height requirement to be put in place. But I'm off topic for the thread now, hah.

 

[Phroobar]

Here's the hidden test vehicle just outside the attraction.

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Credit to Inside Universal for the image. But yeah, I guess it will just be the box. Makes me wonder what elements of the attraction required the height requirement to be put in place. But I'm off topic for the thread now, hah.

Maybe it has a loop that they tested in Super Star Limo? Sorry, old joke.