Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway - Disneyland

[Disney Irish]

Another site posted the full “Vacation Fun” clip show cartoon.

I like how it incorporates a lot of clips from the previous seasons. Its a good little clip show for those not familiar with the new shorts. And a good recap of past moments for those that are familiar.

Potatoland was always my favorite episode.

 

[mlayton144]

Seriously, have you ever seen the classic Mickey short films at all? They were charming and funny (and satirical) and occasionally risqué.

Not every cartoon in the world has to be sarcastic, gross, cynical and crass. What they’ve done here is simply make Mickey just the same as nearly every other cartoon out there. There’s nothing new or original going on, accept that it’s standing on the shoulders of past (more talented) filmmakers and reaping the rewards of familiarity while trashing good taste and characterization in favor of cheap, easy gross-out gags.

I sound more angry than I really am. It’s just toonz. And I can admit the classic Mickey cartoons have an annoying obsession with butt jokes. Really, my main beef with the new stuff is the abandonment of Mickey’s personality. He’s Roger Rabbit now.

Regardless, the ride still looks great.

I really wasn’t talking about the Golden age Or prior Mickey depictions , more so my time at the parks and various media the last 20 years or so , maybe having My kids having endless Disney junior loops burned into my memory is the culprit

 

[captveg]

Now if only they would consider giving Roger Rabbit an update like they have been doing to the other darkrides. These new projector ideas would really work great in that wonderful darkride if integrated to give the toon facades and walls some life.

Some projection mapping tweaks to RRCTS would be sweet. A sequence like the fall down the building could go from great to outstanding.

 

[Rich T]

Just saw the TV commercial. Yuck! It makes the ride look like s simple train ride with cheesy blue screen effects—Not a hint at the modern technology. The commercial could have been made in the 80’s.

They should’ve just shown on-ride footage.

 

[Disney Analyst]

This image sums up the new Mickey cartoons perfectly. Let’s aim for lowest level possible. All the time. Because gross is easy.

that’s literally my favourite episode.

 

[TP2000]

Today is the first day the ride was opened, and DHS was swarmed with that unique niche demographic of Central Florida Lifestyle Bloggers.

But the crowds have evened out this afternoon. At 5pm Eastern time the, Mickey's Runaway Railway has a posted wait time of 120 minutes, while Millennium Falcon: Target Run is posted at only 30 minutes and Tower of Terror is posted at 25 minutes. All three of those rides offer Fastpass.

 

[Rich T]

Today is the first day the ride was opened, and DHS was swarmed with that unique niche demographic of Central Florida Lifestyle Bloggers.

I’ve now watched a bunch of videos, and the strangest parts are the queue shots; it’s so weird to watch a vlog of vloggers vlogging other vlogging vloggers. Dozens at once!!!!

 

[MisterPenguin]

Today is the first day the ride was opened, and DHS was swarmed with that unique niche demographic of Central Florida Lifestyle Bloggers.

But the crowds have evened out this afternoon. At 5pm Eastern time the, Mickey's Runaway Railway has a posted wait time of 120 minutes, while Millennium Falcon: Target Run is posted at only 30 minutes and Tower of Terror is posted at 25 minutes. All three of those rides offer Fastpass.

Except for MMRR, all the top tiered rides have lines that are petering out.

MMRR skyrocketed to 300 minutes before settling down to about 2 hours (the midday spike was from a downtime).

Speaking of downtimes... what's with ToT? Those spikes look like regularly scheduled downtimes.

 

[Disney Irish]

I’ve now watched a bunch of videos, and the strangest parts are the queue shots; it’s so weird to watch a vlog of vloggers vlogging other vlogging vloggers. Dozens at once!!!!

Its a vlog inception.....

 

[JD2000]

So each train car has quite substantially different views and timing of animations. It is both a positive and big negative at times. Weird.

 

[Disney Irish]

So each train car has quite substantially different views and timing of animations. It is both a positive and big negative at times. Weird.

It makes for repeatability.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

It's a ride for kids (despite the ridethrus showing legions of adults of quite advanced ages all filming), but weirdly the centerpiece of MGM Studios or whatever they're calling it now. Its placement at the back of Disneyland in the kiddie area makes a lot more sense. It's all screens and that's fine for this generation and future generations who stare at phones all day. That's probably what will keep their attention.

It's lacking in anything I desire from a ride and I doubt I'll ever go on it.

 

[JD2000]

It makes for repeatability.

Yes, but each train car has at least one view or timing that is atrocious. And you could argue this repeatably is bad for those who don't go frequently due to the inconsistent experience. I don't think four autonomous vehicles work here very well.

 

[Disney Irish]

It's a ride for kids (despite the ridethrus showing legions of adults of quite advanced ages all filming), but weirdly the centerpiece of MGM Studios or whatever they're calling it now. Its placement at the back of Disneyland in the kiddie area makes a lot more sense. It's all screens and that's fine for this generation and future generations who stare at phones all day. That's probably what will keep their attention.

It's lacking in anything I desire from a ride and I doubt I'll ever go on it.

Actually its not all screens. Its a mesh of practical effects, 2.5D projection mapping, AAs, and screens, not to mention trackless vehicles.

I think both kids and adults alike will get joy out of going on it.

 

[Disney Irish]

Yes, but each train car has at least one view or timing that is atrocious. And you could argue this repeatably is bad for those who don't go frequently due to the inconsistent experience. I don't think four autonomous vehicles work here very well.

Well I guess that's a matter of opinion. Also videos appear not to do this ride justice, as usual. So its possible that any perceived viewing or timing issues might be less than you think. Unless of course you've been on it yourself and experienced it first hand. But I don't believe that is the case based on your previous posts in this thread.

Also there are lots of attractions where views are not 100%, you always miss something. That is what makes it repeatable, the ability to spot something you didn't on a previous ride.

 

[TP2000]

It's a ride for kids (despite the ridethrus showing legions of adults of quite advanced ages all filming), but weirdly the centerpiece of MGM Studios or whatever they're calling it now. Its placement at the back of Disneyland in the kiddie area makes a lot more sense. It's all screens and that's fine for this generation and future generations who stare at phones all day. That's probably what will keep their attention.

It's lacking in anything I desire from a ride and I doubt I'll ever go on it.

It's proof of how stunningly weak and thin the attraction lineup is at DHS that this is a major headliner for that park.

When it comes to Disneyland, assuming it actually does, it will be a great update and expansion for Toontown. But at Disneyland it's not going to be expected to help carry the park for the next decade or so.

 

[DanielBB8]

It’s a step up from Great Movie Ride that bores me from beginning, middle and end.

 

[Rich T]

It makes for repeatability.

In a sorta bad way. The last car into the room is missing entire animated story points that set up what follows, especially in the volcano room and factory entry. This can be fixed, I’m sure. The story should make sense to all riders.

 

[Disney Irish]

In a sorta bad way. The last car into the room is missing entire animated story points that set up what follows, especially in the volcano room and factory entry. This can be fixed, I’m sure. The story should make sense to all riders.

First thats a huge assumption based on a video and not real world experience. And two there is no telling if the DLR version will have any of these “issues”.

 

[DisneyLostBoy03]

New video from Fresh Baked and it shows that Disneyland's version of Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway is still under construction and has not halted.