Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway - Disneyland

[dweezil78]

All the building facades in Hollywood land ARE close by to park.

I'd perfer they put in Westwood Village's Fox Theater and it's interior instead.

Love that theater, but it’s a little too close in style to Carthay for both to both co-exist in DCA don’t you think?

 

[Phroobar]

The Bruin Theater could be kind of cool with all that neon.

 

[Phroobar]

The Crest could look great too.

 

[Rich T]

Guess you didn't see the later ones.

Of all those paintings, the first is the only one I like in any way. The latest offering is another in a long line of "yuck." Great artists producing weird, creepy Mickeys.

 

[SteamboatJoe]

Love that theater, but it’s a little too close in style to Carthay for both to both co-exist in DCA don’t you think?

Are there any other LA/Hollywood theaters out there that no longer exist but have strong Disney ties and excellent architecture? That would be ideal. Still California but not redundant.

 

[dweezil78]

Seems silly to me to think about cloning a facade that that pre-dates the Mickey ride by 30 years and they are retrofitting it into -- I don't think they would have used a theater facade had they not been using the GMR space. If they do end up building it here, I think it'd be way cooler to disguise it as part of the Disneyland train line as a new (or updated) station -- with one side used for the regular train, and another side that transitions you into some bizarro cartoony station. With Main St cinema and Carthay (plus the Hyperion facade), I think we're pretty good on the whole theater thing.

 

[D.Silentu]

As opposed to taking out the Hyperion, would there be enough room in the old Hollywood and Dine space if they pushed the facade west to level with the Hyperion entrance? I agree that DCA would benefit much more from this ride.

 

[mickEblu]

Seems silly to me to think about cloning a facade that that pre-dates the Mickey ride by 30 years and they are retrofitting it into -- I don't think they would have used a theater facade had they not been using the GMR space. If they do end up building it here, I think it'd be way cooler to disguise it as part of the Disneyland train line as a new (or updated) station -- with one side used for the regular train, and another side that transitions you into some bizarro cartoony station. With Main St cinema and Carthay (plus the Hyperion facade), I think we're pretty good on the whole theater thing.

Not a bad idea but then we lose the whole being sucked into the theatee screen concept.

 

[dweezil78]

Not a bad idea but then we lose the whole being sucked into the theatee screen concept.

Yeah...but the only reason that concept was even concocted in the first place is because there was a theater there leftover from the old ride.

 

[mickEblu]

Yeah...but the only reason that concept was even concocted in the first place is because there was a theater there leftover from the old ride.

Yeah I know. I just think it’s a cool concept and hope they find away to carry that over even if it doesn’t make ad much sense. They can just make the facade a Toontown theatre.

 

[Rich T]

Are there any other LA/Hollywood theaters out there that no longer exist but have strong Disney ties and excellent architecture? That would be ideal. Still California but not redundant.

Well, it's not Disney or L.A.... but it is one of California's gifts to humanity:

 

[SteamboatJoe]

Well, it's not Disney or L.A.... but it is one of California's gifts to humanity:
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It has a mouse....close enough.

 

[Rich T]

It has a mouse....close enough.

D'awwwwww... Nolan and Chuck should have their own "Partners" statue!

 

[Ismael Flores]

Well, it's not Disney or L.A.... but it is one of California's gifts to humanity:
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that is one place i never want to step foot into again.
aside from the awefull pizza, the high levels of noise and the possibility of catching a disease those creepy animatronics moving off sync to the music creeped me out

 

[TwilightZone]

that is one place i never want to step foot into again.
aside from the awefull pizza, the high levels of noise and the possibility of catching a disease those creepy animatronics moving off sync to the music creeped me out

Before my time and your time it was a gift to humanity. Then cheapness happened.

 

[Rich T]

Before my time and your time it was a gift to humanity. Then cheapness happened.

I used to visit one of the first Chuck E. Cheeses after work in the early 80's (I am a fossil) to play Tempest and Venture. It was more of an all-ages arcade and less of a playground back then. At the time, I almost liked the weird, surreal atmosphere (the applauding hands on the wall!) but I only tried the pizza once. My clearest memory, though: The make-your-own-sundae bar... with several flies buzzing around it...

 

[Disney Irish]

I used to visit one of the first Chuck E. Cheeses after work in the early 80's (I am a fossil) to play Tempest and Venture. It was more of an all-ages arcade and less of a playground back then. At the time, I almost liked the weird, surreal atmosphere (the applauding hands on the wall!) but I only tried the pizza once. My clearest memory, though: The make-your-own-sundae bar... with several flies buzzing around it...

You're a bit older than I am, but we've probably hit a lot of the same spots.

BTW, no more Ready Player One quotes? I mean it did just get released on BluRay.

 

[TwilightZone]

I used to visit one of the first Chuck E. Cheeses after work in the early 80's (I am a fossil) to play Tempest and Venture. It was more of an all-ages arcade and less of a playground back then. At the time, I almost liked the weird, surreal atmosphere (the applauding hands on the wall!) but I only tried the pizza once. My clearest memory, though: The make-your-own-sundae bar... with several flies buzzing around it...

Oh dear god that sundae bar sounds terrifying.
But somehow less germy than it is now. My mom knew someone who's kid died from some germ they caught there.

 

[Phroobar]

A friend of mine had a stroke after eating at Chuck E Cheese. True story. He's never been the same since.

 

[Rich T]

BTW, no more Ready Player One quotes? I mean it did just get released on BluRay.

"Is James Haliday really dead?"
"Yes."
"Then what are you?"
"Goodbye, Parzival. Thanks. Thanks for playing my game." And then I bawl my eyes out--That scene makes me imagine how I'd feel if I ever got a chance to talk to Walt Disney's ghost.

Bought it when it released early on iTunes. I could watch King Kong chase the Delorean all day! Not a perfect film by any means--I'd rank it with the original Jurassic Park. Great idea, likeable heroes, and a lot of ingenious, wonderful action scenes connected by "adequate" character scenes. And a couple of plot holes (does *everyone* live in Columbus???) But, man, it's so much fun!