I wonder if the ride will feature any continuity/throwbacks towards the Mickey Mouse shorts they're based on. I'm sure Gubbles, Mickey's poor constantly-in-danger fish will swim around in the ocean someplace. And I wonder if they'll make clever Disney in-jokes as the shorts themselves do (Cinderella in the French short, Reference to Walt Disney's model train set in the Tokyo short, Matterhorn gags in the Alpine short, Potatoland-style jabs, etc.)
The plot really seems to me a rip from Mr. Toad's Wild Ride - the only main difference being that you're pulled away from a fiery inferno at the end instead of into it. I wonder if there will be any semblance of transitions that make any sort of sense in the attraction... and if anyone will really care?
Lastly, it doesn't seem like Donald gets in this one, because according to rumors even Daisy and Pluto have featured roles. Is that just a lack of info, do you think, or is Mickey trying to take back his starring role after being robbed in Philharmagic?