DHS Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway confirmed

Jones14

Jones14

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DisneyExpert said:
I agree. I've found this complaint to be largely based on only seeing videos of the ride. There is no single screen that "ends" there, but multiple layered screens acting together to create a 3D illusion, which go pretty far up into the shell of the engine prop. In person, what people are perceiving as the "edge" of the screen comes across pretty clearly as a dimensional prop that is part of the train, which obscures the actual edges of the screens above it.

Honestly, I wish they had used this method of projecting for more of the ride, to give it more of a 3D feel, instead of primarily just projecting stuff onto walls. A similar technique is used in Na'vi River Journey and I think it mostly works very well there.
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Yeah, this is what I mean. It doesn’t read as the edge of the screen in person, it reads as there being an overhang blocking the very top of the cabin from view. Why it’s there I’m not entirely sure, but it doesn’t read as a problem or mistake in person at all. It’s one of the best uses of the tech in the whole ride.
 
trainplane3

trainplane3

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I finally got to ride this. Waited 25 minutes.
It's cute.
It's literally the definition of "fine ride, wrong location". It'll fit in perfectly in DL's Toontown and is a really great addition for there. The weird looking Mickey and Minnie AA things look odd in person too. The ride is certainly lacking for being the centerpiece of the park.

And the ceiling surprisingly did bug me (I didn't look at the last few pages since the ceiling discussion came up).
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I'd wait 25 minutes again to do it but would never waste a FP on it.
 
The Aracuan Bird

The Aracuan Bird

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If there was any single IP to replace The Movie Ride, it was Mickey. I totally believe the Mouse can fit well in that space. But it should’ve been the Mickey that was a Hollywood star; the one that paved the way for things to come. Not the TV show that loosely emulates the old Mickey on a tighter budget. At least it’s not the plastic Clubhouse Mickey.
 
yensidtlaw1969

yensidtlaw1969

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trainplane3 said:
I finally got to ride this. Waited 25 minutes.
It's cute.
It's literally the definition of "fine ride, wrong location". It'll fit in perfectly in DL's Toontown and is a really great addition for there. The weird looking Mickey and Minnie AA things look odd in person too. The ride is certainly lacking for being the centerpiece of the park.

And the ceiling surprisingly did bug me (I didn't look at the last few pages since the ceiling discussion came up).
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I'd wait 25 minutes again to do it but would never waste a FP on it.
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Speaking of the Ceiling . . . Could you imagine?:

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Thanks, Photoshop!
 
disneygeek90

disneygeek90

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CastAStone said:
There were 1 2 3 4 5 6 stickers on the floor in the preshow area today that the staff wasn’t using. Not sure why they couldn’t do what they do on ROTR preshow but maybe the room is just that small.
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I may be making this up but I thought they wouldn't be able to keep the loading room full if they only fed preshows in with so few groups.
 
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Chip Chipperson

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I rode this for the first (and 2nd and 3rd) time last week and was blown away. I thought it would be a fun ride but it was much better than I expected having avoided any videos of the ride and only seeing some photos. We waited 50 minutes in the brutal heat our first day there because we were planning to ride Slinky but that line was 70 minutes (and then 90 when we finished TSMM), so we figured we'd take the shorter wait for something we hadn't had a chance to ride yet since we hadn't been to WDW since early-February 2020. It was well worth the wait. The next night, we park-hopped back over there closer to 7 PM and the wait was down to about 25 minutes. When we got off there was virtually no line so we got right back on line (as did a few of the groups ahead of us) and waited maybe 15 minutes to get on again. We probably could have ridden a 3rd straight time with no wait but we were getting tired after an early start at MK and weren't sure what traffic would be like leaving at closing since this was our first time renting a car down there.

I really like the waterfall scene and thought it was cool that the cars reconnected in a different order than they started. There are so many little jokes and Easter eggs on the ride that you could ride it a dozen times and probably still find something you missed.
 
Magenta Panther

Magenta Panther

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Chip Chipperson said:
I rode this for the first (and 2nd and 3rd) time last week and was blown away. I thought it would be a fun ride but it was much better than I expected having avoided any videos of the ride and only seeing some photos. We waited 50 minutes in the brutal heat our first day there because we were planning to ride Slinky but that line was 70 minutes (and then 90 when we finished TSMM), so we figured we'd take the shorter wait for something we hadn't had a chance to ride yet since we hadn't been to WDW since early-February 2020. It was well worth the wait. The next night, we park-hopped back over there closer to 7 PM and the wait was down to about 25 minutes. When we got off there was virtually no line so we got right back on line (as did a few of the groups ahead of us) and waited maybe 15 minutes to get on again. We probably could have ridden a 3rd straight time with no wait but we were getting tired after an early start at MK and weren't sure what traffic would be like leaving at closing since this was our first time renting a car down there.

I really like the waterfall scene and thought it was cool that the cars reconnected in a different order than they started. There are so many little jokes and Easter eggs on the ride that you could ride it a dozen times and probably still find something you missed.
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I suppose the quality of the ride experience depends on where you're seated on the train. I just watched a video where the person filming was seated in the back. The figures of Mickey and Minnie in the car talking to Goofy looked absolutely horrible. You couldn't even tell what the hell they were supposed to be. Just a flat couple of disks. My god, did TDO even consider how those figures would look from all angles? Were they so simple-mindedly devoted to making the figures look like the 2D cartoon that they didn't think of how terrible they would look from behind? Or was it the usual TDO "who cares?" Jesus, how disappointing. They could at least have angled the car so that the figures were in profile at all times. Major fail IMO.
 
mikejs78

mikejs78

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Magenta Panther said:
I suppose the quality of the ride experience depends on where you're seated on the train. I just watched a video where the person filming was seated in the back. The figures of Mickey and Minnie in the car talking to Goofy looked absolutely horrible. You couldn't even tell what the hell they were supposed to be. Just a flat couple of disks. My god, did TDO even consider how those figures would look from all angles? Were they so simple-mindedly devoted to making the figures look like the 2D cartoon that they didn't think of how terrible they would look from behind? Or was it the usual TDO "who cares?" Jesus, how disappointing. They could at least have angled the car so that the figures were in profile at all times. Major fail IMO.
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You're basing this on a video? Seriously? Ride the attraction before you judge it. Cameras can be deceiving.
 
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Sorcerer Mickey

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mikejs78 said:
You're basing this on a video? Seriously? Ride the attraction before you judge it. Cameras can be deceiving.
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They’re not wrong. I rode for the first time this past Monday and sat in the last row. I could barely see Mickey and Minnie’s face (and did not see Goofy at all). Their audio was almost completely inaudible. Kinda disappointed because my toddler had no idea what was going on.
 
disneygeek90

disneygeek90

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Sorcerer Mickey said:
They’re not wrong. I rode for the first time this past Monday and sat in the last row. I could barely see Mickey and Minnie’s face (and did not see Goofy at all). Their audio was almost completely inaudible. Kinda disappointed because my toddler had no idea what was going on.
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The 4th car is actually my favorite route.

My preference is 4>1>3>2

No matter where you sit the ride is very chaotic and hard to really grasp what's happening on the first ride. Even the first few.
 
Disney Analyst

Disney Analyst

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Magenta Panther said:
I suppose the quality of the ride experience depends on where you're seated on the train. I just watched a video where the person filming was seated in the back. The figures of Mickey and Minnie in the car talking to Goofy looked absolutely horrible. You couldn't even tell what the hell they were supposed to be. Just a flat couple of disks. My god, did TDO even consider how those figures would look from all angles? Were they so simple-mindedly devoted to making the figures look like the 2D cartoon that they didn't think of how terrible they would look from behind? Or was it the usual TDO "who cares?" Jesus, how disappointing. They could at least have angled the car so that the figures were in profile at all times. Major fail IMO.
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Works for me. The premise is that you are literally entering a 2D world - meaning different angles result in weird 2D fun.

It’s all gonna be okay, the rides a hit. 😍
 

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