Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway confirmed

[roj2323]

Some construction walls have popped up to the left of the theater. I believe this was just a backstage entrance?

Correct. inside the double doors behind this wall there's a second set of double doors to the left that go to the preshow theater and a short stairwell to the right that goes to an elevator/stairwell alcove that goes up to the character break room. It's essentially an emergency exit point and not much else.

 

[Movielover]

Wow, this one is packed full of references!

 

[Jones14]

Wow, this one is packed full of references!

Okay, but WHAT is that song from? It's driving me crazy, I know I've heard it before.

 

[Movielover]

Okay, but WHAT is that song from? It's driving me crazy, I know I've heard it before.

Youtube comments were saying it's from Pinocchio.

 

[Jones14]

Youtube comments were saying it's from Pinocchio.

That would make sense; the last few notes sound like, "There are no strings on me!" Either way, that's a GREAT short.

 

[Wegerter]

Okay, but WHAT is that song from? It's driving me crazy, I know I've heard it before.

It's the very beginning of "when you wish upon a star" from Pinocchio

 

[MisterPenguin]

Le map...

 

[FigmentJedi]

Le map...

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Which is basically a direct lift of this

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Okay, but WHAT is that song from? It's driving me crazy, I know I've heard it before.

Youtube comments were saying it's from Pinocchio.

Yes, it is....It's using the opening music of Pinocchio's open titles up to the When you wish upon a star part..

 

[MisterPenguin]

Which is basically a direct lift of this

From here:

Frontierland's Rainbow Cavern Mine Train opened one year after Disneyland, in 1956, and was revamped and expanded into Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland in 1960. In addition to the caverns, the ride included show scenes for Balancing Rocks and the multi-colored Devil's Paint Pots geysers, which also are referenced in the new Mickey Mouse short.

The old attraction was designed as a tie-in to Disney's True-Life Adventures short film series, so, yep, Disney was doing IP in its theme parks since the beginning. You are watching an online video referencing a theme park attraction that referenced an old short film series. It's the Media Circle of Life.​

 

[Magenta Panther]

Yes, it is....It's using the opening music of Pinocchio's open titles up to the When you wish upon a star part..

Correct. It's the orchestral version of the song "Little Wooden Head", which Geppeto sings later in the film.

Great Mouse short, BTW. Loved the references to Nature's Wonderland and the Rainbow Caverns. It even had a Walt cameo!

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

It even had a Walt cameo!

This HAD to be made into a gif....And so I did it....

 

[elchippo]

Shared tech is fine and generally avoids cloning problems. The only thing Dino shows is the problem when execs choose ride tech because they have it rather then because it fits the attraction they want to build. A strong counter-example is RSR, which is so vastly superior to TT it's amazing.

I support the idea of a one clone maximum. If an Asian resort or Paris gets it, then ONE domestic park can have it but not both, and vice versa. If Paris gets something and its cloned in Hong Kong, then it remains abroad, and so on. WDW is getting Ratatouille and TRON clones, so nowhere else! But I also say shared tech can be unlimited.

 

[gustaftp]

It was reused in Tokyo in 2001 for Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Plus the Rocket Rods in 2000.

 

[marni1971]

Plus the Rocket Rods in 2000.

Rods were a hybrid of the TT ride system. Not a strict copy.

 

[Boek68]

What came first the rocket rods tech or the TT tech?

 

[GlacierGlacier]

What came first the rocket rods tech or the TT tech?

I think the lineage for that ride system is
Indiana Jones -> Rocket Rods -> Test Track -> Journey to the Center of the Earth -> Radiator Racers.

 

[Slowjack]

I think the lineage for that ride system is
Indiana Jones -> Rocket Rods -> Test Track -> Journey to the Center of the Earth -> Radiator Racers.

I think that's the right order of ride openings, but the timeline is a little muddled because of how long Test Track and the Rods were delayed. I'm pretty sure Test Track was designed before Rocket Rods but I could be wrong about that. Also note that the tech seems to be an offshoot of the system used on the (WDW) Tower of Terror, in the 5th Dimension scene. I guess you can consider this answer to be a stand-in until Martin comes in and sets us straight .

 

[Magic Feather]

I think that's the right order of ride openings, but the timeline is a little muddled because of how long Test Track and the Rods were delayed. I'm pretty sure Test Track was designed before Rocket Rods but I could be wrong about that. Also note that the tech seems to be an offshoot of the system used on the (WDW) Tower of Terror, in the 5th Dimension scene. I guess you can consider this answer to be a stand-in until Martin comes in and sets us straight .

Tower's 5th Dimension was on a wire based trackless system akin to energy or GMR (RIP).

 

[marni1971]

What came first the rocket rods tech or the TT tech?

I think the lineage for that ride system is
Indiana Jones -> Rocket Rods -> Test Track -> Journey to the Center of the Earth -> Radiator Racers.

Test Track came first. It's a derivative of but not the same as the IJA EMV.