DHS Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway confirmed

[Goofyernmost]

??? I remember seeing the line regulalry out the door and into the outdoors. I don’t think I ever rode GMR and didn’t have at least a 10-20 minute wait even on a super slow day when tower was 13 minutes.

There was a wait because when fully operational the queue would fill up but almost completely empty out when they loaded the two trains. Then later it happened because they were operating only one train, but the last few times that I rode it there was one train it there was no line in the queue at all. All of us have seen other days when it might have been more crowded and in it's early years there was always a line, always, but overtime that line diminished and there was an awful lot of unused capacity. It frankly lost most of it's audience when taken on an average. One can stand in denial of that forever, but if it had that kind of massive ridership it would have stayed and MMRR would have gone elsewhere. Things happen for a reason.

 

[Jones14]

To be fair, though, the ride had excellent capacity, so it having a line at all was a sign that it was getting good ridership.

I think the problem was more the GSATS than the throughput, and they thought they were killing two birds with one stone at the time.

 

[WDWTrojan]

And then the whole plot of the ride would be gone? Not sure that’s a step forward. Getting rid of the plot of GMR isn’t like getting rid of the plot of Kilimanjaro Safaris. Regardless, your idea sounds like it would require a vast vast majority of the ride to be changed to actually work well, and l’m not sure I see the positive ROI.

The point is that the ride was dated and needed to a top-to-bottom refresh, including a new more up-to-date story and ride system. There is no reason, however, that every element from GMR had to be removed. They could have very well created a new "Journey Into the Movies" type ride, with lots of new IP elements, including increased immersion as movies got more visually complex with time but keeping some of what made GMR so special.

 

[donaldtoo]

I have a hunch the target demographic was different for RnR.

So they discovered that adults and big kids had less desire to play whilst waiting for a ride, than pre-schoolers. Who’d have thought it?

Actually, I’m willin’ to bet that adults and big kids play WAAAAAYYYYYYY more in a ride queue than preschoolers...on their cell phones...!!!

 

[ToTBellHop]

Actually, I’m willin’ to bet that adults and big kids play WAAAAAYYYYYYY more in a ride queue than preschoolers...on their cell phones...!!!

In the Pooh queue, the adults are more aggressive with that hunny wall than the preschoolers!

 

[Fox&Hound]

I get what people are saying about the GMR but I think so much of DHS is becoming "step into your favorite movie" esp SWL that the idea of stepping into your favorite movie in the GMR seemed redundant at best...

 

[ToTBellHop]

I get what people are saying about the GMR but I think so much of DHS is becoming "step into your favorite movie" esp SWL that the idea of stepping into your favorite movie in the GMR seemed redundant at best...

There are lots of movies. Plus the could have hidden Spider-Man in there and hoped Universal didn’t notice.

 

[marni1971]

There was a wait because when fully operational the queue would fill up but almost completely empty out when they loaded the two trains..

The preshow theatre alone had more capacity than two train loads, let alone the rest of the interior queue.

Just saying. The queue couldn't almost completely empty out when they loaded the two trains.

 

[aladdin2007]

In the Pooh queue, the adults are more aggressive with that hunny wall than the preschoolers!

that thing is disgusting talk about germs and snot, do they ever clean it? Im thinking 95% they dont, Ill give them 5% benefit of the doubt ...but would love to know.

 

[SplashJacket]

that thing is disgusting talk about germs and snot, do they ever clean it? Im thinking 95% they dont, Ill give them 5% benefit of the doubt ...but would love to know.

I have a vague memory of someone cleaning it in the middle of the day. However, it could just be a figment of my imagination.

Even if they clean it once an hour still is a party for germs and snot.

 

[RobWDW1971]

I have a vague memory of someone cleaning it in the middle of the day. However, it could just be a figment of my imagination.

Even if they clean it once an hour still is a party for germs and snot.

Just think about everything you touch on a WDW trip, handrails, attraction lapbars, bathroom doors, etc, etc. Bring your white blood cels, some hand gel, and an adventurous spirit!

 

[ToTBellHop]

that thing is disgusting talk about germs and snot, do they ever clean it? Im thinking 95% they dont, Ill give them 5% benefit of the doubt ...but would love to know.

We bring hand sanitizer...

 

[SplashJacket]

Just think about everything you touch on a WDW trip, handrails, attraction lapbars, bathroom doors, etc, etc. Bring your white blood cels, some hand gel, and an adventurous spirit!

Oh yea, it is a Lysol wipe's dream!

The only exception is a handrail is not going to be touched by nearly every person who passes through a ride. A ride might have 15 different ride vehicles split into multiple rows. So for each lap bar only a 30th of the people riding the ride would touch it whereas with the screen maybe half the people touch it.

The concentration of individuals touching it is much higher.

 

[mergatroid]

Oh yea, it is a Lysol wipe's dream!

The only exception is a handrail is not going to be touched by nearly every person who passes through a ride. A ride might have 15 different ride vehicles split into multiple rows. So for each lap bar only a 30th of the people riding the ride would touch it whereas with the screen maybe half the people touch it.

The concentration of individuals touching it is much higher.

I'd love to know the number of people who get sick through touching things that have other people's germs on? I bet the things that people get all worked up about rarely cause much illness compared to everyday things like just talking to folk or walking around? It seems to me that if you're really worried about these things then they're quite easy to avoid.

 

[WDW_Emily]

Any idea of an opening date? I went onto WDW prep school to see crowd calendars for when I go and under attractions that are down it listed Runaway Railroad, Remy, and Guardians with what looks like end dates? Trying to see if there is any chance of this opening by the end of April.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Any idea of an opening date? I went onto WDW prep school to see crowd calendars for when I go and under attractions that are down it listed Runaway Railroad, Remy, and Guardians with what looks like end dates? Trying to see if there is any chance of this opening by the end of April.

Those dates seem off. I could be wrong, but my guess would be Memorial Day-ish for Ratatouille and Mickey and Minnie's. I'd also expect Cosmic Rewind to be open in the first half of 2021. Speculation on my part, but hopefully logical speculation.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Those dates seem off. I could be wrong, but my guess would be Memorial Day-ish for Ratatouille and Mickey and Minnie's. I'd also expect Cosmic Rewind to be open in the first half of 2021. Speculation on my part, but hopefully logical speculation.

MMRR March, Rat May, GOTG spring 2021.

 

[DisneyDreamerxyz]

MMRR March, Rat May, GOTG spring 2021.

castmember on Twitter said they start training for this in two weeks.

 

[YodaMan]

Opening date might get announced tonight or tomorrow

 

[ToTBellHop]

March 4. But someone already told you it was March