Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway confirmed

[disneygeek90]

Wait times are still being extremely overstated. Posted line was 105 at 10:45 and am boarding now at 11:50!

 

[UNCgolf]

Wait times are still being extremely overstated. Posted line was 105 at 10:45 and am boarding now at 11:50!

This is consistent throughout the parks for basically all rides. I assume they do it to make people happy that they didn't wait as long as they were expecting/avoid people complaining that the wait time said 105 but I was in line for 115!

Airlines do this with expected flight times, too (at least Delta does; I assume they all do). The listed flight duration is consistently 20 or so minutes longer than the actual flight. I almost always land 15-20 minutes "early".

 

[Kram Sacul]

It’s possible to avoid them. Just don’t watch.

I haven’t watched any POV videos of rides I want to experience first: Smuggler’s Run, Rise, MMRR or FoP. I just don’t press play.

Animated Thumbnails.

 

[nickys]

Animated Thimbnails.

I can’t say I‘ve come across any. And you’d have to actually watch them, right?

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

I have a question are they going to change the pre-show for California? It makes no sense to have you as the guest enter the screen to enter the cartoon since you are already in the cartoon world in toontown.

 

[BubbaisSleep]

I have a question are they going to change the pre-show for California? It makes no sense to have you as the guest enter the screen to enter the cartoon since you are already in the cartoon world in toontown.

It could be us in a cartoon world entering a cartoon movie they’re watching? Cartoons can watch cartoons I suppose haha.

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

It could be us in a cartoon world entering a cartoon movie they’re watching? Cartoons can watch cartoons I suppose haha.

True! I guess Disney probably does not care and just wants to add a popular ride to the land and not really get down to the story. It just seems so odd to watch a cartoon in a cartoon world!

 

[BubbaisSleep]

True! I guess Disney probably does not care and just wants to add a popular ride to the land and not really get down to the story. It just seems so odd to watch a cartoon in a cartoon world!

Haha I get what you’re saying. Maybe to make it less weird, think about cartoons watching real life humans. Now that is weird, so maybe cartoons watching cartoons may seem normal now lol.

 

[Tom Morrow]

Animated Thumbnails.

I tried to go into ROTR as blind as possible but several things were spoiled for me due to auto-play videos and animated thumbnails on videos also autoplaying.

 

[MadTeacup]

Actually it's not an ops preference. The GMR courtyard is indeed a pyro fallout zone where guests are not allowed during fireworks. This hasn't always been the case, as pyro wasn't always loaded directly above the courtyard, but now it is.

Every night with the current version of the show? Last I checked, I could walk through the courtyard during SWAGFFA. I thought, if anything, it depends on the wind. I also thought the shells they use are too small to warrant a fallout closure. Much like at Comissary Way, there's falling debris, but nothing that I believe is a true safety issue.

 

[Kram Sacul]

I tried to go into ROTR as blind as possible but several things were spoiled for me due to auto-play videos and animated thumbnails on videos also autoplaying.

Yep. It‘s terrible. I really wish they would ban recording videos on rides. Not only does it spoil stuff and is distracting for other riders but it rarely looks good. The videos for ROTR do not do it justice at all.

 

[General Mayhem]

Yep. It‘s terrible. I really wish they would ban recording videos on rides. Not only does it spoil stuff and is distracting for other riders but it rarely looks good. The videos for ROTR do not do it justice at all.

Meh, I wasn't that impressed in person.

 

[Kram Sacul]

Meh, I wasn't that impressed in person.

 

[nickys]

Yep. It‘s terrible. I really wish they would ban recording videos on rides. Not only does it spoil stuff and is distracting for other riders but it rarely looks good. The videos for ROTR do not do it justice at all.

Then we wouldn’t have all Martin’s videos. And some people want to be able to see a ride before trying it.

I’ve watched a POV for Everest, because I wanted to see if I thought I could handle it. Still not sure if I’ll get on it or not, but at least I know what it’s like. Rise isn’t a coaster, therefore I don’t need to know, so I don’t want to know.

I don’t know where you’re seeing these thumbnails etc. If I’m watching one thing and I notice anything else playing on the screen, I just stop. It’s distracting to me and I’ll find somewhere else to watch it. So I never pay enough attention to even notice what it was.

 

[DarkMetroid567]

Yep. It‘s terrible. I really wish they would ban recording videos on rides. Not only does it spoil stuff and is distracting for other riders but it rarely looks good. The videos for ROTR do not do it justice at all.

Honestly, I feel like the videos capture it pretty well. MMRR is the ride not well filmed.

 

[Markiewong]

This is consistent throughout the parks for basically all rides. I assume they do it to make people happy that they didn't wait as long as they were expecting/avoid people complaining that the wait time said 105 but I was in line for 115!

Airlines do this with expected flight times, too (at least Delta does; I assume they all do). The listed flight duration is consistently 20 or so minutes longer than the actual flight. I almost always land 15-20 minutes "early".

Expecations versus reality. You always have to exceed them. The examples you gave a right and they are done intentionally. Theres bunch of research done regarding waiting lines, and tons of them use Disney as case study.

Universal did the same with Hagrids when I went in november. Posted wait time of 180 min while we waited max 70.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Ride is currently down.

 

[HauntedPirate]

And it’s back.

 

[General Mayhem]

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I said what I said, I think Rise is vastly overrated. Deal with it.

 

[Andrew M]

I’d go as far to say that thematically speaking, this ride fits even better. The premise involves you going to a premiere in the Chinese theatre as opposed to walking in the Chinese theatre and all of a sudden being on a soundstage.

I loved how they incorporated the Chinese Theatre in the line just like GMR, and was pleasantly surprised to see the decor (and overall concept of being in a theater) brought in as a main part of the pre-show, really tied everything together nicely. I was expecting when it was first announced that you'd walk in through the Chinese Theatre and then the inside would have been gutted and resembled nothing like the building you just walked into.

So when was the last time the Imagineers created a Mickey Mouse AA? The Mickey Mouse Review, back in the frickin' 1970's or something? And now they finally get the chance to make another one...and it looks like it was designed by Zombie Pablo Picasso (no, that's not a compliment).

I was initially enthusiastic for this ride, and the initial videos looked good...but I just can't get past the awful balloon-headed AAs. They look cheap and sloppy. It's so disappointing. A fully-articulated Mickey Mouse AA, done in the 1930's style, could have been amazing. (Ditto with Minnie and Pluto and Pete). And it would have been much more timeless than the Mouse from the new toons...although, really, the Mickey in those actually looks okay when he's on-model. He doesn't look all that flat and cardboard-y. The Imagineers just didn't adapt that style to the AAs very well. What a drag. It's a flaw that hurts the whole ride experience if you're a Mouse fan. Maybe it all looks okay in person, but I doubt it...

I may be in the minority, but I like the projection screen AAs. Especially when you're supposed to be in a cartoon, everything (including buildings and landscaping) being animated and moving along with the music/action really works well.

I really enjoyed the ride, alot more than I was expecting to. There is alot to take in, and your experience probably varies based on what car you get, so you can re-ride it quite a few times and still discover new things.