With D23 Expo well underway, it’s been a big weekend for news so far, and there’s much more on the horizon, especially at Disneyland Resort, the place where it all began. We’ll start out in Disneyland Park, where Toontown will be getting a total refresh in preparations for Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway opening in … Read more
All aboard! This year’s D23 Expo is packed with amazing concept art, costumes, and attraction displays. While we got a sneek peek at the locomotive ride vehicles for Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway during the 30th Anniversary media event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, at the Expo, we got to take a closer look at the … Read more
Construction walls went up in late June around the former Great Movie Ride (I can’t write that out without choking up…) extended queue area and it’s been pretty much a mystery what they’re up to in there. Since most of the work is being done inside the show building, and now within these walls, it’s … Read more
With Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opening in Hollywood Studios at the end of the Summer, work is proceeding to make sure that guests don’t see any part of the outside world while visiting the faraway planet of Batuu. To those ends, workers recently started the process of painting the back side of the show building … Read more
With all the back and forth surrounding the opening of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway, it’s been a project not only shrouded in controversy, but hard to keep track of. You could say plans have derailed a bit since its initial Fall 2019 opening projections, but we’re happy to announce that the project is back … Read more
We have more details about Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway that were announced at their Hollywood Studios 30th Anniversary event, courtesy of Scott Gustin on Twitter. Here’s the marquee for Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway: New art: pic.twitter.com/2eyEXtSu0r — Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) April 30, 2019 The attraction will feature a “brand-new story”, but … Read more
While up until very recently, all signs pointed to a Fall 2019 opening for Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway, but Disney’s focus on the massive Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge project and contrasting silence on the upcoming Railway attraction gave us some doubts. Well now, in an announcement about Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway coming to … Read more
Earlier today, when Josh D’Amaro, President of Disneyland Resort, took to social media to share this adorable photo of Mickey, Minnie, and him perusing Toontown blueprints, we knew something was up. We broke this story a few months back, but Disney has now offered official confirmation… https://www.instagram.com/p/BwcXAcrjpmO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Disney has just officially announced soon that the … Read more
Here at WDWNT, we have some of the best readers and followers ever. Especially when they alert us to things pertaining to our favorite park, Disney’s Hollywood Studios. We had heard that some of the handprints had been scored outside of the Chinese Theatre. If you follow our photo reports, you’ll know that scoring is usually … Read more
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway is set to open in the Fall of this year. Recently, more construction walls came down, revealing what will be the exit to the attraction. It still looks pretty similar to the old Great Movie Ride exit, with some refurbishment work and enhancements in place. Main Exit While currently blocked … Read more
Every week is a busy week when it comes to Disney news. To help you keep up with all of the updates coming out of Walt Disney World and other Disney resorts, here’s WDWNT’s weekly recap of this week’s Disney news! Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom: New details were released for Minnie and Mickey’s Surprise Celebration starting January … Read more
D23’s Destination D: Celebrating Mickey Mouse continued today at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, and while it may not have been as packed with big Disney Parks news as yesterday, there was still plenty for fans to enjoy. If you didn’t see our recap from Day 1, check it out here. Throughout the day, vintage film clips … Read more
We now know which season next year we will be able to take our first ride on Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Bob Chapek announced Saturday at Destination D that the ride is expected to open “in about a year,” putting the opening date sometime in fall 2019. The first-ever ride-through … Read more
The winter issue of Disney twenty-three has an exclusive look behind this winter’s hottest movies, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, Kingdom Hearts III, and more. Starting with Mary Poppins Returns, readers will get an exclusive interview with director Rob Marshall and actors Emily Blunt (Poppins) and Lin-Manuel Miranda (Jack). Then get a look at Practically Poppins in … Read more
A few months ago, we informed you when construction walls went up around the entrance to the Chinese Theater at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, future home of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway. This week, the walls have come down, at least temporarily. The courtyard space is needed for the Jingle Bell, Jingle Bam! dessert parties that … Read more
Mickey Mouse has never had his own theme park ride and now Disney is going full speed ahead on bringing an attraction featuring their beloved corporate icon into more Disney Parks around the world. Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway is already set to open in 2019 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World … Read more
