Opening Day for Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway
It has certainly been a whirlwind for MickeyBlog.com with the opening of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway and the 2020 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival occurring on the same day.
However, Mickey Mouse trumps “Flowers and Trees” for most Disney fans, so Greg Antonelle and crew stuck with the Hollywood Studios beat on March 4 and gave us all a little bit of fun in what has already been a pretty upsetting month.
Over on Facebook, MickeyBlog delivered three different videos on the “Mickey and Minnie’s” premiere:
Video 1
Coming to you LIVE from Disney’s Hollywood Studios on the first official day of Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway!
Coming to you LIVE from Disney’s Hollywood Studios on the first official day of Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway!
Posted by MickeyBlog.com on Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Video 2
Coming to you LIVE from Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway!
Posted by MickeyBlog.com on Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Video 3
Coming to you LIVE from Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway one more time!
Coming to you LIVE from Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway one more time!
Posted by MickeyBlog.com on Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Fast Facts About Runaway Railway
Now that you’ve seen what the attraction has to offer, check out some facts provided about the attraction courtesy of Walt Disney World:
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway blends classic Disney attraction design with cutting-edge technology to turn a two-dimensional cartoon world into a rich, vibrant environment. The attraction features a combination of physical sets, Audio-Animatronicsfigures, animated media and projection-mapping techniques, all syncing in time with trackless vehicles and a jaunty musical score.
- The attraction experience is an all-encompassing environment full of rich and varied storytelling. Guests have the freedom to look in all directions and may see different details depending on which vehicle they ride in – and where they’re sitting within each vehicle.
- Several scenes make transformations right before guests’ eyes by combining theatrical effects in ways never seen before on a Disney attraction.
- Projections are used across multi-plane scenic flats and dimensional sets to provide depth of field while still maintaining a cartoon aesthetic.
- Disney Imagineers experimented with new printing and painting techniques in ultraviolet light – mixing them with scenic elements and projections – to create an environment evoking the vibrant, hyper-reality of a “Mickey Mouse” cartoon.
- Trackless vehicles that carry guests through Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway are anthropomorphic; they become their own characters in the story, each reacting differently to the action as it unfolds around them with their own specific animation programming. In one scene, they scurry away in fear from a volcano, while in another they dance in formation to music.
- Audio-Animatronicsfigures appear throughout the attraction, giving guests up-close encounters with beloved Disney characters.
OH Boy! I can’t wait to ride, Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway!