Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway is a new attraction in Disney World’s Hollywood Studios (having opened in March 2020), and it is also NOW OPEN in Disneyland park as of January 27, 2023!

We took our FIRST RIDE on Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway in Disneyland. STEP INSIDE with us HERE!

Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway

The ride — which is the first ride-through attraction starring Mickey Mouse himself — features an original storyline and an original song. Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway utilizes what Disney calls 2½D (as opposed to 2D or 3D) technology that brings the ride’s two-dimensional cartoons to life in a brand new way in a trackless dark ride. 

Runaway Railway

In Walt Disney World, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway celebrated its Grand Opening in Hollywood Studios on March 4th, 2020. The ride operates in the Chinese Theatre that serves as the park’s centerpiece in Hollywood Studios. (Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway has replaced The Great Movie Ride, which closed in August 2017.)

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway in Disney’s Hollywood Studios

The attraction opened in Disneyland park on January 27, 2023 as part of a major transformation of Mickey’s Toontown!

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In fact, the rest of Toontown is still currently closed. The area is being reimagined and will reopen on March 8, 2023 (so, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway has opened prior to the reopening of the rest of the land)!

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway in Disneyland

Disney has shared that Imagineers are working to create new, interactive experiences in Toontown so “families and young children can have more opportunities to play together inside Disneyland park.” Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway finds its Disneyland home in El CapiTOON Theater, where the “Perfect Picnic” short is the featured show!

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway in Disneyland

Runaway Railway presents its own unique queue in Disneyland, a special exhibit “created by the Toontown Hysterical Society” showcasing life in the Toon world before guests take off on their Runaway Railway adventure!

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway Queue in Disneyland’s Toontown

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway uses a virtual queue in Disneyland Park. There will be NO standby line offered in the opening months.

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway Queue in Disneyland’s Toontown

Individual Lightning Lanes are also available for a pay-per-ride purchase to get on the ride through the Disney Genie service, but both those and the virtual queue have limited availability and can fill up. Unlike the individual Lightning Lane, the virtual queue is free to join.

Click HERE to read more about the changes coming to Mickey’s Toontown!

All Aboard Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway (Spoilers Ahead)

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway begins with a pre-show which lets guests know they’re seeing the premiere of “Perfect Picnic,” a Mickey cartoon short featuring Mickey and Minnie out for a leisurely drive to Runnamuck Park. They’re singing the attraction’s original song, “Nothing Can Stop Us Now.”

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway

Suddenly, Engineer Goofy shows up in his train! As Mickey and Minnie cross over the railroad tracks, Pluto and their picnic basket fly out of their convertible and subsequently, a cream pie lands in the steam engine’s smokestack. This causes Goofy to lose control of the powerful locomotive and the train comes crashing into the station… AND into the pre-show room!

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway

And with that, Engineer Goofy brings YOU into the Mickey Short, “Perfect Picnic,” by way of the train car ride vehicles.

Runaway Railway Ride Vehicles

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway

Not only do you follow Mickey and Minnie into the zany cartoon world, but you truly become immersed and feel like part of the cartoon yourself.

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway

And it’s here — on Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway — that anything can happen!

Read our full review of Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway here!

Walt Disney World Location: Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Disneyland Resort Location: Mickey’s Toontown in Disneyland park

Attraction Access: In Disney’s Hollywood Studios, a Standby Line is available for all guests. Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway is also included as an attraction option with a purchase of Disney Genie+, and you can learn more here.

In Disneyland, guests are required to secure a Boarding Pass via the Virtual Queue system, or purchase an Individual Lightning Lane through the Disney Genie service.

Height Requirement: Any height

Restriction Information: Guests must transfer from Wheelchair/ECV and children under age 7 years must be accompanied by a person aged 14 years or older.

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