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March 3rd was the media event and dedication ceremony for Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort. It is now open at the park, and the attraction transports you to the premiere of a new Mickey Mouse short at the Chinese theater, and it is called Perfect Picnic. When guests are ushered into the theater, they watch the beginning of the preshow where conductor Goofy runs the train next to Mickey and Minnie’s red car asking them if they want to see Runnamuck Park (the name of the park that guests are transported to). The screen then opens up, and guests walk through the screen to the loading area of the attraction.

The queue brings a nice touch to the environment, with the wood panels looking very cartoon-y.

The actual attraction itself, in my opinion, gives people at least something to check out if they are ever in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The environments look kind neat, even if there are a lot of screens.

There are a lot of people who think the attraction is just ok. The reasoning behind it is that the new trackless ride-through attraction uses mostly screens. A lot of theme park fans believe that screens are just a cheap way of creating rides, rather than making something unique that everyone will love and will want to ride more of. With companies as successful as the Walt Disney Company, the majority of the people who have ridden Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway believe that Walt Disney Imagineering could have done a better job, than relying heavily on screens and projections. The attraction has been dubbed “2 1/2 D” by the Imagineering team behind the attraction.

Another reason why this attraction is average to most people, is the fact that the animatronics in the ride are shaped weirdly, because it’s hard to align the face of Mickey and Minnie, because it’s difficult to build something to be exactly how you want it. I do think it’s something to check out, and I will see it next time I go to Disney’s Hollywood Studios.