UPDATED October 22, 2024
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway is an attraction in both Disney World’s Hollywood Studios (having opened in March 2020), AND Disneyland park (having opened on January 27, 2023)!
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway in Disney’s Hollywood Studios
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.
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!
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway in Disneyland
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
The queue and attraction in Disneyland is POSITIVELY PACKED with terrific Easter Eggs, including — but not limited to — popcorn pieces made to resemble our favorite Disney pals and a detail that only Disney EXPERTS will recognize!
Look closely!
Click HERE for a PHOTO TOUR of MORE Easter Eggs that you have to see to believe in Disneyland’s Runaway Railway!
Rider Access in Disneyland
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway offers a traditional Standby line for guests to access the attraction in Disneyland Park.
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway Queue in Disneyland’s Toontown
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway is also included as an attraction option with a purchase of Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Premier Pass in Disneyland. Unlike the Lightning Lane, the standby queue is free to join.
We took our FIRST RIDE on Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway in Disneyland. STEP INSIDE with us HERE!
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway in Walt Disney World
In Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the ride operates in the Chinese Theatre that serves as the park’s centerpiece at the end of Hollywood Boulevard.
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway in Disney’s Hollywood Studios
(Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway has replaced The Great Movie Ride, which closed in August 2017.)
Rider Access in Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway offers a traditional Standby line for guests to access the attraction in Hollywood Studios.
Runaway Railway Lightning Lane
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway is also included as a Tier 1 attraction* with a purchase of Lightning Lane Multi Pass in Disney World and is also included with Lightning Lane Premier Pass. Unlike the Lightning Lane, the standby queue is free to join.
*Within Lightning Lane Multi Pass in Disney World, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway is a Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 1 option. This means that from your 3 advance selections, you may choose one experience from a higher-tiered group and two experiences (or all three) from a lower-tiered group. You can learn more about Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tiers HERE.
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
Not only do you follow Mickey and Minnie into the zany cartoon world…
Inside Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
… but you truly become immersed and feel like part of the cartoon yourself.
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 both Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disneyland, a free Standby Line is available for all guests.
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway is also included as an attraction option with a purchase of Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Premier Pass in Disneyland.
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway is also included as a Tier 1 attraction* with a purchase of Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Premier Pass in Disney World.
*Within Lightning Lane Multi Pass in Disney World specifically, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway is a Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 1 option. This means that from your 3 advance selections, you may choose one experience from a higher-tiered group and two experiences (or all three) from a lower-tiered group. You can learn more about Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tiers HERE.
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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