The new attraction 'is this huge celebration,' says Christopher Willis, who composed an original song for the ride
The iconic characters, both of which made their debut in 1928, have never before anchored a ride-through attraction at a Disney park — until this week, with the grand opening of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla.
“The vibe is really timelessness,” says Kevin Rafferty, show writer and executive creative director for the new attraction. “And the love for Mickey and Minnie and the celebration of Mickey and Minnie. We’re touching on the history of the Walt Disney company and the heart and the feel and the love of that, combining that with new technologies and theatrical devices that allow us to immerse ourselves into a cartoon world and believe we’re actually there.
The attraction, which opened to the public on Wednesday, is housed in the replica of the famed Grauman’s Chinese Theatre at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. “Mickey Mouse has a lot of history with the Chinese theatre,” says Casey Collins, senior project coordinator at Walt Disney Imagineering. “His cartoons opened here back in the ’30s and ’40s, so it was the perfect setting to have the opening of Mickey’s next film, which is the attraction you get to experience.
Before boarding the attraction — a train ride engineered by Goofy through Mickey and Minnie’s adventures — visitors watch a new short film, “Perfect Picnic,” inspired bythe animated series developed by artist Paul Rudish for Disney Channel. The short features an original song, “Nothing Can Stop Us Now,” by composer Christopher Willis.
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