Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway Coming

The OC Register reported yesterday that work on Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway at Disneyland Park has begun. Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway trackless dark ride will debut in 2022 in the Mickey’s Toontown section of the park.

Initial work began on Thursday night and into Friday morning on the development of Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, Disneyland officials said.

The new attraction will be built backstage behind Toontown’s Gag Factory gift shop. The Runaway Railway project will require Disneyland crews to remove a portion of the faux rolling green mountain range that forms the backdrop to Toontown and shields the themed land from the backstage areas of the Anaheim theme park.

A central portion of the Toontown mountains will be removed for a couple years while the work takes place, allowing Disneyland visitors to watch the construction unfold. Disneyland will not install a decorative scrim to shield the work as the park typically does with other major construction and refurbishment projects.

Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway will take riders on a chaotic journey aboard a runaway train that encounters hurricanes, waterfalls and stampeding bulls when the dark ride debuts at Disneyland. On the trackless dark ride, visitors will board a four-car train headed for a picnic with Mickey, Minnie and their dog Pluto. Naturally, like any Mickey Mouse cartoon, things quickly go awry. The ride travels through a carnival, a big city and a factory, with the trackless train cars splitting apart and reconnecting along the way.

The action takes place inside the El Capitoon Theater where the “Perfect Picnic” cartoon short is playing. Visitors entering the cinema will experience a special exhibit created by the Toontown Hysterical Society featuring costumes and props from the cartoon world.

Concept art shows the El Capitoon Theater marquee taking over the current Gag Factory shop location in Toontown.