VIDEO - Making of the entrance marquee for Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway

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Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway marquee sign

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Posted: Friday February 7, 2020 4:37pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney imagineering has shared a new video offering a look behind the scenes at designing and fabricating the impressive new marquee sign for the upcoming Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway.

The first Mickey Mouse ride-through attraction will open March 4 2020 at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

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WondersOfLifeJun 04, 2025

I have always been on the small team that says it should have gone into Storybook Circus. ...Or... Literally could have put it in Animation Courtyard and replaced Launch Bay.

DreamfinderGuyJun 04, 2025

I believe it is all gone now. Half of that hallway was destroyed during the GMR demo, but the other half was intact at least for a little while during MMRR construction. Never seen any proof or remember hearing anything from anyone specific about the other half being removed, so it is possible that it's still there.

Centauri Space StationJun 04, 2025

It’s more that i’m saying Chinese theatre is a better choice because it makes it clear this is the real world. Seeing the hand prints and water features of the chinese theater and entering the “screening” sells we’re in the real world. Then the movie suddenly brings us through to the cartoon world and entering movies, bridging the old hollywood theme to the new world of said movies theme DHS created with SWGE and TSL.

LittleBufordJun 03, 2025

Got it, and sorry for missing the context!

Disgruntled WaltJun 03, 2025

I was replying to a post that implied that the Chinese Theatre's status as a weenie made it an appropriate location for MMRR.

LittleBufordJun 03, 2025

How does the ride it contains affect whether it’s a weenie or not?

Disgruntled WaltJun 03, 2025

The Chinese Theatre was a great weenie before it had MMRR inside of it. They could have created a great El Capitoon Theatre facade for Animation Courtyard.

Centauri Space StationJun 03, 2025

I won’t argue that the queue is not great at DL, it’s a ton of classic props and references vs a few coming soon posters in a theater lobby. I do like the effect of DHS’ version though and always think the Chinese theatre is a great weenie for DHS.

mickEbluJun 03, 2025

I agree that it works better conceptually but does it work better in practice? Like does having that human to toon world transition outweigh the superior queue at Disneyland?

TrainsOfDisneyJun 03, 2025

That’s an interesting point…. I prefer the one in California but I hadn’t thought about walking into the cartoon world from the “real” Chinese theatre.

Centauri Space StationJun 03, 2025

It works better going from the real world into the cartoon world than already being in the cartoon world

Figments FriendJun 03, 2025

It’s funny you should mention this. I was just with a friend the other day over at Studios and was telling him the story about that wall exsisting back when TGMR was still operating. I have been under the impression it was removed / destroyed after TGMR closed. -