Opening date for Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, the new Epcot films, and more!
The Disney Parks Blog made several big announcements on Tuesday night.
Here are the updates for Disney’s Hollywood Studios:
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway will open on March 4, 2020, at the Chinese Theater. The attraction is the replacement for The Great Movie Ride, which closed on August 13, 2017.
The Star Wars hotel, aka Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, is now officially slated to open in 2021. Read more about it at DisneyWorld.com.
The Mickey Shorts Theater will open in March 2020 with an original Mickey short film in the modern style from the Disney Channel.
The Roundup Rodeo BBQ Restaurant is on schedule to open sometime in 2020.
And here are the Epcot announcements:
Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure is on schedule for summer 2020 at Epcot’s France pavilion. The Disney Parks Blog shared a photo of imagineers working on the attraction.
Three new films will debut on January 17, 2020, when the Epcot International Festival of the Arts kicks off. In the France pavilion, the Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along will be rotated a new 4K version of “Impressions de France.” In the Canada pavilion, Canada Far and Wide in Circle-Vision 360 will feature narration by Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy (we’ll miss Martin Short). In the Land pavilion, Awesome Planet will be a new 10-minute film about the Earth. Read more about the new films.
Disney’s DuckTales World Showcase Adventure was announced for the Play Disney Parks mobile app. Read more.
The Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts & Barbecue will open this winter at The American Adventure.
The Space 220 Restaurant will open this winter next to Mission: SPACE.