‘Mickey & Minnie’s Railway’ Opens at Disneyland to Mark Disney Centennial
Disneyland shared this sneak peek at the Runaway Railway attraction. Image from Disneyland Twitter feedThe celebration of the 100th anniversary of The Walt Disney Company at the Disneyland Resort begins Friday with the opening of Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway and the debut of “World of Color — ONE.”Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway marks the first time Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse have starred in a ride-through attraction at the Disneyland Resort. The attraction is located in Disneyland’s Mickey’s Toontown, which will reopen March 8 following its closure on March 9, 2022, for the land’s makeover.Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway combines sets, audio-animatronics figures, animated media and projection-mapping techniques, all synchronized with trackless vehicles and a musical score to transport guests into the world of Disney Television Animation’s Emmy Award-winning “Mickey Mouse” cartoon shorts.The attraction begins at the “El CapiTOON Theater,” a pun on the Disney-owned El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, where Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway transports guests into what is billed as “the wacky and unpredictable cartoon world of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, where they board a train engineered by Goofy and embark on a zany, out-of-control adventure with surprising twists and turns.”Guests may see different details of the attraction depending on which vehicle they ride in and where they’re sitting within each vehicle.The attraction also includes such other iconic Disney characters as Pluto, Goofy, Daisy Duck, Donald Duck and Pete and a new character created for the attraction, a little bird named Chuuby, pronounced “choo-bee.”Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway features several sound effects created by Jimmy Macdonald for Disney animated shorts dating back to the 1930s. Some new effects were developed using Macdonald’s original equipment. The tri- tone whistle from Mickey Mouse’s debut cartoon in 1928, “Steamboat Willie,” was used to record the locomotive whistle sound for the attraction’s train.Guests on the attraction will be required to join the complimentary virtual queue, accessible only via the Disneyland app. There will not be a standby line for the attraction upon its opening. Guests may also get quicker entry to the attraction with the purchase of an individual Lightning Lane arrival window, subject to availability.Debuting Friday at Disney California Adventure Park is the water and light spectacular “World of Color — ONE,” which uses an array of fountains, lighting, lasers, fog and flame effects and music to tell the story of how a single action — like a drop of water — creates a ripple that can grow into a wave of change.The 1,200 fountains in “World of Color — ONE” act as dancers, interpreting the various moments in the show. During the “Born to Play” sequence from Disney and Pixar’s animated film “Soul,” the jazz tune appears to be “played” by the fountains.“World of Color — ONE” is the first Disneyland Resort nighttime spectacular to feature characters, music and stories from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, the Avengers and Star Wars in the same production.
San Diego Weekend Guide: Jan. 27-29 – Freestyle & Funk
The Quartyard hosts two music parties this weekend. Photo credit: quartyardsd.comCulture and sport are on the agenda this San Diego weekend as one of the region’s premier tournaments continues and an exhibition of soccer as you may not have seen it before takes place in East County. And if your passport isn’t quite in order, let three events bring touches of Asia, Mexico and Egypt to you.The competition gets more intense Friday and Saturday as the field of the world’s top golfers narrows at the Farmers Insurance Open in La Jolla. Tickets, at $90, remain to follow the action on the Torrey Pines Golf Course while basking in unparalleled ocean views. A new immersive art exhibit is coming to San Diego, this time to the Del Mar Fairgrounds’ Wyland Center. “Beyond King Tut,” developed with the National Geographic Society, opens Friday and includes the “Enter the Tomb” virtual reality experience. A nice option for those who can’t make it to the Pyramids anytime soon. Weekend tickets cost $44, with lower prices on weekdays. The event, which opens at 10 a.m., continues through March 26.The San Diego Tet Festival at Mira Mesa Community Park celebrates the Lunar New Year from the Vietnamese perspective. The free event, opening at 5 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, includes several performances, from lion dances and dance battles to kids talent and craft contests – with carnival rides, a cultural village and dozens of food and vendor booths too. The San Diego Museum of Art hosts a free celebration of art, folklórico and music inspired by the famous Guelaguetza festival in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The event, at 2 p.m. Saturday, complements the ongoing exhibit of Sergio Hernández’s work, “Embers of Oaxaca.” The program features six traditional dances from regions throughout Oaxaca, plus regional songs, all directed by Mexicali-based Compañía Esplendor Folklórico. Museum admission is free from 2 to 5 p.m. during the fest.Freestyle America's Finest City.Join us on Saturday, January 28, and watch some of the world's top freestyle footballers compete in Foreign Jam III at The Hangar. RSVP | https://t.co/Ono5zvRjDBDetails | https://t.co/kQZKykqhjW pic.twitter.com/czkmBWX9WJ— San Diego Loyal (@SanDiegoLoyal) January 17, 2023There’s formal soccer, then there’s freestyle soccer. See practitioners from around the world at Hangar Futsal Centers, 165 Denny Way, in El Cajon at 6 p.m. Saturday for Foreign Jam III, presented by San Diego Loyal SC. Male and female freestylers will go head-to-head in a single elimination, three-minute, street-style battle format to crown the top freestylers. Make it an R&B and soul weekend at the Quartyard in the East Village. At 5 p.m. Saturday, the outdoor venue on Market Street hosts its R&B Block Party where DJs will spin 90s, early 2000’s and some of today’s hits. The next day at 5:30 p.m., Soul Sunday, a showcase for local neo-soul, funk and jazz artists, follows. Saturday’s tickets cost $20, while Sunday’s are $30.See the work of school-aged writers thanks to the California Playwrights Project and the Plays by Young Writers Festival at the Salvation Army’s Joan B. Kroc Theatre. The show, at 7 p.m. Saturday, includes the work of San Diego student Ell Banoub, 12, who wrote the script The Santa Heist. Tickets cost $40, with pay-what-you-can options.
‘Intersections’ Series Opens at UCSD Park & Market with Pianists Flores, Chong, White
UC San Diego Park & Market. Photo credit: Erik Jepsen, ucsd.eduUC San Diego Park & Market will on Friday launch “Intersections,” a new series to include arts performances, music, lectures and more at the new East Village venue.The series, curated by Andrew Waltz, director of arts management at Park & Market, opens with pianists Irving Flores , Tina Chong and Joshua White at 7 p.m. at the site’s Guggenheim Theatre. The artists are set to perform jazz, Latin and classical music. Yale Strom, a leading ethnographer-artist of klezmer and Romani music and history. will host and conduct a Q&A with the artists after the performance. Tickets start at $20.The aim, Waltz said, is to introduce “San Diego audiences to ideas or approaches to traditional forms they might not otherwise encounter in a live space, in lineups they may not previously have imagined, all with thoughtful narrators to guide them through the experience.”Other shows coming up in the “Intersections” series, all at the Guggenheim Theatre (Strom will host and conduct a Q&A after each performance):Feb. 16, 7 p.m. – The Samir Chatterjee Trio, led by the tabla player, will perform Indian classical music, featuring Paul Livingstone on sitar and Suman Laha on other Indian stringed instruments. March 10, 7 p.m. – Adam Del Monte, a leading flamenco and classical guitarist, will perform a variety of pieces, in addition to his own compositions. April 20, 7 p.m., Gilbert Castellanos Quintet, led by the Guadalajara-born and San Diego-based jazz trumpeter, will explore jazz great John Coltrane.
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