Mickey’s Birthdayland opened in 1988 at Walt Disney World in celebration of Mickey Mouse’s 60th birthday. It was little more than a fixed costumed character ‘meet-and-greet’ location. It was remodeled into more elaborate incarnations… as Mickey’s Starland and then as Mickey’s Toontown Fair. It was closed in 2011 to …
Shanghai Disneyland opened in 2016. The only reference to Roger Rabbit is Benny the Cab’s taxi garage in an alley off the entry shopping boulevard.
Toontown was duplicated at Tokyo Disneyland. It is identical to the one at Disneyland in Anaheim. I’m not sure, but the Roger Rabbit costume character seemed to be a bit shorter than the ones I had seen in the theme parks in Anaheim and Orlando.
Roger Rabbit led the character parade when Disneyland Paris was opened in 1992. The park was called EuroDisneyland at that time. Roger rode atop a massive articulated Benny the Cab float. Roger Rabbit re-emerged at Disneyland Paris in 2013, as part of a character show. Jessica Rabbit appeared for the …
Roger Rabbit was to have a large presence at Walt Disney World. Roger Rabbit’s Hollywoodland was to be located in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park (now called, Disney’s Hollywood Studios), where Rock ‘N’ RollerCoaster is situated on Sunset Boulevard. It was to include three rides, the Red Car Terminal …
Mickey’s Birthdayland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World was developed to celebrate Mickey’s 60th birthday in 1988. It was intended as a fixed costume character ‘meet-and-greet’ location in order to better manage the guest interactions. It was closed in April 1990 and re-opened in May 1990 as …
The Disney-MGM Studio theme park at Walt Disney World opened on May 1, 1989. Who framed Roger Rabbit had been released the previous summer and it was a bona fide hit. Disney/Amblin was following up with a theatrical short, Tummy Trouble, to build the Roger Rabbit brand. The Roger Rabbit …
