ANAHEIM, Calif. — The newly revamped Toontown, where Mickey and Minnie Mouse and the rest of the Disney family live at Disneyland, will open on March 8, Disneyland officials announced.


What You Need To Know

  • Disneyland officials announced that the newly renovated Toontown will reopen March 8

  • The reimagined land will feature an e-ticket ride, park space and interactive experiences for families and young children

  • Toontown opened in 1993 and is based on the 1988 movie, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

  • Toontown will reopen just as Disney celebrates its 100th anniversary

The company shared the news of the reopening date of the reimagined land Friday as Disney celebrates Mickey and Minnie Mouse's birthday.

"We are all excited to see just how Mickey's Toontown will become a vibrant symphony of sights, sounds and sensations very soon," said Kelsey Lynch, a public relations director at Disneyland, on the Disney Parks blog.

In anticipation of a new signature ride for the area and the company's 100th anniversary, Disney announced they would renovate the themed land based on the 1988 movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" last year. Toontown opened in 1993.

Headlining the new land will be the e-ticket ride, Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway, the first Mickey Mouse-themed ride attraction at Disney Parks.

A model display of Toontown at the D23 Expo in Anaheim (Spectrum News/Joseph Pimentel)

The ride, which has already debuted at Walt Disney World, is coming to Disneyland on Jan. 27, when the company officially kicks off the "Disney100" anniversary celebration.

When the rest of Toontown officially reopens in March, the land will feature CenTOONial Park, a new open, grassy play space area for families and young children to hang out in. 

The rest of the land will have several interactive play experiences, including a water fountain with water tables, a dreaming tree with sculpted tree roots that kids can explore, and a newly renovated Goofy's House and Donald Duck's boat.

You can read more about the new area in Spectrum News' interview with Walt Disney Imagineer Jeffrey Shaver-Moskowitz at the D23 Expo.