When Mickey's Birthdayland opened at Walt Disney World in 1988, it was the first time in Disney Parks history that Guests could know exactly where and when to meet Mickey Mouse throughout the day. The temporary land was a huge success and lives on today as Mickey's Toontown Fair.
In 1993, the concept found a home at Disneyland with the opening of Mickey's Toontown. As the story goes, Toontown Fair in Florida is where the Disney characters have their country homes. This is where they live on the West coast, just outside downtown Toontown and a short distance from Hollywood.
Much of the inspiration for Mickey's Toontown comes from the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, including the land's signature attraction, Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin. That's Benny's crazy brother, Lenny the Cab, bursting through the walls of the Toontown Cab Co. and inviting Guests to come along for a ride:
Throughout the land and its side streets are countless details, from fun references to classic characters and films to unexpected interactive surprises. Here are just a few of my favorites. Of course, I was thrilled to discover a salute to my favorite Disney character, Professor Ludwig von Drake. He runs the Old Curiosity Shop:
At the Toontown Post Office, I particularly enjoy that the mail is handled by carrier pigeons. The silhouettes on the mailboxes are fun, too. And wherever you go in Toontown, tug or pull or twist things. You never know what might happen. I'm just sayin'...
And the piece de resistance... the ultimate "sign" of wackiness that lets you know you're in Toontown, a place just the other side of normal:
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