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Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway was initially announced to the public at the 2017 D23's Parks and Resorts panel <ref name="inside"> https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2017/07/first-mickey-themed-ride-through-attraction-mickey-and-minnies-runaway-railway-coming-to-disneys-hollywood-studios/ </ref>. At this time, President of Disney Parks Bob Chapeck announced that the new attraction would replace [[The Great Movie Ride]] at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Inspired by the new style of Mickey Mouse shorts, Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway was advertised as a "2 1/2 D" attraction that would allow guests to enter a Mickey short. At the time, Imagineer Kevin Rafferty described the attraction as:
{{Quotation| “This is one of the boldest…most impossible things I’ve ever worked on in almost 40 years of being an Imagineer. And you know what? That’s what I love about it. Well, that, and Mickey,” Kevin said. “This is not going to be a small attraction, it’s going to be game-changing.”}}
When reflecting on the creation of Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway, Imagineer Kevin Rafferty noted that his one regret at the attraction's opening was that former President of Imageering Marty Sklar had not lived to see its completion. According to Rafferty:
