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I still have vivid memories walking around Mickey's and Minnie's houses. I could still hear that bubbling pot in their kitchen. Toontown was so uniquely Disney, I wish they kept it than replace Mickey and friends with a random circus with Dumbo.
For some reason one the the most vivid disneyqorld memories I have is from when I was like 6 and being in the big tent at toontown fair where they had like a gift shop I think and showed cartoons on the sides
My first Disney memory [ I remember] was going to MK excited to see Mickeys house only to realize it had closed…. I was confronted by these tall walls and ever since I became a Disney Parks fan obsessed with what would replace it
I've never been to Toontown Fair, but it along with Toontown at DL and Tokyo were some of my first interests when I came back into the Disney sphere in 2020 alongside Splash Mountain. I've always found more charm in Toontown Fair than in Storybook Circus and I wish they didn't end up removing it Something else I also regret is saving the Toontown Fair music loop because I know someone uploaded it to RU-vid a few years ago and it contained some tracks that aren't in the original Disneyland version. Thanks for taking me back in time with this video
I LOVED this area as a kid. The houses of course, and all the fun little environmental details, but also just the atmosphere. Also I met chicken little there, which as I would come to find out later was a pretty rare encounter
I remember going to Mickey’s Toon town fair back into 2000s. I still have some of the photos of the meet and greetings in my photo album and home movies my parents would tape
Disneyland’s (and to a lesser extent Tokyo Disneyland) Mickey’s ToonTown is/was far superior to Magic Kingdom’s ToonTown Fair. The entire circus fair theme to Magic Kingdom’s Fantasyland proved, that despite the larger castle, the park lacked an identity outside of “Disneyland Lite”. So, it is understandable ToonTown Fair was permanently closed, in favor of capitalizing on Dumbo’s popularity in Orlando. However, due to Disney prioritizing Princess meet-and-greets over rides with the New Fantasyland expansion, the entire area feels broken and disjointed. No other Fantasyland in the world is that shallow in its execution, and I wonder if the Villains Land (which is essentially the dark counterpart to Fantasyland) will actually fix that issue. Especially, since Mickey Mouse still has nowhere to “live” in Magic Kingdom.
Oh man I loved this place as a little kid. It was so much fun and while not as fleshed out as toontown in Disneyland, it felt lived in. I think that’s my main issue with Storybook circus, it feels a lot emptier in comparison. Also the souvenier shop isn’t nearly as memorable. It was fun seeing what exciting new characters they had visiting like Cinderella’s mice and Rafiki. I love dumbo but I’d like to see more characters than just the fab 5.
I still can’t believe they gave us a beauty and the beast quick service restaurant and a sit down restaurant, but they couldn’t give us the ride that they built in Japan. Of course, the Japanese paid for that.
I should also add....my daughter's first roller coaster was Barnstormer. She spent the whole ride screaming "too fast! too fast!" Then when we pulled into the station to debark, she thought we could just stay on and ride it again. :P
Toontown Fair and Camp Minnie-Mickey (though I also really like Pandora's design) were my childhood. The ONLY change I would make to Fantasyland Storybook Circus is to exchange The Great Goofini for The Great GONZO, as I always felt the Goof & chimp were heavily pushed and mismatched - you'd be getting a much better fit with Gonzo & CAMILLA the Chicken and Muppets getting much needed love (PS - tear down Mama Melrose's to do The Great Muppet Movie Ride instead).
Why would they base Toon town on a cartoon that was considered very risqué, sexual and very mature. Then they read did tune town only to make it bad with part of the pavement, sinking and other small attractions sinking, they could use that portion of the land and make it intobeauty and the beast and put the beauty and the beast right in there. Mickey’s runaway railroad is always breaking down which only shows how wonderful the imagers are really are.
Mickey’s ToonTown is extremely popular in Disneyland. It is not going anywhere. Especially, since it is the first fully-immersive theme park land. “Beauty and the Beast” should take over Autopia and the submarines. That area is old, outdated, and sits on over 6 acres of underutilized land.