Disneyland will be re-opening their Disneyland Railroad and have re-opened “Fantasmic”! Guests can expect to enjoy the fan favourite train experience starting July 29, 2017 and Disney’s nighttime spectacular as of July 17.

Disneyland Railroad New Updates

Guests will enter Walt Disney's original Magic Kingdom to the sounds of train whistles and chugging engines, a familiar part of the Disneyland Railroad. The steam-powered locomotives, among the few still operating today, take guests on a relaxing and entertaining tour through the park.

Guests will get to experience:

• For the first time, engineers guide the trains on a left-hand turn in the park after they venture over a trestle that closely hugs a dramatic new shoreline along the Rivers of America in Frontierland.

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• A gorgeous new Columbia Gorge section highlighted by five new picturesque waterfalls is the backdrop as guests enjoy their journey aboard one of Walt Disney’s favourite attractions.

• Landscapes inspired by four of America’s majestic rivers – the Mississippi, the Columbia, the Missouri and the Rio Grande – are carefully recreated, complete with indigenous rock formations, waterfalls, natural forests and wildlife.

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• The sounds will be as entertaining as all the sights as guests listen to singing birds, eagle cries, the whinny of an Indian Chief’s horse, a Riverboat captain’s voice, an emotional score and more.

• Conductors narrate the trip with stops at Mickey’s Toontown, Tomorrowland, Main Street, U.S.A., and New Orleans Square.

• Guests will be transported to a new place and new time as they view dioramas of the Grand Canyon and Primeval World. Updated for the first time since opening in 1958, the Grand Canyon section creates a dramatic experience with refurbished flora and fauna, some fun surprises and the orchestral Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofé. In the Primeval World, newly painted sets, dinosaurs and creatures blend with new effects and lighting.

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"Fantasmic" Experience

For nighttime entertainment, "Fantasmic!" returns this summer featuring new scenes with characters from "Aladdin," "Tangled," "The Lion King" and "Pirates of the Caribbean." One dazzling sequence finds Aladdin and Jasmine discovering "A Whole New World" as they float on their flying carpet over a bed of fog on the Rivers of America. The sensational "Fantasmic!" adventures come alive with new mist screens and innovative projection mapping technology to create visuals that are brighter and more vibrant than ever before.