The Main Street Cinema has reopened on Main Street, USA at Disneyland. After being closed since the end of the 70th celebration of Disneyland, the cinema reopened. The reopening saw Mickey Mouse return to the screens inside. This time, however, it isn’t the classic black-and-white films that used to be screened in the cinema. Instead, the modern Mickey Mouse from the shorts created and developed by Paul Rudish now graces the screens. There are also new posters found in the entryway near Tilly, the ticket taker.
Friend of Daps magic, Arlo, stopped by Disneyland on Friday evening and took the following video and photos of the updated and reopened Main Street Cinema. Take a look at what this is like now below!
What do you think of this new approach to the Main Street Cinema? Do you like it? What would you like to see screened there? Share your thoughts and opinions in the comments below!
While I’m curious whether this will spark a similar backlash as the 2019 retail overlay, I doubt it. MSC’s main draw has always been as an air-conditioned space to recharge a bit. And that’s intact (with benches added 2019 as a peace offering to that backlash).
While I appreciate how “this” version kept Mickey relevant for another generation, I never liked it. I feel this is jarringly out of place because of this type of Mickey. He’s gross. Main Street is clean. Yet I accept that for many this is the preferred Mickey (Runaway railway, Vacation Fun, etc.).
Although Mickey’s earliest era did not coincide with that of Main Street, when they first replaced the original (actual) silent, monochrome, films, they added the Mickeys in a tactful, thoughtful way that seemed to give the feel that the cartoons were perfectly suited for the Main Street era.:
First WDW, then Tokyo. Now there’s nowhere left to experience this Disney magic.