Disneyland rebuilds Mickey's Toontown from the ground up for kids with special needs

Kids in wheelchairs and on the autism spectrum will find backyard in the freshly remodelled Mickey's Toontown at Disneyland have been developed from the ground up with their navigation and sensory requirements in mind.

Walt Disney Imagineering has developed the revitalized Mickey's Toontown returning on Sunday, March 17 at the Anaheim theme park with an eye toward eliminating as many barriers to play as possible and creating experiences for kids with differing abilities and requirements.

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Unique needs kids with physical, developmental, behavioral, sensory and psychological impairments and conditions will discover Mickey's Toontown a welcoming, spirited and calming place.

" We're going to try to make sure we're thinking of every single guest in here, making sure that every kid who comes to play here feels like we've created the area for them," Imagineering Executive Portfolio Producer Jeff Shaver-Moskowitz stated during a media preview of Toontown.

Chip 'n' Dale's Gadget Coaster in Mickey's Toontown at the Disneyland.( Richard Harbaugh/Disneyland Resort).
The curb-free Toontown will have wheelchair available ramps and paths where kids can roll without obstacles or barriers.

The Centoonial Park fountain at the center of the land will have interactive backyard with water level at lower heights for children's wheelchairs.

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The brand-new Dreaming Tree inspired by the location where Walt Disney daydreamed as a young boy in his home town of Marceline, Missouri will have wheelchair paths through a labyrinth of sculpted undulating roots.

The Fort Max raised play area will have a ramp so kids can reach the ignore outpost. Close by, a roller slide down an embankment hill will have a devoted landing location where kids will have time to get back in their wheelchairs without pressure to get out of the way for the next slider.

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The brand-new Toontown will have calming, calming and decompressing areas for kids on the autism spectrum.

Disneyland visitors can experience Goofy's How-To-Play Yard in the reimagined Mickey's Toontown.( Sean Teegarden/Disneyland Resort).
A sound garden in Goofy's How-To-Play Yard will have sound impacts that are natural and calming instead of mechanical and high pitched.

The noise levels have been purposely tamped down inside Goofy's House where a chaotic Rube Goldberg-like device fuels a candy-making operation.

Disneyland visitors can experience Donald's Duck Pond in the reimagined Mickey's Toontown. (Christian Thompson/Disneyland Resort).
Donald's Boat is filled with tactile and sensory experiences developed for kids on the spectrum.

The Popcorn Park embeded a dubious corner of Toontown was developed as a quieter green area where kids on the spectrum who have been overstimulated by a day at Disneyland can decompress and unwind. A softer, spa-like version of Toontown's soundtrack was particularly created for Popcorn Park.

The new EngineEar Souvenirs in Mickey's Toontown at Disneyland. (Christian Thompson/Disneyland Resort).
The EngineEar Souvenirs present shop sells adaptive Minnie ears headbands with a chin strap for visitors who wear a cochlear implant for hearing.

New companion restrooms have been built in Toontown for parents who want to accompany their children in the restroom.