Earlier this year, Mickey and Minnie Mouse were finally given their first themed attraction, located at Walt Disney World in Florida and scheduled to open at Disneyland in California.Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railwayis an authentic Mickey and Minnie cartoon experience that’s full of iconic Disney characters and features the latest upbeat and catchy Disney song, “Nothing Can Stop Us Now,” written by husband and wife songwriting duoChristopherandElyse Willis.
While you can’t currently experience the ride, as the domestic Disney Parks are closed due to COVID-19, they will be reopening again and Collider got on the phone to chat with Christopher and Elyse Willis about how cool it is to get to create a song for Mickey Mouse’s first ride-through attraction, how theMickey Mouse Shortsthat they also work on inspired them, also developing the song into a single that fans can listen to, what they learn from working with the character voice actors, how this version evolved from a different original version, the freedom that Disney gave them, the experience of going through the attraction for the first time, and their collaboration with each other....