It's Casey Jr. comin' down the track! Hop onboard for a whistle stop tour over Storybook Land, with giddy music and fantastic sights of the fairytale world below.

"I think I can, I think I can..." After making it over the first hill, Casey Jr. steams his way around the track at a dashing pace, putting the wind in your hair and a circus smile on your face!

Fun Facts

Casey Jr. - Le Petit Train du Cirque was the first ever roller coaster to feature an on-board music system.  As Casey climbs the initial hill, "I think I can, I think I can.." plays, before the full "Casey Jr." song begins with the downward descent.  This successfully tested the concept for Imagineers before they put it to much greater use with 1995's Space Mountain.

Although technically classed as a roller coaster, the ride is infact powered throughout, unlike traditional coasters which operate through the forces of gravity.  This allows for a more gentle and controlled family ride, and is the first and only time Disney has used this ride system.  Like Space Mountain and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith, it was manufactured to the Imagineers' specifications by Dutch coaster company Vekoma.

The concept design of the attraction was completed by Imagineer Jim Shull, now perhaps better known for his strong involvement in Cars Race Rally and the entire Toon Studio project at Walt Disney Studios Park.

History

This attraction and the whole of Storybook Land is based loosely on the area of the same name at Disneyland in California.  The area features Storybook Land Canal Boats, a Cast Member-guided motor boat tour past miniature scenes (opened 1956), and Casey Jr. Circus Train, a traditional railway ride (opened 1955).  Both attractions were updated for their debut in Paris in 1994, though the concept of the two interweaving remains thoroughly intact.

Casey Jr Circus Train in California was infact originally conceived as a low-speed roller coaster ride up and around the hills of Storybook Land, with several dips and climbs.  Due to technical limitations at the time, however, it was eventually scaled back to a simple miniature railway.  Almost 40 years later at Disneyland Park in Paris, the original concept finally became a reality.

The attraction was added in 1994 as part of a rapid expansion programme to greatly increase the park's attraction capacity whilst keeping inside a workable budget.