Former Ride // updated 1996.03.11
Fantasyland · Magic Kingdom · Walt Disney World
Former Ride · the memorial record
Also known as Grandma Duck's Farm.
This ride is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
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Closed permanently as Mickey's Starland was rebuilt into Mickey's Toontown Fair; the barn was reused for the successor coaster The Barnstormer at Goofy's Wiseacre Farm, and the animals, including Minnie Moo, moved to the Tri-Circle-D Ranch petting farm at Disney's Fort Wilderness.
Surrounding land was rethemed from Mickey's Birthdayland to Mickey's Starland; the petting farm continued operating unchanged.
Minnie Moo, a real Holstein cow bearing a naturally occurring Hidden-Mickey marking, arrived at Walt Disney World and became the farm's signature resident.
Opened as part of Mickey's Birthdayland (built for Mickey Mouse's 60th birthday); a walk-through petting farm with live goats, pigs, and chickens, presented by Friskies.
Per the documented record, Grandma Duck's Petting Farm at Magic Kingdom opened on Jun 18, 1988.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Grandma Duck's Petting Farm is dated Mar 11, 1996: Closed permanently as Mickey's Starland was rebuilt into Mickey's Toontown Fair; the barn was reused for the successor coaster The Barnstormer at Goofy's Wiseacre Farm, and the animals, including Minnie Moo, moved to the Tri-Circle-D Ranch petting farm at Disney's Fort Wilderness.
The latest documented change (documented Mar 11, 1996): Closed permanently as Mickey's Starland was rebuilt into Mickey's Toontown Fair; the barn was reused for the successor coaster The Barnstormer at Goofy's Wiseacre Farm, and the animals, including Minnie Moo, moved to the Tri-Circle-D Ranch petting farm at Disney's Fort Wilderness.
4 documented changes, dating back to 1988 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
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