The Palm Springs Air Museum is selling $65 guided tours inside Walt Disney’s restored Gulfstream I, nicknamed Mickey Mouse One, starting Oct. 17 with a man who flew it as its captain.
You can finally go inside Walt Disney‘s plane.
The Palm Springs Air Museum in California is running guided tours of the restored interior of Walt’s Grumman Gulfstream I, nicknamed Mickey Mouse One. The first one is Saturday, Oct. 17.
The plane has been at the museum since 2022. What’s new is that regular fans can now book a tour of the cabin.
How much does the Walt Disney plane tour cost?
Tickets are $65, or $50 for museum members. Kids 12 and under get in free with a paying adult.
Each tour runs about two hours. It includes a guided walk through the cabin, light refreshments and a keynote talk. A limited-edition T-shirt is sold separately.
The museum says spots are limited, so the early dates won’t sit around for long.
When are the Walt Disney plane tours?
There are five dates, each with a different speaker:
Oct. 17, 2026: Mark Malone, who flew the plane for 25 years and was its captain from 1979 to 1985, with Ed Ovalle of the Walt Disney Archives
Jan. 16, 2027: Becky Cline, director of the Walt Disney Archives
Feb. 20, 2027: a member of the Walt Disney Archives team
March 6, 2027: Disney Legend and Imagineer Bob Gurr
April 3, 2027: a member of the Walt Disney Archives team
If you can only make one, the Oct. 17 tour is the one with a pilot who sat up front.
What is Mickey Mouse One?
It’s the company plane Walt used in the 1960s. Its tail number, N234MM, ends in MM, for Mickey Mouse. The museum says its first pilot training flight was in 1964, and it logged about 20,000 hours of service over the years.
Walt used it for scouting trips between California and Florida, including the search for the land that became Walt Disney World. So a fair amount of Disney World history started with people looking out these windows.
The plane kept flying for the company long after Walt died in 1966. Malone’s captain years in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s show how long it stayed in service.
Where was Walt Disney’s plane before Palm Springs?
Longtime Disney World fans may remember seeing it in Florida.
Before its restoration, the plane sat at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, where guests could see it from the Backlot Tour. The museum says it was displayed there until 2016.
After it was restored, it showed up at D23 events before moving to Palm Springs for good.
Who is Bob Gurr?
He’s the Imagineer behind a lot of rides you’ve probably been on. Gurr designed vehicles for Disneyland’s Monorail, the Matterhorn Bobsleds and Autopia.
Hearing him talk about Walt inside Walt’s own plane is about as close as you can get to a time machine in Palm Springs.
Where is the Palm Springs Air Museum?
It sits right next to Palm Springs International Airport, in California’s Coachella Valley.
Most of its collection is World War II-era warbirds, so Walt’s corporate plane is a bit of an odd duck there. A very famous odd duck.
How to book the Walt Disney plane tour
Tickets are sold through the Palm Springs Air Museum’s website, with a separate ticket link for each date.
The museum is about a two-hour drive from Disneyland, depending on traffic. Which, in Southern California, is a big “depending.”
Article compiled with the help of the Pirates & Princesses newsroom.
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Hat Tips:
Palm Springs Air Museum (official site), tour dates, speakers, what’s included, Mark Malone’s years as captain, service hours and the Hollywood Studios display through 2016
Airport-Data.com, the N234MM registration
Laughing Place (Oct. 5, 2026), ticket prices, tour length, the T-shirt, the Florida scouting trips and the D23 appearances
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