Discover Chuggington: All Aboard! is a series of 26 x 1.5 minute live action/animated hybrid shorts that premiered Monday 13th April, 2020 on Disney Channel and the DisneyNOW app.[1] In the shorts, real kids are transported into the fictional 3D world of Chuggington and interact with the characters and world through activities, adventures and music.
The series was produced alongside Season 6 "to allow for increased audience interaction with the world and characters of Chuggington."[2]
Wilson takes us to Safari Park to deliver a crate of bananas for the monkeys, only to realize they were meant for Frostini, and he has to get them back!
The first all-new content released for Chuggington in nearly five years, as well as the first released from Herschend Entertainment Studios.
The first time Wilson, Brewster, Koko, Emery, Hoot, Toot and Vee are voiced by Jordan C. Reed, Jacks Dean, Madigan Kacmar, Dylan Curtis, Ethan Cutillo, Vivian Watson, and Julie Wions in the US dub.
This also marks the production time Emery voiced by Dylan Curtis in the US dub, excluding stock audio from the sixth season episode, Odd Train Out.
The first time to have songs officially released since the fourth season.
One of the child actors in the series, Ayush Arvin, was nominated for the award "TV Series Guest Starring Young Actor" at the Young Artist Awards for his work on the series.
Several shots or portions of animation seem to have been recycled from or call back to previous episodes:
Brewster pulling a train out at the Drop and Load Yard is recycled from Brewster Makes Tracks (with a longer line of gravel hoppers replacing the scrap loads).
Brewster helping Old Puffer Pete up the hill references Action Brewster.
Brewster using the track cleaner in one of the Coloured Tunnels reuses animation data from the "Chuggineer Chant" music video, along with a shot of Brewster at Rocky Ridge Quarry.
Brewster pulling up a load of containers is on the same angle as a similar shot in Cormac Patrol.
Brewster moves back with a monkey inside his cab, who proceeds to throw a banana peel at the camera, like at the end of Brewster Goes Bananas.
Wilson's Song
Wilson racing towards and into Rocky Ridge Mine is reused data from the "Chug Patrol - Ready to Roll" music video.
The shots of Wilson coupling to and leaving the Ice Cream Factory with the refrigeration wagon reuses data from Wilson and the Ice Cream.
The Interactive RailwayVee is used for the layout at the beginning. Behind the scenes pictures revealed the Bachmann Wilson, Koko, and Brewster were used during initial filming.
The first short in the series, "Chugging Home", was exclusively premiered on The MilanToon Channel's "Chuggington Site Launch Celebration" livestream hours before its public press release on April 10th, 2020 with permission from Herschend Entertainment Studios.
"Special Announcement" was released to YouTube early on August 9th, 2020.
"Wilson Adds Sprinkles" was released to YouTube late on November 17th, 2020.
Wilson has appeared in every short of the series with the exceptions of "Horn Harmony", "I Wish I Was a Train", and "Pull and Push".
The series was removed from the DisneyNOW app in October 2021.