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‘Mouse’ cleaning for Nets

Meet the Nets’ new coach — Mickey Mouse.

Trying to bring a theme-park feel to the team’s new arena in Brooklyn, Nets brass have hired Walt Disney Co.’s training arm to teach the Barclays Center’s employees the secrets of its Magic Kingdom.

“We want to create a magical experience where everyone is treated like a VIP no matter where they sit, and no one does it better than Disney,” Nets/Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark told The Post.

The goal, he added, is “redefining customer experience” for sports and entertainment venues with “unmatched, street-to-seat” service and hospitality.

The team is even considering tapping into so-called 4-D technology Disney theme parks are famous for, so fans can experience some arena attractions not only by sight and sound — but also by touch, taste and smell.

The sensory experiences could be basketball-related or for something as simple as buying ice cream, officials said.

Nets and Disney Institute officials huddled last month at the Marriott hotel in Downtown Brooklyn to begin devising a game plan for the 18,000-seat arena, which is scheduled to open in September 2012.

Both sides are ironing out how best to make crowd-flow more fan-friendly, keep the Barclays Center spotless and pamper patrons with kindness.

And while you won’t see an usher dressed as Goofy leading you to a seat, Disney officials want to create staff attire that patrons will be drawn to.

“You don’t wear a uniform — you wear a costume,” said Tom D. Thomson, a content specialist with Disney Institute.

Disney officials are expected to return to Brooklyn this spring to begin training the arena’s projected 1,500 full-time and part-time workers.

At the Barclays Center, custodians, for instance, will be cross-trained to look out for lost patrons and then help them to their seats. And arena officials promise fans will be overwhelmed with greetings from staff as they enter and exit the arena.

Although Disney has never trained staffers at sports and entertainment venues in the New York-New Jersey area, it has worked with an NBA team before.

The Orlando Magic brought in Disney to re-train its employees shortly before moving into the new Amway Center in 2010. The Magic says the training helped employee morale soar, adding customer-service approval ratings with fans jumped to 90 percent after being historically low.

The Disney Institute is also currently working with the NFL in its preparation for February’s Super Bowl in Indianapolis.