EPCOT Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot

[HauntedPirate]

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Your telephoto lens beat me to it.

 

[MisterPenguin]

That's a real thing in older cities. My downtown has several outside doors on upper levels.

Indeed, the back of an attraction in Epcot also had it, too!

Yeah, I don't know why people are freaking out about this. These service doors are not unknown to appear in cities. Especially if the building was originally industrial use and converted into residences.

Elevated doors to nowhere are not uncommon. They get used, or used to get used, for specific reasons.

 

[Prototype82]

The door really doesn't bother me. Heck, even hiding that vent with a wrought iron frame doesn't bother me. But how awkward is it going to be to walk beside the IdF show building, look up, and see that the edge of the roof is hanging off the edge of the building? It wasn't meant to be seen from these distances or angles, the balcony is massively blown up out of proportion to be seen from a distance... It's a shame that these show buildings didn't get the kind of overhaul dreamed up in the concept art. Hoping the right amount of paint and dressing-up will make them work. That rant aside, I'm ready for the ride and crepes...

 

[UNCgolf]

Indeed, the back of an attraction in Epcot also had it, too!

Yeah, I don't know why people are freaking out about this. These service doors are not unknown to appear in cities. Especially if the building was originally industrial use and converted into residences.

Elevated doors to nowhere are not uncommon. They get used, or used to get used, for specific reasons.

I think the door is far less of an issue than the overall design of the building -- I think if the building didn't look so out of place, fewer people would care about the door. But maybe not; who knows?

 

[Disney Analyst]

I can't wait for the first poster on here to enter the land and take a crazy zoomed in shot of the door, that most guests will likely not even notice, and talk about how it ruined everything.

 

[Stripes]

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Why is the sign just "Ratatouille" and not the ride's full name "Remy's Ratatouille Adventure?" I don't really care either way but it's a bit odd to me. Are they going to add the rest later?

 

[SplashJacket]

Why is the sign just "Ratatouille" and not the ride's full name "Remy's Ratatouille Adventure?" I don't really care either way but it's a bit odd to me. Are they going to add the rest later?

The "Mini-Land" contains more than just the ride, it also has the Creperie. It's like if The Land sign was replaced with a Soarin' sign.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

Your telephoto lens beat me to it.

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Does this mean that is the beginning of the queue?

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Why is the sign just "Ratatouille" and not the ride's full name "Remy's Ratatouille Adventure?" I don't really care either way but it's a bit odd to me. Are they going to add the rest later?

Presumably the signage at the attraction's official entry will say the full title, but this is more "This way for Ratatouille" since the attraction is hidden all the way around the back of the pavilion.

There's probably concern that guests won't naturally wander all the way back there if it isn't abundantly clear that's where the new ride is.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Presumably the signage at the attraction's official entry will say the full title, but this is more "This way for Ratatouille" since the attraction is hidden all the way around the back of the pavilion.

There's probably concern that guests won't naturally wander all the way back there if it isn't abundantly clear that's where the new ride is.

yep. Seems reasonable to me.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Maybe there's a street in Paris called Rue Ratatouille and that's the Ratatouille metro entrance.

You've just got to try the crêperie down on Rue Ratouille! And right next door, you can inexplicably become a rat running through a fancy restaurant.​

Yeah, maybe people are overthinking things.

 

[disneygeek90]

What’s our most recent ETA on this? June? July? Later?

 

[Epcot82Guy]

I would sooner think the sign isn't finished yet. Just saying Ratatouille wouldn't make sense in either the Parisian subway style or the film. Those are station names (in Paris) marking the Metropolitain entrance.

And, I still don't understand how people can justify that door. It looks absolutely ridiculous noting they were starting from a blank slate. They could have easily themed it as a door to a juliette balcony or the like. Or added others to make it look cohesive. This was basically a blank box with one permanent feature they chose to not only ignore but make look like an eye sore. Those that don't care are welcome to feel so. But, this is just getting more and more ridiculous how poor the details in this new area are turning out. Especially compared with the very well done DLP version!

 

[MisterPenguin]

What’s our most recent ETA on this? June? July? Later?

Leading theory is no later than SSE's closure on May 26. That being Memorial Day weekend in the U.S. and the traditional start of the summer tourist season, and the weekend WWD likes to open things... probably the Friday before on May 22.

 

[dr_teeth90210]

Snapped a pic over the fence next to the perfume shop in France.

 

[rct247]

That's a very narrow walkway.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

This belongs in the Rat thread.

 

[marni1971]

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[ZachPL]

They just put a banner up on the entrance arch and it still says summer 2020. Summer officially starts June 20th.

 

[Giss Neric]

Is the queue inside the ride big enough or will it easily spill outside the newly built area? I hope they have switchbacks on another area.