EPCOT Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot

[_caleb]

Hogsmeade at Islands of Adventure did it in a space just as small as Epcot France with no fake flats or semi-3D illusions at all. All the facades and rooflines appear to be fully 3D and the backstage is covered just fine. Different standards.

I think I can summarize Disney's attitude:

"But ... you're getting a new ride!"

The transition from IOA to Hogsmeade is abrupt and begins at the Potterland gate. At Daigon Alley, the transition is literally a brick wall.

I can't see any defense for doing the 2D backdrop wall. I'm just seeing an attempt at a thematic transition from "World-Showcase-idealized" realism to "Straight-out-of-the-Pixar-film." They certainly could have made the transition more like the abrupt and contained Potter Lands (the Hosgmeade Gate or the Brick Wall). Maybe with a hard transition at the Ratatouille Metro Station sign? Of course, this area does have some visibility from outside the France pavilion.

This isn't an immersive Ratatouille land, it's the France Pavilion in World Showcase with a Ratatouille ride incorporated.

 

[kevlightyear]

Updates to the map

 

[ImperfectPixie]

Updates to the map

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Have they always illustrated the Eiffel Tower as being on top of a building? Genuinely curious because I've never looked at the maps that closely.

 

[kevlightyear]

Have they always illustrated the Eiffel Tower as being on top of a building? Genuinely curious because I've never looked at the maps that closely.

Nope.

Previous version for posterity

 

[ImperfectPixie]

Previous version for posterity

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HA! You're quick - thanks!

 

[𝐌𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝐖𝖊𝖇]

Updates to the map

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Looks like they're keeping the "windoor"
(but it does look different to what's there currently)

 

[Nunu]

Updates to the map

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Could somebody please mark or say where the new crêperie's location will be on this new map? Thanks!

 

[trainplane3]

Could somebody please mark or say where the new crêperie's location will be on this new map? Thanks!

The Skyliner passes directly over it. Bathrooms are to the left (black roofed building) and standby queue/stroller parking is the green roofed thing.

 

[Nunu]

The Skyliner passes directly over it. Bathrooms are to the left (black roofed building) and standby queue/stroller parking is the green roofed thing.

Oh, I see, thank you.

 

[_caleb]

Looks like they're keeping the "windoor"
(but it does look different to what's there currently)

They actually included it on the map!

But they made the 2D flats 3D on the map.

 

[Nunu]

"Windoor"
@trainplane3 's trademarked word!

 

[Josh Hendy]

But they made the 2D flats 3D on the map.

Ok ... I had to re-check to find the location of the 2D flats. They are highly visible from the Skyliner but it's not clear to me whether they'll be visible from the ground when walking towards the entrance to Remy (at the red X). They might be mostly hidden by the 3D facade.

So far I haven't seen any sign that the green exterior of the show building will get any theming, decoration or landscaping (trees) on the southwest or southeast sides which will be visible from the Skyliner. I have no idea what the show building will look like from the direction of the lagoon.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Ok ... I had to re-check to find the location of the 2D flats. They are highly visible from the Skyliner but it's not clear to me whether they'll be visible from the ground when walking towards the entrance to Remy (at the red X). They might be mostly hidden by the 3D facade.

So far I haven't seen any sign that the green exterior of the show building will get any theming, decoration or landscaping (trees) on the southwest or southeast sides which will be visible from the Skyliner. I have no idea what the show building will look like from the direction of the lagoon.
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The flats will be visible from the ground. The show building facing the lagoon, sitting right there behind the Morocco Pavilion is same green metal panels plus some stairs to provide scale.

 

[No Name]

Ok ... I had to re-check to find the location of the 2D flats. They are highly visible from the Skyliner but it's not clear to me whether they'll be visible from the ground when walking towards the entrance to Remy (at the red X). They might be mostly hidden by the 3D facade.

So far I haven't seen any sign that the green exterior of the show building will get any theming, decoration or landscaping (trees) on the southwest or southeast sides which will be visible from the Skyliner. I have no idea what the show building will look like from the direction of the lagoon.
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Having seen it in person, it’s unfortunately visible from across the lagoon, but will probably not be consciously noticed by most average guests. It’s a bulky building, but it hides behind a thin layer of trees, and the go-away green helps a bit in that instance. I’d say it’s on par with the Soarin’ building. Thankfully not even remotely as bad as the GotG building.

The Slyliner view is much worse. It’s clearly backstage at that point, and there is, and will be, zero effort to hide it. What’s there now is pretty much final.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Fixt...

 

[Nunu]

Fixt...

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Love the crêpe symbol!

Before I react with a or a :
Is that smoke/steam coming out of the gondolas?

 

[hosekiller]

Before I react with a or a :
Is that smoke/steam coming out of the gondolas?

That’s clearly unburned products of combustion secondary to spontaneous combustion of gondola contents haha

 

[HauntedPirate]

Have the words, "If only they had done it right like they did at WDSP...", ever been uttered before? Because they may just apply to this area.

 

[Josh Hendy]

Have the words, "If only they had done it right like they did at WDSP...", ever been uttered before? Because they may just apply to this area.

I'll give you that. The circumstances are different in Paris (a single isolated show building with bathrooms and a souvenir shop). They heavily screened the 100 meters or so of walkway with trees (almost like Jurassic Park or Animal Kingdom lol). But once you're at Remy's, the building construction and sight lines look first class. Nothing plasticky or 2D in sight and no bizarre colors.

 

[HauntedPirate]

I'll give you that. The circumstances are different in Paris (a single isolated show building with bathrooms and a souvenir shop). They heavily screened the 100 meters or so of walkway with trees (almost like Jurassic Park or Animal Kingdom lol). But once you're at Remy's, the building construction and sight lines look first class. Nothing plasticky or 2D in sight and no bizarre colors.
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It looks better in person.