EPCOT Remy's Ratatouille Adventure to transition to 2D with brief refurbishment in November 2025

[SpectroMagician]

Its a well known issue for about 30 percent of the population so its in Disney's best interest not to make so many attractions that require it.

• Significant inability (5%): Around 5% of people cannot perceive 3D images because they only have monocular vision (can only use one eye).
• Difficulty with stereo vision (10%–20%): About 10% to 20% of the population lacks the proper stereo vision needed for 3D, often because their eyes are not perfectly aligned, says Dr. Douglas Anderson of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.
• Discomfort and side effects (up to 30%): Up to 30% of the population may have marginal binocular vision, meaning their eyes are not perfectly coordinated, which can lead to discomfort like headaches and dizziness when watching 3D content, notes dizzinessandheadache.com.

I think I can actually see what is intended (of course you never really know), but it always looks like crap to me. I would much rather watch 2D. There is a reason 3D TVs never took off.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

As if it wasn't always obvious you were just parked in front of a screen. Ratatouille's losing its immersion? Did they add that after the debut? It wasn't installed yet when I went on.

This is how I always felt also, I never found the screen portions immersive at all, a black and white tile floor on the screen ending abruptly to a black concrete floor 20’ in front of the ride vehicle absolutely ruined any chance at immersion for me.

Had they extended the projection onto the floor, or created a drop off where you couldn’t see the floor in front of the vehicle I think 3D may have helped, for me the 2D vs 3D argument is lipstick on a pig, neither had a chance at overcoming the massive problem of seeing the unthemed floor in front of the vehicle so neither had a chance at making the ride “immersive”.

I love the physical sets but would rank this as one of my least favorite rides at Epcot, we rarely ever rode it.

 

[JD80]

This ride was always a family favorite just because of the sites and sounds of the whole pavilion. It's just a fun ride.

 

[Disney Analyst]

The ride always looked like you were parked in front of a screen. 3D or 2D doesn’t fix the immersion issues with the ride, which always lacked.

 

[Joel]

I wouldn't be surprised if they remove the glasses next on Star Tours

Star Tours without 3D? Inconceivable!

 

[𝐌𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝐖𝖊𝖇]

Curious to know how GSATS are updated with the 2D conversion. In my mind, it's a night and day difference between versions. A downgrade to be sure.

 

[MisterPenguin]

You’re a ferret. Known to mascaraed as a raccoon disguised as a panda, with a capybara mask.

How much mascara is needed for a ferret to look like a raccoon?

 

[Baron Von Capybara]

How much mascara is needed for a ferret to look like a raccoon?

Less than it takes to make a cockatoo look like a penguin.

 

[SplashJacket]

2D is a substantial cost saving for both this and Kong.

This would’ve been 100% driven by cost savings and then the effect on Guest Satisfaction would’ve been investigated. This didn’t come from a guest satisfaction perspective.

 

[Baron Von Capybara]

2D is a substantial cost saving for both this and Kong.

This would’ve been 100% driven by cost savings and then the effect on Guest Satisfaction would’ve been investigated. This didn’t come from a guest satisfaction perspective.

Aaaand your proof is ?

 

[Touchdown]

2D is a substantial cost saving for both this and Kong.

This would’ve been 100% driven by cost savings and then the effect on Guest Satisfaction would’ve been investigated. This didn’t come from a guest satisfaction perspective.

And they found they could get away with it on this ride, I’m not aware if Disney did this elsewhere but I read that Universal tried this for Spidy and Transformers and it did not go well at all, which is why those rides still have it.

 

[Prince-1]

Aaaand your proof is ?

Imma go with zero proof.

 

[RoysCabin]

Speaking for myself: I've learned in the last couple of years that I get motion sickness a lot more easily on rides than I used to, so moving away from 3D suits me just fine. Never used Dramamine before 2024, but that trip was a wake-up call for my head and guts.

That said, Remy was a one and done for me, motion sickness or not; was glad to go on it with my kid nephew, but it really didn't do much for me one way or another.

 

[ToTBellHop]

If they are so hellbent on removing 3D glasses, why did they just open a 3D show at DAK? They could have easily removed the 3D there if cost to clean glasses was a major concern. It would have become a presentation similar to MILF.

Maybe 3D really does make people sick on rides and this was deemed problematic on a ride with no height requirement that they really want grandma to be able to ride with 3-year old grandson.

The calculus is different on Star Tours. It’s a thrill ride with a height requirement that already excludes many who experience motion sickness.

 

[Casper Gutman]

These concerns about 3D limiting accessibility sure popped up on these boards at a very convenient moment. It’s odd this was never a topic of conversation before it was necessary to defend Disney.

 

[Chi84]

These concerns about 3D limiting accessibility sure popped up on these boards at a very convenient moment. It’s odd this was never a topic of conversation before it was necessary to defend Disney.

Don’t you think it makes sense that this would pop up when the attraction was changed?

 

[WaluigiTime]

Isn't Disney going to slowly add physical sets into areas like they are doing in France?

 

[aladdin2007]

Isn't Disney going to slowly add physical sets into areas like they are doing in France?

I thought this as well? They had announced some kind of addition of that but I thought mostly for the queue? The timing is unclear. They should have done it all at once but thats TDO pencil pushing.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

When Ratatouille first opened at WDSP in 2014, it didn't get glowing reviews on this site, but when it was announced for WDW I think many who hadn't been to DLP were excited for WDW to get something new

Now that more have seen it with and without 3D, it seems the consensus here is back to it's just OK

 

[SplashJacket]

If they are so hellbent on removing 3D glasses, why did they just open a 3D show at DAK? They could have easily removed the 3D there if cost to clean glasses was a major concern. It would have become a presentation similar to MILF.

Maybe 3D really does make people sick on rides and this was deemed problematic on a ride with no height requirement that they really want grandma to be able to ride with 3-year old grandson.

The calculus is different on Star Tours. It’s a thrill ride with a height requirement that already excludes many who experience motion sickness.

The 3D glasses at the shows are incredibly cheap, same for the TSMM glasses. There’s a cost for cleaning, but the cost of replacement is almost negligible.

Aaaand your proof is ?

And they found they could get away with it on this ride, I’m not aware if Disney did this elsewhere but I read that Universal tried this for Spidy and Transformers and it did not go well at all, which is why those rides still have it.

Imma go with zero proof.

I’m not going to elaborate on the background, but people are underestimating the cost of 3D glasses by probably 100 times? I know l did.

Consider the labor that goes into cleaning, collecting, and distributing 3D glasses, it’s substantial.

The 3D glasses themselves being ~100x more more expensive than you might imagine means replacement is expensive, which leads to collection positions.

Most Universal attractions have 1+ positions that collect 3D glasses. FoP has multiple.

Back of napkin math, 1 position for 2 shifts (16 hours) paid at $22 (all in pay estimation including hiring, insurance, etc.) for 365 days is $128,480 per position. You have attractions with multiple positions, so double it for some. So that means it’s worth at least $128,480 to reduce the theft of 3D glasses.

That $128k is not even the all-in cost of 3D, because that’s just what they’re spending to reduce theft, it doesn’t include the other positions cleaning glasses, it doesn’t include the extra maintenance costs of the 3D projectors, and adjacently, it doesn’t include the downtimes resulting from 3D glasses that fall on trackless attractions.

With glasses removed from attractions like Kong and Rat, they were approached from a financial perspective, not a guest experience one. Tests quantifying guest experience likely showed insufficient impact to justify keeping 3D given the financial ramifications, but this is not a guest experience experience initiative or win.