Ratatouille Ride at EPCOT?

[Heffalump333]

Not against a rat ride, but Future World needs more help than World Showcase does.

True!

 

[cbconglom]

They have Fantasyland. Both of them.

Plus let's be honest, children are the worst

If you haven't thought it about your own kids you've thought it about someone else's

 

[Heffalump333]

What will happen to the meet and greet for frozen at fantasyland?

 

[mitchk]

After watching the video again, and thinking about how toonedout Epcot has got,.... why not do it at this point any additions to Epcot would be good ones .... Let it go.... Lol.

 

[Matt_Black]

What will happen to the meet and greet for frozen at fantasyland?

Unknown, but the smart money is it sticking around as well, as Frozen is still very popular.

 

[dizda]

What will happen to the meet and greet for frozen at fantasyland?

With a second Frozen movie on the way, it is not going anywhere.

 

[MichWolv]

I do not doubt that part of the difference is because of some creative accounting. However, with publicly listed companies, there are limits to how creative one can be. Even taking reported costs with a grain of salt, it seem to cost Disney much more to build similar rides. I just wish I knew why.

Those limits apply only to the external financial statements filed with SEC. They don't apply to internal budgeting. For example, the costs of building something like a ride that can be capitalized and depreciated, instead of directly expensed, in the external financial statements, are subject to the requirements of generally accepted accounting principles. In general, those principles limit the amount capitalized to direct costs of the construction, including site prep and infrastructure, but do not allow capitalization of indirect costs or development costs. Roughly speaking, that'd mean that nothing before the project is finally green-lit can be capitalized. And even after that, only the costs of actual site work can be capitalized. However, the internal "budget" for the project is very likely to include not just the costs that can be capitalized, but all of the direct and indirect costs that can't be capitalized as well. And when it comes to internal budgeting, companies (public or private) are free to determine the numbers in whatever way makes the most sense to them. The only limitation that applies is that if the company publicly discloses the numbers (which is typically not done), it cannot do so in a misleading manner.

 

[HRHPrincessAriel]

I thought it would bring kids to EPCOT.

My kid loved Epcot at both 3.5 and 4

 

[Heffalump333]

My kid loved Epcot at both 3.5 and 4

I'm 13 and I love EPCOT but, a lot of kids don't like it there.(compared to Magic Kingdom)

 

[RonAnnArbor]

While the logical option is France's pavilion at Epcot, it is physically impossible to put it there -- the footprint for Ratatouille is huge (even at Disneyland Paris it was a tight fit), but it is impossible at the France Pavilion at Epcot as it immediately backs up to Boardwalk Resort, which you can't see from inside Epcot, but vice-versa you are acutely aware at Boardwalk that the France Pavilion is right in your backyard. It won't happen there. That leaves DHS as the logical location if they move it to the US -- BUT, as history has it, except for some very limited items, a lot of the magical attractions at DLRP do not come to the US -- There is still no Crush's Coaster a decade later, for example...

 

[DisneyPrincess5]

My kid loved Epcot at both 3.5 and 4

I love hearing that! I adored Epcot at 3.5 and that was in 1990. While they're few, I have the most memories of that trip from Epcot, not anywhere else. What'd they love best?

 

[ChiGuy4Now]

I think with some tweaking of the show building, queue and restaurant layout and turning the entire building 90 degrees, the Ratatouille ride complex would fit nicely behind the entire pavilion. The entrance could be through the Les Halles facade toward the back of the pavilion. The France Service Road between the pavilion and Avenue of the Stars would have to be rerouted or eliminated as well.

 

[HRHPrincessAriel]

I love hearing that! I adored Epcot at 3.5 and that was in 1990. While they're few, I have the most memories of that trip from Epcot, not anywhere else. What'd they love best?

Honestly everything. We made games out of each county as DH and I both love history. Test track was her favorite though. She cried when we had to get off!

 

[HRHPrincessAriel]

I'm 13 and I love EPCOT but, a lot of kids don't like it there.(compared to Magic Kingdom)

Eh. I think a lot can be as how as parents you approach it as well.

 

[raven]

1. No room for this attraction in the France Pavilion.
2. The pavilion is overcrowded as it is right now between 3 eateries, a movie, character meet & greets and a few stores.
4. This movie wasn't a huge success in the US.

 

[marni1971]

There's plenty of room next door.

And no, that's not a hint.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I think it would narrowly fit, sideways. 100 x 60 meters. Not going to convert that into any outdated measurement systems.

I wish WDW would convert Crush, and possibly Rat. Crush would be great as a surf ride in an Australian pavilion, and Rat could serve as a bogan barbie one. That would just about cover the essence of Australian culture in one go!