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News Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot
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castlecake2.0
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Will rat have a speedramp to get you back to the world showcase promenade?
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
It’s Epcot. If there were speed ramps, no one would reach the requisite 40,000 steps in a day.
Speed ramps are dying. We are about to lose one, in fact...
They can’t afford them anymore.
rle4lunch
Well-Known Member
Maybe they can employ the local wildlife to spin a bunch of huge underground hamster wheels below the ramps. Mickey should have the connections to make this happen, right? A consolodated pipe could run from all the restaurants, dumping an endless supply of leftover food into a feeding trough, keeping all the rodents continually fed. Every evening they pump in more off the streets looking for food, replacing the 1000's that die off hourly from exhaustion.
THE Monorail Lime
Well-Known Member
PETA would have their necks
Animewarsdude
New Member
Hamsters? Come now, if we are going to a rat restaurant the least they can do is to have a swarm of them see us out of the building.
Ok, I finally had my "preview" of Rat at WDS last week. My thoughts:
Rat will be a fun little diversion, but I have a feeling it's not going to be the "friendly for the whole family" ride the PTB think it will. Motion sickness is going to be an issue for a lot of people. We only rode once because the spinning and motion threw my wife for a loop (and I admit I was negatively affected as well, but only for a few minutes after walking out of the ride). The fact that the entire ride was in French definitely affected our enjoyment, as we had no idea what was being said and how it tied into what was going on. It was good, but it wasn't a knock-my-socks-off ride. It unfortunately, seemed like a book-report version of the movie, with a few liberties thrown in.
I presume that the spots where ride vehicles were in different "rooms" (read: different screens) meant you were seeing something different depending on which one you were in, but as mentioned, we only were able to ride once and thus I could not confirm.
Stand by lines were never more than 20-30 minutes, and we literally walked on during an early open day, around 9:15am.
Given the current "We're desperate for anything new in the swamps" reality, I expect this will have massive lines, for months, once it opens in Epcot. At WDS, I understand why it had longer lines. At Epcot, it really shouldn't, but it's going to.
Side notes:
Crush's Coaster would be a decent add to Future World, but only if they cracked open the wallet enough to get the double-capacity version instead of the single capacity version in WDS. (Don't start with "But... but... they're spending BILLIONS in the parks!!!!!!!1!!!! It's a decade past due, and they're still "value engineering" a lot of what they do build)
I just can't get over how far Disney has fallen, going from 10, 15, or 20+ minute epic attractions with re-rideability to 1-3 minute short thrills. They love cheap thrills, evidently.
Too bad the short-sightedness around these decisions is going to bite them in the backside when they have to spend even more money to keep the customers interested in 3-5 years. There's a history of success that they are ignoring because they are blinded by quarterlies and data analytics.
Rat will be a fun little diversion, but I have a feeling it's not going to be the "friendly for the whole family" ride the PTB think it will. Motion sickness is going to be an issue for a lot of people. We only rode once because the spinning and motion threw my wife for a loop (and I admit I was negatively affected as well, but only for a few minutes after walking out of the ride). The fact that the entire ride was in French definitely affected our enjoyment, as we had no idea what was being said and how it tied into what was going on. It was good, but it wasn't a knock-my-socks-off ride. It unfortunately, seemed like a book-report version of the movie, with a few liberties thrown in.
I presume that the spots where ride vehicles were in different "rooms" (read: different screens) meant you were seeing something different depending on which one you were in, but as mentioned, we only were able to ride once and thus I could not confirm.
Stand by lines were never more than 20-30 minutes, and we literally walked on during an early open day, around 9:15am.
Given the current "We're desperate for anything new in the swamps" reality, I expect this will have massive lines, for months, once it opens in Epcot. At WDS, I understand why it had longer lines. At Epcot, it really shouldn't, but it's going to.
Side notes:
Crush's Coaster would be a decent add to Future World, but only if they cracked open the wallet enough to get the double-capacity version instead of the single capacity version in WDS. (Don't start with "But... but... they're spending BILLIONS in the parks!!!!!!!1!!!! It's a decade past due, and they're still "value engineering" a lot of what they do build)
I just can't get over how far Disney has fallen, going from 10, 15, or 20+ minute epic attractions with re-rideability to 1-3 minute short thrills. They love cheap thrills, evidently.
Too bad the short-sightedness around these decisions is going to bite them in the backside when they have to spend even more money to keep the customers interested in 3-5 years. There's a history of success that they are ignoring because they are blinded by quarterlies and data analytics.
rle4lunch
Well-Known Member
All rodents can apply. WDO is an equal opportunity employer...
jt04
Well-Known Member
Ok, I finally had my "preview" of Rat at WDS last week. My thoughts:
Rat will be a fun little diversion, but I have a feeling it's not going to be the "friendly for the whole family" ride the PTB think it will. Motion sickness is going to be an issue for a lot of people. We only rode once because the spinning and motion threw my wife for a loop (and I admit I was negatively affected as well, but only for a few minutes after walking out of the ride). The fact that the entire ride was in French definitely affected our enjoyment, as we had no idea what was being said and how it tied into what was going on. It was good, but it wasn't a knock-my-socks-off ride. It unfortunately, seemed like a book-report version of the movie, with a few liberties thrown in.
I presume that the spots where ride vehicles were in different "rooms" (read: different screens) meant you were seeing something different depending on which one you were in, but as mentioned, we only were able to ride once and thus I could not confirm.
Stand by lines were never more than 20-30 minutes, and we literally walked on during an early open day, around 9:15am.
Given the current "We're desperate for anything new in the swamps" reality, I expect this will have massive lines, for months, once it opens in Epcot. At WDS, I understand why it had longer lines. At Epcot, it really shouldn't, but it's going to.
Side notes:
Crush's Coaster would be a decent add to Future World, but only if they cracked open the wallet enough to get the double-capacity version instead of the single capacity version in WDS. (Don't start with "But... but... they're spending BILLIONS in the parks!!!!!!!1!!!! It's a decade past due, and they're still "value engineering" a lot of what they do build)
I just can't get over how far Disney has fallen, going from 10, 15, or 20+ minute epic attractions with re-rideability to 1-3 minute short thrills. They love cheap thrills, evidently.
Interesting how this went from a simple ride review (extremely negative of course) into a rant against TWDC and quarterly reports. And stuff.
TiggerDad
Well-Known Member
I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that they probably will go with an English-language version for WDW, but you didn't miss much.Ok, I finally had my "preview" of Rat at WDS last week. My thoughts:
Rat will be a fun little diversion, but I have a feeling it's not going to be the "friendly for the whole family" ride the PTB think it will. Motion sickness is going to be an issue for a lot of people. We only rode once because the spinning and motion threw my wife for a loop (and I admit I was negatively affected as well, but only for a few minutes after walking out of the ride). The fact that the entire ride was in French definitely affected our enjoyment, as we had no idea what was being said and how it tied into what was going on. It was good, but it wasn't a knock-my-socks-off ride. It unfortunately, seemed like a book-report version of the movie, with a few liberties thrown in.
I presume that the spots where ride vehicles were in different "rooms" (read: different screens) meant you were seeing something different depending on which one you were in, but as mentioned, we only were able to ride once and thus I could not confirm.
Stand by lines were never more than 20-30 minutes, and we literally walked on during an early open day, around 9:15am.
Given the current "We're desperate for anything new in the swamps" reality, I expect this will have massive lines, for months, once it opens in Epcot. At WDS, I understand why it had longer lines. At Epcot, it really shouldn't, but it's going to.
Side notes:
Crush's Coaster would be a decent add to Future World, but only if they cracked open the wallet enough to get the double-capacity version instead of the single capacity version in WDS. (Don't start with "But... but... they're spending BILLIONS in the parks!!!!!!!1!!!! It's a decade past due, and they're still "value engineering" a lot of what they do build)
I just can't get over how far Disney has fallen, going from 10, 15, or 20+ minute epic attractions with re-rideability to 1-3 minute short thrills. They love cheap thrills, evidently.
jt04
Well-Known Member
"Extremely negative"?
You forget to leave in the criticisms but not the backhanded compliment to disguise what is, in fact, nothing but a hit piece on Disney. Common tactic everyone recognizes and is sick of.
You've been on FoP, yes?
While I agree that WDW needs about two or three FoPs per park, it DOES show what they can do with a concept when they commit to spending the time and money on it.
Uh huh. Right. Can't criticize Disney, can't have high expectations, can't hold them to their own standards anymore.
I had something else written, but you're simply not worth it.
aladdin2007
Well-Known Member
Ok, I finally had my "preview" of Rat at WDS last week. My thoughts:
Rat will be a fun little diversion, but I have a feeling it's not going to be the "friendly for the whole family" ride the PTB think it will. Motion sickness is going to be an issue for a lot of people. We only rode once because the spinning and motion threw my wife for a loop (and I admit I was negatively affected as well, but only for a few minutes after walking out of the ride). The fact that the entire ride was in French definitely affected our enjoyment, as we had no idea what was being said and how it tied into what was going on. It was good, but it wasn't a knock-my-socks-off ride. It unfortunately, seemed like a book-report version of the movie, with a few liberties thrown in.
I presume that the spots where ride vehicles were in different "rooms" (read: different screens) meant you were seeing something different depending on which one you were in, but as mentioned, we only were able to ride once and thus I could not confirm.
Stand by lines were never more than 20-30 minutes, and we literally walked on during an early open day, around 9:15am.
Given the current "We're desperate for anything new in the swamps" reality, I expect this will have massive lines, for months, once it opens in Epcot. At WDS, I understand why it had longer lines. At Epcot, it really shouldn't, but it's going to.
Side notes:
Crush's Coaster would be a decent add to Future World, but only if they cracked open the wallet enough to get the double-capacity version instead of the single capacity version in WDS. (Don't start with "But... but... they're spending BILLIONS in the parks!!!!!!!1!!!! It's a decade past due, and they're still "value engineering" a lot of what they do build)
I just can't get over how far Disney has fallen, going from 10, 15, or 20+ minute epic attractions with re-rideability to 1-3 minute short thrills. They love cheap thrills, evidently.
this!!
Some good points were made though
