Frankiepopsicles
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@marni1971 Will this be an exact clone of The Ratatouille Ride in Paris or will there be some differences?
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News Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot
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Jones14
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Exact clone, as far as he was last told! There might be some tiny differences, but nothing really noticeable.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Two permits were filed today that appear to be backstage work to make way for Ratatouille. The contractor is Balfour Beatty one of Disney long time major contractors. Most recently they did Avatarland.
1792 Avenue of the Stars (Morocco) - New Merchandise, Break, and Office Trailers for Epcot Back of House
1830 Avenue of the Stars (France) - Area Development and new Statue Trailer for Epcot Back of House
1792 Avenue of the Stars (Morocco) - New Merchandise, Break, and Office Trailers for Epcot Back of House
1830 Avenue of the Stars (France) - Area Development and new Statue Trailer for Epcot Back of House
Next Big Thing
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It's a good sign to see a permit for new break rooms and offices because those are the main things taking up the Ratatouille plot aside from the F&W kiosks. It's also essential to daily operations, so once that move is made, they will be good to go forward.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
I am curious what "Statue Trailer" is. Maybe a typo?
peter11435
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Is it possibly an entertainment break room trailer that was originally for the living statues in the pavilion and the name has simply stuck.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
That makes sense.
Mike S
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Wait, there's living statues?
peter11435
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There used to be
shortstop
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I have a bad memory of being assaulted by one as a child after my family forced me to go out there and interact with it.
EricsBiscuit
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Only on Halloween!
Seriously: There were Living Statues in Epcot during the Arts Festival. Also, they seem to come and go at Disney Springs.
peter11435
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They used to be a regular feature of atmosphere entertainment.
aladdin2007
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and people loved them, it was a great show. They sure did do away with every bit of entertainment that people liked.
peter11435
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I can't fault them for wanting to change things and keep things fresh. But they certainly haven't had as much success with many of the newer offerings.
NiarrNDisney
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Was there any mention of a timeline or projected date of completion for Rat?
From this thread (and see the second post for a timeline): http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/rumor-and-upcoming-timeline-tracker.926402/
- the Ratatouille Ride as it exists in Paris has beat out the Beauty and the Beast ride as the new attraction for the French Pavilion. This is Greenlit. Its installation has been pushed sooner because GotG was pushed later. [confirmed at D23 2017] Opens in 2020, 1-2Q.
- the placement of the Rat ride would not necessitate any changes to IdF or any of France's restaurants or shops, however, that doesn't mean a separate decision could affect them, e.g, updated the IdF [here]
- there is no demolition or connection through any of the existing France pavilion buildings... access is around the pavilion, not through it [here]
- Some info on the original ride that might affect the new clone.
orky8
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Embarrassing. Shameful, really. Unless you mean 2019, which surely you do not.