News Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot

[britain]

^^^Unfortunately, this seems to be the new standard. The backs of SW:GE on both coasts, Pandora at AK, and Cars Land at DCA are all unthemed. Especially driving to these parks exposes all this- which should never be seen by guests. Never.

True, but at least DL did an admirable thing by extending the "spires on a stick" all the way down to the roofs of the backstage buildings.

Photo from Westcoaster.net

 

[marni1971]

True, but at least DL did an admirable thing by extending the "spires on a stick" all the way down to the roofs of the backstage buildings.

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Photo from Westcoaster.net

Yet you can still see stick supports from BTM

France currently is pretty farcicle, but this the era of seeing the Skyliner run behind pavilions from inside the park too.

 

[Little Green Men]

Flats!?!?!? What is this, Disney's/MGM Studios?

Or Tokyo Disneyland

 

[trainplane3]

From the IG about 20 minutes ago. I'll assume that chimney isn't finished:

 

[britain]

Yet you can still see stick supports from BTM

In time, everything visible from BTM will be hidden by trees.

 

[marni1971]

In time, everything visible from BTM will be hidden by trees.

They’ll need to be some pretty tall trees. Shame it’s a real quick fix to do now though.

 

[wdwtopten]

It's the in-park visibility of the supports behind the chimney cut-outs.

Thank you!

 

[wdwmagic]

Photos from yesterday

Remy's Ratatouille Adventure construction - February 2020

Remy's Ratatouille Adventure construction - February 2020

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[jt04]

The flat facade looks better than I expected and probably looks even better from ground level.

Could even work in Fantasyland if they ever decide to get rid of the tent facades. IMO.

 

[FigmentFan82]

Coming along nicely, great photos

 

[Missing20K]

Or Tokyo Disneyland

The difference being one is a painted flat of a landscape, wherein desaturating the color helps to fool the eye into it appearing at a distance. In this case, the flats are small, chimney shaped pieces that jut off the top of the structure, belying their implication of being a three dimensional object.

Was also making the point that at MGM, painted flats were very much part and parcel to the overall theme of the park. This is not the case here.

 

[No Name]

It's the in-park visibility of the supports behind the chimney cut-outs.

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Here's a shot from blogmickey of the reverse side.

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I don’t see the problem. The color of the supports blends in with the sky very well.

 

[IMDREW]

And why did the flats need to be that much higher than the showbuilding? Bringing it down a few feet would do wonderes!

 

[lazyboy97o]

And why did the flats need to be that much higher than the showbuilding? Bringing it down a few feet would do wonderes!

Fall protection and visibility of workers.

 

[Josh Hendy]

And why did the flats need to be that much higher than the showbuilding? Bringing it down a few feet would do wonderes!

I assume they want to give the illusion that "Paris" is not just 30 yards deep ending in an alleyway with dumpsters immediately behind the show building but instead make it look like the roofs go on for miles.

Is this issue mostly caused by the Skyway exposing guests to backstage areas? Probably berms are the only real answer but very difficult to retrofit.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

I would say no. The view from International Gateway on the ground is also problematic. At least as of a couple weeks ago.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I assume they want to give the illusion that "Paris" is not just 30 yards deep ending in an alleyway with dumpsters immediately behind the show building but instead make it look like the roofs go on for miles.

Is this issue mostly caused by the Skyway exposing guests to backstage areas? Probably berms are the only real answer but very difficult to retrofit.

The typical Parisian Street is tall enough that you don’t tend to see rolling rooftops beyond. The flats are there to conceal the parapet of the show building. A berm would not do anything as it would need to be massive and go where the queue and main facade is located.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

What's our current best guess of what happens to Epcot's FastPass tiers when this opens? If MMRR isn't getting boarding groups, I assume this won't either. So that would put it in Group A I'm guessing, but does any of the existing Group A slide to Group B?

 

[HauntedPirate]

What's our current best guess of what happens to Epcot's FastPass tiers when this opens? If MMRR isn't getting boarding groups, I assume this won't either. So that would put it in Group A I'm guessing, but does any of the existing Group A slide to Group B?

Good question. Rat will definitely be a Tier A attraction, but what gets bumped, if anything? I could see EF get bumped, or maybe they just leave things alone and just add Rat to Tier A without moving anything down. I also wonder if they'll move a 3-tier system when GotG opens.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I also wonder if they'll move a 3-tier system when GotG opens.

Maybe at that point there's enough inventory to get Test Track and/or Soarin' out of the top tier? It sounds crazy but it happened with Tower and Rock'n'RollerCoaster.