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News Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot
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It was around nine weeks away from opening when work stopped. So it depends when work restarts, how fast it goes, and how and when training happens and with whom.
I guess it could really go either way then. Thanks, Martin.
Mat Cauthon
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I don't know how project work is done at WDW so apologies if this is a dumb question. I wondered if with all projects delayed due to COVID they would prioritize certain projects based on how close to being done or a desired open date and assign/divert resources from other projects to shorten that 9 weeks lead time.
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lazyboy97o
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Disney is not the general contractor so they cannot move people between other companies and the trades working on other projects are not the ones doing finishing work or ride commissioning.
DVCakaCarlF
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Maybe it will open with food and wine festival?
Texas84
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Psst. Don't ask Martin about Epcot festivals. It ruins his day.
I wasn’t going to say there may not be a festival this year. And typically it may be the year I’m stuck over here.
rle4lunch
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You can't blame Disney for offering premium prices for booze and food vendors that the customer willfully (and blissfully in some cases) drops money on. Epcot is basically a gucci Disney Springs at this point. With a couple of mediocre rides thrown in to spread the crowd out while they get schnockered. I have a real love/hate with Epcot's offerings. We basically use it for one of our two $$$ TS days, and hit FEA, MS and TT for our kids...
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Corylancaster
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@marni1971 did they ever figure out what to do about the Eiffel Tower being seen from the skyliner, or what it will look like from the ground level outside of Ratatouille?
trainplane3
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They built a cover for the queue/entrance. That's about it. Skyliner, no attempt was made.
It was accepted by the bosses that the Skyliner would have some bad views.
PB Watermelon
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The Skyway Buckets showed the tops of buildings with their facades, so don't know why the Skyliner would be any different.
Because things have moved on since 1971.
RSoxNo1
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Right, but then it was decided beginning in 1990 that sight lines in Epcot don't matter, except for the Morocco pavilion.
lazyboy97o
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Even Morocco is no longer a concern.
Blame Uncle Mike. Along with the Institute, Light Magic...
Rigorous sightlining was only a phase, then... until the one-IP mega-land... and even then, not 100% rigorous.
rreading
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I'm not sure that I catch your allusion. To me, the most egregious/obvious one would actually be the Rapunzel tower from Rivers of America. Soarin's box doesn't bother me. I don't think that GoTG will bother most of us as it's not a commonly-viewed sight line from within the park (and will hopefully fade into the background from WS).
The one which I worry about is Tron spoiling the view of SM when approaching MK. One of my favorite views in WDW
Original DL certainly wasn't strict with sight lines.
Then during the time of Epcot *pure* sightlines were the ideal... until they weren't (cf. Swolphin).
Then Cars Land and Potter Lands brought back sightline purity by not letting you see anything out of their one-IP land.
Toy Story Land and SW Land also attempted sightline purity, but there are a few gaps to the outside world.