WEDway Inc & Company LLC
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I've heard some rumors that Disney may try to offset the horrible news of the Earnings call on 8/4 by providing an opening date for Ratatouille. Is there any chance of this?
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EPCOT Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot
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peter11435
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There’s a chance
Magic Feather
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Pre-COVID, the attraction corporate was most interested in was Cosmic Rewind (the first major, original E-Ticket debuting from the Marvel portfolio that also acted as the headlining attraction for the revamp of Epcot).
It now appears to be temporarily usurped by Rat, simply due to the symbolism that it will be the first new thing to open post virus.
Unfortunately, they were already worried about queue space for this attraction. Social Distancing requirements did not help.
RSoxNo1
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It feels to me that the new area of France won't be big enough to satisfy the demand for this? I suppose the good thing is that it's a fairly efficient attraction under normal operations.
UNCgolf
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I wonder how long the demand will remain high. I'm sure it will for a couple of years just due to being a new ride, but I'm not sure it'll last too long past that. I don't believe Ratatouille is overwhelmingly popular, nor do I think the ride is special -- it looks entertaining enough, but not like something that will blow people away. While it's certainly a better ride than Frozen Ever After, I don't think it will have the long-lasting popularity of FEA because it doesn't have the massive IP following.
Of course, EPCOT is so starved for attractions that could all go out the window, especially if Guardians ends up as the only other new ride for the next 5+ years.
Re-rideability is higher than with FEA due to the nature of the ride. After riding the original in DLP in 2018, I said this will likely be popular at Epcot for a while, but that was based on the pre-COVID world. Now... uncertain, the future is.
UNCgolf
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I'm not sure that really matters for the majority of people riding FEA, though. They're just riding it because they love Frozen.
nickys
Premium Member
But attendance may not return to normal for at least two years, so this ride could be “new” for a lot of people for the next three or four years.
Obviously Guardians will overtake it but this will be the new family attraction in Epcot for a long time.
FuzzyPicklePal
Member
I'm really not a fan of this attraction because I feel like it could present the interaction between humans and mice in a negative light.
nickys
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EPCOTCenterLover
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Better rip the ride out! It offends someone.
FuzzyPicklePal
Member
We'll I'm in a facebook group that one of the members has been really good about inside information. Anyway she said that the Carousel of Progress was in heavy talks about being updated because it is a timeline of white privilege and is not representative of a great big beautiful tomorrow.
CastAStone
5th gate? Just build a new resort Bob.
The carousel of progress is going to be updated (eventually) because it’s falling apart and its vision of the future includes laserdiscs.
aladdin2007
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I have felt from the beginning that designing it as a dead end, with one way in and the same way out was a big mistake. Prior to the covid situation I saw it as one giant bottleneck, for awhile I guess it wont be with the current status of things, but down the road...enjoy getting in and out of there with all the triple wide strollers.
CastAStone
5th gate? Just build a new resort Bob.
Can’t they just use the VQ system they built for ROTR?
UNCgolf
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I think that would be a last resort.
Magic Feather
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They could, and they have considered/are considering it. But personally, I’d think it more likely that they use the Runaway Railway approach of a lengthy extended queue that extends past the confines of the official queue, alongside an over posted wait time to scare people off (spoiler alert, I haven’t heard of MMRR’s actual wait extending past 40 min since the reopening).
DVCakaCarlF
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What a time to be alive...
Beacon Joe
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That's so mind-bogglingly stupid.... that I actually completely believe Disney corporate is having that conversation.
I made a parody post about Main Street representing an era in which the US burned down my ancestors' villages and imprisoned them as POWs (parody post, but the burning and POW part is true). I wonder if some corporate tool ever read that and proceeded with a "hey, boss, we need to tear down Main Street USA because some Filipino is pretending to be offended."
DisneyDebRob
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I loved laserdiscs. That’s something that should be brought back.
