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News Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot
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Disney Analyst
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Part of me suspects they will mostly quietly open this.
SplashJacket
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If they do, they can test the power of free social media publicity.
TTA94
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Still curious as to why Epcot is open until 11 this weekend... sure isn’t because of fireworks lol though I wish it was.
CastAStone
5th gate? Just build a new resort Bob.
It’s a holiday weekend. I am pretty darn sure that last year this was the busiest weekend of the entire year.
Surferboy567
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Has a finished attraction ever sat this long before opening/soft opened?
CastAStone
5th gate? Just build a new resort Bob.
How long has it been sitting? I know it *could* have opened last fall if they hustled and if testing went well, but I am under the impression that they didn’t hustle and had some quirks?
People keep posting as if the ride is finished... we don't know if it is.
Just because the outside is done, doesn't mean the inside is.
Even if it's finished, testing of a new ride can take months, as well as training CMs.
Surferboy567
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This is true we don’t know for sure, but haven’t multiple insiders have said it’s completed and it’s more of a logical decision. I know training was brought up a few times.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
I definitely don't care for that little archway thing. Makes it kinda claustrophobic in an already tight area. Would look a lot better without it.
That's the "don't look up at the Eiffel tower" archway.
UNCgolf
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Yeah. I know they needed to do something to block views of the Eiffel Tower, but I don't think their choice works. While that kind of wrought iron roof/canopy isn't unusual in Europe, it is strange to have one that small -- I've never seen one that's even remotely close to that size. They're typically over train stations, marketplaces, or other large areas. It just doesn't look right on that scale.
I'm not sure what other options they considered (or could have considered) but they should have gone with something different.
lentesta
Premium Member
Pretty sure it’s in test-and-adjust. I’ve seen the downtime reports.
It was hit several times by manpower issues.
FerretAfros
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The closest parallel is probably Disneyland's Roger Rabbit Cartoon Spin, which was ready to go along with the rest of Mickey's Toontown in January 1993, but its opening was held off a full year until January 1994 in order to have a second marketing push for the area. Ironically, as a result of the offerings in the rest of the land, the area gained a kiddie reputation that it's been unable to shake to this day, despite the dark content of its headliner attraction and its source material.
There are also incidents of individual attractions being done long before a new park is ready to open. I believe MK's Haunted Mansion was ready to go more than a year prior to the park itself, in part because a lot of the interiors were manufactured at the same time as DL's version, which opened in 1969.
However, typically when an attraction is ready well advance of schedule, it just soft opens with normal operations and has its official grand opening and press event several months later, as was the case with Mission:Space and Expedition Everest. It's relatively uncommon for a completed ride to sit unused within an operating park area ("seasonal" operations and dubious "refurbishments" aside).
TiggerDad
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And then a couple guests tried to provide a more adult flavor to the entertainment in Toontown, but that didn't go well.
Giss Neric
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Runaway Railway opened on March 4, 2020 right? Wouldn't it be great if they opened Ratatouille on March 4 too? If not, at least within March.
