News Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot

[DCBaker]

Video just posted -

 

[fgmnt]

Really???? So, no incentive to go before October? I thought surely it would be open for Summer. That's a bummer WDW! ☹

I'm guessing the bean counters are expecting there is some kind of goldilocks zone where they will be able to have pent up demand come out in the summer and restrictive enough operations to justify not opening anything until the next FY. Frankly, I would expect most nighttime shows to be mothballed until 10/1 as well.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I'm guessing the bean counters are expecting there is some kind of goldilocks zone where they will be able to have pent up demand come out in the summer and restrictive enough operations to justify not opening anything until the next FY. Frankly, I would expect most nighttime shows to be mothballed until 10/1 as well.

I expect you’re correct.

 

[HauntedPirate]

So now what will all the vloggers do? They have to be in MK for the opening of the 50th and EPCOT for Rat!

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

All the more reason for me to stay with sea world and BG for yet another year. Disney is obviously writing off most of 2021 until october in hopes to recap everything all at once with one massive attendance surge.

2021 was already written off...from Disney’s perspective there’s no way to “salvage” a year with 6-12 months of low occ conditions...

But there won’t be a massive surge either.
People don’t seem to be understanding the economic difficulties that haven’t even dropped yet.

They know that the bottom is likely to fall out...and beyond that, travel patterns are near wrecked anyway.

 

[HauntedPirate]

2021 was already written off...from Disney’s perspective there’s no way to “salvage” a year with 6-12 months of low occ conditions...

But there won’t be a massive surge either.
People don’t seem to be understanding the economic difficulties that haven’t even dropped yet.

They know that the bottom is likely to fall out...and beyond that, travel patterns are near wrecked anyway.

But... but... $1400 phunny money checks!!! You mean people won’t take those and immediately book a once-in-a-lifetime WDW vacation for little Johnnie and Susie???

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

But... but... $1400 phunny money checks!!! You mean people won’t take those and immediately book a once-in-a-lifetime WDW vacation for little Johnnie and Susie???

...they would if Tron was open

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Back to the OP... if safety wasn’t a consideration Rat would be open now.

They can’t blame this long a delay on safety. What an absolutely ridiculous decision. This should have been open last year.

 

[Purduevian]

So...
When this all started, I remember hearing that they wanted a large EPCOT expansion to pull people away from DHS in anticipation for the massive swarm of people that would descend on the smaller park for Star Wars. They had two major project ideas for the back of France.
1)Build a clone of the RAT ride from Paris
2)Build a BATB ride in connection with Tokyo

Rat was chosen to meet the window of opening around the same time as SWGE and BATB wouldn't make it in time.
May 31st 2019- SWGE opens without ROTR
December 5th 2019 - ROTR opens
March 4th 2020- M&MRR opens (the other ride meant to divert people way from SWGE)
September 28th 2020- BATB opens in Tokyo
October 1st 2021- RAT Plans to open in EPCOT

So BATB opened about a year after SWGE phase 1... Rat will open over 2 years after SWGE

 

[Surferboy567]

I wonder what this means for TRON and Guardians? Would they want to space them out?

EDIT: As a result of this?

 

[marni1971]

They can’t blame this long a delay on safety. What an absolutely ridiculous decision. This should have been open last year.

You ask them then.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

They can’t blame this long a delay on safety. What an absolutely ridiculous decision. This should have been open last year.

Did they bother to make an excuse?

Blue ocean tells you not to bother.

It sucks...but just to be clear (my wheelhouse):

They have a finished addition that they are choosing not to staff/open for the next 6 months of paying customers.

That’s the bottomline. There are no other things to consider.

I won’t change anyone’s mind on what “good” or “bad” management is...but I hope everyone considers this and at least remembers when you give your money to them. That’s fair.

 

[Brer Oswald]

But, but Jim Hill said it would open any day now!

Uh oh Zootopia Bros...

 

[TTA94]

So now what will all the vloggers do? They have to be in MK for the opening of the 50th and EPCOT for Rat!

Probably why MK availability opened up a bit for Oct 1 lol.

 

[SplashJacket]

Let's just be glad MMRR opened just before everything shut down or else it would probably not be open either.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Let's just be glad MMRR opened just before everything shut down or else it would probably not be open either.

It probably wouldn’t be. Disney is going to have quite a bit of new attractions for many people who haven’t visited since the summer where things were more normal.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Kind of sad that DLP could re-open (again) and you could potentially go to WDSP and see the original before this version opens.

 

[Markiewong]

Isn't this whole area/ride already finished?

 

[themarchhare]

LOL not October

 

[Giss Neric]

Guess this is to make up for the lack of 50th offerings?

How about Harmonious? Will it debut ahead of Ratatouille? October is still far away and they already have those gigantic barges sitting there for the next 7 months.