EPCOT Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot

[HauntedPirate]

Focus, people, focus - Ratatouille.

 

[Wendy Pleakley]

A look at the new La Crêperie de Paris menu items and details on reservations

Find out more about the food coming to the new EPCOT table service restaurant in EPCOT'S France Pavilion.

www.wdwmagic.com

Does anyone know what "La Crêperie de Paris" means in English?

 

[GimpYancIent]

Focus, people, focus - Ratatouille.

Yes! Bring on some full on Rat costumed / in character CM's to interact with the guests already. Put some life into the place. If a couple of can can dancers make a brief appearance during the evening hours that would be ok too.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Yes! Bring on some full on Rat costumed / in character CM's to interact with the guests already. Put some life into the place. If a couple of can can dancers make a brief appearance during the evening hours that would be ok too.

How about a few numbers from Ratatouille: The Musical?

 

[DonaldDoleWhip]

Does anyone know what "La Crêperie de Paris" means in English?

I think it means "Paris IHOP," but would really need a native speaker to step in here!

 

[GimpYancIent]

I think it means "Paris IHOP," but would really need a native speaker to step in here!

Pretty much. Simply pan cake house of Paris. Tasty though.

 

[Texas84]

Yes! Bring on some full on Rat costumed / in character CM's to interact with the guests already. Put some life into the place. If a couple of can can dancers make a brief appearance during the evening hours that would be ok too.

I really don't want to see a 6 foot tall rat in Epcot. Or anywhere else.

 

[GimpYancIent]

I really don't want to see a 6 foot tall rat in Epcot. Or anywhere else.

How about the can can dancers? A little Moulin Rouge flair wouldn't hurt.

 

[Wendy Pleakley]

I think it means "Paris IHOP," but would really need a native speaker to step in here!

Please don't joke about Disney adding an IHOP to World Showcase.

 

[DonaldDoleWhip]

Please don't joke about Disney adding an IHOP to World Showcase.

Fair enough, no more of that - somehow it would be a bigger travesty than the Beauty and the Beast sing-a-long.

 

[Wendy Pleakley]

Fair enough, no more of that - somehow it would be a bigger travesty than the Beauty and the Beast sing-a-long.

Welcome to IHOP. $35 for three pancakes, but if you purchase the dining plan and use one credit you can save a lot of money.

 

[Missing20K]

I just couldn’t get past the obviously plastic props. If just that portion had been executed more successfully I would have a much better opinion of the attraction. But, at least for me, it was highly incongruous and immediately broke the illusion. Stainless steel should look like stainless steel, not like medium gloss gray-silver paint, irrespective of the scale differential between object and observer. A plastic sausage looks plastic even when you’re moving past it and it’s 10 feet above your head.

If they had to clone a DSP ride it should have been Crush’s Coaster.

 

[DonaldDoleWhip]

I just couldn’t get past the obviously plastic props. If just that portion had been executed more successfully I would have a much better opinion of the attraction. But, at least for me, it was highly incongruous and immediately broke the illusion. Stainless steel should look like stainless steel, not like medium gloss gray-silver paint, irrespective of the scale differential between object and observer. A plastic sausage looks plastic even when you’re moving past it and it’s 10 feet above your head.

If they had to clone a DSP ride it should have been Crush’s Coaster.

Completely agreed. The props aren't convincing, and there aren't even that many of them. Neither are the screens.

Also, I loved Crush's Coaster! Getting on it was rough, due to frequent downtime (maybe that situation has improved after 7 years?), but it's such a fun take on the wild mouse coaster. I wouldn't be opposed to seeing it in The Seas one day, though there might not be room.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Please don't joke about Disney adding an IHOP to World Showcase.

Why? It’s the International House of Pancake. It’s a perfect fit for World Showcase! Although a Høüsê du Wãfflēs would fit better with Drinking Around the World.

 

[Lilofan]

Why? It’s the International House of Pancake. It’s a perfect fit for World Showcase! Although a Høüsê du Wãfflēs would fit better with Drinking Around the World.

Alcohol and pancakes is a weird combination.

 

[EeyoreFan#24]

Alcohol and pancakes is a weird combination.

Not if you put it down the side ally of the American pavilion and only open it from 2am-5am.

 

[UNCgolf]

NRJ is akin to pirates WDW if you unloaded just before the first drop.

I think that's an unfairly harsh assessment. There's a lot more going on in NRJ than there is in WDW Pirates before the first drop.

Pirates is clearly a superior ride overall, of course.

 

[DonaldDoleWhip]

I think that's an unfairly harsh assessment. There's a lot more going on in NRJ than there is in Pirates before the first drop.

It's more like if you removed the first drop, added DL's extended cave scenes, reworked the score to organically crescendo as you move along, incorporated some neat screen-based effects, and finally topped things off with the greatest pirate AA ever built.

I also feel NRJ has its redeeming qualities. More than Rat, in my opinion.

 

[UNCgolf]

It's more like if you removed the first drop, added DL's extended cave scenes, reworked the score to organically crescendo as you move along, incorporated some neat screen-based effects, and finally topped things off with the greatest pirate AA ever built.

I also feel NRJ has its redeeming qualities. More than Rat, in my opinion.

I think NRJ has the best use of screens of any ride I've been on. They add some depth and motion to the scenes but you don't ever feel like you're just sitting and watching something happen, because they're a complement to the detailed physical sets instead of the main focus.

It's exactly the right way to use screens IMO.

I think Rise uses them similarly, but I haven't been on Rise yet.

 

[DonaldDoleWhip]

I think NRJ has the best use of screens of any ride I've been on. They add some depth and motion to the scenes but you don't ever feel like you're just sitting and watching something happen, because they're a complement to the detailed physical sets instead of the main focus.

It's exactly the right way to use screens IMO.

I think Rise uses them similarly, but I haven't been on Rise yet.

Completely agreed. One of the bigger knocks I see toward NRJ is that it doesn't have a narrative, but does every ride need one? The premise of the attraction is you're boarding a river cruise during peaceful times and happen to observe a Na'vi celebration. It's perfectly fine that nothing goes wrong during the journey.

Same thing with Kilimanjaro Safaris - the poaching plot every single time was incredibly contrived, and I'm so happy they eventually decided to remove it. Sometimes it's just nice to go on a natural excursion and celebrate what you see.

Really all NRJ could have used is more AAs and props, but what it does is far more convincing than Ratatouille.