EPCOT Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot

[jaxonp]

It seems the consensus here is that everyone will be disappointed by at least one of the newest attractions!

Really liked Tron myself.

I liked it too.. mostly the lighting, the setup etc.. but the ride itself is just average, mostly relying on, the unique seating position. It's missing at least 1 min of roller coaster and even that is short by most coaster standards.

 

[jaxonp]

It’s not that good. Seriously.

No its not but it is the BEST of this type of ride I've been on and its not even close. It's just the right ride system.. for anything.

 

[DonaldDoleWhip]

The Japanese can't get enough of TSMM... it may still be the most popular attraction to this day.

Of all the quality attractions they have to choose from, this stuns me. Not complaining, though - it helps balance out the demand for everything else!

I liked it too.. mostly the lighting, the setup etc.. but the ride itself is just average, mostly relying on, the unique seating position. It's missing at least 1 min of roller coaster and even that is short by most coaster standards.

The missing minute is fair enough, but Tron packs more wow factor into its first 30 seconds than most rides deliver in their entirety. I'd easily take it over Rat and MK's Space Mountain, but there's a very fair chance Guardians delivers a more well-rounded experience.

Can't compare it to Hagrid's or VelociCoaster yet, but within 2 weeks that should change.

No its not but it is the BEST of this type of ride I've been on and its not even close. It's just the right ride system.. for anything.

Agreed, Crush's Coaster is easily the best spinning coaster (and my favorite of Disney's Nemo rides).

 

[marni1971]

No its not but it is the BEST of this type of ride I've been on and its not even close. It's just the right ride system.. for anything.

Crush? Nah. It’s really mediocre in the gravity building.

 

[doctornick]

Tron should be at least twice as long. Hagrid's blows Tron out of the water. Shame Disney didn't decide to add to Tron.

While I certainly wouldn't disagree with a longer ride, I think a biggest loss is not making two tracks (think MK Space or Matterhorn) with one blue and one yellow and the two tracks "competing". Not only would that have made capacity doubled and much more reasonable but it would have enhanced the ride both visually because of the colors and conceptionally about the purpose of the ride since the light cycles have always been about racing/competing with opponents.

 

[Haymarket2008]

It’s not that good. Seriously.

Agreed. I am shocked by the love for it. It honestly read to me like a cheap carnival ride with average theming.

 

[Bocabear]

While I certainly wouldn't disagree with a longer ride, I think a biggest loss is not making two tracks (think MK Space or Matterhorn) with one blue and one yellow and the two tracks "competing". Not only would that have made capacity doubled and much more reasonable but it would have enhanced the ride both visually because of the colors and conceptionally about the purpose of the ride since the light cycles have always been about racing/competing with opponents.

EXACTLY! but seriously the ride is crazy short...It will have the longest lines in the park for the very shortest attraction. After they built the first one I would have thought they would address things like ride length and the crazy amount of trim brake stops... A real missed opportunity. Maybe they are too busy trying to figure out how to trim2 minutes off Shanghai's Pirates for the next theme park build...lol

 

[Wendy Pleakley]

It's frustrating that Disney doesn't look for ways to improve on existing attractions when cloning them in another park.

Little Mermaid was restricted by the space available in DCA for example, so the final scene and transition to unload was not well done. They faced no such limitation in Florida yet the ride remains the same.

In contrast, when they build Splash Mountain in Florida they designed it to hold logs with more seats, improving capacity. This does not appear to be the current practice.

Ratatouille should be an improved version of the attraction.

 

[pdude81]

It's frustrating that Disney doesn't look for ways to improve on existing attractions when cloning them in another park.

Little Mermaid was restricted by the space available in DCA for example, so the final scene and transition to unload was not well done. They faced no such limitation in Florida yet the ride remains the same.

In contrast, when they build Splash Mountain in Florida they designed it to hold logs with more seats, improving capacity. This does not appear to be the current practice.

Ratatouille should be an improved version of the attraction.

IIRC the original Splash at DL was going to hold more passengers, but when they built it they had weight issues with the logs and people were getting drenched, so they had to make a change to the logs. At WDW they were able to adjust based on what they'd learned since it was built later.

 

[Chester&Hester Enthusiast]

In contrast, when they build Splash Mountain in Florida they designed it to hold logs with more seats, improving capacity. This does not appear to be the current practice.

Even beyond that, the entire art direction of the attraction was changed to make it fit better in the Frontier setting at MK. They also changed the music and the dialogue.

Another good example would be all the different versions of Pirates around the world.

 

[TiggerDad]

Crush? Nah. It’s really mediocre in the gravity building.

Mediocre or not, we enjoyed it far more than Rat.

 

[marni1971]

Mediocre or not, we enjoyed it far more than Rat.

Which is what makes the human race great(ish). People like different things. For us we don’t have to do it once per trip. Rat we could ride a few time’s per visit.

 

[jaxonp]

Crush? Nah. It’s really mediocre in the gravity building.

It was supposed to read, it’s NOT the right ride system.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

What thread is this?

It's entirely fitting FEA should get discussed in another WS ride thread where it doesn't belong whatsoever...

 

[Animaniac93-98]

It’s not that good. Seriously.

I think Crush gets high marks for being an above average ride for WDSP, which when you consider the competition, isn't much.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I think Crush gets high marks for being an above average ride for WDSP, which when you consider the competition, isn't much.

Some people just don’t appreciate the brilliance of placing a spinner next to a wall.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Some people just don’t appreciate the brilliance of placing a spinner next to a wall.

The queue for that spinner is deserving of its own chapter in a coffee table book. Truly the peak of WDI this century.

 

[Little Green Men]

Which is what makes the human race great(ish). People like different things. For us we don’t have to do it once per trip. Rat we could ride a few time’s per visit.

For the whole human race, there is time, there is space, as we reach towards new horizons!

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

I tend to feel this is in large part because so much takes place in the ice palace, which is incredibly bereft of interesting visuals and props even in the film itself.

It's kind of stunning to me how much they bunted on the Ice Palace, since that so clearly should have been the scenic showstopper of the ride.

It should have been a crystalline, iridescent, mirror-tastic laser-phonic showscene, and instead we got . . . this:

(And I actually think that's a rather nice photo of it)

It's not like an Ice Palace gives you nowhere to go scenically. Imagine if the arches had been pulsing, glowing Lucite, with the projections actually refracting through them. The place should be positively shimmering, alive with light effects and sparkling color.

Heck, even just some real looking ICE would have made a big difference:

 

[Missing20K]

It’s not that good. Seriously.

I rode it. I enjoyed it more than Rat.

Different strokes for different folks.