News Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot

Bocabear

Bocabear

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James Alucobond said:
Uh, he's supposed to be benign in this instance since it's a celebration with slightly modified versions of the songs to represent that. There's no reason for him to chase you, and instead of his signature "Get out," he echoes Elsa's "Let it go."
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except then that leaves a lot of the ride empty and unfinished... and no reason to see him fallen in the snow on the other side of the cave... and he could be chasing in a happy way, not menacing... lol
 
UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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marni1971 said:
It’s lacking in a coherent overall frame work. Some impressive Animatronics trying to pad out a loose plot to fit a pre determined environment and an amazing overall lack of visuals / fully fleshed show scenes. One of arguably the companies biggest franchises deserved something purpose built.

See. I didn’t mention the location.
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Basically describes how I feel about it. Impressive animatronics and very little else.

The fact that they are cloning it for other parks instead of building something that doesn't have the restraints of being shoehorned into a small existing ride is asinine.
 
jaxonp

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DonaldDoleWhip said:
While I don't think Ratatouille will move the needle for me, I can't argue this point haha.

In a way, it's actually nice to have well-liked attractions that you don't care for; one example that immediately comes to mind is TSMM. I'm still shocked the ride was so popular it warranted a capacity expansion, but at least that means fewer guests in line for the other attractions I like.


For sure, Na'vi River Journey belongs in this same group, although at least it was clearly a C-ticket from the start. I find it similarly enjoyable to these others (and would also choose it over Rat) but would skip all of them if the wait is longer than 15 minutes. Maybe 20 for Ratatouille because it's new, and maybe 25 for Frozen because the AAs are good.
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The Japanese can't get enough of TSMM... it may still be the most popular attraction to this day.
 
jaxonp

jaxonp

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

Really liked Tron myself.
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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.
 
DonaldDoleWhip

DonaldDoleWhip

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

jaxonp said:
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.
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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.

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

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jaxonp said:
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.
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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.
 
Bocabear

Bocabear

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doctornick said:
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.
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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

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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

pdude81

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Wendy Pleakley said:
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.
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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.
 
Castle Cake Apologist

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Wendy Pleakley said:
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.
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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.
 

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