EPCOT Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot

[ToTBellHop]

According to a site not to be named, its opening in April 2020.

Reasonable.

 

[marni1971]

Reasonable.

Very

 

[HauntedPirate]

Very

Reading some of the messages above, I love the non-verbal clues you drop sometimes.

 

[Daannzzz]

According to Screamscape it might not be in 3D

 

[MisterPenguin]

According to a site not to be named, its opening in April 2020.

Reasonable.

Very

Just putting this all in one post for a single link to the Rumor Guide.

 

[MisterPenguin]

According to Screamscape it might not be in 3D

According to Screamscape:

• Tokyo's version of a Beauty and the Beast attraction was going to replace some DL dark rides in an impossibly small space
• Fire Mountain attraction is still a thing
• MK theater was going in Frontierland
• there were going to be Haunted Mansion themed resort rooms

So...

 

[tparris]

According to Screamscape it might not be in 3D

I certainly hope it is. I’d rather not be squished into two dimensions...

 

[peter11435]

According to Screamscape:

• Tokyo's version of a Beauty and the Beast attraction was going to replace some DL dark rides in an impossibly small space
• Fire Mountain attraction is still a thing
• MK theater was going in Frontierland
• there were going to be Haunted Mansion themed resort rooms

So...

In their defense (which I hate to do) the haunted mansion rooms were at least a legitimate proposal.

 

[Rteetz]

In their defense (which I hate to do) the haunted mansion rooms were at least a legitimate proposal.

 

[Unbanshee]

I wonder if this is about the time frame in which MMRR will open as well in HS.

MMRR then Rat

 

[Indy_UK]

I think people are suggesting that it won't have 3D all of a sudden because the 3D effect currently isn't working and it's being shown in 2D mode for the last week or so

 

[ToTBellHop]

According to Screamscape:

• Tokyo's version of a Beauty and the Beast attraction was going to replace some DL dark rides in an impossibly small space
• Fire Mountain attraction is still a thing
• MK theater was going in Frontierland
• there were going to be Haunted Mansion themed resort rooms

So...

In this case, however, they may be correct. The industry is turning its back on 3D rides.

Digging.

 

[MisterPenguin]

In this case, however, they may be correct. The industry is turning its back on 3D rides.

Digging.

Will they replace FoP cycle seats with recliners?

 

[ToTBellHop]

Will they replace FoP cycle seats with recliners?

LaZBoy has wanted a sponsorship for years.

 

[Phicinfan]

LaZBoy has wanted a sponsorship for years.

OH PLEASE sign me up TODAY for that ride!!

 

[mikejs78]

I think Rat will be fine as long as it isn’t marketed as a huge addition. It’s not the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I imagine it will be received better than Mermaid, Mine Train, or Navi River Journey.

Knowing Disney it will be marketed as the largest expansion in the history of Epcot.

Well, the way Disney marketing markets a new cupcake....

This right here. NFL was meh, TSL is not that great, and even Pandora, which I really like, is a ride and a half short. I know Rat isn’t a land, but I hope it’s a good ride under all that steel and facade work.

Your personal preferences aside, TSL has turned out to be pretty popular (and is a lot less "Meh" than I was expecting), and Pandora is still drawing massive crowds.

Keep in mind: they've opened whole parks with fewer rides that they've opened in the past couple.of years. (DHS: 2 rides at opening; DAK: 2 or 4, depending on what you consider a ride)...

With that being said, more often than not when I ride it, I hear someone say to their ride companion “is that it?” Just because people wait for it doesn’t mean they love it. Yes, long lines usually indicate a good ride (and indicate success to Disney) but if you accept anecdotal evidence, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train doesn’t satisfy its riders as often as it should.

Anecdotal evidence is just that: anecdotal. I love Mine train (while conceding that it has flaws and is too short...). And I suspect I'm not alone. Let's look at some real evidence:

@lentesta's TouringPlans conducts many, many user surveys of attractions. 7DMT gets 4.5/5 stars for every age group except preschool (4/5 stars) and grade school (5/5 stars). That's pretty popular.

Now, no voluntary user survey system is perfect, and a scientific study would be preferable, but in absence of that, this is decent data and above any anecdotal evidence you or I could provide.

This exactly. We had a 6pm FP on our last trip and the FP line was an hour long. In Feburary. We didn't bother.

YMMV. Had two FPs for it during President's Day week, waited < 10 minutes each time.

In their defense (which I hate to do) the haunted mansion rooms were at least a legitimate proposal.

So was Fire Mountain, at one time....

 

[peter11435]

So was Fire Mountain, at one time....

Yep, but it’s not still a thing like the post I was quoting referred to.

 

[Coaster Lover]

I think people are suggesting that it won't have 3D all of a sudden because the 3D effect currently isn't working and it's being shown in 2D mode for the last week or so

Can a 3-D effect simply "not work"? The videos I have seen seem to show a substantially better projection (like they pulled out the projectors and replaced them with upgraded 2-D projectors... I know Disney has a new agreement with Panasonic...

 

[marni1971]

Can a 3-D effect simply "not work"? The videos I have seen seem to show a substantially better projection (like they pulled out the projectors and replaced them with upgraded 2-D projectors... I know Disney has a new agreement with Panasonic...

Yes. Even if one projector is down or out of alignment, one room would have an awkward or poorly projected image.

 

[Coaster Lover]

Yes. Even if one projector is down or out of alignment, one room would have an awkward or poorly projected image.

I guess my question is then, could they (or would they) easily switch everything over to 2-D if there was an issue with one projector? Can you just simply flick a switch on these projectors to turn off one of the two lenses and project just a 2-D image (and look as good as it does in the videos)? Or do the recent videos from Paris seem to indicate that they intentionally made this change (i.e. made the change as a way of testing the ride in 2-D as opposed to making the change as a stopgap measure until they could get a new projector in/fixed?)