EPCOT Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot

Mickeyboof

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According to wikipedia, an estimated 270 million USD to build the Ratatouille attraction in Disneyland Paris.

They shoulda spent 280 million then.

Spider man on Broadway cost almost $80 million. Still looked cheap.

Does Wikipedia state if this lump sum is just the attraction, or does it include the attraction area?
 

The Empress Lilly

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A front view. When there was still a third circle vision planned. (Repetition is one of the few flaws of EPCOT. Although repetition is also elegance!) One can see why ultimately the designers decided against the flat façade. The Moulin Rouge in particular just looks off scale. The roof simply clashes with the forced perspective of the miniature boulevard and Eiffel Tower - itself not a masterpiece of prespective and sense of depth, but likely much better than having the tower at the front rather than the back of the building as planned before.

The flat façade at Ratland however has different sightlines, less to no forced perspective to keep in mind, and different surrounding aesthetics. I'll be curious to see the final effect. And of the Eiffel Tower. This time at the front of the building, so after 37 years we can judge if the Imagineers were right to overrule the architect!
 
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Kman101

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Perhaps the building facade is pricy, but I assure you this ride was built cheap.

I never denied there were others being built. I’m hoping Rise of the Resistance blows us out of the water. But Remy’s Adventure is a cheap cheap cheap ride with very expensive packaging.

There's a difference between "this feels cheap" and "this really was cheap". You know how much the attraction cost? (And no, not defending the ride, I've never experienced it)
 

lazyboy97o

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I was referring to how it feels when we actually start making that walk back to the new area. Obviously we can form some preliminary opinions based on the plans and artwork, but it’ll likely change for better or worse when we’re there in person.
It can be rather well understood now. The artwork is largely irrelevant because my critique is about the urban design, something that is focused more on plan and massing, and not the specific architecture.
 

Kman101

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Perhaps you’re right. If 270 million was thrown at it already...

I mean, while you think it was built on the cheap, and I TOTALLY get what you're saying, it literally wasn't though ... lol. Not a defense just the truth. They spent *money* and it's still a flawed-minimal use of the technology-attraction.

And now Hagrid's has kinda shown that Slinky and Mine Train could have been at least 10x better than they are now (not even talking about the speed of Hagrids; I'm good with the speed of Slinky and Mine Train, they serve different purposes, I'm aware, but I'm talking about the animatroics and having the coaster surrounded by trees and greenery and water, not to mention the queue and build up to the ride). I hope they knock it out of the park with the Guardians coaster, as much as I dislike it's park location ... a lot to live up to from down the street. Not that I feed into the "fan war" between the two parks but it's hard not to see the vast difference in coaster experiences.
 

Disone

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I don't think Hagrids was meant to compete with or be a counter to Slinky Dog Dash and Seven Dwarfs Mine coaster. What I mean by this is Hagrids is more of an e-ticket Edition 2 Islands of Adventure. Both Slinky Dog Dash and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train are not, though I would concede that Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is supposed to be the Marquee attraction of New Fantasyland. That all said, I think a more apt comparison might be Hagrid's to Tron. Of which I do think Hagrid's is going to win that battle. I'm interested to see how that plays out.
 

Castle Cake Apologist

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I don't think Hagrids was meant to compete with or be a counter to Slinky Dog Dash and Seven Dwarfs Mine coaster. What I mean by this is Hagrids is more of an e-ticket Edition 2 Islands of Adventure. Both Slinky Dog Dash and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train are not, though I would concede that Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is supposed to be the Marquee attraction of New Fantasyland. That all said, I think a more apt comparison might be Hagrid's to Tron. Of which I do think Hagrid's is going to win that battle. I'm interested to see how that plays out.

Wrong thread?
 

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