News Remy's Ratatouille Adventure coming to Epcot

[CastAStone]

We'll I'm in a facebook group that one of the members has been really good about inside information. Anyway she said that the Carousel of Progress was in heavy talks about being updated because it is a timeline of white privilege and is not representative of a great big beautiful tomorrow.

The carousel of progress is going to be updated (eventually) because it’s falling apart and its vision of the future includes laserdiscs.

 

[aladdin2007]

It feels to me that the new area of France won't be big enough to satisfy the demand for this? I suppose the good thing is that it's a fairly efficient attraction under normal operations.

I have felt from the beginning that designing it as a dead end, with one way in and the same way out was a big mistake. Prior to the covid situation I saw it as one giant bottleneck, for awhile I guess it wont be with the current status of things, but down the road...enjoy getting in and out of there with all the triple wide strollers.

 

[CastAStone]

Unfortunately, they were already worried about queue space for this attraction. Social Distancing requirements did not help.

Can’t they just use the VQ system they built for ROTR?

 

[UNCgolf]

Can’t they just use the VQ system they built for ROTR?

I think that would be a last resort.

 

[Magic Feather]

Can’t they just use the VQ system they built for ROTR?

They could, and they have considered/are considering it. But personally, I’d think it more likely that they use the Runaway Railway approach of a lengthy extended queue that extends past the confines of the official queue, alongside an over posted wait time to scare people off (spoiler alert, I haven’t heard of MMRR’s actual wait extending past 40 min since the reopening).

 

[DVCakaCarlF]

Indeed

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What a time to be alive...

 

[Beacon Joe]

We'll I'm in a facebook group that one of the members has been really good about inside information. Anyway she said that the Carousel of Progress was in heavy talks about being updated because it is a timeline of white privilege and is not representative of a great big beautiful tomorrow.

That's so mind-bogglingly stupid.... that I actually completely believe Disney corporate is having that conversation.

I made a parody post about Main Street representing an era in which the US burned down my ancestors' villages and imprisoned them as POWs (parody post, but the burning and POW part is true). I wonder if some corporate tool ever read that and proceeded with a "hey, boss, we need to tear down Main Street USA because some Filipino is pretending to be offended."

 

[DisneyDebRob]

The carousel of progress is going to be updated (eventually) because it’s falling apart and its vision of the future includes laserdiscs.

I loved laserdiscs. That’s something that should be brought back.

 

[Prototype82]

I really do wonder what they're going to do with the spaces beneath the windows on that blue building...It's so odd that the shutters go down past the glass...

 

[EricsBiscuit]

A) construction is just part of the jigsaw. Training is a bigger one

B) There is some debate if they want crowds descending on a debuting attraction.

They need more people in the parks. They should want crowds.

 

[marni1971]

They need more people in the parks. They should want crowds.

Current health and safety considerations suggest otherwise. It will open when it is felt attendance can be controlled. Be that when it is ready or later.

 

[WondersOfLife]

Does that look as bad in person as it does in the picture? Is it actually a flat facade?

It looks pretty good to me. Would you prefer the "go away blue" ?

 

[WondersOfLife]

If there's any place where a brand new attraction would be able to open given the social distancing guidelines... It would have to be Epcot. You can literally stretch a line out for like a quarter of a mile before doing a switch-back. Or, even the virtual queue system reservation for people to reserve BEFORE arriving at the parks with their Epcot park reservation ticket.

Epcot is so freakin large. Go for it Disney. Just be efficient.

 

[Rich Brownn]

I loved laserdiscs. That’s something that should be brought back.

I still have 150 and a LD/DVD player as part of my setup (No way am I replacing 150 movies). I also have a 400-disc DVD play and a 3D Blu-Ray so I'm pretty well covered

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Current health and safety considerations suggest otherwise. It will open when it is felt attendance can be controlled. Be that when it is ready or later.

I think that’s silly to try to control attendance when they need more people in the parks to survive.

 

[Bender123]

I think that’s silly to try to control attendance when they need more people in the parks to survive.

Ummmm...mass infections look great for future attendance.

 

[marni1971]

I think that’s silly to try to control attendance when they need more people in the parks to survive.

Well, considering what’s going on worldwide, they obviously don’t.

 

[peter11435]

I think that’s silly to try to control attendance when they need more people in the parks to survive.

What? Lol

There is still a pandemic and physical distancing is still necessary.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

What? Lol

There is still a pandemic and physical distancing is still necessary.

Never said it wasn’t. They should move to what Uni is doing. No reservations necessary and high incentives for guests to come. Going to the parks is safer than the grocery store.

 

[trainplane3]

Never said it wasn’t. They should move to what Uni is doing. No reservations necessary and high incentives for guests to come. Going to the parks is safer than the grocery store.

Considering that Universal is reducing hours (and obviously aren't pulling the numbers they're expecting at all), I don't think much will help the ongoing situation. Even with a shiny new ride too.