PHOTO - Work beginning on Ratatouille at Epcot's France Pavilion

Dec 08, 2017 in "Remy's Ratatouille Adventure"

Ratatouille construction aerial view
Posted: Friday December 8, 2017 10:10am EDT by WDWMAGIC Staff

Although not expected to open until Spring of 2020, work is now starting to get underway on Ratatouille at Epcot's France Pavilion.

As you can see from the aerial photo above, ground clearing is underway, equipment is being moved into position, and construction trailers are on site.

Before we see anything vertical, expect to see ground work and utility preparation.

In this recently filed construction permit, you can see the outline of the new building (the grey block), along with the new walkways and restrooms that will be located directly behind the existing Impressions de France building.

Aerial photo for WDWMAGIC by Colin Chardavoyne @cchard.
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SplashJacket11 days ago

Initially, Rat had 3 individual seats with dividers in between, but shortly after opening they removed the dividers and made it a front bench and a back bench. I’m not sure if they ever get up to 4 people (1 adult and 4 children for example) in the back, but they no longer have the capacity for single rider given it’s a bench with undefined seating (like MMRR). Alternatively, (and likely the more likely driver) too many Americans couldn’t fit between the dividers, causing delays and decreased guest satisfaction that exceeded any potential benefits from single-rider.

SoFloMagic11 days ago

It was pictured in concept art. Single rider is pretty important for a 3-wide car

Gusey11 days ago

I was wondering if they had single rider as it still exists at DLP

Surferboy56711 days ago

Gotta sell those genies. They better not pull that with the new Test Track.

SplashJacket11 days ago

Interesting that it’s getting that high considering they axed single-rider at the 11th hour.

lentesta11 days ago

Not to bump an old thread, but we measured Remy's hourly capacity at rope-drop this morning at 2,151 guests per hour. That's pretty close to the estimated 2,200/hour we've heard elsewhere.

Chef idea Mickey`=Mar 12, 2024

Why is Disney always responding right after Universal and not vice versa. Mmm

fuentesalexMar 05, 2024

It was. Felt not as immersive and even more like you are just watching a movie during the big screen sections.

marni1971Mar 05, 2024

It’s usually due to projector or glass cleaning maintenance

BasiltheBatLordMar 05, 2024

Not alleged, they're running it as a test until March 9. It's a cost-cutting measure.

Sir_CliffMar 05, 2024

I know they've done this before in Paris due to technical issues, so I'm not sure I'd read too much into it.

aladdin2007Mar 05, 2024

saving expense from replacing and or cleaning the glasses all the time? wouldn't surprise me, cost cutting moves.

Sorcerer MickeyMar 05, 2024

Universal allegedly downgraded King Kong from 3D to 2D as well. What's the trend here?

LittleBufordMar 04, 2024

This seems a bad move to me.