Remy's Ratatouille Adventure will open October 1 2021 at EPCOT

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Tuesday March 9, 2021 1:30pm ET · "Remy's Ratatouille Adventure"
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure will open October 1 2021 at EPCOT
The attraction will officially debut as part of the kickoff for 'The World’s Most Magical Celebration' honoring Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th anniversary.

During today's virtual annual meeting of shareholders of The Walt Disney Company, Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced the grand opening of Remy's Ratatouille Adventure at EPCOT will be October 1, 2021.

This new family-friendly attraction will officially debut as part of the kickoff for “The World’s Most Magical Celebration” honoring Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th anniversary.

Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure invites guests into the flavorful world of Disney and Pixar’s “Ratatouille,” where they will feel as if they shrink to the size of Chef Remy and scurry through Gusteau’s famous restaurant. Guests will find Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure in a newly expanded area of the park’s France pavilion.

Also debuting October 1 in this section of the pavilion will be La Crêperie de Paris, offering both table and quick-service options. The menu will feature sweet crepes, savory buckwheat galettes (naturally gluten friendly) and authentic French hard cider. 

Although the ride is already complete, it appears the company has opted to wait for the parks to return to a more normal operating status before opening the expansion. It should also be noted that the while the official opening date is October 1, this does not rule out previews and soft openings prior to that date should conditions allow.

The ride was originally planned to open in 2020, but will now instead be Walt Disney World's only major new addition for the 50th celebrations. The company had originally expected to have a full line-up of new attractions for the 50th, including TRON at the Magic Kingdom, Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind, Remy's Ratatouille Adventure and Harmonious at EPCOT.

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↩ replying to MansionButler84
We can hope.
↩ replying to MansionButler84
I think the "Lowest Demand Park" is actually pretty untrue... EPCOT is massive, everything is large, walkways space etc... It takes a massive amount of people for EPCOT to feel the least bit crowded...
While I agree they do not have a new attraction right now so they are not driving the attendance records, as soon as they bring the two new attractions online they will be massively crowded again...
DHS fees so crowded because it is a much smaller park... And of course, at this particular moment they have the newest attractions...
I would say that people still love EPCOT...
↩ replying to Bocabear
Epcot is literally the lowest demand. It is the easiest park to find a park pass for. And its capacity at present is significantly reduced.

They didn’t decide to spend $1 billion on this park because it was doing well.
↩ replying to MansionButler84
And the rest.

(angry face)
↩ replying to kinglsyyy
I travel solo, so when this happens to me, I let that party go by. I'm a total fan of the physical distancing!
↩ replying to MansionButler84
I may of not seen it this way, but I have seen plenty of people call EPCOT, a drinking game. To an extent, I see where they are coming from.

EPCOT has always been special to me, but it is lacking attractions. I am hoping Guardians and to some extent Rat can fix this. Obviously they need more but Guardians in particular is a start.
↩ replying to MansionButler84
Lowest demand and easiest to get into might not be the same thing in this case.
Epcot probably has ~double to capacity of DHS if I had to guess.
↩ replying to marni1971
And we won’t even comment on how that money is being spent. 🤬
↩ replying to Purduevian
Nope. Not now.
↩ replying to Surferboy567
They also need to rename it now. Still calling it Epcot is an offence to Epcot.
↩ replying to marni1971
Disney Bar and Grill and Bar? Disney Festival and Bar?
↩ replying to marni1971
I disagree, but discussion boards wouldn’t be much of a discussion if everyone agreed.
↩ replying to MansionButler84
Not disagreeing with the overall sentiment, but the "no one really cares about" portion is highly debatable. A new ride at Disney World is something a huge amount of people care about and will be mobbed.
↩ replying to Notes from Neverland
It is not highly anticipated. It follows a string of 3 new lands themed to very popular franchises opening. It’s the last and least LPS ride to open in 2 years at WDW. And it is as visible as an old pair of shoes collecting dust in the back of your closet (supposing you are also actively remodeling half of your house). It will create a similar response, too: “oh, I forgot about you!”

It was envisioned to take some pressure off DHS but is arriving a couple years late.
↩ replying to HauntedPirate
Think of the great food festival synergy if they only kept that weird table in the middle of the park