Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
{{Short description|3D dark ride at Disney theme parks}}
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{{Infobox attraction
| name = Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
| logo = Remy's Ratatouille Adventure logo.png
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| logo_caption = Epcot Logo
| image = Ratatouille, L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy.jpg
| caption = Attraction entrance at Walt Disney Studios Park from Disneyland Paris
| location = Walt Disney Studios Park
| altname =Ratatouille: L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy
| section = Worlds of Pixar
| status = open
| soft_opened = {{start date and age|21 June 2014}}
| opened = {{start date and age|10 July 2014}}{{cite news|title=Ratatouille Opens to Guests at Disneyland Paris|url=https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/ratatouille-opens-to-guests-at-disneyland-paris/|access-date=8 November 2024|work=The Walt Disney Company|language=en}}
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|location_virtual_queue_name=Disney Premier Access|location_virtual_queue_name2=Lightning Lane| location2 = Epcot
| altname2 = Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
| section2 = World Showcase (France)
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| status2 = Open
| soft_opened2 = {{start date and age|20 August 2021}}
| opened2 = {{start date and age|1 October 2021}}{{cite news|last1=Ace|first1=Shannen|title=Say ‘Bonjour!’ as Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure and France Pavilion Expansion Officially Open at EPCOT|url=https://wdwnt.com/2021/10/photos-remys-ratatouille-adventure-and-france-pavilion-expansion-officially-open-at-epcot/|access-date=8 November 2024|work=WDW News Today|language=en}}
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| designer = Walt Disney Imagineering
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| theme = Ratatouille
| music = Michael Giacchino{{cite web |last1=Euro Disney SCA |title=Ratatouille: The Adventure – Celebrates its 10th anniversary |url=https://www.publicnow.com/view/C646F6F6FE17DC2DC1E1E6A7401C0077A688F12B?1720615664 |website=www.publicnow.com |publisher=Public |access-date=7 February 2025}}
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| capacity = 2,220
| vehicle_type = Ratmobile
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| vehicles = 36
| riders_per_vehicle = 6
| rows = 2
| riders_per_row = 3
| duration = 4:40
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| custom_label_1 = Queue host
| custom_value_1 = Auguste Gusteau
| custom_label_2 = Ride host
| custom_value_2 = Remy
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Remy's Ratatouille Adventure, also known as Ratatouille: L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy ({{lit}}{{Langx|fr|{{zero width joiner}}|lit=Remy's Totally Zany Adventure|italic=no|label=none}}), is a trackless dark ride located at Walt Disney Studios Park in France and Walt Disney World in Florida. The ride first opened at Walt Disney Studios Park on 21 June 2014. A second version opened at Epcot in 2021.
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure is set in the world of Pixar's Ratatouille, where guests encounter various characters from the film.
In both versions, the ride's dialogue alternates between English and French.
Summary
The attraction's exterior is that of Gusteau's restaurant, and the surrounding buildings of a Parisian plaza, with the queue set in an artist's loft leading to the rooftops of Paris, where guests are "shrunk" to the size of a rat.
After guests board their "ratmobiles" on the roof of Gusteau's restaurant, Remy and the spirit of Chef Auguste Gusteau are deciding which meal to prepare for them. After deciding on their famous ratatouille dish, Remy and the guests fall through a swinging roof glass-pane, landing on the restaurant kitchen floor. This starts a chase sequence with Remy leading the guests and other rats away from the cooks, passing through the walk-in freezer and under a hot oven.
Guests eventually end up in the dining area, attracting attention from customers and causing a riot. Chef Skinner tries to get rid of the rats and the guests, while Alfredo Linguini tries to help them escape into a nearby vent. The escape through the vent in the walls is almost wrecked by Skinner, who angrily attempts to grab the guests through the venting grids. In the end, they make it safely to Remy's kitchen, where the cooking of the ratatouille is ongoing.
The guests are bid farewell by Remy and the spirit of Gusteau, while the rat colony is feasting on Remy's cooking. In Paris, the attraction exits at the restaurant Bistro Chez Rémy, unlike at Epcot.{{cite news |last=MacDonald |first=Brady |date=7 March 2013 |title=Disneyland Paris pulls back the veil on Ratatouille dark ride |url=http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/themeparks/la-trb-ratatouille-disneyland-paris-03201307,0,3689407.story |access-date=13 March 2013 |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times}}
Patton Oswalt, Peter Sohn, Lou Romano, and Brad Garrett reprise their voice roles from the original film as Remy, Emile, Linguini and Gusteau, respectively.{{cn|date=January 2022}}
Production
= History =
==Walt Disney Studios==
In 2008, rumors began online that Disneyland Paris planned to construct a Ratatouille-themed ride in Toon Studios for the park's 20th anniversary.{{cite web |title=Toon Studio expansion rumours take flight |url=https://www.dlpguide.com/news/2008/06/toon-studio-expansion-rumours-take-flight/ |website=DLP Guide |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=12 June 2008}} Following the initial rumors, articles on the Internet surfaced concept paintings, ride blueprints, and images of the first phases of construction, confirming that there would be such an attraction. Construction of the attraction officially began in 2012, under the name "Ratatouille: Désastre en Cuisine," or "Ratatouille Kitchen Calamity".{{cite web |last1=Forbes |first1=Paula |title=Disneyland Paris Is Building a Ratatouille Ride |url=https://www.eater.com/2012/6/7/6579409/disneyland-paris-is-building-a-ratatouille-ride |website=Eater |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=June 7, 2012}}{{cite web |author1=DLP Guide - Disneyland Paris Guide |title=Ratatouille Disneyland Paris Construction Tour April 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ycP6vtH4mc |website=Youtube |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=April 19, 2012}} The attraction was formally announced in March 2013 at the Euro Disney S.C.A. annual shareholders meeting as "Ratatouille: L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy" with the opening date set for Summer 2014.{{cite web |title=Euro Disney S.C.A. Annual Review 2013 |url=https://archive.org/details/EuroDisneySCA.AnnualReport.2013/page/10/mode/2up |website=Internet Archive |publisher=Euro Disney S.C.A. |access-date=12 November 2024}} Construction for the attraction was completed in June 2014 with an estimated budget of US$150-240 million.{{Citation |title=Disneyland Paris pulls back the veil on Ratatouille dark ride |last=MacDonald |first=Brady |date=2013-03-07 |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-ratatouille-disneyland-paris-03201307-story.html |publisher=LA Times}}{{cite web |last1=Ben |first1=Mills |title=Ride Review: Ratatouille: L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy at Walt Disney Studios Paris |url=https://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201406/4085/ |website=Theme Park Insider |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=June 22, 2014}} On 21 June 2014, the attraction was officially inaugurated by then-president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, Robert Iger.{{cite web |title=Place de Rémy official dedication with Bob Iger and Tom Staggs |url=https://photosmagiques.com/2014/06/23/place-de-remy-official-dedication-bob-iger-tom-staggs/ |website=Photos Magiques |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=23 June 2014}} The attraction fully opened to the public on 10 July 2014.
On 27 August 2021, following Disneyland Paris' reopening, Walt Disney Studios Park announced that the attraction was set to become part of the Worlds of Pixar area.{{cite web |last1=Simmons |first1=Jordan |title=Walt Disney Studios Park Rebrands Most of "Toon Studio" to "Worlds of Pixar" |url=https://thedisinsider.com/2021/08/27/walt-disney-studios-park-rebrands-most-of-toon-studio-to-worlds-of-pixar/ |website=Daily Disney News |access-date=7 February 2025 |language=en-us |date=27 August 2021}}
==Walt Disney World==
On 15 July 2017, Disney Parks announced during a D23 Expo presentation that a duplicate of the ride would come to Epcot's France Pavilion at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida in 2020.{{cite web |last1=Fickley-Baker |first1=Jennifer |title=‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ & ‘Ratatouille’ Attractions Coming to Epcot |url=https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2017/07/guardians-of-the-galaxy-ratatouille-attractions-coming-to-epcot/ |website=Disney Parks Blog |access-date=7 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716220238/https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2017/07/guardians-of-the-galaxy-ratatouille-attractions-coming-to-epcot/ |archive-date=16 July 2017}}{{cite web |last1=Lambert |first1=Marjie |title=4 new rides coming to Disney World: Ratatouille, Tron, Mickey Mouse, Guardians of the Galaxy |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/article161635418.html |website=Miami Herald |access-date=7 February 2025 |language=en}} Construction began in November of the same year with land clearing.{{cite web|url=https://blogmickey.com/2017/11/photos-land-cleared-ratatouille-attraction-france-pavilion-expansion/|title=PHOTOS: Land Cleared for Ratatouille Attraction and France Pavilion Expansion}} Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the attraction opened on October 1, 2021, for the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World.{{cite tweet |first1=Disney Parks |user=DisneyParks |number=1369355138289270785 |date=March 9, 2021 |title=Just Announced! Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure will open at EPCOT on Oct. 1, 2021 to help kick off the opening season of the @WaltDisneyWorld Resort 50th Anniversary celebration. |access-date=March 9, 2021 |language=en}}
= Ride technology =
The attraction uses LPS trackless ride technology, similar to Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway and Mystic Manor. The ride uses rat-shaped vehicles to automatically slide across the ground with no track. It also contains 3D dome segments of the ride that the vehicles ride into. Different scent effects are employed in each room of the ride.
Gallery
Toon Studio Ratatouille area.jpg|Exterior of the show building at Walt Disney Studios from Disneyland Paris
Ratatouille (51414590388).jpg|Entrance to the ride at Epcot from Walt Disney World
References
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External links
- [https://www.disneylandparis.com/en-us/attractions/walt-disney-studios-park/ratatouille-the-adventure/ Walt Disney Studios Park - Ratatouille: The Adventure site]
- [https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/epcot/remys-ratatouille-adventure/ Epcot - Remy's Ratatouille Adventure site]
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