Remy's Ratatouille Adventure, also known as Ratatouille: L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy (), is a trackless dark ride located at

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in France and

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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

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, 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

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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.

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, and

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reprise their voice roles from the original film as Remy, Emile, Linguini and Gusteau, respectively.

Production

History

Walt Disney Studios

In 2008, rumors began online that

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planned to construct a Ratatouille-themed ride in Toon Studios for the park's 20th anniversary. 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". 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. Construction for the attraction was completed in June 2014 with an estimated budget of

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150-240 million. On 21 June 2014, the attraction was officially inaugurated by then-president and CEO of

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. 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.

Walt Disney World

On 15 July 2017, Disney Parks announced during a

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presentation that a duplicate of the ride would come to Epcot's France Pavilion at

in Orlando, Florida in 2020. Construction began in November of the same year with land clearing. Due to the impact of the

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, the attraction opened on October 1, 2021, for the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World.

Ride technology

The attraction uses LPS trackless ride technology, similar to

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and

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. 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

External links

Walt Disney Studios Park - Ratatouille: The Adventure site

Epcot - Remy's Ratatouille Adventure site
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