The Epcot version of the attraction is tucked away within the France pavilion at World Showcase, in a new plaza behind France’s traditional footprint. And with Epcot, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure has found a much more cohesive and better designed home than the one at Walt Disney Studios Park. A theme park ride doesn’t exist in isolation it’s part of a carefully designed package, and every element of that package needs to work together for optimal enjoyment. The fact that I enjoyed the Epcot version more says less about the ride itself, I think, and more about how its surrounding park and environment can directly impact our appreciation of an attraction. More importantly, though, the Paris version simply had way more pressure to please. It felt like another example of Disney losing sight of the audio-animatronics and practical effects its name is built on, and focusing on the cheaper and buzzier screens and 3-D visuals instead. I didn’t hate Paris’s Remy ride, but I was disappointed. I finally rode it in December, though, and a weird thing happened: I really liked it? I wasn’t too impressed by the original version of the ride at Walt Disney Studios Park in Paris, and so wasn’t in a rush to try out the virtually identical Epcot version. Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, the ride based on the Pixar movie Ratatouille, opened at Epcot in October, as part of Walt Disney World’s 50th anniversary celebration.
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