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Go Behind the Scenes of New Show Sets at Remy Ratatouille Adventure in EPCOT

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Go Behind the Scenes of New Show Sets at Remy Ratatouille Adventure in EPCOT

 

Walt Disney Imagineering just released a behind-the-scenes look at the new show sets inside Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure at EPCOT. In the new video, Imagineer Sarah walks the ride at night, exploring everything from a new vent in the queue all the way to a 25-foot charcuterie board in the finale. Along the way, she points out Easter eggs and hidden tricks that are easy to miss from a moving ride vehicle. Here’s the latest.

Imagineers Reveal Hidden Details Behind New Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure Show Sets

IN THIS ARTICLE:

  • Imagineering’s video tours new set pieces in the queue, kitchen, dining room and finale
  • Several of the new props hide Easter eggs tied to Imagineering and the film
  • The charcuterie board needed two overnight installs to reach its spot

Two months after the first camouflage props showed up on the ride, Disney is sharing the story behind them. The six-minute video follows Sarah, a show set designer, through the queue and ride path after hours. She covers the spilled linguini and cutting board we first spotted in September, plus a few pieces we hadn’t reported on yet.

Easter Eggs in the Queue and Kitchen

The tour starts in the queue, where a new vent is now installed. Sarah modeled it on the vents already in the load station. She took their measurements with a tape measure and rebuilt them in 3D, which set the proportions for the new piece.

As a quick aside, Sarah shared that each ride vehicle also has its own name, printed on a small panel in the back right corner. The one in the video is named Kiwi Jr. Every vehicle is hard to the touch, except for its nose and tail, which are squishy.

Inside the kitchen, the spilled linguini takes its design from Disneyland Paris. Imagineering took direction from the Paris team, and the spill here is nearly identical to the one in the French version of the ride. The box itself hides a nod to Imagineering’s headquarters at 1401 Flower Street in Glendale, California. Its brand name is Glendali, and the side says Linguini No. 1, 401g. Together, they are a nod to 1401 Glendale.

The spill isn’t as deep as it looks. A ramp under the noodles starts about 8 inches off the ground and slopes down to 2 inches at the end, which makes the pile look fuller from the ride vehicle. To get the look right, the designers spilled a real box of spaghetti and used the photo as their reference for stacking each noodle.

Many of the kitchen’s order tickets say Sweetbread Special, a reference pulled from an order ticket in the movie. The new rat trap has a Pixar connection as well. Pixar handed over the actual model its animators used, and Imagineering scaled it up, fabricated it, and painted it. It’s the same trap that snaps Skinner’s hand a few scenes later in the ride.

A Bumper Bar Under the Dining Cart

The dining cart scene picked up a new piece too. Guests already pass beneath the cart with wheels on either side and a curtain overhead. A large bumper bar now sits along the bottom of the scene to complete that view. Its main job is to block the line where the screen meets the floor, so the seam disappears once you’re seated in the vehicle. That’s a welcome fix for a ride that felt less immersive without the glasses, as we noted in our review of the 2D version.

The bumper bar also took over the scene’s audio. Imagineers moved the speakers forward from the screen into the bar, behind three perforated panels spaced across its length. Each panel is angled toward guests to deliver the best sound possible as the scene plays out.

How a 25-Foot Charcuterie Board Got Inside

The finale’s board, which we called a cutting board in September, measures 25 feet long. Only one door was big enough for it, and it sat on the opposite side of the show building. From there, the crew moved it along the same path the ride vehicles take, winding through the turns until it reached the rooftop scene. It worked.

Imagineering worked with Walt Disney World operations so the ride never had to close for these installs. Every install happened overnight, and the board needed two nights. On night one, the crew removed the props already in the scene: a teacup, a cork and a ramekin. Night two brought in the board, and the crew set those props back on top and locked them in place.

A large wedge of Gruyère sits on the board as a shout-out to Sarah’s dad. He visited her every other weekend while she studied industrial design in college, and the two would stop at a mac and cheese shop where he always ordered ham and Gruyère. The cheese is also hollow, with a large speaker inside facing guests, after Imagineering’s audio partner suggested moving one of the original speakers up onto the board. Sarah says hiding what other teams need inside a big set piece is part of her everyday work.

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