Originally Posted By rocket jet According to Al Lutz's column on MiceAge today, it appears that the rumored Ratatouille roller coaster that was supposed to replace Mulholland Madness has been shelved. Personally, I kinda saw this coming. The idea of a roller coaster themed to a Parisian rat is obviously just too much of a stretch in a park like DCA, even moreso than the Little Mermaid, which apparently is still planned to replace Golden Dreams. However, that still leaves us with area that Mulholland now occupies. If not Ratatouille, what do you all think they might have in mind for that spot between the proposed beer garden and the new Grand Californian DVC units?
Originally Posted By jmuboy I'm glad to hear this......it was too much of a thematic stretch for me to swallow.
Originally Posted By Skellington88 >>However, that still leaves us with area that Mulholland now occupies. If not Ratatouille, what do you all think they might have in mind for that spot between the proposed beer garden and the new Grand Californian DVC units?<< Maybe they will just leave it open as a viewing area?
Originally Posted By 2001DLFan <<jonvn: A churro cart?>> No, they’re probably now working on Mulholland Madness V1.1. Hard to say what they could so to improve it.
Originally Posted By gadzuux This area is extremely close to the GCH/DVC expansion. As a result, I'd expect something entirely enclosed - and certainly not some garishly colored and noisy madmouse. Maybe a dark ride wholly contained within a showbuilding.
Originally Posted By jmuboy I would also expect the new ride to be sunk down into the ground like the Soarin' show building to reduce its height from blocking G CA hotel views.
Originally Posted By jonvn "Hard to say what they could so to improve it." They are going to theme all the vehicles to churro carts. Or they could just go with my idea, which is simple and effective, and therefore not going to happen.