Originally Posted By Bob Paris I read elsewhere that there is to be a new Ratatouille attraction at DLPR with technology based on the trackless Hunny Hunt/Aquatopia rides. Does anybody know anymore? Has this been made official yet?
Originally Posted By u k fan Not sure if it's official, but it's planned for the area behind the animation tour in WDSP. I'm looking forward to the technology, but less inspired by the theme. As fun as it is I still don't think Disney got it right with Toon Studios!!!
Originally Posted By Malin Taken from a recent LP article <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID512310.asp" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplace.com/N...2310.asp</a> WDI have pitched a new dark ride experience for a pad of land behind the existing Magic of Disney Animation building at the park. The attraction will use the track-less system that was developed for Tokyo Disneyland’s Pooh’s Hunny Hunt back in 2000 and has not been used for a dark ride at any park since. Guests will be shrunk to the size of Remy as they are chased through the kitchen by Chef Skinner and his cohorts. The attraction will play with scale throughout as the four-man ride vehicles careen around the world of Ratatouille. The attraction has received the approval of John Lasseter as his preferred next E-ticket for the Walt Disney Studios Park. The black-box soundstage will sit immediately behind the Magic of Disney Animation & Cars Quatre Roues Rallye and extend Toon Studio into the area. The attraction is likely to be the centerpiece of the 20th anniversary in 2012.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 Sounds good, but why has the trackless ride system not been used again until now?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I have no idea, but if I had to guess, I would say it has something about the OLC's agreement with Disney on it. They footed the bill for the R&D on it (which I expect was a very large portion of the cost to build Hunny Hunt), and I would expect they would have something in their contract about how long the technology is only available to them. They also built Aquatopia shortly after Hunny Hunt opened, so I don't think it's a lack of ability of ways to use the technology, but something else. By the time they actually get around to designing, building, and testing the heck out of a Ratatouille attraction, it would be right around 10 years after Hunny Hunt first opened, which seems like a reasonable time period to have the technology exclusively belong to the OLC.
Originally Posted By Malin By the way it looks like construction on the expension of the Studios may begin soon. Marks in the ground have been spotted backstage on the Studio Tram Tour and permits have been placed to cut down about 3.9900 ha of the forest. Its good to know despite a recession, Disney are looking ahead to the future and it will probarely end up saving the Company money, as the demand for building materials is low at the moment.
