Ratatouille Ride Ditching 3D at Disneyland Paris, Adding Props & Scene: Is Disney World Next?
Disney has announced that Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, officially known as Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy and otherwise known as “The Rat Ride” (although I’m partial to Kitchen Calamity) will close for extensive refurbishment and enhancements at the Walt Disney Studios Park, soon to be known as Disney Adventure World (although I’m partial to Disney’s CineMagique Kingdom).
We have full details about what Disneyland Paris is describing as a “major renovation.” Normally, we wouldn’t cover a refurbishment at Disneyland Paris, even an extensive multi-month one that’ll last through 2026. But this one caught our attention for the simple reason that Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy is the same attraction as Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure at EPCOT.
Don’t let the different names fool you. They didn’t even bother to translate the ride when cloning it to Walt Disney World. Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy originally opened at the much-maligned Walt Disney Studios Park back in 2014, and was such a smash hit that it was announced for the France pavilion at EPCOT a few years later. Given that the Rat Ride is a direct import from Disneyland Paris, the obvious question on our mind is: Will Imagineering follow suit with ride enhancements to Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure at Walt Disney World?!
Let’s start with the announcement by Disneyland Paris. Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy will hang up its chef’s hat for a major renovation starting in October 2025. The teams at Walt Disney Imagineering Paris and Disneyland Paris are cooking up something special, pulling out all the stops to spice up and refresh this iconic experience at Walt Disney Studios Park.
The refreshed Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy attraction will reopen to guests in Spring 2026. On the menu for this renovation is a generous serving of technical upgrades and scenic enhancements, all carefully crafted to offer a better guest experience in the world of Ratatouille.
When the Rat Ride reopens in Spring 2026, guests will discover an enhanced queue with a new scene depicting a Parisian artist’s studio teeming with details and accessories such as canvases on the walls, paint splatters, and a fruit basket that may well whet the appetite of all the “adorable” rats in the neighbourhood. Here’s concept art for the new scene:
Editorializing a bit, this appears to me to be a scene in the queue that was already incorporated into the EPCOT version when the ride launched at Walt Disney World. It looks a bit different in Florida, but that just could be artistic liberties with the concept art. This is one of two major differences between the rides, with the other being the (real) restaurant you exit into at Disneyland Paris.
Disney has also revealed additions onboard the attraction, including enhanced projections, and larger-than-life props and set pieces – specially crafted by Disney Imagineers – that will add extra flavor to key scenes. These changes are aimed at enhancing guests’ perception of being shrunk to the size of Remy and his rodent pals.
This renovation also serves up the perfect opportunity to modernize the Rat Ride’s technical equipment, including replacing all video projectors with state-of-the-art models The upgrade will also include the projection of enhanced video media in the attraction, offering optimal visual quality.
With these additions, and following several months of testing and guest surveys, the attraction’s media content will now be permanently projected in 2D. Meaning that Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy will no longer utilize 3D glasses when the attraction reopens.
Theme Parks Moving Away from 3D?
Once infamous for its screen-heavy and 3D-centric attractions, Universal has moved away from utilizing glasses in recent years in favor of crisper and glasses-free 2D projection imagery.
When it opened in Hollywood, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey attraction used 3D projection technology. There were immediately complaints of motion sickness from guests, and a general disdain of the 3D “upgrade” from fans.
Universal quickly moved away from 3D there, and upgraded to 4K 120 FPS technology shortly thereafter. The same thing happened at Universal Studios Japan, which switched to 4K 120 FPS projection technology for both its Harry Potter and (now sadly defunct) Spider-Man rides.
Universal Orlando has recently done the same with Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem and Skull Island: Reign of Kong (not sure if that one was ever made permanent). Most notably, Epic Universe opened with zero 3D attractions. Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge is augmented reality, so technically goggles are required, but that’s the only ride–and totally different. Other attractions utilizing screens that could have required 3D glasses opted against them.
On multiple occasions over the last few years, there have likewise been reports of Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy doing extended tests of the attraction in 2D to solicit guest feedback. A bit of internet sleuthing reveals that this actually began in 2019, before resuming in the last couple years.
I can’t say I’m the least bit surprised by this, as there are several reasons for ditching 3D. One is obviously not needing to clean 3D glasses or replace stolen ones. Although I doubt the cost of this is high for traditional films or attractions, we’ve heard that Avatar: Flight of Passage utilizes proprietary technology and pricey glasses as a result.
I’d assume there are also maintenance expenses associated with keeping the projections calibrated. It’s safe to assume 2D is less costly and labor-intensive than 3D, from an operational perspective.
The more straightforward explanation for dropping 3D is the guest experience. In some guests who are more prone to motion sickness, 3D can exacerbate that. Others wear prescription glasses and a pair of 3D glasses on top of that poses challenges. Perhaps there are other ailments of which I’m unaware.
As someone who has no issues whatsoever with any of this, my complaint is simply that 3D effects don’t always work. When 3D projections are in perfect alignment, it can be fantastic.
But the practical reality is that I’ve experienced many attractions with subpar calibration, and that immediately took me out of the experience. It’s easy to say that theme parks should be better about preventative maintenance and calibration, but sometimes this stuff just happens.
Conversely, I can see how some fans–particularly those who have been fortunate to only have positive 3D experiences–would consider this a downgrade. Immersion will arguably be lost, etc.
From my perspective, every Universal attraction that has dropped 3D is better off for it. I don’t ride Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry, Monsters Unchained, or even Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway and think, this would be better with 3D glasses. That has literally never crossed my mind with any of those.
Again, to each their own, but the most effective 3D attraction of all-time is the one that actively leaned into (and poked fun at) the gimmick, MuppetVision 3D. Maybe Mickey’s PhilharMagic. All the rest have felt like they’ve used 3D as a crutch at best. Films have “needed” it to differentiate themselves from ordinary movies.
All rides at Universal Orlando and Walt Disney World that still use 3D would be better off without it. I’m not even sure that’s a hot take, quite honestly. Good rides shouldn’t need the crutch of 3D.
Other Promising Upgrades to the Rat Ride
Arguably, the issue with Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure is that it’s not a great ride. That it does need the crutch. Look, I’m on record explaining why I think Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure is overhyped–sentiment I shared even before the EPCOT attraction opened, and that I stand by. But even I don’t think it’s a bad ride by any measure. Just a bit overrated. It’s still easily my #8 or #9 favorite attraction in EPCOT.
This brings us to the other improvements in Ratatouille L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy: new “larger-than-life props and set pieces.” From my perspective, this is huge. Literally and figuratively.
Even as-is, there’s a lot to love about the Rat Ride. It has portions that are dynamic and engaging. There’s a lot of swift but smooth movement as you dart around the restaurant. Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure is a really fluid and fun experience that’s suitable for guests of all ages.
The high point is darting through and under oversized props that sell the idea that you’re a rat running around a kitchen. There’s also some stage dressing in other areas in an attempt to suspend ride disbelief. The portions of Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure that feature physical props and dimensional environments work incredibly well. If all of the ride were this, it’d be a 10/10 attraction.
Unfortunately, that does not describe most of the ride experience. Most of the attraction lacks fully dimensional sets. The bulk of it takes place in front of a series of gigantic screens–and it’s very obvious that you’re watching action unfold on a screen rather than actively participating in the shenanigans.
One of my biggest disappointments was that Imagineering did nothing to address this when cloning the Rat Ride at EPCOT. They could’ve attempted to better conceal these screens so as to not ruin the suspension of disbelief that the rest of the ride accomplishes. Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure is a huge asset to World Showcase regardless, but it could’ve been the marquee attraction.
Will Walt Disney World Ditch 3D?
As for Walt Disney World will follow suit, our best guess is that they eventually will. At least with removing 3D from Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure.
Given that Imagineering has already tested Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy without 3D at what’s soon to be Disney Adventure World, it stands to reason that they can do the same at Walt Disney World. This means that change is theoretically possible without extended downtime. It’d probably be better with a refurbishment to swap out and upgrade equipment, but it could conceivably happen overnight. I wouldn’t be surprised if Walt Disney World has already run the attraction without 3D in certain circumstances, but I’ve never experienced that.
As for the rest, we’ll probably have to wait for these changes to ‘trickle down’ to Walt Disney World. One of the things we’ve been discussing for a while is EPCOT’s menu of ride reimaginings and enhancements, and why it’s unlikely that multiple major attractions would go under the knife at the same time.
Even if Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure is overrated, there are still much bigger fish to fry at EPCOT. Between that and an understandable unwillingness to have multiple rides down simultaneously, I cannot imagine the Rat Ride being prioritized. It’s also a much newer attraction at Walt Disney World (opened in 2021 vs. 2014 at DLP), so there’s almost certainly less of an appetite for a ~6 month closure.
Down the road, the biggest wildcard in whether Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure at EPCOT receives these enhancements is who gets to make the call. Walt Disney World is notoriously averse to funding anything like this. (Anyone seen moving cannons lately on Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance? Not if you did the DHS version!)
If the decision is made at the local level, the on-ride enhancements will probably never happen at Walt Disney World.
On the other hand, if this is decided at a higher level, it could happen. I still wouldn’t expect it at Walt Disney World anytime soon–probably not before 2027, at the absolute earliest.
Maybe if Imagineering can figure out how to implement some of these enhancements during the overnight hours or with minimal downtime, it could happen sooner. Even so, there’s the difference that Disney Adventure World is having its relaunch in 2026, and now this is part of that. By contrast, Disney already hung the ole ‘mission accomplished’ banner at EPCOT.
As an almost off-topic side note, one thing I’d really love to see happen as part of ongoing leadership changes is the empowering of Imagineering. We’re starting to see flickers of this, but it needs to occur to an even greater degree. Walt Disney World shouldn’t be trusted to make this kind of decision. They’ve proved that time and time again over the years. But I digress.
Ultimately, the Rat Rides have tremendous unrealized potential. These could be on par with the Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man over at Islands of Adventure. That is still the gold standard of screen-centric attractions like this, and Imagineering set the table for Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure to be on par with that. They delivered on so much of the meal…save for the main course. More and better props and other ways to distract from the large empty rooms with big screens could really spice up the attraction and elevate it to a 3-star Michelin experience.
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YOUR THOUGHTS
What do you think of Disney ditching 3D at the Rat Ride in (real) Paris? Hope this happens at Walt Disney World next? Have you experienced Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure? What did you think of the attraction? Any other Disney or Universal rides to which you’d compare the rat ride? Do you agree or disagree with our assessment? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
I never used to have motion sickness at all, on any ride. But as I’ve gotten older, I now have an issue with fast movement and these big screens. I became terribly motion sick on Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy (luckily no puking, but ill for an hour or more after). I can still ride regular roller coasters with no problem. But throw in a screen, and I’m struggling. So I ended up skipping Soaring and the Space ride at Epcot, after feeling so motion sick from Cosmic Rewind. I was just mildly motion sick on the Ratatouille ride. I could manage it. Just not Avatar and Guardians (which I rode twice each day we were at that park, and it took an hour or more to recover). Wish I could find a solution to manage to motion sickness with screens. I do worry about the motion sickness when we eventually go to Universal Florida, since so many of their rides now have big screens. (And back in the day, I had zero problems on rides like Back to the Future).
Shannon – My wife and I are WDW Annual Passholders, and log a lot of hours on WDW and US rides. She can’t spin without experiencing nausea — not even something as mild as the Tea Cups — which means that a ride like Mission: SPACE (Orange) is off the menu. Like you, she has no problem with regular rollercoasters, even those that go upside down, like Velociraptor at US. Guardians and Pandora take her just past the edge of her comfort zone, but she loves them so much she would suffer through. Then she tried Sea-Bands, and has no more issues with rides like Guardians and Pandora (she doesn’t like Mission: SPACE enough to try). I was skeptical of the acupressure solution of Sea-Bands before she tried them, but cannot argue with the diff they have made for her. You might want to give them a try (YMMV) However, one word of advice – the Sea-Bands are supposed to be put on 20-30 minutes before they are needed, and the times that my wife has forgotten to put them on in advance, they were not as effective.
We were in Paris a few weeks ago. There were no 3F glasses used in the Ratatouille ride. As such, I really don’t understand this announcement. The ride was extremely similar in genre to MMRR.
The first time I rode Ratatouille at Epcot I was underwhelmed. I rode it a second time & enjoyed it well enough, but that time I knew not to expect a be all end all experience.
I have to wear 3D glasses over regular glasses but it’s not too big of a deal, for me anyway. As Tom often says, your mileage may vary.
Due detached retina surgery, I only have vision in one eye. 3D is totally ineffective for me. I only use the glasses so I don’t see a blurred screen. I would be elated not having to wear glasses for an effect that I can’t experience.
1. I remember most a few years ago, electronics makers were trying to make 3D home televisions the next big thing. Back when every big summer movie was 3D. Seems now that it was just a fad. Even in a movie theater, the glass could get uncomfortable wearing for hours.
2. I like Ratatouille at Epcot. Yes, it could be better. But personally, it’s already in my top 2-3 rides. I’d rank Test Track over it, but I haven’t done Test Track 3.0 yet. Guardians of the Galaxy made me sick — it’s too intense for a lot of people. Ratatouille is at least equal to Frozen.
Love Soarin but it is starting to feel dated.
So even at “it could be better”, it’s still in my top 2-3 attractions at Epcot. And top 1-2 for “all ages.”
Rat Ride gave me motion sickness at Epcot and I didn’t enjoy the ride and wouldn’t ride it again. I believe it was not just the 3D but the 3D added with being quickly swung about in different directions as well. I cant ride the teacups at Magic Kingdom or anything that spins around too much or I’ll get horrible motion sickness. I’m not a huge fan of 3D movies and neither are anyone else in my family whether they wear glasses like me or not. However absolutely love The Flight of the Navi ride in Pandora at Animal Kingdom and so does the rest of my family. I also really like Soarin at Epcot and GotG ride at Epcot is my favorite and none of these give me motion sickness. I’m afraid the way the Swirling Aliens ride at WDW Studios spins about would give me motion sickness so I have not tried it. The only 3D ride that ever gave me motion sickness was the Rat Ride at Epcot and the only 3D movie that ever gave me motion sickness was the very first Pandora/Avatar movie. Most 3D movies don’t make me sick, I just prefer movies without 3D. My family and I don’t enjoy the 3D effects in movies and prefer just regular movies. I have a brother whose eyesight in one eye is much poorer than the other and therefore 3D effects don’t work for him at all and just makes the screen very fuzzy for him. Even though both my son’s have perfect vision and don’t need glasses or get motion sickness they don’t like 3D in movies. I dont know why they keep making movies in 3D. I don’t believe most people prefer them. When we want to go see a movie if its being offered in 3D if possible we will often go to see it at a less desirable showtime when its not in 3D or go to a theater much farther from our home to see the movie without 3D.
If Disney is acknowledging that 3D is not very effective, then I am very wary of the new Avengers ride at California Adventure. I have been on the Peter Pan ride at Disney TokyoSea, and that ride is TERRIBLE. There is never the feeling like you are actually flying, the ride feels like what it literally is: just parking you in front of screen after screen inside of darkened rooms. There is very little “flight choreography” and very little sense of physically moving through a scenically designed environment, and the 3D film is blurry and the movement very strobe-y. It’s disappointing to have an attraction basically be unconvincing media, and if Disney is finally acknowledging this then I don’t understand why they are still going forward with the Avengers E-ticket, since every indication is that that will be the same ride system and style as DisneySea’s Pan, and that results might be equally disappointing.
I also believe the new Avatar ride they will be building in Disneyland California will also use the same ride system as TokyoSea. I was glad to get your perspective on the new ride at Tokyo because I get motion sickness and this ride system just looked exactly like you described it. A drive-in 3-D movie. While it sounds like it would have that immersive feeling, it just didn’t quite look like it accomplished that agenda. I sure hope Disneyland is not going to have the same ride system as Tokyo. I want to be in the ride. Not watch it.
“Perhaps there are other ailments of which I’m unaware.”
Son with sensory issues absolutely refuses to wear them, although I’m not sure if it’s the feeling of the glasses themselves or that he finds the visual input uncomfortable.
I think you are wrong on 3d. The 3d elements is what made that ride. It’s what created the wow moments just like the 3d in muppetvision. It will be dull without it and go from one our favourite disney paris rides to probably a meh suspose we should do it once ride.
If the French version of “Totally Adventurous Chef Hat” can get its upgrade tweaked, improved, fixed and finalized to be on par with the Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, then, yes, bring it to WDW too! (AASM is still fantastic in its current form, BTW.) The early scenes in the ride with the giant oversized props and the “skittering” ride vehicles should be what the attraction feels like.
Much like Test Track was updated more or less only because it was funded by outside money, maybe Imagineering should have a CapEx “slush fund” that can be used to fund things outside WDW’s budget.
actually any screen in a ride is cheap and crappy – absolute fact. (I give MM Railway a pass though…it makes the best use of screen, as it truly feels like an add on to enhance the ride, but screens in rides should be extremely minimally used).
Hopefully they ditch 3d. 3D is cheap and crappy in rides – that is fact.
I rode the Ratatouille ride in Paris this June and there were no 3D glasses offered. My 10 year old son wears glasses and the first thing he said was how much more he liked the ride than the one in Epcot because he didn’t have to wear glasses over his glasses. I hope this trend continues!
I’m glad Disney is finally acknowledging that Ratatouille wasn’t quite up to their standards. Personally I think it can never be a great ride, due to being over-reliant on screens – but it can certainly elevate from “good” to “very good”.
I don’t think it’s certain that the Epcot version gets changed, though. Ratatouille seems to fly under the radar a little more in WDW and Future World (still, even after everything) needs the investment in my opinion!
“Future World (still, even after everything) needs the investment in my opinion!”
100% agreed. But I also think Disney should be allocating a ton more money to EPCOT, generally, rather than having to carefully pick projects. Sadly, it seems that leadership feels differently.
Okay, my sister swears up and down she saw the canons on Rise moving when we were there in 2023 but the last time I remember them working was seriously my first ride in 2020. I’m wondering if she thinks ‘moving’ means a different thing – when WAS the last time you saw them going?
More on topic, she can’t ride Remy’s or Star Tours because she gets motion sickness badly enough, and honestly…so does more than half of my group of friends. It’s a serious thing.
The cannons have not moved in HS since 2021. I distinctly remembered them working the first few times I rode it, in May 2021. By July they weren’t working and they haven’t since.
They definitely stopped working in 2021. I’ll take Aurora’s word for the exact timing–my memory is hazy on that.
The good news is that they’re working at Disneyland again! https://www.disneytouristblog.com/disney-fixes-broken-effect-on-star-wars-rise-of-resistance-we-feared-was-gone-for-good/
So to answer the question about the last time that I saw them moving…August 2025! 😉
Thank you both!! Now I feel both vindicated and informed, which might be a dangerous combination. Also, this just increases my need to get back to Batuu West…
I remember that news about the DL Rise cannons… and naturally assumed WDW’s would be fixed a couple weeks later. WDW still doesn’t have moving cannons?!?
My family and I just got back from Disneyland CA. When we rode Rise, we all screamed, “The cannons work”!!!! So funny because we knew they did because we are all avid readers of this site. But, still, to see it in person and they were still working! It seems like such a simple thing but the cannons moving make the ride scene much more involved.
Remy: I don’t like 3-D rides for the most part. I usually don’t wear the glasses and look away when it’s screen time. I get very sick. So, for me, the ride would be much more enjoyable not in 3-D.
RatOil is relatively new. Why spend $$$$ on upgrading it when FIGMENT badly needs some love!
I was born with a crossed eye which was corrected by surgery but that eye has bad vision and is lazy and as a result I can’t see in 3D so I have to wear glasses just to see a non blurry 2D image. 3D has always seemed like a waste of time to me but considering I don’t get to actually experience it, it would LOL
I was going to make a similar comment, as Tom wrote, “In some guests who are more prone to motion sickness, 3D can exacerbate that. Others wear prescription glasses and a pair of 3D glasses on top of that poses challenges. Perhaps there are other ailments of which I’m unaware.” So yeah, stereo blindness is another “ailment” (I would say condition) that makes 3-D attractions meh at best. My husband is one of those with no stereoscopic vision and while I understand this is relatively rare (5% of population, or 1 in 20) but I’ve also read that it could be higher.
In the movie “One Hour Photo”, Robin Williams’s somewhat unhinged photo shop employee throws a profanity-laced fit in view of customers because the proto printing machine has been blue-shifting “+3”. The tech tells him to back off, that the company only authorizes a recalibration if the shifting is in “double digits”.
I agree that having to decide which calibration issues are notable enough to warrant repairs is likely a significant drag for 3D attraction technology. I wouldn’t throw a fit like the one-hour photo guy, but I won’t miss 3D either, because like Tom said, it’s often not calibrated well enough to be working as intended. Issues with the 3D projection seem much more noticeable to the guests than other maintenance issues.
The technician then says, “Next time you call me, that machine had better be belching fire!” Or somethin similar. I remember it because it’s such a a great line.
Hi Tom,
We went to Ratatouille L’Aventure Totalement this past July. 3D glasses were not offered and honestly the ride was very disappointing especially since it is one of our favorite rides at Epcot. The difference between the 2 D and the 3 D was very noticeable. If they are going to make it 2D I hope that they figure out a way to put the rider in the action better.
I’m not a big fan of the 3D attractions (Waldo in Muppetvision makes my eyes hurt a little), so I think this is a good thing. Like you said – I’ve never ridden M&MRR and thought it would be better with 3D. My guess is it will make its way to the US just due to the operational cost savings.