EPCOT · World Showcase
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
A trackless 3D dark ride that shrinks you to rat size and runs you through a Paris kitchen, with no height requirement.
Ride facts
- Type
- Dark ride
- Height
- Any height
- Intensity
- Gentle
- Motion sickness
- Low motion risk
- Getting wet
- You may get splashed
- Indoor / outdoor
- Indoor
- Air conditioned
- Yes
- Rider Switch
- Available
Last verified July 2026
What it is
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure opened at EPCOT on October 1, 2021, a copy of the ride Disneyland Paris built in 2014, sitting in an expanded France pavilion behind the original buildings. The vehicles are trackless — they navigate by their own guidance rather than following a rail — which lets groups of them break apart, spin, and regroup in ways a track cannot.
The conceit is that you are a rat. Everything is built at rat scale, so a kitchen counter is a cliff and a colander is a building. The ride combines 3D projection with physical sets so that you move between screens and real props, and the transitions are well enough hidden that most riders cannot tell you where one ends.
There is no height requirement, which makes this the biggest new attraction at Walt Disney World that a two-year-old can ride. That, plus its position at the far end of World Showcase, is why it draws long lines from the moment the pavilions open.
What riding it is actually like
The queue winds through a Paris street and a courtyard with a fountain and mailboxes, into the base of Gusteau's restaurant. It is charming but mostly outdoors and largely uncovered, which matters in July.
You board a rat-shaped vehicle in rows of six, put on 3D glasses, and immediately get shrunk. The strongest sequence is early: a chase across the rooftops and down through the restaurant, with the vehicles scattering and spinning independently. Then you are in the kitchen, dodging feet, a mop, and a rolling wine bottle, with heat and food smells piped in.
There is a brief water hazard — a splash from a sink that mists riders lightly — and a warm scent of cooking that is the best smell in the park. It ends with a banquet scene and a slow roll into the unload. Total ride time is about five minutes and it goes quickly.
Is Remy's Ratatouille Adventure scary?
No height requirement and no drops, but the ride puts you at rat scale, which means giant feet, a giant broom, and a chef swinging at you. Small children occasionally find the scale disorienting rather than frightening. The kitchen scene is loud with steam and clattering.
Scores are editorial, on a 1–5 scale, judged against what frightens a typical four- to seven-year-old rather than an adult.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair
- Stay in your wheelchair or ECV
- Audio description
- Available
- Handheld captioning
- Not offered
- Assistive listening
- Not offered
- Sign language
- Not offered
- Service animals
- Must use a kennel or wait with a companion
Trackless vehicles include positions that accept a wheelchair without transfer; ask at the entrance so they can route you to the accessible load. 3D glasses fit over prescription frames. The motion is gentle but continuous.
Tips that actually help
- Ride first thing or last thing. This is the far corner of World Showcase and the line builds fast once the pavilions open, then stays high until close.
- Sit on the end of a row rather than the middle. The trackless vehicle spins, and the end seats swing wider, which reads better against the screens.
- The 3D convergence is set for the vehicle position, so leaning far forward or sideways makes the projections separate. Sit back.
- There is no height requirement at all, which surprises people planning around Frozen Ever After. Any child who will keep glasses on can ride.
- The whole France expansion area behind the ride has real bathrooms, shade, and a crêperie, and it is the least congested rest area in World Showcase. Use it while everyone else queues on the promenade.
Timing
- Best time to ride
- The moment World Showcase pavilions open, or the last forty-five minutes of the day.
- Typical wait
- Fifty to eighty-five minutes for most of the day; thirty to forty-five late.
- Lightning Lane
- Lightning Lane Multi Pass
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure: common questions
Is there a height requirement for Remy's Ratatouille Adventure?
No. There is no minimum height, which makes it one of the very few modern headliner attractions that toddlers can ride. Children under seven need someone fourteen or older with them.
Is Remy's Ratatouille Adventure scary?
Not really. There are no drops and nothing chases you in a threatening way, but the rat-scale perspective means giant feet, a swinging broom, and a loud kitchen. Some under-fours find the scale confusing rather than frightening.
Do you get wet on Remy's?
Lightly. There is a mist effect in the sink sequence that dampens riders and nothing more.
Is it a 3D ride?
Yes. You wear 3D glasses that fit over prescription frames, and the ride alternates between projected screens and physical sets. Motion sickness is uncommon but possible for people sensitive to 3D.
Is it the same ride as the one in Paris?
Substantially the same attraction that opened at Disneyland Paris in 2014, rebuilt at EPCOT with its own building and queue and a new pavilion courtyard around it.
Should I use Lightning Lane on Remy's?
It is one of the two best Multi Pass selections at EPCOT along with Frozen Ever After, because the standby queue is long, largely uncovered, and at the farthest point in the park from the entrance.