If we needed any final evidence that construction is at last ready to begin on the first dark ride at
Walt Disney Studios Park, here it is! The view from the top of
Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop, captured here by
@ParkZone_es, now reveals a vast plot of cleared land after final tree clearance work throughout this week. Workers in fluorescent jackets can be seen milling around the site again, the first activity in almost a year. With the
plans submitted,
funding found and
construction permit posted, the
Ratatouille dark ride and its Parisian place-making is now almost ready to start rising.
Despite clearance beginning on the site during the construction of
Toy Story Playland in 2010, a
large patch of trees were left in place. As the photo above now shows, this was likely to prevent opening up unwanted sight lines before absolutely necessary. As well as a perfect view of the construction site (thank you, Imagineers!) riders on the Parachute Drop now have a clear view right along the route of
Studio Tram Tour (which is
currently closed) towards the main backstage area of the resort.
Meanwhile, the rumoured project title of this long-awaited dark ride has just come to light:
Ratatouille Kitchen Calamity!, or
Ratatouille: Désastre en Cuisine in French. It’s not quite the tongue twister of
Crush’s Turtle Twister, the project title for
Crush’s Coaster, but it will still be very much open to change before Rémy finally throws open the restaurant doors sometime in 2014. Until then, Parachute Drop just became our favourite ride…
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