Ratatouille = Boarding Groups?

[Meglen]

I hope its just a VQ and not a BG. The France section is not very big I cant see a line going into china like how it did with frozen.

 

[gharter]

I don't think you will see boarding groups for Ratatouille unless it continues to have huge lines.
As it is a copy of an existing ride, reliability shouldn't be an issue, which I agree, is one of the reasons for the boarding groups for RoTR.
I do expect to see them for GoTG when it opens.

 

[Tigger's ally]

I hope its just a VQ and not a BG. The France section is not very big I cant see a line going into china like how it did with frozen.

Lots of room from back of the new part of France to the front. This isn't in the old part.

 

[afan]

It may be hard to gauge based on Frozen. That was a much more popular movie and characters than Ratatouie. I'm sure it'll have a big line as does any new ride but I'm not sure I'd even expect it to be the same caliber as frozen the first year.

Except Rat is a far better ride than frozen. It's so much fun and has good repeatability due to the 3 different ride vehichles going together and all being slightly different in how they go and the view you get. There's also so many things to discover and see around amd above you once you've been on it a couple of times. We rode it and btm the most on our 4ish days at dlp.

 

[OpieDoodle]

Except Rat is a far better ride than frozen. It's so much fun and has good repeatability due to the 3 different ride vehichles going together and all being slightly different in how they go and the view you get. There's also so many things to discover and see around amd above you once you've been on it a couple of times. We rode it and btm the most on our 4ish days at dlp.

Right, that very well may be true and trust me I'll be riding it for sure. I'm sure it'll be busy. The frozen ride opened 5 years ago and that ride STILL has minimum probably an hour wait time (pre COVID) and it wasn't uncommon to see it more than 2 hours long. Frozen was huge movie so much of that draw is all the little girls wanting to see the princesses and listen to the songs.

Most rides don't have that draw and maintain that kind of crowd demand.

I'm not at all saying it won't be a cool ride. I am crazy excited for it. I'm just saying it likely is no where in the same ballpark of Frozen or ROTR opening. It'll be busy I'm sure but I'd expect it to be on the same level of the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ride at Magic Kingdom

 

[zuzustargal]

We need to get used to virtual queues. This is the direction that Disney is heading attached to the Genie system someone else mentioned earlier. I think it's possible Rat could be a virtual queue ride...maybe not a 7am/1pm type, but enter the queue when you want to ride type (like Volcano Bay)? I don't think it has anything to do with a ride/experience that closes often due to problems like RoR. Get ready for big changes!

 

[shawthorne44]

Frozen was huge movie so much of that draw is all the little girls wanting to see the princesses and listen to the songs.

Frozen is DD's primary request in Disney's attractions. She loves the slow, dark rides best of all types and this one has Frozen!

I think that it was also that it didn't have competition in the WS area. Everything else that really needed a FP was on the other side. So, hopefully the Rat ride will really help. Particularly since my original plan of a pre-RD Aker breakfast won't be an option when we go.

 

[Weedy]

What’s the difference between a virtual que and a Boarding Group?

 

[Delilah1310]

What’s the difference between a virtual que and a Boarding Group?

I have the same question.

I really appreciate everyone's thoughts on this. I have some window between when Ratatouille will open and our trip in December, but I wouldn't use a park reservation on Epcot so just considering options as I plan.

With the new Spider-man Web-Slingers ride in Disneyland California Adventure also using Boarding group, I was kind of thinking that new rides at each park would have this approach.
I agree with a previous poster that Tron and the Guardians coaster will likely use Boarding Group as well.

 

[shawthorne44]

What’s the difference between a virtual que and a Boarding Group?

What’s the difference between a virtual que and a Boarding Group?

VQ, you get a return window. Think like getting a day-of fast-pass, but there is no standby line.

Boarding Groups, they put people into groups and call them up in order. But, who knows how many boarding groups will be called.

Obviously a VQ wouldn't work when a ride is down for a couple of hours a day.

 

[Weedy]

VQ, you get a return window. Think like getting a day-of fast-pass, but there is no standby line.

Boarding Groups, they put people into groups and call them up in order. But, who knows how many boarding groups will be called.

Obviously a VQ wouldn't work when a ride is down for a couple of hours a day.

Sorry but still sounds like the same thing??
VQ- Return window between 1:00-:200
Boarding Group 1:00 but you have a 2 hour time period to return

 

[cakebaker]

Sorry but still sounds like the same thing??
VQ- Return window between 1:00-:200
Boarding Group 1:00 but you have a 2 hour time period to return

It's a distinction without a difference. They both suck.

 

[shawthorne44]

Sorry but still sounds like the same thing??
VQ- Return window between 1:00-:200
Boarding Group 1:00 but you have a 2 hour time period to return

Boarding groups are numbers and VQ's are times. So you might get boarding group 37, but no promise on the time that will be called. Or, whether it will be called at all.

 

[Weedy]

Boarding groups are numbers and VQ's are times. So you might get boarding group 37, but no promise on the time that will be called. Or, whether it will be called at all.

Now that makes sense
Thanks

 

[Pooh's World]

It may be hard to gauge based on Frozen. That was a much more popular movie and characters than Ratatouie. I'm sure it'll have a big line as does any new ride but I'm not sure I'd even expect it to be the same caliber as frozen the first year.

The ride technology of Rataouille alone is much better than Frozen and rather new to the US Disney park goers (which only has ROTR for trackless techonology) even though it's been around in Japan since 2000. So given that I think it will be really popular on top of the East Side of Epcot having no other rides and it being at the entrance of the International Gateway and now Sky Liner.

 

[elmwyn]

The ride technology of Rataouille alone is much better than Frozen and rather new to the US Disney park goers (which only has ROTR for trackless techonology) even though it's been around in Japan since 2000.

Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway as well, no? I am excited as all get out for a Ratatouille ride but the tech isn't making it particularly novel at this point.

 

[Pooh's World]

Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway as well, no? I am excited as all get out for a Ratatouille ride but the tech isn't making it particularly novel at this point.

I'm comparing the trackless ride technology (which is new to the US, especially the Disney/Universal parks) compared to the Frozen old boat technology which is really old.

 

[Pookie9922]

Not sure if VQ are the same at WDW as DL but when we were at DL at the beginning of the month, we did not get an exact return window for the VQ for Indiana Jones. We had an estimated wait time but it ended up being earlier than estimated. It was more like a BG in that they simply alerted us when it was time to show up.

 

[Moliphino]

I'm comparing the trackless ride technology (which is new to the US, especially the Disney/Universal parks) compared to the Frozen old boat technology which is really old.

Yes, and MMRR is trackless, too.

 

[Weedy]

I'm comparing the trackless ride technology (which is new to the US, especially the Disney/Universal parks) compared to the Frozen old boat technology which is really old.

Trackless isn’t that new. Universe of Energy at EPCOT was trackless when it opened in 1982. Maybe a different technology but still trackless
Also depends on what you say is old