Two new physical props appeared on Remy's Ratatouille Adventure at EPCOT on 4 September, and they are the first visible piece of a promise Disney made almost a year ago.
The first is a spilled box of uncooked pasta, sitting on the floor of the kitchen scene in front of the screen where the chefs appear. The second is in the finale, up on the rooftop at Remy's restaurant: a cutting board set with cheese, a wine cork and assorted kitchen bits.
Neither is decorative. Both sit exactly where a projection screen meets a physical set, and their job is to soften that seam so your eye doesn't catch the join.
Why the ride needed them
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure is a trackless dark ride that leans heavily on projection. In 3D, the glasses did a lot of quiet work — they flattened your depth perception enough that the transitions between screen and scenery read as one continuous space.
Disney announced in October 2025 that the ride would drop 3D entirely. It closed for a short refurbishment from 10 to 14 November 2025 and reopened showing 2D imagery, with no glasses. Disney's framing at the time was "enhanced digital visuals and clearer imagery projected in 2D."
Taking the glasses away made the picture brighter and sharper. It also removed the thing that was hiding the seams. Disney said then that new props and lighting enhancements would follow in the queue and the attraction.
Ten months between the promise and the props
Those props have now arrived — close to ten months after the ride reopened without its 3D glasses. Walt Disney Imagineering filed a permit in May 2026 to install set elements at the attraction, and the work showed up on ride four months after that.
The queue half of the promise has not appeared. Disney's wording covered both the queue and the attraction, and so far only the ride has been touched.
Paris got a different deal
The same ride exists at Disneyland Paris, and it is worth putting the two projects side by side.
Paris announced its version in August 2025 and closed the attraction that October for a refurbishment running through spring 2026. That work included a permanent 2D conversion, an entirely new set of projectors, an entirely new queue scene built around a Parisian artist's studio, and enhanced props throughout the ride.
Florida got a four-day closure, a projection format change, and — ten months later — two props. The cutting board and the spilled pasta now in EPCOT mirror pieces already installed in Paris.
That is not an argument that the Florida version is bad. It is a straightforward comparison of what each resort was given, and it is the sort of thing worth knowing before you decide which version of a ride you have actually experienced.
What we don't know
Whether more props are coming to other scenes, and whether the queue enhancements are still planned, is genuinely unclear. Disney has not published a schedule, and we are not going to invent one. If more appear, we will update this page.
The ride continues to operate without 3D glasses.