Paul Bocuse, Gaston Lenotre, Roger Verge, and... Remy the rat? That's right. There's a new chef in the kitchen at Les Chefs de France at Epcot, although this particular celebrity chef spends most of his time in the dining room mingling with Guests.
The latest project from Walt Disney Imagineering's Living Character initiative, Remy first made his debut at the Rendez-Vous des Stars restaurant in Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Resort Paris. Now, the star of Disney-Pixar's Ratatouille can be spotted daily at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
The Living Character program at WDI is an initiative to leverage technology to bring Disney characters to life in the parks like never before. The very first version of a Living Character was DRU-1, a robotic dolphin showcased in The Living Seas pavilion at Epcot for a five-day test run in October 1999.
Since then, other Living Character projects have included Meeko (appearing with Pocahontas for storytelling sessions at Disney's California Adventure), Lucky the dinosaur (now participating in Adventures by Disney tours at the WDI campus in Glendale), and Muppet Mobile Labs (currently entertaining Guests at Hong Kong Disneyland, after stints in DCA and Epcot).
The Living Character initiative has also produced amazing animated creations, beginning with the Stitch Phone once featured in Innoventions at Disneyland. That experiment ultimately grew into the creation of the Stitch Live! shows seen in Hong Kong and Paris. An animated, interactive Stitch will also soon be part of the Stitch's Supersonic Celebration live show in Tomorrowland at Walt Disney World. Beyond 626, Guests also now have the pleasure of meeting and speaking with Crush from Finding Nemo (Turtle Talk attractions are featured at Epcot, Disneyland, and Hong Kong Disneyland) and a gang of comedic monsters at the Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor attraction in the Magic Kingdom Park in Florida.
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