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Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros

Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros
Gran Fiesta Boat Ride Sign Mexico Pavilion Epcot Center (2541198505).jpg
Epcot
Area World Showcase, Mexican pavilion
Coordinates 28°22′19″N 81°32′48″W / 28.37194°N 81.54667°W / 28.37194; -81.54667Coordinates: 28°22′19″N 81°32′48″W / 28.37194°N 81.54667°W / 28.37194; -81.54667
Status Operating
Opening date April 6, 2007
Replaced El Rio del Tiempo
General statistics
Attraction type Boat Canal
Designer Walt Disney Imagineering
Theme The Three Caballeros
Music The Three Caballeros short
Capacity 1656 riders per hour
Riders per vehicle 16
Propulsion Propulsion Pumps
Number of drops 0
Handicapped/disabled access Wheelchair accessible
Must transfer from wheelchair
Closed captioning available

Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros is a musical dark boat ride housed within the pyramid-shaped Mexico Pavilion, at the Epcot theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. It was the first World Showcase attraction to feature Disney characters based on an existing property. Norway followed suit in 2014 when it closed its Maelstrom ride to make room for Frozen Ever After, which opened in 2016.

The attraction begins with posters indicating that the Three Caballeros are to perform a concert tonight.

After boarding the boats, guests float around the Mayan pyramid in the back of the pavilion's main room. Soon, guests enter a tunnel on the side of the pyramid, where Panchito Pistoles and José Carioca of The Three Caballeros introduce themselves, only to find out that Donald Duck, the third member of the group, has run off, prompting Panchito and José to set off on a frantic search for their missing friend. The next few scenes show Donald touring Mexico and José and Panchito on a magic sarape (a sort of Mexican flying poncho) looking for him.

The next scene has characters similar to 'It's a Small World' with dancing animatronics and a Donald Duck piñata. Once past this area, guests enter a cave, which features different scenes of live-action footage with the Caballeros. After leaving the cave, there are three panels featuring a Mariachi band in the first, some Mexican girls and Donald in the second and Panchito and José pulling Donald away from the girls in the third. From here, guests float into Mexico City, where fireworks are going off overhead and the Three Caballeros are finally performing their concert.


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