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 Gran Fiesta Tour replaced El Rio del Tiempo (The River of Time) boat ride that previously was at the Mexico Pavillion from 1982 to 2007.
Panchito, the leader of the trio, is the only Mexican character of the three, as Donald is portrayed as a citizen of the United States while José is Brazilian.
The attraction's flume system and boats were manufactured by Arrow Dynamics, who also worked on other water-based dark rides for Disney such as It's a Small World and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Eric Goldberg, best known for animating the Genie in Aladdin, directed the animation for the ride. On December 4, 2015, animatronics of the Three Caballeros from the Mickey Mouse Revue were placed into the attraction's finale.
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