The Three Caballeros animatronics return to the Gran Fiesta Tour at EPCOT

May 19, 2021 in "Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros"

Posted: Wednesday May 19, 2021 10:44am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The Gran Fiesta Tour's animatronic trio Panchito, José Carioca, and Donald Duck are back in their rightful place at the finale of the Mexico Pavilion ride after being fully restored.

The trio have been missing since the early part of the year for a refurbishment but were reinstalled last night. See the video below for a look at the finished results (YouTube 4K version).

The historic Audio-Animatronic figures have been rebuilt from the ground up using the latest technology to replace components that were originally made by hand almost 50 years ago.

 

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DisoneMay 21, 2021

Both. Yes he is a real person. That is him in his pictures. He's definitely also the marketing profile for WDI but he's a real person too.

Brer PantherMay 20, 2021

No, that entire verse wasn't in the ride. It always jumped straight from "What means 'ay carumba'? Oh, yes, I don't know' back to 'We're three caballeros'.

EagleScout610May 20, 2021

Sadly he is in Show State

ToTBellHopMay 20, 2021

We need to accept that he’s no longer broken. He is in his show state. Any further degradation is “broken”. He’s like an Adventureland fountain flowerbed.

EagleScout610May 20, 2021

999th Happy HauntMay 20, 2021

Not sure that line was ever in the ride

HauntedPirateMay 20, 2021

larryzMay 20, 2021

Vultron. It's a Marvel thing.

larryzMay 20, 2021

I love the voice separation as you pass by the AAs... but I noticed they've cut out the "some Latin baby" line...

larryzMay 20, 2021

Who?

trainplane3May 20, 2021

I picture him as this:

ToTBellHopMay 20, 2021

I believe AI has come along far enough that he believes he’s a real person.

BocabearMay 20, 2021

That is actually my question... Is he a real person or a concocted marketing profile...

TikibirdLandMay 19, 2021

Is there some way we can make the boat pause in front of this for, like, 5 minutes? You can have your Avatar Shaman. Give me these old-school AAs ANYTIME. And, yes, I want every one of the Tiki Room birds for myself.