No Cinco de Mayo return for the Three Caballeros at EPCOT'S Gran Fiesta Tour

May 05, 2021 in "Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros"

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Gran Fiesta Tour's Three Caballeros cardboard stand-ins

Gran Fiesta Tour's Three Caballeros cardboard stand-ins
Gran Fiesta Tour's Three Caballeros cardboard stand-ins
Posted: Wednesday May 5, 2021 11:37am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Today may be Cinco de Mayo, but hopes for a return of the Gran Fiesta Tour's animatronic Panchito, José Carioca, and Donald Duck were quickly dashed.

Gran Fiesta Tour's Three Caballeros cardboard stand-ins
Gran Fiesta Tour's Three Caballeros cardboard stand-ins

A ride through this morning still shows the cardboard stand-ins that have been in place during the refurbishment of the figures.

When the figures were removed in January, Disney stated that they would return in the spring, leading to hopes that May 5 might just be the day.

Gran Fiesta Tour's Three Caballeros cardboard stand-ins
Gran Fiesta Tour's Three Caballeros cardboard stand-ins

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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.
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