Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros Now Closed for January 2025 Refurbishment

Jan 06, 2025 in "Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros"

Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros Closed for Refurbishment 2025
Posted: Monday January 6, 2025 2:00pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros has closed at EPCOT today, January 6, 2025, to begin its scheduled refurbishment. The ride inside the Mexico Pavilion is now temporarily unavailable as work gets underway.

Disney says that the boat ride is expected to reopen to guests on March 15, 2025, but has not shared details about the scope of the refurbishment. With a relatively short downtime, the refurbishment is likely for maintenance purposes and will not see any guest facing changes.

The popular World Showcase boat ride takes guests on a lively journey through Mexican landmarks as Donald Duck, Panchito, and José Carioca search for their missing performance partner.


Check back for more updates on Gran Fiesta Tour and other refurbishments around Walt Disney World.

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    wishiwere@wdw13 hours ago

    Decent touch up overall but here are a few of my observations from yesterday. Loading area has spots on each of them. The outside two are bright white and the middle is a yellow white. Picky. But. Simple to fix! Saw one animatronic not working and much of the lighting overall was too bright IMO. It was nice to see the scum line gone at the bases of the sets though 🙂. Really not too bad. Nice to see this attraction get some love.

    ToTBellHop21 hours ago

    I do know when it first reopened, it wasn’t at 100%. Some effects have been fixed since then. Of course, lighting being too bright is subjective.

    aladdin200723 hours ago

    sorry but from what I experienced the lighting was way too bright, things still not working, and nothing changed in terms of effects except the various screens quality look better and of course the animatronics in the finale I think they did a lot of work on. Some of the figures in the children section still not working and havent been touched, I dont think they touched anything up with paint or props etc, same dusty old plants etc. Im nitpicking of course, but the videos dont really show these details especially the blinding spotlights lighting the rooms and scenes which for me anyway, detracts from the atmosphere might as well have the house lights on. Just my opinion.

    Mr. Sullivan1 day ago

    Man what ride did you ride because this looks fantastic

    WondersOfLife1 day ago

    I think that one is supposed to be dancing alongside a boy, am I right? Might be the issue.

    WondersOfLife1 day ago

    They could use Rio, since they own that one now!

    Ayla2 days ago

    They've obviously fired all of their details people.

    Ayla2 days ago

    Did they bother to dust while it was closed?

    esskay2 days ago

    Still a couple of bits that need sorting (one of the AA's not moving at all for example) but overall looks like a decent refresh. Although give it a few days and I'm sure someone will complain about 'Golfo de Mexico' at the end of the ride.

    MisterPenguin2 days ago

    Nice...

    ToTBellHop3 days ago

    Looks fantastic!

    mightynine3 days ago

    That looks great!

    Animaniac93-983 days ago

    It's always nice to see a WDW exclusive attraction get treated well.

    TheGenXer3 days ago

    That is NOT “old and tired.”

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