Vanished World of Disney 12 - El Rio del Tempo

Tucked away in a back corner of the Mayan pyramid in Mexico exhibit in Epcot Mexico was El Rio del Tempo. Billed as a ride through the history and culture of Mexico it took it's cue from It's a Small World. Rarely was there a queue. It's best attributes were that it prov ided somewhere to get out of the heat and have a rest

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• Vanished
• Disney
• Epcot
• Mexico
• Rio
• del
• Tempo

[peterdinosaurous]

wait, isnt this still there?

[cristelvideo]

@peterdinosaurous There is a new ride occupying the space. Still a boat ride "Gran Fiesta" features the characters from 1944 Disney film, The Three Caballeros: Donald Duck and his friends Panchito, a Mexican rooster, and José Carioca, a Brazilian parrot.

[nayy121]

@cristelvideo you mean 1994? lol :)

[cristelvideo]

@nayy121 No, I mean 1944 !

[Dandy5th]

Compliments to "cristelvideo" for these vanished videos they brought back a lot of great memories. Thanks

[BadIdeaBearCub]

Mexico didn't sponsored this ride/pavilion. The story goes that when Disney approached the Mexican tourist office they weren't interested in sponsoring the pavilion, but Walt Disney believed important to have Mexico and Canada, being borders of the U.S., so they build this pavilion anyway. The designers built the pyramid based on a postcard which had an error: it was mirrored. So, this pyramid it's a mirrored maquette of the actual pyramid.

[MyManOWarSmiles]

i remember i was the only one who like this... and i was the reason we went on it

[gomeat27]

I used to live in Florida, and when I went back a couple of years ago my whole family agreed that they ruined EPCOT.

[TonyWDWCP]

its pretty much like the one now except the one now has the 3 caballeros and it has much more of a colorful disney theme

[SlasherV8]

my dream it is true, there is a mexican based ride in disneyworld

[hadla]

when did it get changed?

[redique]

Man the new ride is so much better than this.

[SouthCarolinaFan]

this building is the coolest :)

[GooglFascists]

That's what "Pirates of the Caribbean" was until the movies came out

with Jack Sparrow. There used to be no line and the AC was icy down

in the grotto where the boats are. You could relax & cool off on those

100 degree Orlando days in summer.

This July 4,(2011) we stood in line 70 minutes to ride and "search" for

Johnny Depp, whom we say appears 3 times but it might be more!

[MangledMaggie]

its kind of like them turning that awesome authentic norwegian resteraunt in the norway section of epcot, into some stupid meet and greet with the disney princesses. I'm going there tomorrow, =/ oh joy.