The New El Rio De Tiempo

Blackie Pueblo · Post by **Blackie Pueblo** » Nov Fri 09, 2007 8:05 pm

Ok I finally got a chance to ride this attraction. The updated version with Donald and his buddies. And I have to be honest, I was kinda disappointed. I think the scenes with Donald happens too fast and you don't really get the gist of what happened in each particular scene. Also, I miss the final scene where the sellers are chasing you attempting to entice you to buy something... anything.

Lastly, I just felt that adding the goofy adventure of the 3 Cabi-the 3 Caballar-with Donald and his buddies, it really took aways the beauty and the mystique of Mexico. I loved the refurb of Haunted Mansion, but sadly I am left throughly disappointed in the new Rio De Tiempo.

What do you all think?

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meticulus9 · Post by **meticulus9** » Nov Sat 10, 2007 10:06 am

well i am disappointed that they took alot of mexico out of the ride, however i would only ride el rio once per trip, now atleast i can ride it twice w/o getting bored!

coasterphil · Post by **coasterphil** » Nov Sat 10, 2007 10:19 am

I didn't care for the old version, and the update hasn't my interest level at all. So in my opinion the whole thing was a wash.

yodiwan1 · Post by **yodiwan1** » Nov Sat 10, 2007 8:14 pm

still havent gone on it, i cant wait to try it though!!

GhostHost · Post by **GhostHost** » Nov Mon 12, 2007 8:12 am

I have not tried the new version yet but not being one for change I can tell you that it will probably be a let down for me. I liked the campy, corny older version just fine. It was representative of the country for the most part with a bit of history, celebration and singing.

tel601 · Post by **tel601** » Nov Mon 12, 2007 10:45 am

Eh...the rehab was ok, but unfortunately they left some of the very old and very outdated footage in the ride. When I'd first heard about the rehab I was excited to think that it was finally gonna be updated, but now it looks like they did it kind of halfway. I mean the 3 Caballeros is cute and all, but the scenes are way too fast and some of them don't even make too much sense.

delray · Post by **delray** » Nov Mon 12, 2007 7:45 pm

Hello!
The old ride wasn't great, but the song was kind of catchy. Now that's gone! More importantly it was, for you insane trivia nuts, a place where you could see a screen appearance of Pedro Gonzales Gonzales! He was the little guy who was trying to sell you someting in the market, the last one in line. Gonzales appeared in a few John Wayne fiilms, most notablely "Rio Bravo".
I thought he would survive at Disney World forever! No such luck.

Regards,
Delray

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