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/* Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros */
{{Quotation|"When I started at Walt Disney Imagineering, vice president Tom Fitzgerald had this idea," George Scribner said. "So I said, 'What if it's a concert they're going to perform but Donald gets lost? Jose and Panchito would have to find him through Mexico and that would take us to different places.' Once we got the OK, we went to Mexico to film the live-action footage that would be combined with Eric's animation<ref name= "Wade"> https://www.mouseplanet.com/8216/The_Three_Caballeros_Return </ref>.}}
Overall, the physical sets that had been featured in El Rio Del Tiempo remained mostly intact. In fact, the only set changes to in the attraction took place in the ride's final scene, where the carousel was replaced with an outdoor stage, and . During the addition of refurbishment, a mural in was also added to the load area <ref name= "Wade"/>.
While the El Rio Del Tiempo sets remained in place, new screens were added throughout the attraction, featuring brand new animation of The Three Caballeros. Scribner and art director Eric Goldberg (who animated the characters) wanted this animation to have the same look and feel of the original Three Caballeros animationfilm, including the work done by Ward Kimball and Fred Moore <ref name= "Wade"/>. In addition to the new animation, new live-action scenes were filmed in Mexico, and a new soundtrack was written for the attraction. This soundtrack included not only the song "The Three Caballeros" from the original film, but also a new theme titled "Paso Doble" written by Richard Bellis<ref name= "Wade"/>.
The Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros officially opened to guests on April 6, 2007 <ref> https://www.mouseplanet.com/10926/Remembering_the_Magic_El_Rio_del_Tiempo__Gran_Fiesta_Tour_Starring_The_Three_Caballeros </ref>. Furthermore, at this time the [[San Angel Inn]] was expanded into an area that was previously part of El Rio Del Tiempo <Ref name= "epcotbook">The Epcot Explorer's Encyclopedia: A Guide to Walt Disney World's Greatest Theme Park </ref>.
