Fun Find Friday
March 27, 2015
Location: Mexico, Epcot
70 years ago Disney released a film which for years
was often overlooked by the average Disney fan. In recent times,
however, more and more people became aware of the film and the film
even received its own attraction in Epcot. The movie? The Three
Caballeros!
While more and more Disney fans are becoming aware
of the film, it seems like most people know the general plotline of
the film, yet still have not seen the amazing film! While a lot of
people seem to believe the entire film focuses on the adventures of
Donald Duck, Jose, and Panchito, the film actually revolves around
Donald Duck's birthday and the presents he receives during his
special day.
The first present he receives is a film projector
which he uses to watch a film about various birds and their
behaviors. One of the birds featured here is the Aracuan Bird. The
Aracuan appears with a very distinct voice and continues to pop up
throughout the film, and in the Disney animated film Melody Time,
mainly to cause havoc on Donald Duck and his friends.
So why am I telling you all this? Today we are going
to be traveling over to the Gran Fiesta Tour starring The Three
Caballeros to take a look at a rare character appearance that
doesn't appear for every guest on the attraction. Just after Jose
and Panchito begin their search for Donald, we see Donald in Mexico
City being a tourist:

A few times during this scene, Donald takes pictures
of items behind him (and away from us). During this point of the
attraction, we can see that Donald is wearing several sombreros (as
tourists usually do). Occasionally, however, Donald will turn away
from us and the Aracuan Bird, along with his distinct voice, can be
found hanging from Donald's sombreros!

This occurs every four or five times Donald turns
around so there is a chance that while guests pass this scene they
may not see the Aracuan at all. Aye Caramba indeed!
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