The Lost Rides of Epcot: The Untold History of El Rio del Tiempo (Ep. 502)

The Disney Dish with Jim Hill

Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

Leisure, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.8 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In this week’s Disney Dish, Len and Jim dive into the rich history of one of EPCOT’s lesser-known attractions, "El Rio del Tiempo." Join us for Part 1 of a two-part series as Jim takes us back to the 1982 dedication of EPCOT's Mexico Pavilion and shares the fascinating origin of the pavilion's boat ride. Learn about the ambitious plans for "Las Tres Culturas de Mexico," the mysterious German Rivers ride, and how tight budgets and changing politics reshaped EPCOT's World Showcase. Tune in as they cover: · Epic Universe News: Universal Orlando’s newest park is set to open in May 2025! Jim and Len share exclusive details on the opening, soft launches, and breathtaking new effects. · Lightning Lane Premier Pass: Get the scoop on Disney’s newest pass option for skipping the lines—what it costs, what it covers, and whether it's worth it. · The History of El Rio del Tiempo: In Part 1 of this two-part series, Jim takes you back to the 1980s to explore the creation and evolution of Epcot's original Mexico Pavilion boat ride. Plus, listener questions, Disney news, and the latest park happenings! Don’t miss out on this jam-packed episode's history, updates, and insider scoops. SHOW NOTES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another edition of the Disney dish podcast with Jim Hill.
0:04.0	It's me, Lantesta, and this is our show for the week of Shmer's Day, October 21st, 2024.
0:09.0	On the show today, news, so much news. And listener questions. Then in our main segment, it's
0:15.3	part one of Jim's two-part history of Epcot's El Rio del Tiampo boat ride.
0:20.3	Let's get started by bringing in the man whose family tradition is to throw the funeral
0:23.8	Caskets flower bouquet into the crowd to see who's next.
0:28.2	It's Mr. Jim Hill, Jim has it going.
0:30.3	Wait, did I get the wedding thing confused there?
0:33.7	No, no, no, no, that the hills are an odd tribe, I'm not going to lie.
0:38.2	Mind you, though, George Carlin had an interesting observation about this,
0:43.8	that the problem with flowers of funerals is that, well, they all arrive at once and then too
0:48.8	late. You get more flowers than never got in your entire life and then you're not there to enjoy them.
0:54.1	The other thing that Carlin said that I love was a classic bit of his stand-up he said
0:59.5	he came up what he thought would be the perfect murder, which was that what he need to do first is pick up one guy by the ankles and then beat another guy to death with the first guy.
1:12.0	With the idea of you have two corpses and no murder weapon.
1:17.0	And then George went on to describe the police at the scene.
1:20.0	And it's like, well, what do you think happened?
1:22.0	Sergeant, and said, well well it appears to be a
1:25.3	pedestrian accident you know they must have been moving it quite a clip so that So that that seems like the kind of plot that you would see in an Agatha
1:39.2	Christie mystery like that that's just classic oh my my God. I love George. We lost him back in
1:46.3	June of 2008. By the way in that new Saturday Night Live movie that just came out
1:51.6	he's as he was. He was the first host of the very first live
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