Ponce de León and the Lost Fountain of Youth is the eighteenth episode of Legends of the Hidden Temple. It was the seventeenth episode to complete production and the thirty-fifth to air. The artifact is Ponce de León's water bottle. Moat CrossingOne member of each team is sitting on an inner tube, and on Kirk's signal, they were to pull themselves across the moat, step off, and throw the tube back to the other player, allowing them to pull themselves across with the rope. Once the second player has crossed, they were to ring the gong. The first four teams to do so were the Red Jaguars, the Purple Parrots, the Blue Barracudas, and the Green Monkeys.
Steps of KnowledgeLong ago, a powerful and ruthless man sailed from Spain and conquered Puerto Rico. His name was Ponce de León. He owned vast land and riches, but it was not enough. Hearing of the Fountain of Youth, Ponce de León explored up and down the Florida coast with his servant Pablo and an old Indian guide. "I think this old Indian guide is leading us on a wild goose chase," grumbled Ponce de León. "He gets no more water until we find the fountain!" Pablo liked the Indian and sneaked him some of his own water ration. They never did find the Fountain of Youth, but legend has it that when Ponce de León died, the old Indian came to Pablo with a gift. "Your master did not deserve this," said the Indian, pressing a bottle of water into Pablo's hand. "The water of eternal youth is only for those who are pure of heart." The bottle found its way to the Temple.
Temple GamesThe Blue Barracudas are eleven-year-olds Elena and Cory. The Green Monkeys are eleven-year-olds James Wood and Jessica Hilton.  A rare shot in the crowd from this episode. Fountain of Youth (Faucet Ramp)[]Some say Ponce de Leon wanted to find the Fountain of Youth and sell its water in bottles. The players showed how he might have gotten the water into those bottles. When Kirk gave the signal, they pulled themselves up the mountain and turned all three faucets on. Then they turned back around, slid down, and then grabbed their bottles, filled them up, and dumped the water into their buckets. The player that had the heavier bucket of water at the end of 60 seconds won. Jessica's bucket was heavier than Elena's, giving the Green Monkeys the win. Gold Dig (Peanut Shaft)[]Ponce de Leon discovered gold in Puerto Rico and became one of the wealthiest spaniards in the New World. The players had to make money the old-fashioned way: they had to dig it up just like the indians did long before the Spanish arrived. When Kirk gave the signal, each player dug some gold from the bottom of the mine shaft, climbed up, and put them in their bins at their tops. Then they climbed back down and did it again. The player with the most gold in his bin at the end of 60 seconds won. James had six pieces to Cory's six, resulting in a tie. Transporting Gold (Bungee Soap Line)[]Ponce de Leon had to ship all of his gold back to Spain. The players helped out. On one side were piles of gold. And on the other side were ships. When Kirk gave the signal, each team grabbed pieces of gold, stuck them to their helmets, and pulled themselves to their partners in the center. When they were there, their partners grabbed the gold from their helmets and slid back to their sides. Next, they went back, grabbed another piece of gold, and did it again. The team with the most gold in their baskets at the end of 60 seconds won. James and Jessica had three bricks to Cory and Elena's two, giving the Green Monkeys the win and the right to enter Olmec's Temple.
Temple RunJames went into the temple first moving at a great speed. Heading up into The Room of the Three Gargoyles, James got lucky as he was able to unlock the door to The Wheel Room after only pressing one tongue. Quickly passing through The Troubled Bridge, James then unlocked the door to The Observatory where he heads up to spin the sundial. But just as James spun the sundial, the first Temple Guard jumped out and captured him, causing him to get startled and shout in shock. After giving up his Pendant of life, James proceeds to continue along the upper floor and heads into The Treasure Room next. In the room, James opens up the treasure chest to see if he could head down into The Swamp, but the door remained locked. Because of this, James had to continue on the upper floor, and heads into The Shrine of the Silver Monkey next. In the shrine, James had no problem assembling the monkey together, and he completes the statue within 18 seconds. However, despite the fact that both doors leading to The Tomb of the Ancient Kings and to The Pirate's Cove were opened, James did not take notice of the shortcut and instead opted to continue along the upper floor. In The Pirate's Cove, James quickly spun the ship's wheel and descended down the ladder into The Dungeon. Still moving at a great pace, James then busts through The Stone Wall and into The Tomb of the Ancient Kings. In the tomb, James had no difficulty on finding the key within the sarcophagus. However, he did get slightly confused on where he had to place it, as he first tried the middle golden door on the wall before eventually realizing he had to place it on the doors on the right. And with that, and still, plenty of time, James makes his way into The Swamp. In there, James makes a questionable decision to try to climb up the ropes and head back up into The Treasure Room. But after realizing his mistake, he continues his way through The Swamp and unlocks the door to The Room of the Harmonic Convergence. Still with plenty of time, moving at a great pace, and now being one room away from the Bottle of Water, it seems that everything was in James' favor. But unfortunately, James' luck had completely run dry (no pun intended), because as he started working on the combinations, the second temple guard, out of ALL places, jumped out and captured him with 38 seconds left on the clock. Thus, taking a frustrated James out of the temple. Kirk quickly sent Jessica into the temple, to see if she can make it into The Heart Room on time. Needless to say, this was nowhere near enough time for Jessica to get to the Bottle of Water, despite moving at a similar pace as her partner. On top of that, while Jessica was in The Observatory, she tried to spin the sundial despite the fact the door to The Treasure Room was opened. And even after going there, Jessica proceeded to head back into The Observatory to see if she can enter The Heart Room. But the door still remained locked. And after she decided to head back to The Treasure Room, time had unfortunately run out. While both members did a great job clearing out the rooms of the temple in a flash, with James even making a Legends record by completing 9 room objectives in total. It was the unfortunate placement of the temple guards and missing the short cut to The Tomb of the Ancient Kings, that cost them the chance to retrieve the bottle from the fountain of youth.
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