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You turn around a corner and discover a dark cave looking opening and hear a talking pirate skull give you a mysterious warning of what lies ahead. Suddenly, you feel your boat picking up speed as you slide down a waterfall taking you beneath the park level. After that is a second, but shorter waterfall that takes you even farther below ground. |
You turn around a corner and discover a dark cave looking opening and hear a talking pirate skull give you a mysterious warning of what lies ahead. Suddenly, you feel your boat picking up speed as you slide down a waterfall taking you beneath the park level. After that is a second, but shorter waterfall that takes you even farther below ground. |
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In the first show building is a more mysterious setting that takes you through creepy caverns and some alive and some dead skeleton pirates. The second show building is more silly than creepy because of the odd behavior of the non-skeleton pirates. |
In the first show building is a more mysterious setting that takes you through creepy caverns and some alive and some dead "skeleton pirates". The second show building is more silly than creepy because of the odd behavior of the "non-skeleton" pirates. |
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As you go through the caverns you hear a frightening voice say: "''Dead man tell no tales''". As you enter show building two you go through a pirate fight with pirate ships on both sides firing cannon balls at each other. Then the captain of the pirate crew auctions off wenches for wives to the other crew members. You go under a bridge to witness a pirate ransacking featuring pirates chasing the village people. Then, you go through what's left of the village. Through several burning houses that the pirates then destroyed after ransacking them. You end up in a jail of captured pirates trying to get a dog's attention for the key that it's holding. And finally, around the corner is a pirate gun fight where the bullets seem to shoot over your heads as you go up the final lift hill to the unloading station. |
As you go through the caverns you hear a frightening voice say: "''Dead man tell no tales''". As you enter show building two you go through a pirate fight with pirate ships on both sides firing cannon balls at each other. Then the captain of the pirate crew auctions off wenches for wives to the other crew members. You go under a bridge to witness a pirate ransacking featuring pirates chasing the village people. Then, you go through what's left of the village. Through several burning houses that the pirates then destroyed after ransacking them. You end up in a jail of captured pirates trying to get a dog's attention for the key that it's holding. And finally, around the corner is a pirate gun fight where the bullets seem to shoot over your heads as you go up the final lift hill to the unloading station. |
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Originally, Walt Disney wanted this attraction to be a walk-through attraction using wax to make the pirates and would not be audio-animatronic, but those ideas were abandoned. Then came the technology of ''water propelled boats''. |
Originally, Walt Disney wanted this attraction to be a walk-through attraction using wax to make the pirates and would not be audio-animatronic, but those ideas were abandoned. Then came the technology of ''water propelled boats''. |
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These came from the 64-65 New York World's Fair. With that, ''WED Interprises'' was able to make one of the most advanced armies of audio-animatronics ever created by [[Disney]]. The process to make these figures was what made them so realistic. First they started with a sketch of the figure. Then they would make it 3-D (fraction scale replica). After, they would put them all in a fraction scale replica of what the show set would look like. And finally, they made the real full-scale audio-animatronics and the rest of the set. |
These came from the 64-65 New York World's Fair. With that, ''WED Interprises'' was able to make one of the most advanced armies of audio-animatronics ever created by [[Disney]]. The process to make these figures was what made them so realistic. First they started with a sketch of the figure. Then they would make it 3-D (fraction scale replica). After, they would put them all in a fraction scale replica of what the show set would look like. And finally, they made the real full-scale audio-animatronics and the rest of the set as the ride you see today. |
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Unfortunately, Walt Disney died just three months before the attraction opened on March 18, 1967. Making this the last attraction he personally supervised before his death. |
Unfortunately, Walt Disney died just three months before the attraction opened on March 18, 1967. Making this the last attraction he personally supervised before his death. He never saw the opening of this great attraction. |
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==Movie Inspirations== |
==Movie Inspirations== |
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Revision as of 01:28, 6 May 2010
Pirates of the Caribbean is a ride at Disneyland and one of the most famous in the park's legacy. It is known for being one of the final attractions made with Walt Disney's involvement, and is also known for its catchy theme song. In recent years, the ride has become better known as the inspiration for a successful film franchise.
This ride is a dark boat ride. It features two drops that lead below ground. It has a very wide population of audio-animatronic humans and animals. It was created with some of the technologies from the 64-65 New York World's Fair. This is the theme park version of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
Ride Location
Pirates of the Caribbean is located in the land of New Orleans Square at Disneyland Park, California part of the larger Disneyland Resort. It is below the Disney Gallery and next to Tarzan's Treehouse in Adventureland. New Orleans Square is surrounded by the lands of Critter Country, Frontierland and Adventureland. Critter Country to the northwest, Frontierland to the northeast and Adventureland to the southeast.
The indoor ride itself goes outside the western boundary of Disneyland Park going beneath the Disneyland Railroad. It does so by going over two waterfalls leading you below ground.
Ride Experience
First you slowly move along with the canal as you come across a bayou, similar to what you would see in Florida or Louisiana. As you drift pass the Blue Bayou Restaurant (inside the building right next to the ride) you hear frogs croaking and see fireflies buzzing around you. You also hear a man playing his banjo to the tunes of "Oh! Susanna".
You turn around a corner and discover a dark cave looking opening and hear a talking pirate skull give you a mysterious warning of what lies ahead. Suddenly, you feel your boat picking up speed as you slide down a waterfall taking you beneath the park level. After that is a second, but shorter waterfall that takes you even farther below ground.
In the first show building is a more mysterious setting that takes you through creepy caverns and some alive and some dead "skeleton pirates". The second show building is more silly than creepy because of the odd behavior of the "non-skeleton" pirates.
As you go through the caverns you hear a frightening voice say: "Dead man tell no tales". As you enter show building two you go through a pirate fight with pirate ships on both sides firing cannon balls at each other. Then the captain of the pirate crew auctions off wenches for wives to the other crew members. You go under a bridge to witness a pirate ransacking featuring pirates chasing the village people. Then, you go through what's left of the village. Through several burning houses that the pirates then destroyed after ransacking them. You end up in a jail of captured pirates trying to get a dog's attention for the key that it's holding. And finally, around the corner is a pirate gun fight where the bullets seem to shoot over your heads as you go up the final lift hill to the unloading station.
Ride History
Originally, Walt Disney wanted this attraction to be a walk-through attraction using wax to make the pirates and would not be audio-animatronic, but those ideas were abandoned. Then came the technology of water propelled boats.
These came from the 64-65 New York World's Fair. With that, WED Interprises was able to make one of the most advanced armies of audio-animatronics ever created by Disney. The process to make these figures was what made them so realistic. First they started with a sketch of the figure. Then they would make it 3-D (fraction scale replica). After, they would put them all in a fraction scale replica of what the show set would look like. And finally, they made the real full-scale audio-animatronics and the rest of the set as the ride you see today.
Unfortunately, Walt Disney died just three months before the attraction opened on March 18, 1967. Making this the last attraction he personally supervised before his death. He never saw the opening of this great attraction.
Movie Inspirations
In 2003, the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction inspired the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise. It became a multi-billion dollar franchise with the addition of two sequels. The films have grossed more than US$2.7 billion. The first film, The Curse of the Black Pearl premiered in 2003. The second film, Dead Man's Chest premiered in 2006. The third film, At World's End premiered in 2007. Also, a fourth film has been confirmed for release in 2011.
2007 Renovations
In 2007, shortly after the premiere of the third film of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, the attraction got a face-lift. In return, the attraction was inspired by the movie and added characters from the movie into the ride. These characters were Captain Barbossa, Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones.
Davy Jones is introduced first. He appears at the end of the cavern scenes as a mysterious figure in the mist and appears to be a halogram. When you exit from the caverns you here the theme song from the movies as you float through the battle scene. During the battle scene Captain Barbossa is introduced as the one replacing the old pirate ship captain (He replaces the old captain throughout all of the ride). Also in this scene are two added audio-animatronics that were put in to match the dialogue that never had animatronics to go with it.
The story throughout the new attraction is that Captain Barbarossa and his crew are trying to capture arch-nemesis Jack Sparrow (Seen hiding from Barbarossa throughout the ride). Dialogue for some of the classic pirates are changed to match the story.
Fun Facts
- The audio-animatronics pirate captain auctioning off brides in the plaza were the most advanced figures of its kind in Disneyland.
- The skeletons in the caverns were real because the plastic (and fake) bones were not invented yet in 1967.
- Some of the sculptors made pirate faces looking like themselves for fun.
Attraction Facts
- Opening date: March 18, 1967
- Designer: WED Enterprises
- Ride system: Water propelled boats
- People per boat: 18
- Audio-animatronics: 122
- First drop length: 52 ft.
- First drop angle: 21 degrees
- Second drop length: 37 ft.
- Second drop angle: 21 degrees
- Number of show buildings: 2
- Number of levels: 3
- Canal length: 1,838 ft.
- Ride duration: 16:30 min.