My favorite of the characters is the parrot sitting on a pirate's shoulder over one of the bridges. If you hit that spot at just the right moment, you can hear the bird sing "yo ho, yo ho, a parrot's life for me!"
My fave of all the rides . 1. First time 1989 when I was 12 with my father who died a year later. 2. Returned to Disney for the first time since 89, 08/2018 and road it again 5 times with my 10 year old son. A very special ride to me 😌
My first visit was in 1967 my last was in 1980 before toontown and California adventure both were being built when I was there in 1980 the pirates of the Caribbean was the same as it was before the change and 4 years before the movie
@@dirtydave2691 Same. I have fond memories of my grandfather taking all his grandchildren to WDW in the late 80's and POTC being our favorite ride. He let us go crazy in the gift shop and I stlll have my fake fake pirate sword, eye patch, and other items.
Although I like none of the later changes, the biggest tragedy to me was the loss of the final pirate battle. It represented to me that the pirates had so much in-fighting that they had reduced themselves to a few remaining survivors murdering their own crewmates in an orgy of greed, bringing about their own downfall.
So true. They changed it from an almost gleeful celebration of chaos to a shallow celebration of greed. I can’t stand that the terrifying and exciting climactic tableau is now just the film’s corny lead character in a room of gold.
On our last visit in 2014, the buzzing fireflies present at the boat boarding location was gone. A small detail, I know, but it was very disappointing as this was such a sharp memory from childhood.
Still one of my family's favorite attractions at the park, although my favorite part of the ride isn't really the meat of the ride itself; it's the beginning part where it's floating past the restaurant and into the area of the swamp before going down into the area where the pirates are. When we lived in LA we bought season passes for our family just so we could pop in every so often solely to take that ride and eat in that restaurant.
Nice. I always rather enjoyed the smell of the place too. It always had something of a briny, "moist" smell (but not moldy) to it, if that makes sense. One of the things that sets Disney apart from virtually every other theme park is that in each of their rides they cater to as many of the senses as possible, so I'd suspect that smell in The Pirates of the Caribbean attraction is intentional.
@@michellemoffett9458 Oh yes the restaurant! It's pretty much the only time I ever have monte cristo sandwiches and I order it every single time I'm there. ha!
I’m surprised you didn’t mention anything about the real skeletons they used for this ride, because Walt wanted them to be as realistic as possible. They say they’ve all been replaced with fake skeletons now except for one skull that’s supposedly still the real thing in one of the treasure rooms
Pre-movies/PC changes was so much better. It actually felt like a journey witnessing the descent into piracy and its evil and ills and the punishment that followed that criminal behavior in the end. It had a mystical and almost eerie feel to the ride. Now it's fast, cheap, and commercial feeling.
Im not sure why no one mentions the mermaid in the skeleton cave, aswell as the mermaid effects in the water. They arent well known, and they are super cool, and I wish more people brought them up more often.
My first memory of Pirates of the Caribbean in 1968 was after you past the Talking Skull you dropped down the waterfall directly to between the Pirate Ship and the Fort shooting at each other.
I'm surprised you didn't touch on the brains behind the ride: the original was all analog, recorded on banks of multi track audio tape. Then there was a mid 70's upgrade to more computerized but not yet digital. Finally in the late 90's they went fully digital parkwide, both parks. Disneyland Paris was built digital.
Do you know of any sources that go more in depth about the ride system in Pirates? Or about the multi-track audio tapes? Would love to hear more about how they pulled that off, especially in the pre-digital era.
I’m only 30seconds in so idk if it’s mentioned but Fun Fact from a (former) Disney Cast Member: When the ride originally opened there were real donated skeletons used as props for the ride, they were switched out for fake ones towards the later 90s (I THINK??) and now the only real bone on the ride is the skull embedded into the bedframe.
You really think that it's the Movie's influence that made them change it? Think again! They caved in and gave to virtue signaling PC culture. It has ruined comedy and pretty much everything else. I wish that more people would stand up and demand that they change it back. Pirates are supposed to plunder and take the women and treasure. That's what pirates are! I mean if you no longer wish to show pirates then don't, but to whitewash and bastardize them into something that they are not, is just unforgivable. What are they supposed to be doing in that town? Stopping in to say hello?
“Some people didn’t like the pirates chasing the townswomen.” I can understand that. However, it represented the Truth. Some people just don’t like the truth and need to change it into a lie.
@Joshua Carrillo "more like you only want the pieces you want." Right back at you. Of course, you could see my other post to understand fully my viewpoint. "If it was historically actuate then it would be a lot more racist." What's that supposed to mean?
Making the pirates less barbaric is strange and obviously hurt the ride, but the movie tie-in is really what destroyed the huge immersion factor and eeriness the ride once had.
I agree. The ride inspired the movie that ruined the ride that we all loved and because of that popularity, spawned the movie. These companies will never learn.
@@christopherforeman4773 the movie is about the ride……therefore the inspiration it came from is altered and no longer the same. Whether or not you like either version better, this is true.
@@ChrisTopheRaz didn't the ride have influence by already written pirate stories though ? I thought Davy Jones locker and more were old stories just redone by the Disney movie
I went back in 2016 with my pops and remember that he clearly said that he was done with Pirates of the Caribbean. This caught my funny bone, because he has two grandsons now, who, if they ever go to Disneyland will want to on the ride, and drag him along,....
But DURING a sacking? Bullets flying every which way? Burning buildings and shit falling all around you? If the scene took place ON the ship it would make more historical sense, but as it is I agree with the other guy.
I proposed to my wife of 11 years, on the ride, near the middle of the attraction. I held on to that ring box tight on the first big drop haha 😆 we still treasure that moment.
People can say what they want about the man, they can't deny his love of creation was infectious. As a kid I grew up watching reruns of Wonderful World of Disney and listening to him talk about his creations was always my favorite part.
And with good reason, to prevent people from jumping out the boat to get the gold, which was one huge painted casting. That happened once on grad night
Fantastic! Pirates was going to be called the Blue Bayou? Awesome. It is also one of if not the highest capacity rides in the whole park! That capacity means a lot to a park attendee as the lines at lower capacity rides can be tough.
My family was one of the first to ride in the attraction before it officially opened. We had no idea as to what to expect, but it was magical. The only thing was we got soaked because they hadn't figured the water level going down the shoots yet.
The projection in the end of the shadows fighting has also been changed, one of the shadows is jack sparrow. Went in march this year. Didnt know about the octopus!
Great loop, but missed at least one major change from the pre-movie makeover... some brilliant soul’s decision to add the portrait of Peter Ustinov as the titular character from “Blackbeard’s Ghost” to the last pirates’ end-of-tide swag bag. It was only there for what felt like a few years, but was one of the ultimate obscure nods to Disney lore.
And of course, then the whole thing with MK, where they shortened it (I guess that Liberty Square's not worthy of having something in lieu of the bayou, by you, like a harbor themed to the old school USA Liberty, then the fact that only the original, earlier, Disneyland version in New orleans square was intended to be a partly underground walk through, there aren't as many scenes in Florida.)
The real change, to the rides detriment, is the speed at which the boats travel through. It used t travel at a leisurely pace allowing you to take it all in. Now either to increase throughput or make the ride faster for ppl with short attention disorder, it speeds past the scenes.
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9:19 I'm convinced the dress in front is a replica or at least based on the dress Elizabeth Swann wears in the first movie (the one with the corset that causes her to faint).
I worked in the main kitchen area under New Orleans Square back in 1983 for the summer. Greatest experience was walking down those stairs into the ride before they opened! An employee/cast member Bob allowed me to walk up to the treasure scene, bed scene, and the skeletons with the wine going down their throat scenes! He would tell me not to touch anything which of course I didn't. I had 20 minutes to explore before they started the animation and then the sound. One in a million get to do that! I could have gotten fired for it but I planned my adventure a couple of weeks in advance by knowing when my managers would be at a morning meeting and which horrible ones would not be working so they couldn't see me open one of those doors leading to certain entries of the ride! Many of those exit signs you see in the beginning of the ride led up to a long corridor that has the underground kitchen that feeds all of New Orleans restaurants. How Disney caters to the PC Left makes me sick!
This is my favorite ride of all time. The Haunted Mansion is a close second. Having grown up about 30 minutes from Disneyland I rode both numerous times. In the seventies both rides frequently smelled like pot smoke!
Loved hearing Dick Tufeld narrating the promo commercial. Danger Will Robinson....Danger! It's also great to hear Thurl "Tony The Tiger" Ravenscroft's voice. Hope they never get rid of it. Disney used some of the best-known voice actors in the business.
I went on the attraction for the first time this year (well, not exactly this one cause I went to Disneyland Paris but I see they're pretty similar) and I absolutely loved it. I'm 21 years old and obviously didn't get to know the old version as I was born just one year before the first movie was released, but I still think it's an amazing ride. I know most of you who got to know the original prefer it that way, but honestly, I was so happy and excited to see my pal Jack at the end. I'm definitely repeating when I come back and this time I'll bring my mom, she loves the movies as well 🖤
Could you do the entire history of Disneyland Park, the entire history of Knott’s Berry Farm and the entire history of Six Flags Over Texas at some point?
I was lucky enough to be 10 yrs old and living in NY in 1964. My parents took me to the Fair every weekend during the summer. My memories are of the huge Sinclair dinosaur, the Lincoln animatronic, Small World and, my favorite, the Belgium Waffle stand! 😀
The first big change I ever noticed was the addition of the drunk pirate with the cats, which I first noticed in spring of '77 (and I gather was already in Florida's "Pirates").
This is really, really interesting! I rode this for the first time about a month ago and I immediately wanted to ride it again. I am in love with the history of pirates, so it was really neat and fun!! That being said, something doesn’t have to be “accurate” in a THEME PARK for it to be fun or good. I think a lot of people whining about it being changed due to “pc culture” or whatever are weird af for trying to be gatekeepers of the OG ride, defending weird stuff like women being chased around, etc etc. The story is still pirates being pirates! Just have fun ya’ll, it’s Disney 😊
KWotsch like, people are saying it doesn’t represent the “truth.” I wonder if they get upset seeing Country Bear Jamboree bc bears don’t actually sing and play instruments. 🤔
plymouths99 Im happily married in a straight, healthy relationship. The people who aren’t healthy are the ones angry about women being equal in a theme park attraction.
plymouths99 I sense a distinct lack of a woman’s attention from you. As an angry lesbian I can teach you some of my wiles so you can get some, I know being an incel is tough. 🥺
The boobytrapped skeleton turning into a living pirate is so well done! Is it a peppers ghost effect? i noticed the transition was our view passed the ropes, is there glass there to reflect it or is it done some other way? Edit: it's just half a skeleton and half a "living" guy with a two sided mirror through the middle
I remember there being a bigger drop into the abyss at the begining of the ride. I can't be the only one who remembers that. I think they broke it into two smaller drops into the ride.
I thought that was in the wdw version. Also long before the changes, there used to be, where the shack is now, in the brick tunnel before the first waterfall, an branching off brick passage with a waterfall pouring in the water
always liked this movies that's why started watching this vid. but I also remembered the POTC X sea of thieves Collab with the two tall tales in sea of the dammed. seeing this, they basically combined the old and new rides in those missions. recommend for anyone with nostalgia for this ride/films. great vid.
One of my favorite rides, especially at night, where it took on a different feel. Unfortunately, the executives at Disney ruined the ride with Jack Sparrow.
The changes to this ride that tie it back into the movie's universe really diminishes and cheapens a lot of the charm and old-school pirate fantasy that was present in the original. I kinda hope they inevitably remove the movie influences sometime in the future.
shitlord fm though i absolutely love the movies, it does kind of cheapen the experience, but after they changed the redhead scene they might never change it back to the original :/
I guess I'm lucky in that there are fewer of us who remember the OG 1967 version -- I first rode it in 1970 when I was 15 and was absolutely blown away, remembering everything about it and telling all my friends back in NY about it. It took until 1994 or so for me to visit again, on a corporate field trip. Everything I remembered was pretty much intact. Then a couple of years after that I took my then-young kids to POTC in Disneyworld, FL, in 1997. I just watched a video of all the new digital projections and Johnny Depp etc. and I'm sorry, they took all the sensory magic out.
*hasn't rode the ride in 20 years and took in all the new updates via RU-vid video* "they took all the sensory magic out" Buddy doesn't know what sensory means
I remember watching the opening on "The wonderful World of Disney" or perhaps "The wonderful World of color" (I was a kid, not sure which) Bugged my parents for months till we went!
When I went to Disneyland in 2008 I swear it was the one prior to the "2006" refab, and when I went in 2010 it was after the "2006" refab. Am I the only one? or am I just remembering perhaps videos I watched of it before the 2006 rehab?
I completely agree with you! One of reasons I haven't gone to Disney World to ride it again. I want to keep the memories of the original ride. Political correctness ruined this ride and distorts the actual history to something that never existed. We pirates didn't have clocks and chandeliers. We already had sand hour glasses to measure time.
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I went to Disney World this past Christmas and rode the Pirates ride a few times. I especially wanted to see what the new change to the bride auction was like. Now in my opinion, after riding a few times, I came to the conclusion that while it’s not as bad of a change as some people make it out to be, it’s still a rather weird change. I’m sure I’ll adjust given time. However I think a good comprise would’ve been keeping the bride auction and turning the red head into a fellow crew member, having her fire her gun at the crowd of drunk pirates trying to make passes at her rather than at the cargo. Maybe even having her shout some smart insults back at them.
The whole New Orleans development required the elimination of my Father's favorite attraction. He'd turn his seven kids (more or less) loose on the park, and repair to the Plantation Chicken House(?) There he'd relax on a porch (or balcony?) with a cigar, presumably several drinks(?), and a panoramic view of Frontier Land, including Tom Sawyer's Island. All gone, and long, looong ago. But Pirates became, by far, the family's favorite attraction -- an amazing ride!
IMHO the ride original concept was much better. The experince, immersion on the storytelling of pirates just sacking a village, and doing pirates stuff. The change to fit jack sparrow movie for me made it artificial shallow experience. Missed some of the magic of the former ride. I believe missed magic from Wall Disney itself, replaced by the grayness of the current ceo's. As it happened in removing alien encounter, peoplemover, and others.
