The History of & Changes to Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland

In this video, we dive into the sea of history for Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean. Talking about everything from it's initial concept to the recent changes that've happened within the last couple of months.
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Special thanks to Matthew Heid for some extra info about the update at 10:13.
Songs used:
• Disneyland's New Orleans Square Music Loop - DisneyAvenue.com: • Disneyland's New Orlea...
• Overture A - Pirates of the Caribbean: • Video
• Pirates of the Caribbean - (20. Scare Me Music) Walt Disney World - Disneyland: • Video
• Pirates of the Caribbean - Yo Ho Instrumental - Walt Disney World - Disneyland: • Video
• Pirates of the Caribbean Full Area Music Loop NEW 2017 - Magic Kingdom - Walt Disney World: • Video
• Pirates of the Caribbean Full Ride Audio: • Pirates of the Caribbe...
• Pirates of the Caribbean Queue Loop (Opening Version) - DisneyAvenue.com: • Pirates of the Caribbe...
• Walt Disney and the 1964 World's Fair - Music To Buy Toasters By (Medallion City): • Walt Disney and the 19...
• Yo Ho, Yo Ho! A pirates life for me: • Yo Ho, Yo Ho! A pirate...
Videos used
• Rare 1967 Pirates of the Caribbean Radio Commercial - DisneyAvenue.com: • Rare 1967 Pirates of t...
• [4K] 2017 Pirates of the Caribbean ride (Newly Refurbished) Low Light POV Disneyland: • [4K] 2017 Pirates of t...
• 2018 Pirates of the Caribbean ride-though with new auction scene: • 2018 Pirates of the Ca...
• Disneyland - Pirates of the Caribbean (Pre-Sparrow): • Disneyland - Pirates o...
• Pirates of the Caribbean - Restored 8mm Souvenir Film: • Pirates of the Caribbe...
• Pirates of the Caribbean Model Tour, Grand Opening u0026 Ride-Through (1968): • Pirates of the Caribbe...
• Walt Disney Opens New Orleans Square - DisneyAvenue.com: • Walt Disney Opens New ...
• [HD] Pirates of the Caribbean ride w_ New Scenes and More! Disneyland 2018 POV: • [HD] Pirates of the Ca...
• Disneyland Pirates of the Caribbean recorded in December of 2004: • Disneyland Pirates of ...
• Walt Disney World Inside Out - Episode 02: • Walt Disney World Insi...
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[@princepeterwolf]

It amazes me still how impressive the level of detail and animation were on those animatronics in the late 60s.

[@liaammmm6671]

People should never underestimate Disney imagineering

[@WestHaddnin]

💯💯💯

[@joshuahsonjh]

Me too, No wonder my dad and others thought they where just people in costumes.

[@Serai3]

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!"

[@ScaryFear]

I loved that too. I know have a real budgie that can sing that line.

[@disneygirl5577]

If you listen to the ride soundtrack, you hear it too.

[@kijekuyo9494]

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.

[@Fredo_Viola]

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.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

@@Fredo_Viola pirate treasure, aye and cursed it be

[@archiemcaffer7611]

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 😌

[@gregorybuell686]

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]

My first ride was in the late sixties with my Grandma and Grandpa. I too have a special bond and feeling for this ride. It is still my favorite.

[@andresjimz1]

I hope you can also do it with your future grandchildren too!

[@bonniehowell9206]

@@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.

[@jackieevans8218]

I’m 64 and every time I return to Disneyland I get to be a kid again.

[@stephaniegarsow6220]

They forgot to mention that Johnny Depp appeared inside the ride one year as Jack Sparrow

[@billycosta3962]

nice,,i was on that boat

[@somethingwithbungalows]

BILLY COSTA lucky

[@Nick_1003]

There should be a captain in there somewhere 😉😃

[@boardcertifiable]

Pirates of the Johnny Depp

[@nathangreer8219]

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.

[@hillstones]

The fireflies are still there.

[@paulanderson929]

Fireflies are still there

[@Sunbear415]

They are still at Disneyland’s POC

[@Jim26D]

I was always freaked out by a skeleton who was turning a boats steering wheel. Is he still there?

[@slowdiver5732]

Jim26D yep. That part always freaked me out too.

[@TetraBitGaming]

My favourite ride at Disneyland for sure

[@gh0stbn356]

Heyyy

[@MT-jd8pc]

Tetrabit i didn’t know you were a Disney fan

[@flap2465]

Same here little man same here

[@JRSonicFan2024]

Same but from Magic Kingdom

[@dmaxproductions3805]

Omg tetra you are a Disney fan

[@LA2047]

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.

[@j.m.r.7168]

Mine is the skeleton drinking and having it "go right through him"! 😂

[@LA2047]

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]

I love the beginning part too LA2047. Fireflies were my favorite and I ate at that restaurant too once when I was little.

[@LA2047]

@@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!

[@michellemoffett9458]

@@LA2047 Now I'm craving that sandwich! Arrrgh! Hehe

[@MUNDOM316]

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

[@davidguthrie6316]

Even that might just be a perfect replica, I don't know if Disney has ever confirmed that it's real

[@12classics39]

There is indeed one real skull - the one on the headboard of the bed in which a pirate corpse is still sitting within the shipwrecks.

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

God, the lines for this were insane when I was little. It was an E ticket ride.

[@Serai3]

Not as insane as now. The lines are the biggest reason I never go there anymore, and I doubt I ever will.

[@cruzloera4931]

It moves fast now. Probably use more boats.

[@jpvanden1]

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.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

Personal Computer?

[@davidwesley2525]

​@@tsitracommunications2884P. C. Stands for " Politically Correct " . 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@tsitracommunications2884]

@@davidwesley2525 democrat or republican?

[@davidwesley2525]

Either One .😅😅😅​@@tsitracommunications2884

[@Guy-mx4fb]

i miss the old way before the movie influence

[@Valkonnen]

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?

[@1845Raven]

“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.

[@theOlLineRebel]

If that is true, then it’s a slap in the face to the ride, as IT was supposed to be inspiration for the MOVIE!

[@theOlLineRebel]

Valkonnen I agree; this nonsense of PC has to stop. Again, full REAL (another casualty of PC) woman here!

[@theOlLineRebel]

@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?

[@ritaloy8338]

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.

[@InspireImagineering]

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.

[@disneygirl5577]

I'm sorry. What?! Where are they?! I've been on this ride thousands of times!!!

[@theregenedmoogles741]

@@disneygirl5577 exactly how I feel man.

[@kingjimmycraftofcalderonia2017]

@@disneygirl5577 Don’t remember what part, but I do remember them mermaids in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.

[@disneygirl5577]

@@kingjimmycraftofcalderonia2017 Maybe at a different park? I've never seen them at Disneyland because that's my home park. I've gone tons of times.

[@kingjimmycraftofcalderonia2017]

@@disneygirl5577 I always mix up Disneyland with Disney World for some reason. From what I was talking about was the one in Orlando.

[@nps1016]

Despite all of the changes, it’s still one of my favorite rides at Disneyland. I do miss the redhead though and the fireflies.

[@lilly_h2157]

The disneyland version still has the fireflies? Idk about Disneyworld though.

[@boardcertifiable]

I was there recently and there are still fireflies

[@jakelm4256]

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.

[@bonniehowell9206]

I have to agree.

[@ChrisTopheRaz]

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]

Definitely disagree I think the movie tie in helped

[@ChrisTopheRaz]

@@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.

[@christopherforeman4773]

@@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

[@kristinamorales]

Haven’t gone at that ride since I was 8, gosh I miss it. I can’t wait to go back for my 13 birthday in December

[@jvh1528]

We wants the... Chandelier (for mi dining room) We wants the... Vase (for mi flowers) We wants the... wait, why am I buying stuff? - I'M A PIRATE!

[@crayonchomper1180]

it's more of a raffle to see who gets what was already stolen

[@tsitracommunications2884]

When in doubt, ebay for pirates

[@SpookyBoo1199]

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.

[@ClueSign]

Yep someone mentioned that above -- soooo cool that you were in the cast.

[@philrabe910]

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.

[@johnwatson2675]

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.

[@someguy9778]

Each sound is on recorded microchips now.

[@destry5250]

The ride depicts an actual historical moment when British "privateers" sacked the Port Au Prince-- and yes, we wants the redhead back . . . !

[@zacherylemke9318]

The bride auction wouldnt make much sense then either, unless you can prove that a bride auction historically took place during said sacking

[@bethanyzamora1146]

oh yes because the ride is VERY historically accurate, especially with the undead pirates and ghost narration!!!!11!!

[@danhernan7855]

Bethany Zamora where are the undead pirates or ghost narrator?? lmfao

[@riverratbond007]

@@zacherylemke9318 because pirates that have been at sea for months at a time wouldn't be interested in a bit of ass? What realm do you live in?

[@seanurbik5022]

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.

[@kanicki7]

As much as I love the movie I wish they would’ve left it as is.

[@Jim26D]

Morgan Johnson Jack sparrow is the last thing I want to see here

[@jeffcreech5377]

Ditto

[@gregorybuell686]

I loved it the way it was also

[@giomart3483]

Same !

[@quinnzyker6521]

They should have had it be about JEAN LA FEET. The movies I mean

[@GP2141BC]

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.

[@someguy9778]

Bigger lines...speed people through.

[@derekllewellyn6663]

@@someguy9778 do you know galya peeva she was still saved Disney company class starts at Disney plus movie maze party oasr birthday party oasr awesome picture awards TCM channel on 55th anniversary celebration party years before opening day away magic key new music made into store story life movie all day and

[@jeffreyelya9996]

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,....

[@hughhemington9559]

It's also worth noting that the "pieces of gold" that overflowed the banks were moved back, further from guest boats.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

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

[@agm6095]

My favorite attraction. I never get tired of going on it.

[@user-cf7pe3qg1c]

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!

[@behindthespotlight7983]

Disney IS the PC left

[@tsitracommunications2884]

Personal Computer?

[@tsitracommunications2884]

​@behindthespotligPersonal Computer?ht7983

[@lindaekback96]

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.

[@someguy9778]

Shoots?

[@bonniehowell9206]

@@someguy9778 I'm assuming they're referring to the small decline in the beginning of the ride.

[@disneygirl5577]

Lucky!

[@tomayers7829]

Pirates used to be one of my favorite rides but now I don't care if I don't go on it. It's like the Pirates had gone from looting to baking cookies

[@daschwah]

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.

[@SteveCarras]

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.)

[@ogjk]

Once again love the classic 60s music.

[@michaelchance193]

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!

[@j.m.r.7168]

I always thought it was Will.

[@Austin.D]

their's been so many changes with this ride over the years that it's hard to keep up with

[@justimagine2403]

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.

[@MissMothPlaysGames]

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).

[@davidhalcon5594]

The smell of the water! Yo ho!

[@Outtacontextouttatime]

When I went on this ride at WDW, as we passed the auction scene I shouted “WE WANTS THE RED HEAD” I miss that scene..

[@kbutterfly1696]

I do that too. I'm a 1975 baby and I miss it too! I don't take offense to it all.

[@Outtacontextouttatime]

K Butterfly oh good! I’m so glad I’m not the only one. 😂 I’m a 2000s kid myself, so this was the first time I’d ever been on it tbh.

[@aarongoddard2642]

This is why the need to fire all the pathetic pandering pansies at Disney

[@lilly_h2157]

Ok, ok so I think we can all agree the new changes aren't the best, but we have to all agrre that the new octopus is absolutley adorable 😂

[@mibevan]

CAN THERE JUST BE A DRINKING GAME where you take a sip every time Walt Disney Laughs when it comes to explaining a ride concept.

[@angrytheclown801]

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.

[@gregorybuell686]

That sounds like a great game

[@wherethetatosat]

Boy, I use vodka for these challenges, do you want me to die?

[@mr.t6142]

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.

[@markdirksen3810]

Happy I found your channel. 3 of you yiu tubers have been very educational and makes me want to go back south again soon

[@dirtydave2691]

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!

[@shitlordfm3345]

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.

[@danhernan7855]

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 :/

[@automatedelectronics6062]

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.

[@joaquinvierra3299]

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.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

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

[@geofflinder589]

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.

[@conniethomas4753]

I loved the mermaid effect & the hairy leg of the animatronic on the bridge the most ( freaked me out!)

[@Crimson_Snake1]

CAPTAIN!!!

[@FreedomforHaiti]

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").

[@Xix1326]

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! 😀

[@vickygxmez24]

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 🖤

[@IceNixie0102]

I really like the new queue hall (with shop) and you didn't mention it. It's such an improvement over the winding outdoor line with bridge.

[@iCopare]

Notification Squad, Keep up the Grind Jack. Happy to see you back man :)

[@alisterfolson]

The videos of the pirate ride at Shanghai Disney really set the bar high

[@chrisgalindo3055]

The beam with the chair used to collapse just before entering pirate shootout area.

[@ericcolacino1825]

Keep up the great work!

[@primusvsunicron1]

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?

[@Mr5150Sarge]

Best ride ever as a kid!

[@paulgreene696]

These are some of the best videos on this site about disney. Hopefully they leave you alone soon.

[@arthurbaldry8443]

Thank you Kanye, very cool

[@Austin.D]

i really don't like the updated 2018 version being the new Auction scene just seems too PC and the removal of the mist projection in the cavern

[@SteveCarras]

Adn the 2006 movie adapation? (I like it,yself..though I warmyl remember going on the ride for the first time as far back as opening week, March'67).

[@waltsentme5305]

Wait, are you serious? There was nothing wrong with it.

[@tsitracommunications2884]

Personal Computer?

[@jerseyforhawks]

Opened on my 3rd Birthday. Maybe that's why i love it so.

[@kerirobicheaux6629]

Great job! I loved this! Happy New Year!!!!

[@sophiejane3642]

I'm still salty that they took out the redhead

[@doinjusfine1]

Ditto

[@Caterpillarjon]

They wanted to make pirates PC

[@doinjusfine1]

PC is a horrible crutch to real life. What a waste of idealism. Cure hunger os some useful shit. We want the READHEAD !!!!

[@elimkwok938]

Jerky!!!

[@chaoticfantasycosplays]

...She's still there, only she is a pirate now. And she's much more appealing as a pirate in my opinion. I mean...I'D let her kick my ass.

[@marksommers6764]

Very comprehensive , THANKS !

[@jenniferfriedlander5450]

Love this ride and the song

[@jussipeikko6233]

does he fart at 4:17 and walt just can't help but evil laugh xDD

[@Neek0n]

Great video!

[@deand7348]

awesome! loved it

[@ltyr-mr2if]

Monumentous! That's a cool new word.

[@duon44]

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

[@TheJackl317]

One of my favorite things about this ride is oddly the smell 🙂. Disney uses a different type of cleaner for their water than bleach they use bromine 💜

[@behindthespotlight7983]

The smell IS the ride. That and the plucking banjo & fireflies

[@trevorrandom]

As always fantastic information ☺

[@JimmyGoodYT]

One of my favorite rides! Good video!

[@michaelglover2871]

I'm going to agree with the rest of the comments and say that every change they made to this iconic ride has been for the worst.

[@masterofdisguise9564]

The change in 2018 with the dark cave and changing Pirate was certainly an improvement over the previous version, as it built the story more

[@lambgaming1347]

just like 99% of the other changes they do at disneyland

[@thewizard7099]

@@masterofdisguise9564 nah that mist with Davy Jones before the drop was the best. Then they changed it to some lame octopus

[@MrNoUsername]

*D E A D M E N T E L L N O T A L E S*

[@BreezerBeej]

I’m a big fan of all your videos!

[@bkgaming1662]

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.

[@ClueSign]

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.

[@derek3482]

*hasn't rode the ride in 20 years and took in all the new updates via KZbin video* "they took all the sensory magic out" Buddy doesn't know what sensory means

[@BaronBoar]

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?

[@worldofthunder]

Mandela effect 🤷‍♂️

[@JohnALong-nl2hj]

One of my favorite attractions.

[@bryanjensen6641]

Can't wait until the park reopens to ride this again!

[@m.miller2374]

Captains headboard has a real skull

[@lauriesmith4575]

The new one is crap. The original is how Walt Disney envisioned it; it needs to be brought back.

[@RockinL7BuckingBulls]

Couldn’t have said it any better myself. Was just there in March 2020 and was very disappointed with the destruction of Pirates of the Caribbean.

[@robertkeefer1552]

Absolutely right! I wish it was the same as it was when I first went to Disneyland in 1975.

[@TheRiverPirate13]

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.

[@johnphantom]

Would you like to read about real modern pirates based out of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands taking place in the end of the cocaine fueled 80s? www.amazon.com/dp/1653714360

[@primateproductions126]

If it ain’t broke then don’t fix it

[@thetoysofchildhood]

Very informative! Our favorite ride, love the Pirates🥰 New subscriber 🙂

[@dona62851]

A great cool off ride on a hot day.

[@Master_WannaBe_]

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.

[@ed_ward6869]

Great video, could you do a version for the Magic Kingdom version?

[@majura3743]

Thanks for this one! Hope this reupload doesn’t get claimed

[@JAMESBOND-jm2lj]

Those dang pirates were shooting at me everytime I rode on that.

[@martinhightower9801]

We Wants the Red Head!!!!

[@tsitracommunications2884]

But you have a redhead-------Redd the pirate

[@DestinationsChronicles]

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!

[@KillJoy_Since2017]

I never got to go on those ride and I’ve always wanted to

[@LowellMorgan]

I like that the pigs oink to the music.

[@daaemoney5169]

Yo I just noticed that instead of blinking the original animatronics roll their eyes backwards it’s creepy af

[@blakethebaconboi8057]

6:37 little did they know that the new queue would cause the same problem. 😂

[@eliassmeke3991]

Walt Disney died in mid December of 1966 when the ride was nearly completed ☑️.

[@markgraham2312]

Excellent overview.

[@willausterman3104]

You still missed the real skeletons :(

[@Sweeptheleg1969]

Ikr what is like one of the biggest things in pirates but nobody really knows it probably cuz it’s the head above the bed after the 2end drop...but still I agree they need to talk about that!

[@BeyondInvestigation]

You really think that WED was unable to make realistic skeletons, so much so that they went to UCLA and bought the medical skeletons and set them up in the ride? Really? They could make convincing human looking, moving, talking pirates, but they could make static skeletons? Maybe that somehow shows how great Walt and his imagineers were... Because they had and still have some of you fooled.

[@willausterman3104]

@@BeyondInvestigation considering an Imagineer was the one who revealed this secret while still employed with Disney and that Disney has never disputed it, I'd bet they did use real skeletons. Imagineers strive to create realistic environments so why wouldn't they go with the real deal when it looked better and was far cheaper for their already over budget project? A similar issue is why Candy Mountain was scrapped while being constructed at Disneyland. The fake candy looked horrible so they switched to real candy. Wild animals and heat then finished off their project. Also the thought process in the 60's regarding skeletons was nowhere near as compassionate as it is today. To them they were just bones and not people.

[@MissFlow]

@@BeyondInvestigation You have too keep in mind that back in the day they really weren't as advanced in creating realistic props and animatronics for their rides as now. The first versions of some of the pirate animatronics actually had a realistic anatomy, close to a human, but the engineers found it wáy too eerie and weird looking so they changed the anatomy to a more cartoony level (giving exaggerated features in the faces, bigger heads/hands/feet). But with the skeletons, you couldn't do that. Those needed to look realistic and they weren't able to do so yet. So they used real skeletons. Rumors say they are all replaced with fake skeletons (when they were able to make them convincing enough), except the skull in the bedframe of the map reading skeleton. But guess we never know if that one is real or fake.

[@GP2141BC]

@@BeyondInvestigation do you know how many bones are in a real skull?. Anyone with a little knowledge of human anatomy would spot it right away ... wouldn’t be worth the effort

[@jeffreycline7365]

What about the iconic song? was that written for the ride?

[@SteveCarras]

Sure was, matey!

[@stephaniepeck3256]

It's my #3..love it

[@SteveCarras]

I like the famous term Imagineers.

[@brianna_lynch]

I love the 2018 updates! Ever since they changed the cavern scene the ride has become one of my favorite rides.