Friday, March 16, 2012

Pirates of the Caribbean Celebrates 45 Years at Disneyland Park


 This weekend you can celebrate the 45th anniversary of Pirates of the Caribbean, the first indoor ride-through adventure to be built on such a grand scale at Disneyland park. It opened March 18, 1967, and was an immediate guest treasure.

Did you notice the differences and similarities? Hope you enjoy this Pirate trivia:
  • Disneyland Paris includes the exciting dueling Pirates, swiping at each other with actual swords.
  • At Magic Kingdom Park, guests queue through subterranean passageways of El Castillo and emerge on the shores of Pirate’s Bay where they board their boats (Les Bateaux) along a rocky beachfront. In the queue, guests pass the famous gag of two skeletons locked in a cell playing chess, stuck in a stalemate.
  • At Magic Kingdom Park and Tokyo Disneyland, guests disembark after the Treasure Room and then take an escalator up to exit into the park.
  • At Disneyland park, the Blue Bayou restaurant also opened March 18, 1967 – an early forerunner of today’s popular “themed” restaurants.
  • Three Disney Parks include references to Jack Sparrow, Captain Barbossa and the blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean” films. All three include the smoke/waterfall effect with projections of:
    • Davy Jones and Blackbeard, alternately, at Disneyland park
    • Blackbeard at Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World
    • Davy Jones at Tokyo Disneyland
Source: Disney Parks Blog
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/03/take-a-voyage-around-the-world-to-celebrate-the-45th-anniversary-of-pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-disneyland-park/

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