Patch Notes // latest change 2024.08.16
Adventureland · Magic Kingdom · Walt Disney World
Ride · opened 1973 · Magic Kingdom · 6 changes on record
The attraction's Torre del Cielo clock tower exterior was refurbished and repainted from weathered off-white to brown with maroon roof shingles to better match Castillo del Morro, ahead of the adjacent Beak and Barrel tavern build-out.
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The bride/wench auction was rethemed: the redheaded woman was recast as a pistol-toting pirate named Redd helping auction off goods plundered from the town, replacing the 'We wants the redhead!' wife auction. The ride closed Feb 26 and reopened March 19.
A mermaid effect was added to the grotto/beach scene as an On Stranger Tides tie-in: a swimming projection with a water-fin disturbance, a beached mermaid skeleton, and the song 'My Jolly Sailor Bold.'
A 'Dead Man's Chest' film tie-in overlay debuted alongside the movie's release: Captain Jack Sparrow Audio-Animatronics were added across three scenes, Captain Barbossa was added captaining the ship in the fort battle scene, and a Davy Jones mist-screen projection was added near the grotto.
The chase scene was softened so pirates pursued food rather than women: the 'Pooped Pirate' was recast as the food-seeking 'Gluttonous Pirate' and the woman hiding in the barrel was replaced by a cat.
Pirates of the Caribbean opened in Adventureland as an abridged version of the Disneyland original, debuting alongside the surrounding Caribbean Plaza.
That's every change on the record on Pirates of the Caribbean since 1973.
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Per the documented record, Pirates of the Caribbean at Magic Kingdom opened on Dec 15, 1973.
The latest documented change (documented Aug 16, 2024): The attraction's Torre del Cielo clock tower exterior was refurbished and repainted from weathered off-white to brown with maroon roof shingles to better match Castillo del Morro, ahead of the adjacent Beak and Barrel tavern build-out.
6 documented changes, dating back to 1973 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
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