Arriving at the bateau load area, you set sail and head off. The Davy Jones waterfall will be relocated to directly above the single waterfall. In its place, is a brand-new vignette, featuring a character thought of for the ride, but ultimately scrapped a long time ago: a marooned pirate huckster named Honest Marooned Pete. He wears a long coat, which he continuously opens up, alternating between left and right. On his left, he reveals his wares: rings, necklaces, gold pins, and earrings, all of which he tries to hock to guests floating past in the boat. On his right, he has a map to the treasure where he found it and where the guests can find it. "Follow the X to the map, mateys!" he says. "Better hope ye find it afore those pirates invadin' the town do!"
Passing by Pete, you will hear the "Dead Men Tell No Tales" line accompanied by Paul Frees' "No fear have ye of evil curses..." line, remastered and played by way of a special set of speakers that will be installed to make the voice float around to various points of the room. Meanwhile, before you go past the ghost ship in the storm, you will see a new treasure trove scene similar to other rides out, but in this case, the skeleton would be created by way of an old Pepper's Ghost effect thought of for the ride way back when:
Blackbeard and his waterfall will become more HD (is that what you would call it?) and that's about it. This waterfall will be relocated directly above the actual waterfall you go down. I went with Blackbeard rather than Davy Jones so as to defer to Disneyland's version, which will have Davy Jones on the waterfall screen as usual.
This, of course, lands you in the "bombarding the fort" scene. Here, the dialog is almost left alone - "almost" in the sense that any mentions of Jack Sparrow will be removed from Barbossa's dialogue. If edited correctly, there won't be any worry about having to have Geoffrey Rush re-record more lines. For example, where previously he says, "Surrender Captain Jack Sparrow, or by thunder, we'll burn the city to the ground!", he now simply says, "Surrender, or by thunder...".
The well scene will lose its current dialogue and return to the old dialogue respectively. Jack will still remain hiding behind the dress-wearing mannequins. The new assumption is that rather than looking for Jack, the pirates are simply looking for the town's treasure. Jack, of course, who obviously isn't a part of the crew (Barbossa is presumably their captain after all) is secretly searching for the treasure himself, thus why he appears to have found it at the end of the ride.
In the auction scene is the addition of other new characters thought of long ago but, like Honest Marooned Pete, scrapped. These will help to make it different from Disneyland. These are two new pirates who, instead of cheering on the pirates who "wants the redhead", know their fellow pirates will have no chance at all with the redhead and instead try to put her down with wisecracks like "Her father's the tax collector!" or "But she don't drink!"
The chase scene will have a very controversial change: The pirates chasing ladies for love... again. That means that the Pooped Pirate will be back in action here, once again holding the frilly pink underskirt and bragging about the woman whom it belongs too. The terrified girl pokes her head out of the barrel and looks around, quickly lowering back down at the sight of the barking dog which grabs the Pooped Pirate's attention. The pirates and the ladies will chase each other around in circles.
What's that? Where's Jack, you say? Well, he's moved to the far left side of the scene. Here, a pirate has fallen asleep in a drunken stupor, the key to the town's treasure vault tightly gripped in one hand, and the map leading to it in his lap. On either side stands a horse and a goat, both in which walk a very sneaky Jack attempt to steal the map and key. Right as Jack is about to get it, the animals make noise, causing him to retract as the pirate makes some horrid noises in the form of snores. Jack goes back and, of course, the animals react. This never-ending sequence is guaranteed to garner a few laughs.
The burning town scene will now have a new sight: a rowboat with two very intoxicated pirates seated in it and filled to overflowing with rum bottles, including some in the water nearby. The fire effect will be made more realistic than ever, as not to allow the shadows of the flapping curtains to appear.
That's about it for the ride itself. The shop at the exit, known as "Pirate Bazaar" will be renamed "Buccaneer Bazaar". Its selection of pirate-themed items will remain, but expanded to include all things pirate-related, such as swords, eye patches, hats, "hooks", gold doubloons and jewelry. And for good measure, the nearby Tortuga Tavern's menu will be completely revamped. It will now be more health-conscious and specialize in local Florida specialties.
What are your thoughts on this?