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MK New Pirates of the Caribbean-themed lounge
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Charlie The Chatbox Ghost
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Are people seriously still getting mad at female characters in 2025? Like, come on. What’s the problem with having a second female pirate?
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost
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This. The pirates in the ride aren’t realistic looking, they’re caricatures. What’s wrong with this new one looking just like the rest? Is it just “she’s new so she’s bad”?
Agent H
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Probably just upset she doesn’t look like this.
When they’re forced in to satisfy an artificial metric, yes. But Disney has never done that before right….?
Agent H
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And how do you know when it’s “satisfying an artificial metric “?
eddie104
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I mean are we really shocked ???
People having problems with a strong female lead is par for the course at this point in time.
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost
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You're assuming there's a metric to be filled simply because the character is a woman. How do you know that it's because of a metric and not simply the fact they Imagineers decided on having a female character? Were Madame Leota or the Beating Heart Bride in the Haunted Mansion "filling an artificial metric"? Were Teddi Barra or Trixie "forced diversity"? Mary Oceaneer? Bonnie Appetite? Dr. Helen Marsh? Gritty the Rabbit? No, they just made a character that's a woman because that's what they wanted to do. There's a ton of male characters, especially in Pirates, and you're upset that they added a single new female character. Take a step back and think- is a portrait of a female pirate hanging a wall really something to be upset about? Is it really ruining the bar?
strictfoo
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Same! We'll be at Disney World in 2026 so this will be another nice addition to the trip.
Ayla
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And 25 minutes of that limited 45 will be required singing and listening to obnoxious 'storytellers'.
strictfoo
Member
So don't go then? I don't get all the complaints. Do people want Disney to try new things or not?
Magenta Panther
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For my part, I would prefer Jack Sparrow, but if that lady pirate is Redd from the ride, then cool. Historically, there really were lady pirates. So this wouldn't be pandering - just historically accurate.
Anyway, the concept art for this actually looks interesting. Not nearly as good as Epic Universe themeing, which is frankly amazing. But it's at least a reason for hope.
RobbinsDad
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As long as there's a drink that makes my lips tingle I'm in.
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost
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I believe this new pirate is a new character named Merry Goldwyn. Honestly, I'm glad she's not Redd, because I really don't like the US versions of Redd- her face looks weird, and her voice is too identifiable as Grey Griffin (voice actress for hundreds of characters in cartoons from the 90s-present), which takes me out of the experience because I just go "Oh, I know who's voice that is". Paris's Redd is fantastic though! Her face and costume match the art style of the other pirates well, and since it's French I had no clue who her VA was, so my immersion wasn't broken lmao.
On a side note- I'm just now realizing that Redd's US costume takes inspiration from the "Of Things to Come" painting in Dead Man's Grotto, where the Red Head is seen with a belt with pistols and a magenta hat- Redd has the exact same belt and pistols, and a similar magenta hat. Nice touch!
Agent H
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Who doesn’t love singing?
the_rich
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If they have something cool like the fuzzy tauntaun I will definitely try it. But I'm a one and done drinker.
DisneyJayBama
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Female pirates sound like the most disgusting thing possible knowing what pirates are.