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Here come the mermaids
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Captain Neo
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Florida's Pirates was not a classic to begin with. They should tear it down and build a proper movie version of Pirates of the Caribbean.
MotherOfBirds
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More like syphilis.
The Duck
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I'm not sure but I think that the skull rock is just above where you first see the mermaid projection in the video. Since the camera was focused on the mermaid, the skull rock wasn't visible (I think).
The Duck
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Would they be singing, "Yo ho, yo ho! It hurts me when I pee!".
HMF
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The Mermaids were done right I feel. What they did in 06 with the "Where is Captain Jack Sparrow"? nonsesnse is an example of how to do it the wrong way.
IWant2GoNow
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Nice! I was thinking scurvy but syphilis works too.
ChrisFL
Premium Member
It appears to be visible during a flash in that video (Either an idiot with a camera, or some new effect)
VoiceInTheCrowd
Member
I haven't read the entire thread so I apologize if this was already covered but have the mermaids been added to Disneylands incarnation as well and if not are they coming in the near future?
Tom Morrow
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I don't mind the mermaid projections, but why did they change the music?? Ugh, the music for that section was PERFECT.
cupanudles
Active Member
Couldn't agree more, it made the area so subtly moody and wonderful.
HausofDe-Vil
New Member
Hey guys I'm Jack, I'm new here. I've been following this post for a while and was very excited about the addition of the mermaids. I shockingly love the fourth movie and the mermaids. When I first heard about them being projection effects I was a little disappointed. But now seeing the video (even though it doesn't do the effect much justice) I'm very pleased with it.
At first I thought maybe they should have added that yellow'ish light around the boat like in the movie and then somehow had the silhouettes or shadows of the mermaids swimming around the boat underneath the water.That would have been very creepy. But at least this effect is quite subtle and not a smack in the face mermaid. The singing is also a great addition. I'm planning a trip in January and very excited to see it in person. POTC always freaked me out more than any ride in WDW for some reason. So this should be really creepy in person.
At first I thought maybe they should have added that yellow'ish light around the boat like in the movie and then somehow had the silhouettes or shadows of the mermaids swimming around the boat underneath the water.That would have been very creepy. But at least this effect is quite subtle and not a smack in the face mermaid. The singing is also a great addition. I'm planning a trip in January and very excited to see it in person. POTC always freaked me out more than any ride in WDW for some reason. So this should be really creepy in person.
HMF
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No.
HMF
Well-Known Member
I hope not. The Disneyland Version has a time travel element not present in the WDW Version. They would not make sense in the context of the Disneyland attraction. That said Blackbeard as he is presented in the WDW version (as a ghost) does not make much sense if the ride canonically takes place before the film series. Then again I am trying to use logic to describe an attraction whose premise currently revolves around a town hiding a pirate that wants to steal THEIR treasure from other pirates and seriously risking their own livelihood to protect him. Oh for the days when it was simply a ride about Pirates looking for treasure rather than being a literally forced tie-in to a film that was designed to be a tie-in to the ride to begin with.
HMF
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Actually the new presentation is much more similar to the original (pre-2006) feeling of that scene. with the Pan Flute music you got a calming mellow-type feeling. The original and to a lesser extent the new Mermaid version you get more of a creepy-scary-feeling.
Tom Morrow
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The previous music is still played on Disneyland's pirates, right? The theme song without lyrics? I never liked that in the caves as I didn't find it creepy. I found the "mellow" music from the 2006 refurb to be creepy, ominous, and giving a sense of wonder.
VoiceInTheCrowd
Member
After riding it earlier tonight I can say that if you didn't know beforehand that the mermaids were added you really wouldn't be able to tell what the projection was the first time around. They appear very fast and they're blurry. I don't think it necessarily detracts from the ride experience but it could've been better. Truth be told its really not worth having a 29 page thread over, 8 pages is more like it.
HMF
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The Mellow Yo Ho (which works better in it's DL context than it did in WDW still plays at DL in Dead Mans Cove and Hurricane Lagoon and I am hoping it stays that way as well as still being heard in the Hurricane Lagoon scene in WDW.