News Pirates of the Caribbean closing for refurbishment in February for new auction scene

[MisterPenguin]

Sooo...

How long until the ride is changed again? Maybe these "pirates" become upstanding citizens who sailed by a city that had caught fire. They disembark and help rebuild the city, holding buckets of water instead of guns. And they're not drinking rum; it's LeFou's Brew. At the end, the city jails the citizens that originally set the city on fire, and the city gives the pirates an enormous pile of treasure in gratitude.

Heartwarming.

Captain Jake Sparrow of the Caribbean!!

 

[Captain Barbossa]

It's best to break up the flight by using Hawaii as a stepping stone. Unfortunately, pirates over there is not nearly as popular as in the states.

Well the scene has not been changed over there (hope it stays that way). I will say that I've watched Tokyo's version on YouTube several times I really do enjoy it. The skeletons and the talking scull are in Japanese, but once you reach the mist, everything is in English. The layout is nice too.

 

[tl77]

Sooo...

How long until the ride is changed again? Maybe these "pirates" become upstanding citizens who sailed by a city that had caught fire. They disembark and help rebuild the city, holding buckets of water instead of guns. And they're not drinking rum; it's LeFou's Brew. At the end, the city jails the citizens that originally set the city on fire, and the city gives the pirates an enormous pile of treasure in gratitude.

Heartwarming.

Yeah I don't get why the Pirates are "nice" now ...if you went to meet Cinderella's Stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella, and they we kind and caring it'd be weird, like... "why are you being nice? there's absolutely funny about you two being nice". On a "story/entertainment value" level the new scene just don't work

...but I have a feeling they'll always be pushing rum as long as Bob Iger is in charge, he seems to love finding ways to get booze inside the Magic Kingdom

 

[Magicart87]

...but I have a feeling they'll always be pushing rum as long as Bob Iger is in charge, he seems to love finding ways to get booze inside the Magic Kingdom

Well Redd is a half-step away from being a Captain Morgan parody. They might as well go full-tilt and have the company sponsor the attraction. They can have it coincide with a Captain Morgan brand relaunch making "Morgan" a lady captain. Win-Win. Sigh.

 

[larryz]

Well Redd is a half-step away from being a Captain Morgan parody. They might as well go full-tilt and have the company sponsor the attraction. They can have it coincide with a Captain Morgan brand relaunch making "Morgan" a lady captain. Win-Win. Sigh.

And maybe we'd finally get the rum-laden dole whip that's so popular and tasty outside MK... ???

 

[Magicart87]

And for added synergy they can put a dole whip lick'n AA pirate in the attraction!

 

[BasiltheBatLord]

Paul Frees/Auctioneer: "We anchor, now, ye swabbies? What be I offered for this? Stout-hearted and corn-fed? *the woman holds up the chickens*

Pirate 1: Hey! Be ya selling’ by the pound?

Paul Frees/Auctioneer: Shift yer cargo, dearie.

New dialogue from pirate: We don’t want that! We wants the redhead.

Existing dialogue of pirates in unison: We wants the redhead!

The redhead becomes visibly angry. The pirate next to her still shouts “Avast!” But instead of him firing his gun, she aims her gun and fires at the pirates, recreating the same scene where the bullet ricochets off the sign causing the donkey, goat, and chickens to get spooked.

This is precisely what should have happened. There are so many simple ways that they could have preserved the original dialogue while still shifting the scene's focus, with nothing more than just some minor audio editing. Instead they went for the absolute worst option possible and tossed out everything.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Well Redd is a half-step away from being a Captain Morgan parody. They might as well go full-tilt and have the company sponsor the attraction. They can have it coincide with a Captain Morgan brand relaunch making "Morgan" a lady captain. Win-Win. Sigh.

Why was this my quote? Haha. I never said that.

 

[Spike-in-Berlin]

I am waiting for the next major change, when the pirates finally stop pilfering and plundering and instead give carbondioxide-free produced presents purchased in fair trade to the villagers and the cannons shoot flowers instead. Or better no cannons at all, that is too offensive indeed.

 

[Magicart87]

Why was this my quote? Haha. I never said that.

IDK! Weird.

 

[MaximumEd]

Dang, Disney, if you want to change a classic ride (again), go ahead, I guess. It does belong to you, after all. But good grief, did you have to make it suck so bad?

 

[THEMEPARKPIONEER]

I'm surprised they let her have a gun

 

[Phineas]

From NY Daily News:

“Our team thought long and hard about how best to update this scene,” Kathy Mangum, a senior vice president with Disney Imagineering, said. “Given the redhead has long been a fan favorite, we wanted to keep her as a pivotal part of the story, so we made her a plundering pirate!”

Did you, Kathy? Did you?

 

[Speedy71]

I have said it and I will say it again. All this effort to change something so unnecessary But have yet to change something that needs changing.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

From NY Daily News:

“Our team thought long and hard about how best to update this scene,” Kathy Mangum, a senior vice president with Disney Imagineering, said. “Given the redhead has long been a fan favorite, we wanted to keep her as a pivotal part of the story, so we made her a plundering pirate!”

Did you, Kathy? Did you?

I'm curious as to what her definition of a "plundering pirate" was.

 

[Phineas]

I'm curious as to what her definition of a "plundering pirate" was.

"Former 4H Club Member and County Fair Blue Ribbon for Finest Poultry Recipient"?

 

[KBLovedDisney]

"Former 4H Club Member and County Fair Blue Ribbon for Finest Poultry Recipient"?

Oh I am so glad everybody is mostly gone from the office for the day because I just snorted laughed very loudly...

 

[Phineas]

Oh I am so glad everybody is mostly gone from the office for the day because I just snorted laughed very loudly...

Ha, I won't tell anybody about the snort.

 

[MileZXO]

I was right to expect everyone moaning about a small change. these forums >_<

 

[Phineas]

I was right to expect everyone moaning about a small change. these forums >_<

That's the thing though; it's not a small change. This is the centerpiece of the attraction. I understand a vocal minority complaining about the content, I do. And I get that maybe Disney wanted to create some distance before too many people from this outrage generation became too vocal. But this is one of the most iconic Disney attractions. The characters and scenes are part of American popular culture. And they went in, and changed everything for the worse. There's no sense of logical narrative to the scene now. The new audio recordings stick out like a sore thumb. This scene was done so haphazardly, so cheaply, that it's offensive.

There was a real opportunity to re-imagine the auction scene. And they squandered it.

And real question here to anyone reading: Has anyone ever actually heard someone complaining about this scene's content before the change was announced?