Time to Replace PotC at MK

[Minthorne]

Then we need a name for Jack every time he’s mentioned, but what would that be?

Same as Brad?

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I predict that POTC at MK will get a sponser - EBay. Now, doesn’t the auction scene make a lot more sense?

Stolen Art Auctioneers of the Caribbean. Take that, Universal!

Yo ho, yo ho, an auctioneer's life for me...

 

[Goofyernmost]

Here's the new ride through. A travesty for us old timers, but, actually not as bad as I thought it might be.

 

[SourcererMark79]

Think Rocky Horror Picture Show .

The new thing to do is to RIDE POTC. As you pass the Auction Scene? EVERYONE on the boat yells...
"WE WANTS THE REDHEAD!"

--- until the entire place is FILLED with this noise .

Yes, and how can we all make this happen?

 

[SourcererMark79]

Then we need a name for Jack every time he’s mentioned, but what would that be?

Riff raff?

 

[DuckTalesWooHoo1987]

One question I would really like to know is this. We know that Disney is always telling us how they truly "value our feedback" and "take seriously" the complaints of customers. So I would really like to know if people actually did complain about the scene of if the powers that be just decided of their own volition to take it out and replace it with something that caters to the more modern and "corporate" sensibility.

 

[GSP Guy]

Yes, and how can we all make this happen?

I'm in!

 

[EricsBiscuit]

While I agree that theme park rides aren't textbooks, but there's a point when the actual history inspired ride deviates so much from the history that inspired it and/or just becomes so ridiculous it needs to be changed or replaced. PotC is at that point. It's short, there's nothing impressive anymore. The finale is pathetic for 2018. They could do sooo much better with the fire scene. They could upgrade he SFX. All the AAs need updating. Etc. At this point, PotC is too much of a clusterf.. er a hodgepodge of random stuff that it needs to be refreshed and unify the attraction.

 

[LauraRose]

This whole forum is so dramatic, I love it. Nothing sets my day up more than reading arguments over a ride

 

[erasure fan1]

This is a super tough, pirates holds a near and dear place in my heart. I am at the point though, where if they said it was shutting down for a complete redo, I'd be fine with it. On the other hand, I would not trust Disney to actually make the ride better and put in the effort needed for a proper redo of a ride of that stature. I would fear we get another Imagination or test track. So if I had to make a choice, just keep it as is.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

This whole forum is so dramatic, I love it. Nothing sets my day up more than reading arguments over a ride

And if you write off themed debate you can stop looking at these forums

 

[LauraRose]

And if you write off themed debate you can stop looking at these forums

Now where’s the fun in that?

 

[winstongator]

POTC stopped being POTC when they added Jack Sparrow. With each update it gets worse and worse. It was never my favorite attraction but it was still a must do. Now... I guess I'd see it if the wait time was low.

Is POTC still an E?

Came to say this. It was almost 20 years between visiting MK for me, so I was quite surprised to see Captain Jack on the ride.

 

[JD80]

POTC is still the best ride at MK.

 

[JusticeDisney]

and I am sure our grandparents, grandparent's said the same thing.

" I can't believe these people today. Back in my day you could own a human and only white property owners could vote."

Things change. Deal with it or invent a time machine. It is an attraction in a theme park, not a history textbook.

I was literally thinking that same exact thing, and then I read your post! Spot on!

 

[Professortango1]

It would be if it was The Haunted Mansion.

The Haunted Mansion would still be the best ride if they didn't add the cartoon queue and projection ghosts at the end.

 

[NickMaio]

Just in case you history buffs forgot......Women were actually pirates.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/58889/9-female-pirates-you-should-know

I feel that the addition is ok, not great , just ok.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Just in case you history buffs forgot......Women were actually pirates.

Yeah, I know.

Pirating is the reason my family got kicked out of Ireland, or so I was told.

But, I still don't like this new scene. Maybe if they changed the dialogue and voice actors...?

 

[danyoung56]

While the imagineers' main job is arguably to think up new stuff, a very important job is to drive new crowds to old attractions. You can bet that the ridership numbers will be WAY up this year for Pirates rides around the world, so they did their job well.

 

[Jedi Stitch]

This has absolutely nothing to do with free speech. No government agency showed up at WDW with arrest warrants. Disney wanted to change it so they changed it. If it was to be more PC, that is their call.

I guess free speech wasn't the right direction, but I do feel that someone else view is being imposed on us, instead of leaving it alone as good humor fun.