Originally Posted By pkonold Hi everyone, We are building a home theater in our basment and the theme is pirates. We are having some artist paint scenes from the ride in some arches I have built on the side of the theater. I need some good pics of the treasure room. I love that part of the ride and want to have it painted but I can't seem to find any good pics anywhere. Can anyone help? More info on "The Pirate Cove Theater" can be found on another thread in the community section (can't seem to get any response over there): <a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-80152-P-1.asp" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/Ms gBoard-T-80152-P-1.asp</a>
Originally Posted By knoxvelour I found this <a href="http://www.disneylandpostcards.com/nospocnew1.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.disneylandpostcards .com/nospocnew1.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros There are some pictures of it here, but none of them really show the whole thing or seem to have the right colors. <a href="http://www.dldhistory.com/gallery.asp?Tab=Disneyland&Page=7&Ident=501" target="_blank">http://www.dldhistory.com/gall ery.asp?Tab=Disneyland&Page=7&Ident=501</a> Here's another picture, but it's fairly dark. It seems to be a tough place to take pictures of, since it is so large, and you are so close to it. I guess the lighting doesn't really help with that any either. http://www.mouseplanet.com/david/pirates1.jpg
Originally Posted By FerretAfros There are some pictures of it here, but none of them really show the whole thing or seem to have the right colors. <a href="http://www.dldhistory.com/gallery.asp?Tab=Disneyland&Page=7&Ident=501" target="_blank">http://www.dldhistory.com/gall ery.asp?Tab=Disneyland&Page=7&Ident=501</a> Here's another picture, but it's fairly dark. It seems to be a tough place to take pictures of, since it is so large, and you are so close to it. I guess the lighting doesn't really help with that any either. http://www.mouseplanet.com/david/pirates1.jpg
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo FerretAfros - you seem to have an echo today. Here's one of my favs for everything PotC <a href="http://www.tellnotales.com/" target="_blank">http://www.tellnotales.com/</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm using the little mouse scroll pad thing on my laptop, and it tends to click without telling me, so I've gotten several double posts today. I'm still bitter that I lost my real mouse!
Originally Posted By pkonold Thanks for the fast replies. It is so hard to find a good pic of that area. I have seen that pic knoxvelour, when you print it it doesn't look to good. For anyone interested here is one of the pics the artists are working on now: <a href="http://www.featuredalbums.com/jacksparrow/a134/00000021" target="_blank">http://www.featuredalbums.com/ jacksparrow/a134/00000021</a>
Originally Posted By TheHoop Oh do tell when Opening night is...what fun to decorate something like this--keep us posted on this progress!
Originally Posted By cinderella143also WOW!!! Yes, keep us posted on when opening night is! We'll bring the pirate snacks!!!!
Originally Posted By DlandDug Don't know how I've missed this topic all along. Set design and Pirates of the Caribbean are two of my favorite things. If you do not have it, do get Jason Surrell's book "Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies." It is filled with a wealth of photos, as well as original art created for the attractions and first film. (There is a good photo of the treasure room on pages 84-85, for example.)
Originally Posted By Mickey Dude Have you picked all the paintings out for the arch way's?? If not, putting a Davey Jones painting would be really cool to do! I love drawing him...my fav character!
Originally Posted By pkonold Thanks everyone for the great comments! DlandDug I would love any ideas and comments you have! It is still pretty early and most anything can still be added. I have a thread over on avsforum that goes more in detail of what I am doing around the theater. Please share your brain Mickey Dude, there are 6 arches total. I have picked out 5 of the six. I have picked two from the movie (skull and cross bones, battle between the interceptor and black peral) and 3 so far from the ride (the helmsman, pirates in jail trying to get the key from the dog, and the treasure room which I need some good pic from) so I still have one arch free. Davey would be cool.
Originally Posted By Nobody pkonold, A) It seems like I've seen official Disney promo shots of the treasure room in the past, but it was a tighter shot of the skeleton on top of the treasure. I'll see what I can fine, but you might consider going that route rather than trying to include the whole scene. Otherwise, you might need to find a video and let the artist try to put things together from what he sees. B) If you get a chance, please post a link to your thread on AVSforum. Thanks.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Have you considered filling two arches with the treasure room scene? In the actual attraction there is a rock column that sort of divides the view in half. The first arch could hold the classic mound of gold with the skeleton pirate on top, and the other could feature the chest with the Aztec gold from Curse of the Black Pearl. (That chest is now in the Disneyland original.) To add dimension, you may want to consider adding props along the edges of the arched areas. Small chests, barrels, or heaps of gold coins would look good. Fix them together to appear loosely scattered in the room. This was done at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood when they played Pirates I and II. There should be photos on line. (I know we had some here on this site!) If you have empty wall space in the room, you should consider vignettes of famous pirates, like those that decorate the walls in the queue area. recently added were Capt. Jack Sparrow and Barbossa. And directly over the top of the screen you should have the skull that appears above the tunnel for the first drop. It doesn't have to talk, but it would certainly be a fine piece of decor.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Don't they have the skull on sale on their website right now? I think I saw it recently (well, a recreation of it...not the original).
Originally Posted By pkonold Noboby, I would love those pics. I want to have the skeleton on top of the treasure with the treasure around him. Not really the whole room. So those pics would be perfect. Here is the link to the thread on avsforum. <a href="http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=731215&page=1&pp=30" target="_blank">http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb /showthread.php?t=731215&page=1&pp=30</a> Please everyone join in. I need help from the brilliant minds here. Most people wonder why I am doing all of this. Only here can I find people that understand why Wow DlandDug how our mind think alike! "And directly over the top of the screen you should have the skull that appears above the tunnel for the first drop. It doesn't have to talk, but it would certainly be a fine piece of decor." We bought one just for the reason. It will go right above the screen. Here are some pics of it: <a href="http://www.featuredalbums.com/images/94/134/00000023.JPG" target="_blank">http://www.featuredalbums.com/ images/94/134/00000023.JPG</a> <a href="http://www.featuredalbums.com/images/94/134/00000024.JPG" target="_blank">http://www.featuredalbums.com/ images/94/134/00000024.JPG</a> When we first planed on the arches, we were going to have just one scene on each side that would stretch throughout the three arches. But after talking with the artist, he was excited about the project and thought it would be good for different scenes in each arch. So we went that direction and love it. Please keep any thoughts and ideas coming!!!!
Originally Posted By pkonold We bought this last time we were in Disneyland <a href="http://www.featuredalbums.com/images/94/134/00000025.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.featuredalbums.com/ images/94/134/00000025.jpg</a> He should look good in the cove!
Originally Posted By momofbuzzfan We were at Target today and they had some Pirates merchandise on an endcap. It was stuff from the movie....wall art, clocks, and some other decor stuff. I didn't look up close. But I do know the wall art was small and NOTHING compared to the excellent pics you shared of your theater.
