Originally Posted By Kira According to a gossip blog, all of the Jack Sparrow face characters have been removed, or are set to be removed, from the parks due to highly inappropriate behavior from certain guests. Can anyone confirm this or does anyone have any more information about the situation? (Link to the information that I found: <a href="http://www.momlogic.com/2008/12/disneyland_pirates_of_the_cari.php" target="_blank">http://www.momlogic.com/2008/1...cari.php</a> ) If this turns out to be true, I have to say I am highly disappointed and a little bit enraged. It's sad that those who can't keep their ahem ..."treasure chests"... buried have completely ruined a fun experience for the other park goers who CAN behave themselves. Such a shame, as seeing Jack has become a park visiting ritual for me and others that I know =/ Dear Jack will be missed.
Originally Posted By donnyaz then they also need to get rid of Splash mountian because of what it make some female guests do.
Originally Posted By Kira Seriously, with that kind of thinking they should just do away with all the dark rides while their at it. But let's not give them anymore ideas
Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 Oh for Pete's sake. This is ridiculous. Why don't we get rid of the Astro Blasters since they promote violence? I mean Disney came UP with Jack Sparrow and they made him a lady magnet. HELLO! I mean female guests should show a little more self respect and the men playing the character shouldn't encourage that type of behavior. I agree with that. But getting reid of him completely is lame. Theme a whole island after him and then he never shows up? Nice.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains How is this any different than some suggesting the Faries are there for the men as much as the little girls... I think in both cases this is crazy! These characters were brought in to entertain the guests. If some guests behave badly - then remove the guests not the characters!
Originally Posted By submarine-maniac From what we were told it was because Johnny Depp didn't want him in the parks anymore.
Originally Posted By Kira <<From what we were told it was because Johnny Depp didn't want him in the parks anymore.>> THIS would be a very LOGICAL explanation. I hope that this is the reason they pulled the characters and not because some hooligans couldn't contain themselves, ruining it for everyone else in the process.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "...the Faries are there for the men as much as the little girls..." Last night, Tinkerbelle and Iridessa were both wearing costume-appropriate coats. They still looked like fairies, but left less interest for the guys out there. Rosetta, on the other hand, went with the full fairy look, and was running in place between groups to stay warm. : )
Originally Posted By submarine-maniac Just saw on TMZ that the reason was that ladies were flashing the Jack that was in the parade......... What part of the parade has Jack? lol Another reason why that show is ridiculous...
Originally Posted By -em First we lost Tarzan now Jack from meet n greets... I do hope its for the other reason and not just cause...
Originally Posted By barboy I wonder if some of those ladies were yelling out: 'Hey Jack, Show us your sword'
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney I read a Jack Sparrowcharacter blog someone posted a link to here recently. If what that gentleman indicated happened to him while a Jack Sparrow character, I can see why Dsney decided to pull it. Too bad they did'nt just have a couple of 'Handlers" to assist the Sparrow characters in not getting molested by some DLR patrons ~~smile~~
Originally Posted By danyoung The whole concept that Jack was pulled because of lady flashers is just ridiculous. He was pulled because it's time to move on to the next thing. They've added the fairies, and now Pirates mania is settling down. Disney has stated very clearly that this flashing rumor is a big nothing. I don't always believe them, but in this case I do.
Originally Posted By pecos bill Seems like Depp would have little say in the matter since the character belongs to Disney.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Kira will now probably hunt down these women...I've never seen Kira *really* angry before.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Whatever the reason, I'm upset that I won't be able to see Jack at the parks again! This actually made the news in Australia, which I thought was quite incredible. A friend sent me the link yesterday.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Hey, I live in Australia too, I didnt get any news . I'm confused now though, does this include Jack at TSI as well? That's a cool photo op and would sort of take away the theme of the island if hes never around.
