Originally Posted By myinnerpeterpan My brother in law and I were talking about this last weekend while we were on POTC. When we were younger, we remember (or at least we think we remember...things get fuzzy over 40) that there were more pirates at the very end of the ride right before you go up the ramp. We were thinking that maybe there were three pirates on the left side at one time instead of just the one on the cannon. Can anyone shine a bit of light on this?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros After the late-90's refurbishment (which infamously tried to make the attraction politically correct), they added a couple figures next to the lift hill pushing/pulling a treasure chest up the slope. Those figures came from the then-recently-closed World of Motion at Epcot (now TestTrack) I'm not sure if there were ever additional AA's out in the scene itself though
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I should clarify that the AAs from World of Motion were removed during the 2006 refurbishment that added the Jack Sparrow scene next to the lift hill in the newly-enclosed room (jack-in-the-box, as he was referred to around the reopening)
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes There was a pirate rocking and shooting on a couple of barrels of TNT. I think he's been relocated in the ride, but that's one less in that scene.
Originally Posted By SuperDry ^^^ That always amused me. There's nothing like getting drunk and playing with guns to promote good family values.
Originally Posted By Bellella I remember and miss the pirates trying their utmost to save themselves and their treasure. I don't remember seeing the pirate on the rocking barrels elsewhere on the ride. I do kind of wish they could have kept him where he was. Of course, now that's not an option....
Originally Posted By doombuggy he is now in the chase scene way in the back and with out his beard now.
Originally Posted By Bellella Guess I'll have to look closer next time. When I was there last time I was really happy to see that the famous luckless "laden with loot" was back.
Originally Posted By 9oldmen >>Guess I'll have to look closer next time.<< Don't forget home videos posted to YouTube and other sites.(and check to see when the video was uploaded). The days where you need to actually ride the attraction to check for something like this are over, although it does give us all another good excuse to go the parks.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>^^^ That always amused me. There's nothing like getting drunk and playing with guns to promote good family values. << If Disneyland was all / 100% 'promote good family values' / perfectly 'PC' for 21st century audiences ... there wouldn't be much to DL would there?
Originally Posted By barboy ///That always amused me. There's nothing like getting drunk and playing with guns to promote good family values./// Getting drunk and playing with "guns" is one of the reasons why their are families to begin with
Originally Posted By cheesybaby As for the original question - yes, just before the lift, there used to be three pirates on the left and two on the right shooting at each other. Several years ago, this changed to two on the left and two on the right. For the last several months (perhaps a year or more), it has been one pirate on each side. This is before the lift, before the final Jack Sparrow scene. This does not include the pirates from WoM during the lift - those were removed in 2006. So before the 2006 rehab, there were three pirates on the left AND two pirates on the right shooting at each other AND the WoM pirates on the lift itself.
Originally Posted By doombuggy you got it backwards, 2 on the left 3 on the right. left side, 1 on cannon, 1 on barrels right side, 1 on hand crank, 1 sitting on the shoulders of another. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCAtjp5C-oY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...tjp5C-oY</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros They also took out the massive explosion that's in that video : ) Interesting, it looks like there used to be 'flames' in the background of that scene. I don't remember ever seeing them, but the effect can be seen in 'windows' and through the cracks the background of a couple of those shots
Originally Posted By phruby What's with the kid standing up in the front of the boat when they come over the last lift hill in the video? Doesn't he know he could fall over the front and get runned over? I guess no one found it strange the pirate wants to "hoist his colors on the likes of that fair lass". and that he was willing to share [her]!
Originally Posted By Brian55nh I always thought that explosion of the dynamite barrel was far from convincing even when I saw it as a kid way back when it was shown on WWOC and always wondered why they thought it necessary to include it to begin with since it was never going to be experienced on the ride itself... talk about false advertising!
Originally Posted By DBitz2 <<>>^^^ That always amused me. There's nothing like getting drunk and playing with guns to promote good family values. << If Disneyland was all / 100% 'promote good family values' / perfectly 'PC' for 21st century audiences ... there wouldn't be much to DL would there?>> I was kind of laughing when I was watching some of the pirate entertainment featured as part of the Pirates Week Limited Time Magic week last weekend because most of the songs were about drinking and drunkeness!
Originally Posted By doombuggy "songs were about drinking and drunkeness!" But a shot glass is a "tooth pick holder"
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>I was kind of laughing when I was watching some of the pirate entertainment featured as part of the Pirates Week Limited Time Magic week last weekend because most of the songs were about drinking and drunkeness! << Lets remember, the ride is a look at HISTORY, with a surrealistic/slight romanticized twist. Not a lesson on how we should live our lives today.
