Originally Posted By DLFAN1979 Guys this is going to be Pirates does the Imagination redo. OK, i have talked to some 'sources' and i have some info on the Well Scene. Barbossa will now be dunking the mayor, he will have NEW dialouge, Jack will be hding in the backround and Barbossa parrot will be squawking "JACK SPARROW!" Take that for what it is................
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire Wish they didnt REDO pirates, but just added Jack...and make sure his ;likeness to Johnny Depp in that movie is great!!
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy Take the "sources" for what it's worth. I always wonder about quoted sources that show up in LP when the insider information is truly supposed to be kept secret.
Originally Posted By CTXRover I don't know anything about your "sources", but this is actually one way that I envisioned how they would incorporate these characters. From the press release, it sounds like the ride is staying the same, but a new over-arching storyline will be added so its more than just a trip through Pirates recking havoc. It'll be pretty much the same, but now you'll also the storyline of Jack and Barbossa trying to find "the treasure" featured at the end of the ride. I can actually see the Mayor scene being re-worked the way you described. Pretty much keeps the same look and feel, but adds a bit more of a clearer story to it. We'll see. Hopefully the incorporation of these characters will only improve an already great ride, I think the potential is definetly there. At least for WDW's pirates, I think these additions WILL really add that little something extra that it's missing.
Originally Posted By DLFAN1979 This VERY scene was mentioned in the paper today, so this scene redo is now official.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy Let's be honest -- just because it was in the paper doesn't make it 100% correct or clear. Even if the paper is reporting verbatim a press release -- so? I'll worry about what they did to the ride or offer my congratulations after I've seen it. Until then, I'll hope for the best.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I, for one, won't mind the tighter storyline. Right now, it's just a bunch of vignettes with Pirates. They don't link together all that well. With Barbosa and Sparrow, you'll have a clear theme throughout the ride, and you'll also stop the people from asking "where is Jack Sparrow?" or "Is that the Black Pearl?". It will be obvious this time...
Originally Posted By mele It doesn't seem so bad to me and Pirates is one of my favorite rides. I thought one of the things Walt Disney wanted was that his parks were continually changing and growing? No?
Originally Posted By koobar WDI can do whatever they want with the MK pirates. just don't mess with the DL original.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>WDI can do whatever they want with the MK pirates. just don't mess with the DL original.<<< To late for that...they have already started the redo at Disneyland. Since PoC is more extensive there than WDW the changes will probably be more extensive as well.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<just don't mess with the DL original.>> They are going to be "messing" with the DL PotC.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> WDI can do whatever they want with the MK pirates. just don't mess with the DL original. << Oh, please ......
Originally Posted By typhoonCM BTW, this topic with the barbosa scene with sparrow hiding in the background is also on the cast portal. Just FYI... "Johnny Depp is coming to Walt Disney World's Pirates of the Caribbean -- or at least his likeness is coming. Disney will make changes this spring in the mainstay Pirates ride at both Magic Kingdom and Disneyland -- adding characters from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and updating some of the special effects. To do so, Disney will close both rides in early March for four months. The attractions will reopen just in time for the release of the sequel movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, in late June in California and July 7 at Walt Disney World. The movie character Capt. Jack Sparrow, portrayed by Depp, will be mixed in with the 120 robotic performers in the ride. Barbossa, Sparrow's nemesis in the first movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, also will appear. So will a ghostly figure from the new movie, Davy Jones. "We're adding some new characters and some exciting new special effects to really make it more familiar to today's generation of kids who grew up seeing the movie or the DVD before they came to the theme parks," said Eric Jacobson, senior vice president of creative development for Walt Disney Imagineering. But cautious that many Disney fans react negatively anytime old standards are changed, Jacobson added, "It's still the classic ride it always was. We're just adding more." The ride was the last attraction created under Walt Disney's supervision. It premiered at Disneyland March 18, 1967, and at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom Dec. 15, 1973. It features a slow boat ride through caverns populated by singing, fun-loving, brawling and menacing robotic pirates and other characters. Movie and theme-park cross-promotion is now working both ways, Dick Cook, chairman of the Walt Disney Studios, pointed out in a news release. The ride spawned the first movie in 2003, and many of the scenes in the movie were derived from scenes on the ride. Now scenes on the ride are being changed to draw more from the movie. Jacobson said minor changes have been made periodically through the years to update and improve characters and effects. But this is the first time changes have been made that affect the ride's story. A new plot line derived from the movies will be woven in: The evil pirates are looking for Sparrow, he's trying to stay one step ahead of them, and both are looking for treasure. Sparrow will make his first appearance at the ride's well scene. "The captain at the well is dunking the mayor, asking him if he knows where Jack Sparrow is," Jacobson said. "In the shadows, just outside of the scene, is going to be the figure of Jack Sparrow." The Davy Jones character will be "a brand new special effect and a brand new way of presenting a character in the ride," Jacobson said. Other changes will involve updating the decades-old sound and lighting systems with 21st-century technology, he said. The sequel, produced by Walt Disney Pictures, is set to premiere at Disneyland in late June, with a gala opening. Disney spokesman David Brady said it is too early to say whether any special events, such as personal appearances by Depp or other stars of the movie, would be held at Disney World when the film opens here and nationwide July 7."
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Don't expect the WDW improvements to be as extensive as DL's... WDW never measures to what they do at other parks.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss But I think it *will* be an improvement over what is there now. Now you get to the unloading point and think, "That's it?"
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I think it's going to be great, it gives it a chance to be updated. When they went PC with the chase scenes I didn't like those. But I think this will work.
Originally Posted By brotherdave What do you think the chances of Pirates soft opening in late June at WDW? I'll be there then and hate to see it closed while I'm there as Pirates is one of my all time favorite rides at the MK!
Originally Posted By kennect I love the idea of an attraction getting plussed, that is what I call it, since the film was such a huge hit...I just wonder what was in the actors contract in regards to using their characters likeness in any shape from or fashion down the road....I really wonder if Johnny Depp is thrilled knowing that he is being immortalized in this fashion? To me it all sounds like a great deal of fun....
