Well, with the popularity of the Pirates film and the ever aging of the Pirates attraction this news was bound to come. It seems that the Pirates attractions at both the Disneyland park and the Magic Kingdom at WDW are getting makeovers.
The new additions will add some characters from the popular films and will include additions such as Jack Sparrow and Barbossa. To accomodate the new additions the Pirates Attractions will close coming this March and will be out of operation until it relauches with the new additions in June
for Disneyland and July for Magic Kindon at Walt Disney World. Just in time for the Pirates sequel to come out. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. The new additions will interact with some of the current characters as they race each other to reach a treasure chest. New special effects will also be added, as will the character of Davey Jones from the new film.
I do believe that the Yo Ho song we know and love will stay there and many of the characters we know and love. I guess this is a better compromise for me. I would rather see Pirates get a make over than shut down for good. Pirates was the last project Walt personally supervised and I want to see it continue even if it evolves.
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