Pirates of the Caribbean, joyful celebration of gluttony | How Your Favorite Ride Was Made

Walt Disney once famously said guests will experience Pirates of the Caribbean like a dinner party, hearing snippets of conversations here and there and getting just a piece of the story as they move through it. In turn, Pirates of the Caribbean, which opened in 1967, has become the template for nearly every theme park attraction that has come after it.

A collection of scenes rather than a hardened narrative, Pirates of the Caribbean allows guests to put together the pieces, to wonder about the haunting voices in the cavern, the countless rum-swigging pirates and the sieges and auctions that dot the 15-minute-plus ride.

Los Angeles Times amusement park aficionado Todd Martens brings you a new series, breaking down his favorite amusement park rides in Southern California and pulling the curtain back on how they were made, what they mean to the park and why you cannot miss them.

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[adambezark]

Hey, Todd - nice video! Lovely photography and narration. One note: Kim Irvine told me the quote about being like a “cocktail party” was attributed to John Hench… and he was talking about the Haunted Mansion, which truly is a journey past snippets of unknowable stories and conversations.

[ScottRogersMightyBedbug]

There's a story. It's a morale commentary. The message of the ride is: "If you do bad things, bad things will happen to you". They all pay for their sins in the end - destruction, imprisonment, drunken fights that will certainly end in explosion, even literally lying down in the mud with the hogs. Even though "dead men tell no tales", we see that their actions speak louder than words.

[themanwnoname]

In Health & Life Insurance elderly human beings are given extra time to decide what to choose— the Sam’s principle should guide all human beings when making important informed decisions. Plus grifting/snake oil went out of style in the 1800s.