| After being released 40 years ago, the Disney ride | | | | Every delicacy of the ride was taken into serious |
| Pirates of the Caribbean continues to blow people | | | | consideration to give it a realistic feel. Blain Gibson, who |
| away. From haunted caverns to a pirate galleon, there | | | | sculpted the pirates, often found himself staring at |
| have been no Disney rides as successful as this since | | | | people in restaurants and at church to get his ideas for |
| the opening. With additions to the ride and the success | | | | characters. Harriet Burns, who helped Gibson, changed |
| of the Walt Disney Pictures movie, the ride has a | | | | the hair color or added an eye patch to several |
| bright future of setting sail for years to come. | | | | characters to ensure that not one looked similar to |
| It all started in 1961 when Walt Disney assigned | | | | another. |
| imagineer Walt Davis to design a pirate-themed wax | | | | While first being envisioned as a wax museum by |
| museum. Sadly, Walt Disney passed on December 15, | | | | Walt Disney, he later changed his mind to have it be a |
| 1966 before getting to see the finished product. With | | | | walk-through adventure. Finally, the ride's creators |
| the drive to finish the product he had started, Walt | | | | turned it into the same boat system that is used for It's |
| Davis released "Pirates of the Caribbean" in New | | | | a Small World. |
| Orleans Square on March 18, 1967. | | | | After the extremely successful opening of Pirates of |
| With all of the sounds, sights, and dazzling features to | | | | the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in the |
| the ride, it is no surprise that Pirates of the Caribbean | | | | summer of 2003 and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead |
| has been the most popular Disney ride at Disney. | | | | Man's Chest, there is much anticipation for the last part |
| Since the release in 1967, there have been nearly 315 | | | | to the trilogy coming this summer titled Pirates of the |
| million guests who have ridden the ride. | | | | Caribbean: At World's End. Because of the ongoing |
| On March 7, 1997 the ride was redesigned to | | | | success of the movies, on June 6, 2006 the Disney |
| incorporate some new scenes to make the ride more | | | | opened a redesigned ride. The new ride incorporates |
| appealing. There was also added technology to spice | | | | the voices and similarities of the movie's actors Johnny |
| up the ride for its 30th anniversary in 1997. As the ride | | | | Depp, Bill Nighy and Geoffrey Rush, as well as a |
| continued to have success, interest for a movie was | | | | revised music track. |
| sparked. After many years of talk and creation, | | | | Although there have been revisions to the original |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | | | | Disney ride, after 40 years Pirates of the Caribbean |
| was released on July 9, 2003 based on the Disney's | | | | continues to be the most popular and most successful |
| ride. | | | | ride at Disney theme parks around the world. |