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cascades down on the left side of the boat. Directly in front of the boat, a wall of mist obscures the way forward and a voice warns all who pass that, “Dead men tell no tales.”
Moving deeper into the cave, a beach can be seen on the left side of the boat. Several pirate skeletons are strewn about the sand, as is a jolly roger and a few seagulls and other wildlife. Moving along, the remains of a ship can be seen. A pirate skeleton stands at the helm of the ship, a strong gale blowing the ragged sails around him.
Directly ahead, an ominous skull snaps your picture while speaking. The boat then passes into darkness before plunging down a roughly 14-foot drop (Hang on, you might get a bit wet!). As they say, there’s no rest for the wicked. Promptly after the drop, the boat floats into a pitched battle between a pirate ship, named The Wicked Wench, and El Castillo del Morro. Cannons fire as Captain Hector Barbosa (portrayed by Geoffrey Rush in the films) shouts threats and commands from the deck. Cannon balls splash down in the water around the boats,
Your boat then moves into a village, where Audio Animatronic pirates torture the mayor by dunking him into
a well while demanding information on the location of Jack Sparrow and the town’s treasury. A woman in the window above implores the mayor not to tell them anything.
A bit further into the town, the boat passes by an auction. A woman stands holding a hen, which is being sold. The auctioneer attempts to stir up interest in the crowd. Redd, a female pirate, demands that the auctioneer stop wasting everyone’s time with the hens and get onto the rum. She clutches a bottle in one hand and a flintlock pistol in the other. Like the “redhead” whom she replaced, her clothing is all red, including the tri-corner hat sitting atop her head. Despite being a newer addition to the Pirates of the Caribbean, Redd has quickly become one of my favorite characters. In fact, if the movie franchise ever gets a reboot I’d love to see her as the principal character. If we’re lucky, maybe she’ll become a meetable character as well (she currently can be met at Disneyland). Pirates standing atop a bridge and across the canal shout riotously, and a gun is even fired.
In the next area, we get to hear the first strains of, “Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me)” which was written by Disney legends
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