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CONSTRUCTION/EXTERIOR |
FROM “VACATIONLAND MAGAZINE, SUMMER 1967” |
LINE QUEUE |
LAFFITE’S LANDING |
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BLUE BAYOU |
![]() A reader recently asked me about the origin of the old gent smoking a pipe and sitting in a rocking chair in the bayou portion of the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Famed Disney historian Jim Korkis was kind enough to give me some background:The cabin was certainly original to the attraction (see the Marc Davis' original sketch at left) but I do not believe the figure with the corncob pipe was and over the years he came and went. Sometimes guests would pass by the cabin with no figure visable, just the sound of a banjo playing inside the cabin. He never had a name (he did in WDW....Beacon Joe, shown at right) and was supposed to just give a sense of forboding since he does not acknowledge the passing boats and to give the feeling that you have gone deep into the uncharted portion of the Everglades where strange unfriendly hermits live. He did not have an official backstory or any direct connections to the pirates (like a lookout or a retired pirate). O n the Rivers of America at Walt Disney World, that small waterfront cabin in Alligator Swamp is the home to Beacon Joe who keeps an eye on this part of the river and helps out passing travelers. That cabin was designed by famed Imagineer Marc Davis but not for Florida. It appears at Disneyland in dark spooky lighting in the Blue Bayou just before guests drift past it into a pirate adventure. There was not going to be a similar scene in the Florida attraction so it was borrowed for the Rivers of America and years later was also included in Tokyo Disneyland’s Rivers of America. |
JOLLY ROGER |
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SKELETON SAILING A SHIP |
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CAPTAIN’S BAR |
THE AMBIGUOUS CONFABULATION COLLECTIONWant to see Pirates of the Caribbean with the lights on? Want to play inside the attraction and get real close to all the audio-animatronics? If scene-spoilers and "how’d they do that" photos don’t distress you, click here to see some amazing behind the scenes photos. But I warn you...if you don’t want to ruin the magic, don’t go to this page. |
CAPTAIN’S QUARTERS |
TREASURE ROOM |
DAVY JONES/BLACKBEARD MIST EFFECT |
ATTACK ON A SPANISH TOWN |
DUNKING CARLOS, THE MAYOR |
JACK SPARROW AT THE COSTURERA |
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