Pirates of the Caribbean is a Disney Parks attraction and media-franchise which has intersected frequently with the Jungle Cruise property. The once succesful and beloved Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise also influenced the creation of the 2021 Jungle Cruise film.
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Attraction[]
The Pirates of the Caribbean attraction revolves around guests finding the ruins of a spanish colony and pirate's lair on haunted Caribbean island of Isla Tesoro. After being warned of the cursed treasure stolen by the pirates, guests are transported back in time by dark-magic to the golden age of piracy to bare witness to the pirates of The Wicked Wench stealing the cursed gold to begin with. They are depicted as fighting with rival pirate Captain Jack Sparrow for the treasure while also getting drunk and burning the city of Puerto Dorado to the ground.
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Films[]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl:
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest:
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End:
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides:
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales:
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Adventure Trading Company[]
In this attraction, guests had to travel to Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island, a Pirates of the Caribbean attraction set on Jackson Island, Missouri. In this mission, guests used maps left by pirates of the Caribbean which lead them to Will Turner's blacksmith shop.
Jungle Cruise[]
In Disneyland, there is a subtle easter-egg to Pirates of the Caribbean. One of the chimpanzees aboard the Mekong Maiden observes a map with a magnifying-glass in a way made to homage the skeleton pirate captain from Pirates of the Caribbean.[1] In the Magic Kingdom, the Pirates of the Caribbean ride-building is visible from the bamboo in the Amazon rainforest.
Jungle River Cruise: Pirate Takeover![]
This was an overlay of Jungle River Cruise in Hong Kong Disneyland which was themed to Pirates of the Caribbean for the, "Pirate Takeover" event. It was set in the midst of a pirate takeover of Adventureland where pirate paraphernalia is strewn about the Jungle Cruise leading up to an encounter with a live-performed pirate attacking the boat with a cannon.
Skipper Canteen[]
In the library of the Skipper Canteen are books titled Profiles of Legendary Pirates of the Caribbean by Gibson and Primates of the Caribbean by Coats.
Trader Sam's[]
Both of Trader Sam's bars contain a bottle with the miniature Wicked Wench from Pirates of the Caribbean. When the drink, "Shipwreck on the Rocks" is ordered, it triggers an effect where the ship sinks in a storm within the bottle. The menu description for this drink also mentions Davy Jones' Locker with Jones being a major antagonist in the films. Another drink is called, "La Florida" and has a menu description mentioning a rumour that Trader Sam discovered the Fountain of Youth, this might be referencing the Mao Kun Map from the films which showed the location of the Fountain of Youth nearby, "La Florida".
Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar[]
There are many references to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise within this bar. Most notably there is a photograph of Trader Sam and Captain Jack Sparrow together on Isla de Pelegestos from the films. Also on a shelf in a box is the shrunken head of Jack Sparrow's mother with a letter to Sam from Jack Sparrow. There is also a spyglass from Blackbeard and Angelica Teach from the films, and a locket which belonged to the sea gods Davy Jones and Calypso.
Other connections[]
- In A Pirate's Adventure: Treasures of the Seven Seas, the headhunters are antagonists whom Captain Jack Sparrow and Captain Barbossa fight to steal the Treasure of the Pacific from.
- In Virtual Magic Kingdom, Captain X from the ride appeared in Shrunken Ned's shop.
Phantom Manor[]
A portrait of the Flying Dutchman from the films is hung in Ravenswood Manor.
Trivia[]
- The 2021 Jungle Cruise film takes many story-beats and tropes from the Pirates of the Caribbean films. Following its release, various reviews and criticisms of the film tended to refer to the Jungle Cruise as a lacklustre attempt at recreating the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
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