More Pirates of the Caribbean stuff

First off, if you haven’t caught this month’s official Disneyland podcast, do so. It’s all Pirates of the Caribbean, all the time, both movie and ride.

Secondly, some fun trivia. (Well, fun to me, and I’m the one at the wheel.)

In the movies, the pirates of the Black Pearl hole up on Isla de Muerta and Davey Jones, the captain of the Flying Dutchman buries his most prized treasure on Isla Cruces.

But didja know that the pirate ship in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride is the Wicked Wench and the Spanish town the pirates attack (now led by Barbossa in the tweaked version of the ride) is Isla Tesoro? (Yes, that’s “Treasure Island” and it’s a new name with the revamp.)

The revamp, incidentally, was underway before the first Pirates movie hit, and when it his so big, the crew was faced with the realization that there would be a lot of people coming to the park whose take on the ride would be shaped by the movie, so they decided to add some movie elements to the ride.

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