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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, did well globally with a gross of $794 million.
Though the Imagineers (Disney's trademarked portmanteau of "imagination" and "engineering"). There is a lot to see and a lot to miss on this ride, even after experiencing it multiple times. There are plenty of details for the movies to reference - and each of the five Pirates of the Caribbean films does so at least twice. Here is every one of them.
The Bayou (Tia Dalma’s House) Dead Man's Chest
Shortly after boarding their boats, guests float along the river between the faux outdoor seating of an actual Disneyland restaurant - The Blue Bayou - and several shacks on stilts surrounded by trees. An old man sits on the porch of one of the shacks, slowly plucking notes from "Oh! Susanna" and "Camptown Races" on a banjo. This calm, outdoor scene sets the mood for the ride and provides ambiance for the restaurant at Disneyland, but neither the bayou scene nor The Blue Bayou restaurant exists in the version of the ride at Walt Disney World in Florida. In Dead Man's Chest, the crew visits Tia Dalma, who lives in a shack on a bayou - much like the one from Pirates of the Caribbean in Disneyland. The fireflies and trees surrounding Tia Dalma's shack are also drawn from the ride.
"Yo Ho (A Pirates Life For Me)” The Curse of the Black Pearl, At World’s End
"Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me)" was written by composer George Bruns and Imagineer Xavier Atencio for Pirates of the Caribbean. On the ride, a slow instrumental version is played in Dead Man's Cove and the song is later performed in its entirety by a jolly band of pirates.
In the opening scene of The Curse of the Black Pearl, a young Elizabeth sings the part of the first verse. Later, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End both conclude with lines from "Yo Ho (A Pirates Life For Me)" sung by Captain Jack Sparrow: "... and really bad eggs. Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho!"
A similar-sounding but very different song is sung by the pirates at the gallows and At World's End - "Hoist the Colours," which was written for the film and includes the phrase "Yo Ho," but is not related to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
The Drop (The Waterfall to Davy Jones' Locker) At World’s End
The Curse of the Black Pearl had initially been planned to include a water flume at Isla de Muerta, which would have closely resembled the two drops included on Pirates of the Caribbean that take park guests from the bayou down into Dead Man's Cove, but the scene was cut due to costs - and Michael Eisner's hesitance to reference the ride. After the financial and critical success of the franchise had been secured, a waterfall scene was added to the third Pirates of the Caribbean film, At World's End.
At World's End pays homage to the drop by using clips of audio and quotes from the ride during the scene where the Black Pearl sails over the edge of the world and drops down the large waterfall into Davy Jones' Locker. Before going over the waterfall, Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) says to Elizabeth, "You may not survive to this way again and these be the last friendly words you’ll hear," a direct quote from the ride. The lively tune of "Yo Ho (A Pirates Life For Me) and another quote from the ride are played together after the Black Pearl falls into the abyss: "Strike your colors, you bloomin’ cockroaches. Dead men tell no tales!"
Dead Man's Cove (Isla de Muerta) The Curse of the Black Pearl
After the prologue to the ride on the bayou, riders plummet down two waterfalls and enter Dead Man's Cove - but the island that was inspired by Dead Man's Cove doesn't appear until the end of The Curse of the Black Pearl as Isla de Muerta. The skeletons in Dead Man's Cove are from the pirates who appear later in the ride, pillaging and burning a small town.
One of the skeletons from Dead Man's Cove has a brief but obvious cameo in The Curse of the Black Pearl. When William Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Jack Sparrow sail up to the beach at Isla de Muerta, there is a crab-covered skeleton with a sword through its back. This foreshadows Jack's betrayal, but it's also a reference to Pirates of the Caribbean in Disneyland.
“Dead men tell no tales...” (Title) Dead Men Tell No Tales
Though the idiom existed long before Pirates of the Caribbean came to Disneyland, the fifth film in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise likely gets its name from the voiceover of a ghost who issues the ominous warning to park guests in Dead Man's Cove: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
Skeleton Captain (Teaser Poster) The Curse of the Black Pearl
As riders exit Dead Man's Cove, they by a skeleton at the helm of a ship in a storm. The most well-known poster for The Curse of the Black Pearl features Will, Jack, and Elizabeth, but an early teaser poster included this image taken from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
Skeleton Drinking Rum (Barbossa) The Curse of the Black Pearl
In the Crew's Quarters scene of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, a pirate skeleton drinks wine - or possibly rum - that es through his ribcage and out of his body. This skeleton is referenced in The Curse of the Black Pearl when the cursed Captain Barbossa uncorks a bottle of wine, drinks from it while in his skeletal form, and the wine trickles down his ribcage and splashes onto the ground.
Skeleton in Bed with Mounted Skull (Ponce de León's Bed) On Stranger Tides
Just beyond the Crew's Quarters are the Captain's Quarters, where the skeleton of a pirate captain is in an ornate bed, map and magnifying glass in hand. The design of the bed includes a skull mounted on the headboard. One of the few overt references to the ride in On Stranger Tides occurs toward the end of the movie. There is a scene on board the Santiago where Jack and Barbossa are shown sitting on a bed with a skull mounted on the headboard and the skeleton of Ponce de Leon between them - map and magnifying glass in hand.
Treasure Room (Isla de Muerta) The Curse of the Black Pearl
After ing through the captain's quarters on Pirates of the Caribbean in Disneyland, the boat sails on to the treasure room. A voiceover warns that the treasure is cursed as park guests look upon a skeleton sitting atop a pile of gold. Cursed gold drives the plot of The Curse of the Black Pearl and the piles of gold in the caverns of Isla de Muerta are a nod to this ride scene. The chest of cursed Aztec gold stolen by Cortés was added to the treasure room following the release of The Curse of the Black Pearl.
