Pirates of the Caribbean (attraction)

Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean
	Pirates of the Caribbean entrance at Walt Disney World
Disneyland
Area	New Orleans Square
Coordinates	33°48′40.46″N 117°55′14.97″W / 33.8112389°N 117.9208250°W
Status	Operating
Opening date	March 18, 1967
Magic Kingdom
Area	Adventureland
Coordinates	28°25′4.87″N 81°35′3.19″W / 28.4180194°N 81.5842194°W
Status	Operating
Soft opening date	December 15, 1973
Tokyo Disneyland
Area	Adventureland
Coordinates	35°38′3.31″N 139°52′50.6″E / 35.6342528°N 139.880722°E
Status	Operating
Opening date	April 15, 1983
Disneyland Park (Paris)
Area	Adventureland
Coordinates	48°52′24.59″N 2°46′24.22″E / 48.8734972°N 2.7733944°E
Status	Operating
Opening date	April 12, 1992
Shanghai Disneyland
Area	Treasure Cove
Coordinates	31°8′50.91″N 121°39′29.39″E / 31.1474750°N 121.6581639°E
Status	Operating
Opening date	June 16, 2016
Ride statistics
Attraction type	Dark ride
Designer	WED Enterprises
Theme	Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates in the 17th–18th century
Music	"A Pirate's Life for Me" by George Bruns and Xavier Atencio
Vehicle type	Bateaux
Vehicles	50 Boats
Riders per vehicle	23–24
Duration	Disneyland; 15:30 minutes; Magic Kingdom; 8:30 minutes; Tokyo Disneyland; 9:30 minutes; Disneyland Paris; 10:30 minutes
Number of drops	Disneyland and Disneyland Paris; 2; Magic Kingdom, Shanghai Disneyland, and Tokyo Disneyland; 1
Audio-animatronics	119
Voices	Paul Frees; June Foray; Thurl Ravenscroft; J. Pat O'Malley; Dallas McKennon; Xavier Atencio; Corey Burton (1997–present); Dee Bradley Baker (2005–present); Johnny Depp (2006–present); Geoffrey Rush (2006–present); Bill Nighy (2006–present); Ian McShane (2011–present); Grey DeLisle (2018–present)
Manufacturer	Arrow Development (Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland); Intamin (Disneyland Paris)
Sponsor	Kirin Company (Tokyo)
	FastPass available
	Disney Genie+ Lightning Lane Available
	Must transfer from wheelchair
	Assistive listening available

Pirates of the Caribbean is a dark ride at Disneyland, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris, and Shanghai Disneyland.

The ride tells the story of a band of pirates in the West Indies islands around the Caribbean Sea in the 17th and 18th centuries with the saga of their voyages, troubles, and exploits. The original version of the ride opened at the Disneyland in Anaheim, California, near Los Angeles, in 1967, and was the last ride whose construction was envisioned and personally overseen by Walt Disney, who died three months before it opened. After immense popularity, the ride was replicated six years later at the Magic Kingdom of Walt Disney World, near Orlando, Florida in 1973. Versions followed at Tokyo Disneyland in 1983, and at Disneyland Paris in 1992. Each of the initial four versions of the ride has a different façade but a similar ride experience. A reimagined version of the ride influenced by the visitors' familiarity with the worldwide success of the feature film series, Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure, opened at the Shanghai Disneyland Park in 2016.

The Pirates of the Caribbean ride gave rise to the song "A Pirate's Life for Me" written by George Bruns and Xavier Atencio. The ride became the basis for the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, which debuted in 2003. Since 2006, Disney has incorporated characters from the film series into the Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris versions of the rides.