So they made a walk through based on a movie inspired by a ride that’s in the neighboring theme park?
Wow, Disney’s head is so far up its own ass with concerns of name recognition that their laziness with actual park innovation will doom them in the long run.
This is a pathetic short term merchandizing grab and does nothing to fix the massive problems at their 2nd worst park (California Adventure will stay #1 until they fix the mini-Hollywood Studios ghost town inside of it.)
EXCUSE me? DCA is still number 1?? We’ve worked REALLY hard to make DCA actually work. I walk through this park every day of my working life. That 1.3 billion did NOT go down the drain in any way. We can’t fix 100% of our mistakes in one fell swoop.
this attraction sounds very interesting and I have a feeling im going to thoughly enjoy it. uit may not be a traditional attraction, but i’m sure i will like this for the same reason i like walking through a haunted house for instance. the negativity i’ve read in other comments sounds contrived and is most likly coming from self important fanboys who think it’s cool to knock whatever disney does. they probably have failed aspirations of becoming an imagineer, lol. go grind your ax somewhere else.
Well no. This is a very boring “Ride” or “Show” or whatever. It is lame and you just stand there, If you at least were able to walk, or do anything, but this is very lame.
I rather just see a Real Jack Sparrow sword fighting with kids outside the Pirates ride at Magic Kingdom. At least the actor there is real and you can leave whenever you damn want to
Looks pretty clever, but to be honest I would file this against Posedians Fury, just not really my kind of attraction, would probably go on once then never again. Also very strange placement between One Mans Dream and Midway Mania? I know they have to work with the space they have, but I would not have put this sort of attraction in that space.
You must understand that though Disney’s movies are reaching into more adult situations on the screen, at the parks it’s still very PG not PG-13. The Magic is in crowd involvement, so if you wanna just watch the show then go buy the dvd black friday’s around the corner.
I have to agree with almost all the mixed comments that people are posting, while I find the Pirates franchise to be well over played, I do think this is a step up from its past predecessor of Narnia.
I don’t mind walk through attractions, in a sense its like a interactive museum, and I would hope with this attraction it was more “technical special effects” of how the movie was made, then actually continuing with the Pirates story line…but after watching the above clip of the attraction, I was left completely bored halfway through once I realized it was all just clever imagery… why not some water cannons, or pyro…
I too am comparing this to Poseidon’s Fury, and for the fanboys of Universal, Fury is not a favorite to most..but it’s an award winner compared to this marketing ploy of trying once again to reach a target audience of 18-40 male, that let’s face it, Disney will never reach.
This attraction NEEDS 2 things….SEATS..I know disney wants their guests to get tired so we sit in their restaurants but at the end of the day this just makes guests unhappy which is the worst thing you can do. PYROTECHNICS what’s the use to going this attraction when its only a projection which can easily be seen on youtube. BOTTOM LINE is that since this attraction isn’t officially open yet being a soft opening they should make some changes. But its still seems to be better than the Narnia attraction.
Actually what it needs is to be 3D. That would have made it cool enough, adding chairs pyrotechnics and making it 3D could have actually been amazing.
as it is now is poop
Very disappointed to find, after waiting in long line, that this is not a ride or a show. When we got inside, the room where were were lined up to stand, seems sort of like the first room in the haunted mansion. When they led us out of there I thought we were going next to the ride/show, but we were led outside and that was it! Don’t waste your time on this one.
The DHS is getting more and more confusing to me. Is it a theme park dedicaded to movies, making of movies, music production or just a bunch of unrelated rides and attractions? It’s an insane mess!
Now for this piece of “imaginering”, it would be great as a preshow for the Pirates ride in MK. It takes a lot from the line at HP at IOA but now they call it an attraction and is it a bulletpoint at the already short list of things to do at DHS.
Disney realy needs to fix this park, and this is not the way to go.
You are so right. I Guess Universal could say that the Potter ride is Actually TWO ATTRACTIONS IN ONE!!! (sarcasm)
Seriously if this can be considered an attraction then so can the queue line at Potter. That becomes an attraction as well. What about Spiderman? Hulk? they have videos and props, can their queue lines be considered attractions as well?
Pathetic Disney, really pathetic.
At least put some chairs in there! I wouldn’t mind doing this if I was sitting down.
or
Make it 3D! I mean, If this show was seated and 3D then I could see it being good, really good actually….
I agree with everyone hear, watching the video the MOST disappointing thing for me is where the “Illusion” does not even make sense. Like the giant floating mermaid head on the ship, what the hell, could have had a full mermaid come out of the seas somewhere? Also seeing the seam lines at the top of the screen where the screen ends at the ceiling for the Kraken, giant tentacles that go up then just stop into black really would draw me out of whats going on. Why was is not a dome and fully immersible? Why does noting actually move or interact with the audience, looks like a cheap movie, and I don’t agree that 3d would have saved it.
It was my understanding that the Jack Sparrow projection was a hologram and not a 2D projection. It looks good but,man, what a disappointment! We when the last week of November ’12 and the ride wasn’t officially open. We were kinda herded into what looked like exit door and then around a corner to the animatronic pirate skull. Thinking all along that there would be a ride involved. But no, you do what the other posters have said. Walk into the room. Stand there. See the little show and walk out. Everybody moaned as they walked out.
I think this was more of an experiment in holograms with the actual stars of the movies rather than look alike robots.
I hate it for them. But this is a miss and a waste of park time.
We took our family to Hollywood Studios after spending a wonderful day at Universal (2 park pass) where we had a blast. The kids were not able to do everything in one day, so I would recommend 2 days at Universal.
As far as Disney Hollywood studios? Big fat dissappointment. Huge long lines, they were unprepared to handle the number of guests at a park where there are only 3-5 real substantial rides. The first ride (if you want to call it that), was Ride the Movies. Wierd…sadly in need up updating the video they play at the beginning that references movies through history…but only up until about the 1990’s….how hard would it be to add in a few later movies, Disney? Are short staffed?
And the Jack Sparrow experience. Let me share our reaction… When we came out of that after standing in line for 45 min to an hour, everyone in the group looked at each other and burst in to laughter. The overriding sentiment, “What the hell was that?!?” What a joke. Fire this team of people in the picture above that created such a lame joke of an experience, Disney! So much less than we have come to expect from you.
And if you are visiting Orlando, avoid this attraction and go on the Star Wars ride another time. Or just go get a corn dog, it will be a better use of your time.
Better yet, just avoid Hollywood studios alltogether and go to Universal a second day. You will love it!!! New and changing rides, modernized, and they are better set up to handle the crowds.
By the way, if you want to see an example of the way to do this type of thing in a quality way, go to Universal and visit the Disaster! experience. It has the “Wow” factor and they use a real actor in the show interacting the an image of Christopher Walken. This is just an incredible show and puts this Disney farce to shame….
By the way, if you go to the Jack Sparrow walk-through, (whatever it is), pay attention to the writing. Kind of funny to see they just rehashed a bunch of parts of the old movies…they couldn’t even get some origninal jokes or meaningful scripting for this thing. Unless you want to count the yelling and stampint…
I’ve been to Disney quite a few times, and I can say, without hesitation, that this is the worst thing I have ever experienced there. Just awful in every facet. Do yourself a favor and skip this. Don’t even do it for “the sake of doing it”
Worse than Under New Management was or Stitch’s Great Escape is? I don’t know, I think I’d rather stand in a room and watch things on the wall before subjecting myself to Gilbert Gottfried.
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My 8 year old sons first words when we exited, “that was lame.” We were on the far left side and my view of the back screen was partially blocked by the bow of the ship. Since everyone was standing, and is close together, it’s not great viewing for short people (ie kids)unless they are in the very front. This “attraction” would make a nice sideshow for a que to another ride, but fails miserably on its own.
If you have a fastpass set up and you dont see people waiting for this – its at least cool inside. It certainly isnt going to make anyone want to go home and watch Pirates of the Carribean. Ur better off going to see Muppets 3D.
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Comments for Inside ‘The Legend Of Captain Jack Sparrow’ As Walt Disney World Debuts New Lifelike Pirates Of The Caribbean Attraction
Hoser
So they made a walk through based on a movie inspired by a ride that’s in the neighboring theme park?
Wow, Disney’s head is so far up its own ass with concerns of name recognition that their laziness with actual park innovation will doom them in the long run.
This is a pathetic short term merchandizing grab and does nothing to fix the massive problems at their 2nd worst park (California Adventure will stay #1 until they fix the mini-Hollywood Studios ghost town inside of it.)
Chaz
That was actually really interesting. Nothing compared to the original ride, of course, but it still had its entertainment value.
Falco
EXCUSE me? DCA is still number 1?? We’ve worked REALLY hard to make DCA actually work. I walk through this park every day of my working life. That 1.3 billion did NOT go down the drain in any way. We can’t fix 100% of our mistakes in one fell swoop.
Dave
this attraction sounds very interesting and I have a feeling im going to thoughly enjoy it. uit may not be a traditional attraction, but i’m sure i will like this for the same reason i like walking through a haunted house for instance. the negativity i’ve read in other comments sounds contrived and is most likly coming from self important fanboys who think it’s cool to knock whatever disney does. they probably have failed aspirations of becoming an imagineer, lol. go grind your ax somewhere else.
jack
Well no. This is a very boring “Ride” or “Show” or whatever. It is lame and you just stand there, If you at least were able to walk, or do anything, but this is very lame.
I rather just see a Real Jack Sparrow sword fighting with kids outside the Pirates ride at Magic Kingdom. At least the actor there is real and you can leave whenever you damn want to
Jon Frow
Looks pretty clever, but to be honest I would file this against Posedians Fury, just not really my kind of attraction, would probably go on once then never again. Also very strange placement between One Mans Dream and Midway Mania? I know they have to work with the space they have, but I would not have put this sort of attraction in that space.
Jim
You must understand that though Disney’s movies are reaching into more adult situations on the screen, at the parks it’s still very PG not PG-13. The Magic is in crowd involvement, so if you wanna just watch the show then go buy the dvd black friday’s around the corner.
Matt
I have to agree with almost all the mixed comments that people are posting, while I find the Pirates franchise to be well over played, I do think this is a step up from its past predecessor of Narnia.
I don’t mind walk through attractions, in a sense its like a interactive museum, and I would hope with this attraction it was more “technical special effects” of how the movie was made, then actually continuing with the Pirates story line…but after watching the above clip of the attraction, I was left completely bored halfway through once I realized it was all just clever imagery… why not some water cannons, or pyro…
I too am comparing this to Poseidon’s Fury, and for the fanboys of Universal, Fury is not a favorite to most..but it’s an award winner compared to this marketing ploy of trying once again to reach a target audience of 18-40 male, that let’s face it, Disney will never reach.
“Dora the Pirate Explorer” Very Clever.
John Aitken
Yes I agree this show is a total waste of time – I would recommend you give it a miss.
John
This attraction NEEDS 2 things….SEATS..I know disney wants their guests to get tired so we sit in their restaurants but at the end of the day this just makes guests unhappy which is the worst thing you can do. PYROTECHNICS what’s the use to going this attraction when its only a projection which can easily be seen on youtube. BOTTOM LINE is that since this attraction isn’t officially open yet being a soft opening they should make some changes. But its still seems to be better than the Narnia attraction.
jack
Actually what it needs is to be 3D. That would have made it cool enough, adding chairs pyrotechnics and making it 3D could have actually been amazing.
as it is now is poop
Bonni Chapman
Very disappointed to find, after waiting in long line, that this is not a ride or a show. When we got inside, the room where were were lined up to stand, seems sort of like the first room in the haunted mansion. When they led us out of there I thought we were going next to the ride/show, but we were led outside and that was it! Don’t waste your time on this one.
Jerry
The DHS is getting more and more confusing to me. Is it a theme park dedicaded to movies, making of movies, music production or just a bunch of unrelated rides and attractions? It’s an insane mess!
Now for this piece of “imaginering”, it would be great as a preshow for the Pirates ride in MK. It takes a lot from the line at HP at IOA but now they call it an attraction and is it a bulletpoint at the already short list of things to do at DHS.
Disney realy needs to fix this park, and this is not the way to go.
jack
You are so right. I Guess Universal could say that the Potter ride is Actually TWO ATTRACTIONS IN ONE!!! (sarcasm)
Seriously if this can be considered an attraction then so can the queue line at Potter. That becomes an attraction as well. What about Spiderman? Hulk? they have videos and props, can their queue lines be considered attractions as well?
Pathetic Disney, really pathetic.
At least put some chairs in there! I wouldn’t mind doing this if I was sitting down.
or
Make it 3D! I mean, If this show was seated and 3D then I could see it being good, really good actually….
David
I agree with everyone hear, watching the video the MOST disappointing thing for me is where the “Illusion” does not even make sense. Like the giant floating mermaid head on the ship, what the hell, could have had a full mermaid come out of the seas somewhere? Also seeing the seam lines at the top of the screen where the screen ends at the ceiling for the Kraken, giant tentacles that go up then just stop into black really would draw me out of whats going on. Why was is not a dome and fully immersible? Why does noting actually move or interact with the audience, looks like a cheap movie, and I don’t agree that 3d would have saved it.
Tim
It was my understanding that the Jack Sparrow projection was a hologram and not a 2D projection. It looks good but,man, what a disappointment! We when the last week of November ’12 and the ride wasn’t officially open. We were kinda herded into what looked like exit door and then around a corner to the animatronic pirate skull. Thinking all along that there would be a ride involved. But no, you do what the other posters have said. Walk into the room. Stand there. See the little show and walk out. Everybody moaned as they walked out.
I think this was more of an experiment in holograms with the actual stars of the movies rather than look alike robots.
I hate it for them. But this is a miss and a waste of park time.
Thomas Fines
We took our family to Hollywood Studios after spending a wonderful day at Universal (2 park pass) where we had a blast. The kids were not able to do everything in one day, so I would recommend 2 days at Universal.
As far as Disney Hollywood studios? Big fat dissappointment. Huge long lines, they were unprepared to handle the number of guests at a park where there are only 3-5 real substantial rides. The first ride (if you want to call it that), was Ride the Movies. Wierd…sadly in need up updating the video they play at the beginning that references movies through history…but only up until about the 1990’s….how hard would it be to add in a few later movies, Disney? Are short staffed?
And the Jack Sparrow experience. Let me share our reaction… When we came out of that after standing in line for 45 min to an hour, everyone in the group looked at each other and burst in to laughter. The overriding sentiment, “What the hell was that?!?” What a joke. Fire this team of people in the picture above that created such a lame joke of an experience, Disney! So much less than we have come to expect from you.
And if you are visiting Orlando, avoid this attraction and go on the Star Wars ride another time. Or just go get a corn dog, it will be a better use of your time.
Better yet, just avoid Hollywood studios alltogether and go to Universal a second day. You will love it!!! New and changing rides, modernized, and they are better set up to handle the crowds.
Thomas Fines
By the way, if you want to see an example of the way to do this type of thing in a quality way, go to Universal and visit the Disaster! experience. It has the “Wow” factor and they use a real actor in the show interacting the an image of Christopher Walken. This is just an incredible show and puts this Disney farce to shame….
By the way, if you go to the Jack Sparrow walk-through, (whatever it is), pay attention to the writing. Kind of funny to see they just rehashed a bunch of parts of the old movies…they couldn’t even get some origninal jokes or meaningful scripting for this thing. Unless you want to count the yelling and stampint…
Tim
Was recommended to see this by a park employee.
I’ve been to Disney quite a few times, and I can say, without hesitation, that this is the worst thing I have ever experienced there. Just awful in every facet. Do yourself a favor and skip this. Don’t even do it for “the sake of doing it”
the zimbee
Worse than Under New Management was or Stitch’s Great Escape is? I don’t know, I think I’d rather stand in a room and watch things on the wall before subjecting myself to Gilbert Gottfried.
Bonni Chapman
I am a huge WDW fan, but don’t waste time on this Jack Sparrow thing.
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Hi! Does anyone know the name of the girl who plays as a mermaid and sings? I found her voice truly beautiful and I would really really love to hear her again!
MM
My 8 year old sons first words when we exited, “that was lame.” We were on the far left side and my view of the back screen was partially blocked by the bow of the ship. Since everyone was standing, and is close together, it’s not great viewing for short people (ie kids)unless they are in the very front. This “attraction” would make a nice sideshow for a que to another ride, but fails miserably on its own.
Steve
If you have a fastpass set up and you dont see people waiting for this – its at least cool inside. It certainly isnt going to make anyone want to go home and watch Pirates of the Carribean. Ur better off going to see Muppets 3D.
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