Pirates of the Caribbean Closed: Disney World Issues Final Decision on “Offensive” Ride

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  1. Susan

    Pirates was always our favorite ride when we went to WDW. Nothing offensive ever.

    1. Donna

      Ridiculous. It’s a ride with animatronics. It’s fun and not in the least bit offensive. Pirates are pirates. They never were nice people. Disney stop listening to every snowflake whining about being offended by everything that doesn’t fit their version of what life is.

    2. Captian

      I agree,
      this whole story is pathetic!

      1. Barbara

        What’s the big deal. It’s a ride with mechanical characters. I thought it was great. I absolutely love Johnny Depp. He plays a character for goodness sake. Quit taking everything so seriously

    3. Jeannine

      We were evacuated right before the drop. The first time ever. My problem is the whole woke attitude. Disney has changed. Not for the better. The cast members are not the same. The guest’s are totally entitled.

      1. Tricia

        This woke hatred has just got to stop. It’s gone way beyond. Pirates is a great ride. Nothing offensive at all.

      2. Brenna

        OMG! I promise none of the amintronic pirate are going to suddenly come to life and jump! Stay off the ride if it bothers you and grow up!

    4. Crystal

      I feel the same. I’m 53 and have been going to Disney since 1970 and this has always been my favorite. So sad that people have to whine about stuff like this. I’m actually offended that Disney actually entertained this thought.

  2. Let’s build a park in the woke image and see who comes ? If you don’t like Disney stay home !!

      1. Richard H

        Disney needs to stop listening and responding to psychotic people before they have nothing left in the way attractions that less mentally and emotionally challenged people (i.e. normal people) want to pay money to attend.

        1. Cindy B.

          Agree! One of my favorite rides. Don’t give in to this small percentage of people. The majority of people love this ride…and Captain Jack Sparrow.

        2. Lynnemarie

          Agree. It’s ridiculous on how they are tip toeing around taking out stuff because someone is offended. Stop the stupidity. You go to Disney for fun. Also let’s lower the prices of getting in the place. Disney was build for the working man, not the rich. Disney he stated that it was for every child regardless of where they came from.

    1. Southernboisb

      Let’s NOT use “woke” until 1 can ACTUALLY DEFINE the intended meaning. Or has “snowflake” lost its purpose?

      1. Ogled by animatronics?! The woman who claimed that must be missing a few cards from her deck. It used to be an accurate depiction of what happened when pirates came to town until they “woke” it up.

        1. Christopher

          Does anybody read history and understand what pirates actually did? But yes by all means, let’s make these thieves and rapists and murderers family friendly, because people just love pirates in general and not what they actually did throughout history. Way to romanticize crime!!! 🙄🙄🙄

        2. Erin W.

          My thoughts exactly!!!

        3. Dave

          This is getting ridiculous don’t loke the ride like splash mountain getting re-themed because it was offensive to some! Got an idea…don’t like the ride don’t go on it!! Why wreck the fun that every one else? The rides been going 50 years or so . What’s next? The Haunted Manson?

      2. Tony

        Woke: a cult-like adherence to progressive ideology, regardless of logic or outcome.

      3. Leon

        Disney has gone too far. I have taken my family many times over the years and will not go back again until the wokeness subsides.

    2. Jim

      I agree! And: GET OVER YOURSELF!!!!!!!

    3. Crystal

      Agreed

  3. CLR Long Beach

    This has put a knife in the backs of everybody involved … You can take one person’s opinion of a world class adventure for millions at every corner of this planet…you can bring an abruption of uncalled for unexplainable hidden & pitiful reason(s) that send the message that isn’t even justified…the heads of a company, whom had been entrusted to bring future years of enjoyment…yet, some sort under the desk you are only using the entire movie industry and it’s life long artists/movie stars …however you wish to classify the person’s that make the movies for us that is unforgettable, unforgiving, and you are not representing the Disneyland adventures as a whole. Shameful and just flat embarrassin…I’d would never wish to have my name, my life, my resume, any history attached to the destruction of our Disneyland adventures. Pack your last pencil stick it in your back pocket and high tail all your rear-ended’s out of the offices. You can never save it, it’s over. Nobody will nor want to spend a single dollar on your dirty tactical knife sharpening any longer. Close the park and lower the curtain…let somebody make a petting zoo on the entire lot of
    A place of what was once a small world that will never be again.
    Bring in all the alpacha’s, call it …’Anaheim Alpachaland’…
    I can visit with a clear understanding of that is all good intentions for the kids and everybody loves alpacha’s.
    I would pay for food and find a favorite beautiful alpacha, I would name it…and come back very soon and visit my favorite best alpacha at the petting zoo.

    Worth the trip, investment, and make a few family memories…

    Now, I avoid the entire area, won’t patron any businesses near the property at all.
    Please forgive my typos…
    How about take my promise seriously, just like you have taken one lady (yeah ok) for the opinion of it felt rapey
    What in the bucket are you talking about…a fictional comment, or perhaps a family member from the wordage…it felt rapey…Seriously…swat the twat’squito….lingo of the wrecked…stir fry serve neighbors animals and selling it is rampid…nobody will want to eat stir fry ever…Correct this is not logical is it..?
    It is over she ruined it by five letters…not right and you morons ran with some sort of made up untruthful none sense…so use the flipped script and get out of the offices, this ride is over, exit and no pictures of the crumbled walls of what was once upon a time in a land of fun and adventure …
    I am so upset and disgusted.

    1. George

      I too am so sick of these over sensatative whiney complainers that seem to need to complain about everything and try to ruin others fun.
      Boy do I feel sorry for anybody who is married to one of those whiney complainers.
      Life must be hell!

    2. Jade VR

      What in the blue blazes are you raging about here, and why?! Don’t know how the story of a “temporary” closing, to get some people off an attraction and then reopening later, has sparked off this humongous, overly inflated monster rage, over things that has NOTHING TO DO with the article. Half of what you said makes little sense to any part of this story.
      Clearly, YOU need the help and the issues you’re dealing with are being projected here. Calm down before you burst a blood vessel. Get some help. Good lord, I’ve never seen someone act so randomly infuriated without an actual point…

  4. Nicole

    If you feel “ogled” by an animatronic that might be a you problem.

    1. Getting really sick of the normal common sense, fun loving majority’s fun being skewered by a few mentally unbalanced Karens and Corporations caving to them

    2. JanK

      I am so sick of people being offen#ed by every little thing. Lighten up and try to laugh more !!

      1. Kay

        Exactly

        1. Kenneth Briganti

          Whats so woken wrong with these haters come on folks they are animations fake unless there possessed they are fake give it a rest Karen’s

    3. Crystal

      Agreed

  5. Paul

    These opinions are just that yours . These articles are just meant to upset people. Everyone hates Disney fans but I promise you . There are more fans than anti woke people . Funny how people who don’t go there know !! People who go know that as much as you hate Disney we love it and won’t stop going . And I personally thank you anti woke folks for not being in the line before me

    1. Kayla Bartley

      Claiming to be ogled by an animatronic is the DUMBEST thing I have ever heard. How desperate for attention do you have to be to look for robots to “ogle” you. Go to therapy, get some friends lol what’s wrong with people?

  6. Oh really

    If you feel ogled by a ride animatronic then you are in serious need of help. But in the snowflake world we live in, let us see how long it takes for one person’s illness to ruin the ride for the rational rest of the world.

  7. Crystal

    If they ever pull PotC out of Disneyland, rest assured the spirit of Walt Disney will be destroyed as that was a ride he worked on yet never seen completed.

  8. Angela

    This has got to be a joke. So they will destroy a bunch of great rides for the opinions of people with nothing better to do but complain.

  9. Jerry

    What corporation would take down the main attraction at a theme park about fantasy?Millions of people have been through the park, of course some people will get offended by something. The very weak leadership at Disney has been destroying a set legacy that would not change, but continue to get larger in legacy. Takes a very stupid group of individuals

  10. Southernboisb

    HOW does 1 “get ogled” by an animatronic with PRESET MOTIONS in the mere SECONDS you 2 ever cross paths IN THIS WORLD???

    What did you do – ride it MORE times to see if the same situation occurred? Did you change seats/time/day/weather/clothes to see if anything changed. Or was it JUST YOU out of the COUNTLESS people that rode that attraction have that experience?

  11. Tom

    If it were up to these weak no fun take no chances programed to be offended people and woke proofed everything there would be nothing left worth going to see. So please go wine to your therapist and leave disney and the rest of us out of your sad ugly offended world

  12. Stephen D

    Same issue on pirates it broke down half off the edge before it goes down. We were stuck for 30 mins till fire department came then they almost got my daughter and I seriously hurt and or possibly killed. Reason I say this is they started to off load the back three 2-3 seat rows which all the guest were serious obese 200+pds they were keeping the boat from going down. The water was off nothing but tracks and metal bits to tumble down on. I spoke up and they stop after they realized I was right and let us off first. Lucky people in the back weren’t offended, they chuckled and agreed with me.

  13. How can a person feel offended by an inanimate object…she felt “ogled” by the male pirate animatronics….How stupid / woke can a person have to be…
    One (1) person can stop a Fun Ride for 1,000’s of people..

  14. Salina

    If you don’t like it than don’t ride it. Get over it. This whole thing of the 99% catering to the 1% is so over done. Whatever happened to the needs of the many outweigh the need of the few or the one… Good grief people.

  15. Jon

    I’m so sick of this I’m offended people. Never until this last generation or 2, that this has come up. Their parents didn’t raise them right or their children fell to the pressure of their friends. They all need to grow some balls. If you don’t like something. Ignore it and don’t ruin it for the rest of us. Disney has caved in to the few and hurt the rest of us.

  16. Norm

    You are kidding me! This person needs some serious mental help. Puppets are “rapey”? Get a life for God’s sake.

  17. Zaena B

    Yep! I guess Pirates are supposed to be warm and cuddly, not true to history at all, and ONE * precious* snowflake’s opinion, (which she probably meant to report beforehand) is ruining the entire Pirates of the Carribean experience for everyone. What’s the matter, Disney people? You can only satisfy most of the people most of the time. Not everyone has the vision to be entertained, bless their hearts…

  18. Mike Dunaj

    I know…Disney…you should build a woke island…where cry babies can go to cry rooms…u won’t need male or female bath rooms…and all these may blades can show off there multi colored hair…can’t believe comments like this are considered….GET A LIFE…

    1. Jade VR

      Don’t forget the crayons, so they don’t hurt themselves with sharp pointy pencils and pen tips.

  19. This person who felt oogled and got rapey vibes from an animatronic figure in a RIDE in Disney is in need of major psychiatric help from a medical professional (myself) point of view!!! People that get offended this easily by things have issues and need therapy! These rides have existed for decades, there is nothing wrong with them! People need to get their own personal mental help for their own life issues and stop projecting onto the rest of the world!! Enough is enough!!

  20. Kay

    Are you kidding me??? My kids and I love that ride. What’s going to be left without being so called offensive?

  21. Lynn Carol Feinn

    I haven’t found POTC ride offensive at all it’s my favorite ride at both parks

  22. Cindy M

    One of my favorite rides, with nothing offensive. Whoever said they felt they were being ogled by animatronics sounds like they have mental health issues

  23. Janice

    How can an animation icon “OOGLE” a person?!? So tired of these people, who offend easy, ruining everyone else’s good time. If you don’t like it walk past don’t look don’t stop! GET A LIFE!!!

  24. Wayne

    She felt ogled by a robot? Is she mental?

  25. Lori

    If they remove this ride or change it anymore I ll never take my kids nor grandkids to Disneyland ever again. Totally disgusting.. whoever is “ offended” should probably never leave their house if they are so emotionally fragile.. you poor delicate creature. Are the Disney staff so intimitated by this type of woke bullying..? Whats next? Is Mickey Mouse too offensive? Should the princesses be uglier to please the homely ladies with the lower IQs?
    Pirates is demonstrating a clippet of history.. times were harsh, ugly.. that stuff did happen .. to women!
    You cannot change the past. How do you improve society if you deny history?

  26. If the person is so emotionally fragile.. they should probably never leave the house.. poor delicate creature😭😱 Disney people get a grip on realty! You will completely destroy Disneyland if you cater to this insanity

    1. Jade VR

      Or just build this snowflake of a soul a new attraction..
      Say…. “Crybabies of the Crib-abean?”

  27. Andean Gem

    Absolutely and completely rediculous!! One nut job feel offended and they close the best attraction Disney has.

    If anyone is offended by this then we better burn all the books we have, no more movies or Tv. We don’t want to offend anyone. What happened to common sense! NOTHIN OFFENSIVE about Pirates of the Caribbean! Just REDICULOUS! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

    1. Jade VR

      It’s reopened. Either something went wrong, or they just wanted to get that nutcase off the attraction

  28. Anonincanada

    This stupid woman who claimed to be offended needs to get a life, or stay away from Disney parks. I’m fed up with these snowflakes who are offended by everything. If Disney panders to these fools they’re going to see park attendance drop, and the ridiculous price hikes and Genie+ aren’t going to help their cause.

  29. Tired

    Sounds like that Karen was having nothing but dirty fantasy. Karens like her is the reason we can’t have nice things anymore.

  30. Jade VR

    And again, the title fails to tell the true story, doesn’t it? The ride was exhausted, clearly as something went wrong. And the final.decision bit, again, no clarity. You guys really need to stop with this.

    As for the woman offended by the animatronics, then just avoid the attraction, lady. Cry me a port’s worth, why don’t you?

  31. DaveC

    How absolutely pathetic. In psychology, we learned there are people out there so paranoid, that they think the canned laughter on television is directed at them, while they are watching television. Will Hollywood cancel all canned laughter on TV sets moving forward? Sigh… So tired of these emotionally insecure extreme minorities ruining everything we enjoy because of their own personal, mental issues.

  32. D.Epps

    Next will be the Haunted Mansion due to a ghost being offensive.

    1. Jade VR

      Or worse, accuse Disney of promoting satanism, because of madame leota, and claiming a “ghost will follow you home”

  33. Jacci

    The word rapey, really! I think you need to stop going to parks and start going to see a shrink. Whatever happened to if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say it?

  34. Big Daddy

    All Disney had to say is that the Pirate is “trans” and the “Karen” wouldn’t be able to complain about it.

    Just another nobody trying to get attention because her life sucks

    1. Jade VR

      Please don’t use that as a means to an end. It’s not very kind to that community and it makes you sound kind of judgmental toward trans.
      This Karen was offended by animatronics, plain and simple..they’re not living beings. She needs to get some simple help, and that’s not Disney’s responsibility to curb her paranoid and somewhat egotistical sounding issue.

  35. Disney Fan

    Pirates of the Caribbean is an iconic ride that has been enjoyed by millions worldwide. It is outrageous that the opinion of a mentally unstable woman takes this away from us.
    PLEASE Disney, don’t follow this path.

  36. Gerry

    Ride feels rapey! This woman has problens. Oh my there are ghosts in The Haunted Mansion. I am afraid of ghosts please close it down.
    (Sarcasm)
    I mean where does.it end.

  37. Brad

    Thank you to the offended for ruining another ride. Maybe you should just stay home with your coloring books and STOP your crying!!!

  38. Things are just getting ridiculous nowadays. I think everybody just tries to find fault in everything. Next thing is going to be Build-A-Bear closing down because it’s sexist. It’s just crazy stupid nowadays!

  39. Deborah Beswick

    Yes, the Peter Pan ride when it just stopped. It was exciting and interesting. My family and I yelled out what part of the ride we were on to each other. After being in the dark awhile the lights came on and they helped us down ladders from the ships! Have been to Disneyland many many times in my life so this was really something different. I adore Disneyland. People should just shut up with their complaints. Don’t go if you find something offensive. It’s not for you then. Cheers.
    Deborah Beswick

  40. William Pataky

    Taken the family a few times and again next February. There is nothing offensive what so ever about this ride. It’s called Pirates of the Carribean to recreate the times. If you Snowflakes ❄️ don’t like it or offends your delicate feelings.DONT RIDE IT PERIOD 💯 No one cares about your opinion so keep it to yourself 👍 Far to many Snowflakes out there🙈🙈

  41. David

    It’s one of the rides that we always had to go on.

  42. Alan

    To better understand what’s going on, verify online that leftism is a groupthink cult.

  43. What???

    Don’t take your kid to Disney if you are going to find something offensive and want to shut it down. And adults who go without kids that have a problem with what’s there don’t go.

  44. Dean Kennedy

    Quit reassigned much crap in this that isn’t important in the least and just enjoy one of the best attractions on property!!!

  45. Tamie

    It seems people are complaining, saying things make the uncomfortable just to get attention or to see was perks they can get!

  46. Roxann

    If your offended don’t go, save your money and go elsewhere. I am getting offended by all the changes Disney is making. I am so tired of everyone being so easily offended. They ruin it for the normal person

  47. Rose

    This is my favorite ride & I find NOTHING OFFENSIVE about IT.
    If you find it offensive, stay off of it! Why ruin a wonderful ride that was designed by Walt himself for a handful of ignorant people? I’m sick of the few ruining everything for the many!

  48. ThisISstupid

    People need to stop crying. Seriously if we cancelled everything offensive we’d have NOTHING bc everything is offense to someone

  49. Christopher

    I’ve always enjoyed that ride, me and my family both, never had any issues, maybe one time, the ride did stop, they let us know right away, they were dealing, with the issue, (to me) it was fine, it was nice and cool, still we were still having fun, to me I don’t get it, and this is how I see it, if you have issues, don’t go on it, if you decide to go on it, don’t ruin it, for the rest of us, because your having a bad day, then decide to destroy the rides reputation that’s been around a lot longer before you were born , I’m just hoping through all of this, the Pirates of the Caribbean ride will be around for a long time

  50. Denise Watkins

    This is a big mistake. To close the Pirates of the Caribbean lived in Florida.All My Life and I Remember when Disney first opened.I was a child.This is one ride that is my favorite right?There’s nothing offensive or disturbing about the

  51. Denise Watkins

    This is a big mistake. To close the Pirates of the Caribbean lived in Florida.All My Life and I Remember when Disney first opened.I was a child.This is one ride that is my favorite right?There’s nothing offensive or disturbing about the.

  52. Denise Watkins

    If Disney shuts the pirate of the Caribbean down, it will be a big mistake.I have lived in Florida all my life.And I Remember when Disney first opened up when I was a child.There’s nothing offensive or scary about this ride.Leave the poor ride alone.

  53. Rose

    I am very sad to see this ride be taken down.It is one of my favorites since the first time I went to Disney as a child.I do not understand how it is offensive.It is a pirate ride from another time in history.

  54. Kat

    Are you kidding me???I’m so sick of this so called Karen’s and the Bs they spew ..what’s going on in this world
    ..Don’t look in the mirror it shows your true self Karen live and let live leave Disney alone Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the …best rides…stick to fantasyland where you belong…

  55. ObiDon54

    Was this first time this offended person rode Pirates? How old is she? People that are this easily triggered over animatronics needs therapy. Next thing you know Disney will be placing various disclaimers to alert riders…

  56. This ride was and never has been offensive and the original setting for the ride should be in place again. Pirate’s were pirates and not diplomat’s. Stop responding to the crazy minority. You are ruining the Disney parks and company.

  57. Monica

    This is BS if you find it offensive don’t ride it. That was one of my favorite rides as a kid and even an adult

  58. Edward Maynard

    First off I’ve never had the pleasure of writing that ride and I’m sorry that I’m never going to have that chance now. I’m sick and tired of seeing Karen’s and limp wrist liberals destroying our lives in this country and this country as well. I’m also not very happy with companies paving in to the threat of being sued over really dumb stuff. And the reason why they’re caving in to these people is because they are so afraid of losing their precious Prophets get over the greed start standing up and being the good companies that you are and help put this country back on track to where we used to be. As far as the Karen’s and the limp wrist liberals if they’re not happy with being an American and standing strong with each other then I’ve got one suggestion you need to go south along with all the illegal aliens back out of our country. See how much you like the rest of the world.

  59. Taylor

    I an incredible offended by stupid. Why isn’t anyone trying to rid the rest of us of stupid people?

  60. Tom

    All who are offended should go to kiddie land…….

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