

Opening on March 18, 1967, the Disneyland version of Pirates of the Caribbean was the last ride that Walt Disney himself participated in designing, debuting three months after his death.

History Walt Disney in 1966, inspecting plastic heads for use in the Disneyland attraction Since 2006, Disney has incorporated characters from the film series into the Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris versions of the rides. The ride became the basis for the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, which debuted in 2003.

The Pirates of the Caribbean ride gave rise to the song " Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" written by George Bruns and Xavier Atencio, and performed on the ride's recording by The Mellomen. 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. Each of the initial four versions of the ride has a different façade but a similar ride experience. Versions followed at Tokyo Disneyland in 1983, and at Disneyland Paris in 1992. After immense popularity, the ride was replicated seven years later at the Magic Kingdom of Walt Disney World, near Orlando, Florida in 1973. 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. 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. 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. Magic Kingdom, Shanghai Disneyland, and Tokyo DisneylandĪrrow Development (Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland) " Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" by George Bruns and Xavier Atencio Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates in the 17th–18th century
