What the princesses do on their day off.
Haunted Mansion ballroom ghosts, behind the scenes. In the photo on the left, the birthday girl is visible, and beyond her, the actual prop table guests see. Grandma in her rocking chair also is the same face and body mold used in the Carousel of Progress.
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In its original form, the Disneyland attraction contained a scene in which pirates were shown chasing attractive females in circles, along with a comical reversal in which anoverweightwoman was seen chasing a pirate. One overweight pirate (sometimes known as the “Pooped Pirate”) was shown exhausted from his pursuit of an unwilling teenaged female. He brandished a petticoat as guests floated past and uttered suggestive dialogue, including: “It’s sore I be to hoist me colors upon the likes of that shy little wench”, and “I be willing to share, I be”. Behind him, the woman he had been pursuing would peer out from her hiding place inside a barrel. Some guests were offended by this depiction, and in response Disney made changes to the ride.
At the Magic Kingdom, the chase scene was altered to show the pirates making off with various treasure as the formerly “chased” ladies attempt to thwart them. The “Pooped Pirate” here holds a treasure map in his lap and a magnifying glass in one hand. His lines include: “This map says X marks the spot, but I be seein’ no X’s afore me”. The woman in the barrel remained, although this time she was hiding a small treasure chest in the barrel with her. When the ride was revamped to incorperate the films in 2006, Captain Jack Sparrow began popping out of the barrel behind the “Pooped Pirate”.
These modifications garnered criticism from longtime fans and some of the attraction’s original Imagineers; in Jason Surrell’s book Pirates of the Caribbean: From The Magic Kingdom to the Movies, showwriter Francis Xavier “X” Atencio referred to these “softening” touches as “Boy Scouts of the Caribbean”.
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Words of Inspiration to live by.
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Quality Disney Attraction
We are here to save the world!
Every time I see his shirt, all I can think of is toothpaste.
Thank goodness I’m not the only one. I used to call it his Aquafresh shirt.
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Howard Ashman
Disneyland
From “Smile”I know you’re going to say the trees are paper-mache
It’s done with mirrors, the magic there
Each little bird’s full of springs
You press a button it sings, recorded music in the air
The castle’s plywood and paste
They’ve had the mountain refaced
Go on, say it
I’ll turn around and tell you I don’t careI was about to go to sleep and then I noticed this and now I’m crying.
Howard Ashman, I love your everything. T___T
Heck yes a love song to Disneyland!
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