You're probably right. It always seemed to me like Pirates should've been in the park, but I grew up thinking if you had a Disneyland/Magic Kingdom park that there had to be a Pirates ride in it, so this helped at least see that they did plan that style of ride, just not with actual Pirates!
It's possible that I hadn't given a whole lot of thought to the WDW Pirates queue because it just makes sense and seems like it belongs there, so of course you'd walk through those sorts of scenes on the way to your Pirates of the Caribbean boat ride #WEDReads
There aren't many, but there are a couple attractions in WDW where I'm actually disappointed when there's no wait, because I enjoy the queue. Flight and Passage and Star Tours are a couple of those. Good to know this started with Pirates + I'll have to give that one more thought next time I'm there
One thing that wasn't mentioned and maybe it's just a Disney urban legend, but isn't there supposed to be a ghost, George, I think, that CMs talk about saying goodnight to or something like that, in the WDW Pirates? #WEDReads
I'm a slow reader. Just barely finished this book before the chat started, so I need a break!
I also didn't realize Pirates in WDW was the first attraction to exit through a gift shop. I'll definitely be adding that fact to the list of things I think it is important that people who travel with me to theme parts must know! #WEDReads
I have it, but haven't read it cover to cover, just looked through bits and pieces of it
I've never given a whole lot of thought to the Pirates queue in WDW, so one of the things this book has done is to help me realize that there is a lot more going on there than I realized and it does bring you into the story very effectively. #WEDReads
True, but I didn't realize how much Western River Expedition would've been as similar to Pirates, but in a different setting, so had they actually built that, then I would've understood the idea that there was already a Pirates-like attraction in the park
I appreciated the explanation of why some of the changes were made to the WDW version + didn't realize some Imagineers actually wanted to cut out some of the scenes that were left out of the Florida version
I've heard talk about the story behind the Pirates attraction and the underlying message behind to scenes we see + how that's changed as WDI has tinkered with the attraction, but appreciated the thorough account and thoughts of some reasons for those changes #WEDReads
Where can I pre-order that?
I never heard about Fred Joerger being flown in daily from Glendale while constructing show sets for Pirates + had no idea there were actual skeletons in the ride at one point #WEDReads
I took more notes early in the book than I did later on, so I may be forgetting something, but this was one of my favorite lines in the text: "mongrels and rifraff descended on the Americas + you are probably related to some of them"#WEDReads
Early in the book, you talk about how the book could have been longer. Can you share an interesting story or stories that you ended up leaving out?
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Join us on BlueSky as we seek adventure and salty ol’ pirates with our discussion of “SCOUNDRELS, VILLAINS, & KNAVES”
Monday Dec 9th at 9pm EST with author Foxx Nolte 🏴☠️
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long passenger boat approaching a dock on a lake, with buildings themed to Canada and the United Kingdom in the background and park guests at railing looking over lake
A few park guests look over March, 1983 World Showcase Lagoon inside EPCOT Center, back when the Friendship boats were an important part of the experience and there were still stretches of empty space inside the park.
Large geodesic sphere set against blue sky with ticket booths, trees, and monorail tracks in the foreground
I posted this recently re-editing photo from my first visit to EPCOT Center on that other similar social media site today, so figured I ought to do the same over here. With #RetroMagic coming soon I may try to share a couple more photos next week
If you're talking about charging for Tweetdeck (or whatever it'll be called now), then that's one thing I think it is fair to charge for. As long as they maintain something that actually works.
