With the reopening of Pirates of Caribbean the Blue Lagoon restaurant change its name and from now will be named “Captain Jack’s Pirates Restaurant”. In the new storyline “Captain Jack’s – Pirates Restaurant ” restaurant is a place that Jack Sparrow has won from Angelica Teach following a bet. In fact, if we miss the little sign that announces who the restaurant belonged to before, we find ourselves in a place where the only changes is the installation of pirates flags – supposedly to be historically correct pirates flags – and some few others decorative elements like “reward posters”.

Now, announcing a new restaurant when the furniture does not change and with no major changes in the decorations is necessarily disappointing. When we left we thought that Disneyland Paris Imagineers did not had the budget to update the place, although it was not really needed as the pre-existing restaurant was perfect. Captain Jack’s is therefore a real change only his name and the franchise aims to bring more visitors in it. This judgment is justified if the restaurant sees Captain Jack wandering between the tables, a question left unanswered by the imagineers.

Here is the short video who present the restaurant with the imagineer Laurent Cayuela. It’s all in French and Laurent is sometime a bit difficult to hear, sorry about that.

The ride : It is the renovation of the Disney parks that marks the end of the redesign program of the emblems for the 25th anniversary of Disneyland Park. If the queue does not change, the first remark is the decrease in the external waiting area for the benefit for the Stroller parking.

A happy initiative that will end the traffic difficulties.

Discover the attraction in video before the written return and in pictures:

The discovery of the rehabilitation of Pirates of the Caribbean continues inside the attraction once embarked on a boat. The first visible change immediately is the LED lighting and the remarkable audio system. Thus the theme music “a Pirate life” gave way to the themes of Davy Jones to the lift of the attraction. At the top, a wall of smoke makes it appear either Davy Jones or Blackbeard. The general renovation of the Audio Animatronics (robot) is remarkable for the fluidity of the latters.

After the passage of the attack of the fort by the “inferno”, finally the visitor can clearly see that this renewed attraction.

At the scene of the auction, a change is felt, the loot is no longer the same! Women are no in sales but the riches of the city. Although the scenery, dialogues and the iconic character of “The Redhead” is resplendent, after many passages one may think that the programming of the robots was only partially amended (except for the redhead). Overall, change does not shock but from a historical point of view yes.

In the next sequence, Jack Sparrow’s first animatronics audio appears. The first feeling is that the character arrives late because more than half of the attraction has already passed. good integration

A new surprise, the duelists are back with the arrival of a feminine role. It’s a great surprise to see robots with so much fluidity! The impression of being back in 1992 is immediate. Unfortunately, putting a pirate woman again is quite far from the historical reality. This female character could have be more accepted if it was Angelica teach embodied by Penélope Cruz. With this character from the saga, the many Spanish visitors would have been conquered! This desire for gender equality is a good thing, but was there such a large ratio of female pirates among men? We doubt that. So it would have been necessary for Disney to propose the presence of female characters of the universe of
movies so as not to notice this.

After the second fall, comes an umpteenth surprise, the arrival of Captain Barbossa who tries to attack us after having transformed front our unbelieving eyes. This is simply the best addition of the attraction. The robot is beautiful and remarkably fluid. And other surpise, it’s a worldwide exclusivity for the French destination!

Finally, in the treasure sequence, we find a second and last time Captain Jack Sparrow sits on his throne atop his heap of gold. It’s a surprise to see it at this location. An excellent surprise that allows us to take full advantage of the character on a dune of 30 000 pieces of gold glued one by one by hand!

At the exit of the attraction, the shop has been renovated but is without change

You will have understood, the opening of the Pirates of the Caribbean area has to good and bad aspects, but this renovation brings so much to the attraction that it is difficult not to appreciate and love the result. One thing is sure, as of July 24th, the attraction in this unique version in the world will make a lot of happy visitors, starting with us.

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