Posted on 03/21/2018 8:47:49 AM PDT by Simon Green
Walt Disney World has finally reopened its popular “Pirates of the Caribbean” attraction — minus the controversial “Bride Auction” sequence.
The scene, which appeared in the “Pirates” rides at Disney World, Disneyland and Disneyland Paris, had originally depicted a group of women bound to an auction block, with a banner reading “Auction: Take a wench for a bride” hanging above their heads. A group of nearby pirates could also be heard requesting the redheaded “wench,” who was the most prominently displayed woman on the block.
As of the ride’s reopening on March 19, however, the whole scene has been redesigned as a chicken auction, with the auctioneer boasting about the egg-laying capabilities of his hens, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
The animatronic redhead has also been recast as a pirate herself — named Redd — “who’s just pillaged the town’s rum supply and has something to say about it,” according to the Disney Parks Blog.
“Quit your cluckin’,” Redd now tells the auctioneer, redirecting her fellow pirates’ attention to her own wares, according to footage posted by Attractions Magazine. “The gentlemen wants the rum — dontcha, boys?” she hollers.
Redd will also be holding a rifle in her new role — a far cry from the helpless “wench” of the ride’s previous incarnation.
“Our team thought long and hard about how to best update this scene,” said Kathy Mangum, senior vice president of Walt Disney Imagineering, in a statement to The O.C. Register when the changes were announced in June 2017.
“We think this keeps to the original vision of the attraction as envisioned by Marc Davis, X Atencio and the other Disney legends who first brought this classic to life.”
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Good, would hate people coming away thinking that pirates weren’t great guys who totally respected women. That would be so unfair to pirate self esteem.
I won’t support those leftists, or Star Wars. At least she has a gun.
Those who ignore/forget ‘history’ are condemned to repeat it. Can they not see the human trafficking that is being revealed in Islamist enclaves in Britain? Or do they not care as it isn’t here yet? (That we know of)
Good, would hate people coming away thinking that pirates weren’t great guys who totally respected women. That would be so unfair to pirate self esteem.
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Pirate self esteem LOL......
Yep gotta boost self esteem of pirates.........
That’s just great! Now where is Laz to go to get some action?
Those guns are “triggering” me. Can they remove them?
It was a fun ride when it opened.
The movies reeked and took the ride down with them.
But. . . but. . . but she’s carrying a flintlock assault weapon! Oh, the horrors!
I suspect the Princess of Alderaan will be more covered up if shown with Jabba the Hutt.
Surprised they didn’t add a few men to the auction.
Redd will also be holding a rifle in her new role — a far cry from the helpless “wench” of the ride’s previous incarnation.
I see. Instead of auctioning wenches, Disney will now be focusing on drinking rum and brandishing a (gasp) gun.
Redirected pearl clutching to begin in 5, 4, 3....
If they’ll sell grog in the gift shop....
That blunderbuss-type weapon is no rifle.
Ya what about those guns? Since guns are politically incorrect, how can they justify guns in this attraction???
I think k Disney has to go back to the drawing board, if their goal is to cleanse this ride of any politically incorrect images.
Next modification to appease the LGBTQWERTY claque is the “Rest Stop Glory Hole Auction”
This is probably a good idea...
I never saw it and had no idea it was there, but even I think its politically incorrect and would have for decades
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