March 18, 1967 – The Disneyland Attraction, The Pirates of the Caribbean, Opens 
“We’re devils and black sheep, we’re really bad eggs, drink up me hearties, yo ho.”
On March 18, 1967, Disneyland opened its newest attraction in New Orleans Square, The Pirates of the Caribbean. It contains the use of many Audio Animatronic figures, with scenes ranging from jailed pirates trying to get the keys from the guard dog, to a Caribbean town being looted by a pirate gang, all while passengers travel past these scenes by boats. The attractions beginnings were seen in the Disneyland 10th Anniversary episode of the Disneyland show. Although Walt worked at length on this attraction, he sadly passed away before its opening. The song for the attraction is “Yo Ho, Yo Ho; a Pirate’s Life for Me,” and was written by George Bruns and Xavier Atencio.
The updated attraction, with Jack Sparrow from the films hiding in the barrel
In 2003, a film based on the attraction was released, starring Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow and Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa. After the success of the film series, changes were made to the original attraction to include the characters of Jack Sparrow and Captain Barbossa. Other revisions have been made to the ride, including a huge refurbishment of the ride, which reopened in November 2011. The attraction has been considered one of the most popular of all of Disney’s parks, with versions opening in Walt Disney World on December 15, 1973, Tokyo Disneyland on April 15, 1983, and Disneyland Paris on April 12, 1992.
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