



The original version of the ride was opened at the original Disneyland, in Anaheim, California, near Los Angeles, in 1967, and was the last ride whose construction was envisioned and personally overseen by Walt Disney, who died three months before it opened. The ride tells the story of a band of pirates in the West Indies islands around the Caribbean Sea in the 17th and 18th centuries with the saga of their voyages, troubles, and exploits. Pirates of the Caribbean is a dark ride at Disneyland, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris, and Shanghai Disneyland. Magic Kingdom, Shanghai Disneyland, and Tokyo DisneylandĪrrow Development (Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland) " Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" by George Bruns and Xavier Atencio Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates in the 17th–18th century Sixth rates carried 20-28 cannons, and fifth rates carried 32-44 cannons. Frigates were employed by the European naval powers in large numbers as commerce raiders and for blockade duty but also for patrolling and escort.įrigates were rated into two classes: fifth and sixth rates, with the very occasional fourth. Later, during the 17th and early 18th century, the term was applied to a very fast vessel carrying 24 to 44 guns on a single flush gun deck. Frigate was originally a long, narrow nautical vessel used on the Mediterranean Sea, propelled by either oars or sail or both. Larger ships with over one gundeck can be considered Great Frigates. A ship could not be considered a frigate unless it had a single gundeck and either a forcastle and quarterdeck above, or a full topdeck over it. In the Age of Piracy, the term referred to ships which were as long as a ship of the line and were square-rigged on all three masts (full rigged), but were faster and with lighter armament.
