{"id":18262,"date":"2026-06-26T20:33:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18262"},"modified":"2026-06-26T20:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:33:46","slug":"how-disneyland-created-a-new-scene-for-pirates-of-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18262","title":{"rendered":"How Disneyland created a new scene for Pirates of the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A greedy buccaneer skeleton sitting frozen atop a pile of gold for the past six decades in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland has been brought to life with the latest cutting-edge animatronic technology from Walt Disney Imagineering.<\/p>\n

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The Pirates of the Caribbean attraction in New Orleans Square at the Anaheim theme park reopened on Friday, June 26 after a two-month refurbishment with a new state-of-the-art Audio-Animatronic character in the treasure-filled grotto scene.<\/p>\n

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The updated grotto scene now features an animatronic pirate sitting atop a pile of cursed gold who transforms from a living buccaneer into a ghostly skeleton and back again as riders float past in bateaux boats.<\/p>\n

The next-gen Hybrid Front Projection technology combines a traditional animatronic head with cutting-edge front projection imagery that delivers real-time, detailed and expressive facial features and expands the storytelling repertoire of the mechanical figures.<\/p>\n

Imagineering previewed the next generation Audio-Animatronics technology during a media visit to its top secret Glendale facility in February.<\/p>\n