Pirates of the Caribbean Tavern Opens 2025 at Magic Kingdom

Aug 11, 2024 in "Pirates of the Caribbean"

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Pirates of the Caribbean themed lounge concept art

Posted: Sunday August 11, 2024 12:10am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has confirmed that the new Pirates of the Caribbean Lounge will open in 2025 at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World and shared new artwork.

This rambunctious watering hole will offer a welcoming haven for all pirate-kind, big and small, and everyone in between. Here, bandits and buccaneers-to-be from every corner of the seven seas are welcome to join together and raise a toast to the pirate life.

Pirates of the Caribbean themed lounge concept art

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Tony the Tigger6 days ago

Correct. And they seem to be drawing their line at the backside of water. 😉

DisneyHead1236 days ago

I get wanting to go green, but the greenest possible thing would be no parks. So long as you have parks at all, you’ve basically said that some amount of resource use in the name of human happiness is ok, it’s just a debate over how much.

larryz6 days ago

That's not what Wall Street thinks.

Tony the Tigger6 days ago

OTOH, Disney is an actively green-presenting company, with an overall message of conservation. Maybe they are phasing out older fountains for more efficient uses of water. It could also be something as mundane as something broke, and it would take digging up the area to replace 50 year old underground pipes, so they let it go for now.

DisneyHead1236 days ago

Yeah, I think conservation is wonderful but at a theme park, you’re already starting from the premise that some degree of mass consumerism, mass recreational travel, mass resource use solely for the sake of entertainment is ok. So it’s harder to make a case that resource-using elements don’t need to be there - technically none of it needs to be there. Disney parks are there to make life happier for people, they’re not necessary for survival. What the trade-off between positive mental states and resource use should be is up for debate, but basically everything in the parks uses resources that aren’t necessary for survival.

Bocabear6 days ago

we are talking relatively little water to run the small fountain in Caribbean plaza and some of the other small water features...they aren't even a blip. and frankly the larger water features expected for the cars thing are having water pumped in just because it looks pretty.... It is not serving any other purpose.... it is not cooling an engine system, it is not running water wheels to produce energy, it is not potable.... Solely for aesthetics.....

TheMaxRebo6 days ago

no - there was that weird thing where people attending the Halloween party would be able to reserve a spot during the party there but then that got taken down. That led to some thought it would be ready (at least for like partial openings) but then (which is less than 2 months away) but who knows now beyond "late 2025"

Gusey7 days ago

It's expected to open late 2025 at the moment. They've only just announced July openings at the moment, so we'll probably here something a lot later on. It probably depends on how far along they are with construcction

JMcMahonEsq7 days ago

The major water features that are being added, and lets be fair concept art is simply that, concepts that look pretty but aren't final design drawings, are from what i have seen, larger water retention type ponds, connecting waterways that are all going to be part of the water management system. It's not that you can't utilzie water features as part of designs, but it should serve a function, and utilize water for something other than just pumping in water to a fountain because it looks pretty.

FigmentFan827 days ago

Did we get an opening date for this yet? I feel like it should be close, no? Also I feel like this lounge will hopefully perhaps lead to some extra passing in and around the Caribbean Plaza area. Fingers crossed.

Bocabear7 days ago

and yet the park is adding tons of new water features according the the concept art, specifically for those purposes... the small fountains that they have removed or converted to planters were not particular water hogs...lol the water is recirculating too...yes some does evaporate...but the park is basically sitting in a swamp. I would understand it more if this park was in arid Southern California where water conservation is a bigger issue...

JMcMahonEsq7 days ago

It shouldn't be shocking. Sure its a theme park. That doesn't mean it lives in a vacuum, outside what has become standard engineer practices, water conservation practices, environmental considerations. That is one of the many points on Green/LEED engineering and modern standards. You don't waste water simply because something "looks nice" or gives some people fees.

Bocabear7 days ago

Yet it is shocking....Theme Parks are all about aesthetics... a dry fountain filled with plants is not charming, nor does it help with the placemaking of the attraction.there are other water features nearby like the ones arounf the Tangled Toilets that were certainly expanded... At one time, the sound of running water was everywhere.... Waterfalls, fountains, running streams... Bringing back some of these lost elements would add a lot to the overall feel of the area.

JMcMahonEsq7 days ago

The modern trend for LEED designs and water conservation generally utilize water features like fountains and such only if there is a efficiency in doing so, if it integrates a nature water source, and/or it helps serve a water management purpose. It shouldn't be shocking the phasing out of fountains and other water intensive features that only serve an esthetic purpose.