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This is an awesome video walkthrough of the Pirates of the Caribbean Suite at the Disneyland hotel. Prepared to be jealoius.

Cruft: The Pirates Suite at the Disneyland Hotel

via The Disney Blog

From Disney’s PR Group:

Highly Anticipated Free-to-Play Massively Multiplayer Online Game Launches for PC and Mac Platforms

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – October 31, 2007 – Disney Online today announced that Pirates of the Caribbean Online (www.PiratesOnline.com), an immersive massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) and virtual world inspired by the popular film franchise, has launched for the PC and Mac platforms. Pirates of the Caribbean Online allows thousands of players to fully experience the adventures made famous in the films and explore beyond these boundaries in a quest to become the most legendary pirate on the high seas.

“The launch of Pirates of the Caribbean Online opens up an entirely new world of pirate adventures to thousands of fans who can now play alongside their favorite characters in a fully-immersive environment that builds on and goes beyond the epic stories created in the films,” said Paul Yanover, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Disney Online. “We believe the game’s focus on action and adventure, combined with many customization options will appeal to a broad audience of both gamers and fans of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise as they set out on their own course to live the legend.”

In Pirates of the Caribbean Online, players create and customize their own pirate, captain their own ship, and assemble a crew of their fellow rogues in an effort to become the Caribbean’s most legendary Pirate. Along the way, players will interact with characters made popular by the films, like Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, and will also encounter a host of new characters and enemies unique to the game. To become the most notorious pirate, players must forge alliances, hunt for buried treasure, battle evil undead forces, and use cunning and strategy to outwit their foes.

Game features include:

• Create your own Pirate character – Players choose from over a million combinations to fully customize their own Pirate (body type, face, hair, clothing, names, etc.).
• Set sail on your own Pirate ship - Captain your own ship then recruit a crew of fellow players to set sail for the adventure of a lifetime.
• Quest for adventure and treasure – Embark on ship and land-based missions to locate buried treasure. Explore lush jungles, volcanic caves, and vast tropical islands but beware of traps, ambushes, and double-crosses which are an every day occurrence when keeping company with Pirates.
• Use advanced weaponry – Players engage in epic battles using a variety of weapons such as cutlasses, grenades, pistols and cannons and can unlock more powerful weapons as they improve their reputation as a fighter to be reckoned with.
• Become a legend – Master a variety of skills, including sword fighting, card playing, and treasure hunting to become the most notorious pirate in the world.
• Work your Voodoo Magic – Voodoo magic is used to heal, travel and cast curses on enemies.
• Get some Booty – Earn extra loot by competing in parlor games such as poker and blackjack.
• Build a notorious crew or guild – Players band together with others for expanded adventures and added power, forming a crew for quick battles or joining a guild for longer-term strategy.
• Grow your wealth with money and rare items – Hunt for buried treasure including gold, precious gems and mysterious artifacts.

The successful Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise, including Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007), has grossed close to $2.7 billion at the worldwide box office.

Pirates of the Caribbean Online, developed and published by Disney Online, is rated E10+ and features lower PC and Mac system requirements than most other games in this genre, allowing for easier access to a broader audience of players.

Players can download the game directly and access additional information at the game’s Web site, www.PiratesOnline.com. A portion of the game is available for free and players can get unlimited access for a monthly subscription fee. At launch, Disney Online is offering new players subscriptions to Unlimited Access for a first-month fee of $4.95 and continuing with a $9.95 fee for following months

I had previously blogged about this almost a year ago. I hope they got it right considering how long it took them.

Releasing exclusively at Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort, get you pirate hands on the new booty - a 11 1/2″ porcelain statue of Pirate on Bridge. For the retail price of $250, this collectible will brighten any pirate collection.

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Video of the new Pirate’s stunt how on the Pirate’s Lair. The show is very Pirates of the Caribbean based including Jack Sparrow.

This DisneylandTour.com video is a special Pirate’s Lair tour.

Earlier, I apologized for some server downtime - 7 days to be specific. Because of the release of the new Pirates movie, traffic to this site almost doubled. So my jenky hosting provider shut me off. You can read the whole story at my other blog. Now I know how John felt when he got delisted from Google last year.

The Tanooki is reporting that the Disney Parks will offer in park downloads to Nintendo DSs. I’m not sure how comfortable I’d feel about bringing my DS into the park, but if I was going to get game enhancements, I probably would consider it. Read more at The Tanooki.

So the biggest question is do I buy it for the Xbox 360 (better graphics) or the Nintendo Wii (more fun game play).

It looks like their is game play footage from all three movies. Could be a great game.

Jason over at the DisneyGeek has a ton of photos of Disneyland he took yesterday. The premiere for the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End will be held at the park next week. Expect all the celebrities and the red carpet treatment. However, as you can see in Jason’s photos, they have created a bridge over to Tom Sawyer’s Island, added at least one new “barge”, and are making countless other changes.

DisneyGeek.com Photos

Disney has an awesome video posted up on their site with conversations from all the major actors and the writers. The movie is only a few weeks away! Watch the behind the scenes video

This was posted March 19th on YouTube so I’m sure you’ve all seen it. But just in case:

With every passing day in 2007, we get closer and closer to the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. As we all get more excited, everyone is in search of news about the movie. Here’s an example: Mousekingdom Blog discovered some POTC3 artwork over at Ain’t it Cool News. The artwork doesn’t show much, but it’s fun to look at.

Disney Movie Rewards is a semi-new program from Disney that lets you earn points for purchasing Disney movies. When you buy a recent release, there is a one sheet flyer in the DVD - usually mixed in with a bunch of ads - that has a reward points number. Login to the official website, enter the number and gather points. These can be redeemed for things like this Johnny Depp bobblehead. Pretty cool! I received 100 points for Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Mans Chest. If each movie is worth the same amount of points, this bobblehead is seven and a half movies.

Get the POTC3 marketing engines rolling. This YouTube clip is footage as seen on the Disney Channel. They even got Johnny Depp to give a little sound bite.

[via The Disney Blog]

I’m not sure if this is real or a photoshoped fake but it’s pretty cool. I like the Jack Sparrow style beard on the skull. POTC 3 is going to rock.

[via Rob B]