About Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean bride auction redo and why people hate it and love it
ANAHEIM, Calif. - "Take a wench for a bride" read the banner above the auction block. Front and center was a buxom redhead, clearly the Mercado's prime merchandise.
Dressed in crimson and bound with rope to a chain gang of several more female abductees, she winked at prospective buyers as other prisoners cried into dainty hankies over their fate.
"Shift yer cargo, dearie. Show 'em yer larboard side!" the grizzled auctioneer commanded an abductee as the animatronic vixen lifted her skirt to show some leg, just as she had hundreds of times a day, thousands of times a year, since "The Pirates of the Caribbean's" grand opening at Disneyland in 1967.
But earlier this month came a change in the script. After closing April 23 for renovations, the iconic ride reopened June 8. Gone is the bride auction and
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