Riders stuck on the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction were evacuated by Disneyland employees wearing fisherman-style rubber waders who walked through murky waters and pushed stranded boats to “land” so visitors could escape the swashbuckling cruise cut short.
The Pirates of the Caribbean water ride at Disneyland broke down for approximately 90 minutes around 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31, according to riders who had to be evacuated. The 1967 water-based dark ride populated with audio-animatronic serenading scalawags and drunken buccaneers takes riders on a swashbuckling cruise through seas plagued by scoundrels in the New Orleans Square area of the park. Riders pass a shadowy bayou, pirates grotto, fog-shrouded fort, boisterous town square, burning city and dungeon prison aboard weathered barges.