Pirates of the Caribbean was never intended to be part of Disney World out of fear that it would not be exotic enough to Floridians, due to its geographic proximity to the real Caribbean. Instead, planners intended to build a ride called the Western River Expedition. Designed by Marc Davis, it would've featured Audio-Animatronic cowboys, banditos and Native Indians.
Western River Expedition was an Audio-Animatronic delight with dozens of new AA figures, and certainly as many as in Pirates of Caribbean. Just like in POTC Marc Davis designed scenes where humour was always present. Potential scenes included:
A stage coach robbery
Banditos where even their horses had bandanas across their faces!
An Indian (Native American) rain dance that causes it to rain
Other gag scenes with desert animals, cactus, buffaloes, bear...
A western town called Dry Gulch with scenes showing a cowboy on horseback on the roof of the town's saloon - and 10 characters, including a bartender ( who is trying to shoot the cowboy and his mount off the roof ), saloon girls, and other cowboys hooting and hollering, and more...
...And a waterfall-drop finale.
A stage coach robbery
Banditos where even their horses had bandanas across their faces!
An Indian (Native American) rain dance that causes it to rain
Other gag scenes with desert animals, cactus, buffaloes, bear...
A western town called Dry Gulch with scenes showing a cowboy on horseback on the roof of the town's saloon - and 10 characters, including a bartender ( who is trying to shoot the cowboy and his mount off the roof ), saloon girls, and other cowboys hooting and hollering, and more...
...And a waterfall-drop finale.
Click Here to read this entire article (How Marc Davis Legendary Attraction was Almost Built at Disneyland Paris) at the amazing Disney & More blog!
Click Here to read "Thunder Mesa & The Western River Expedition" at Widen your World!
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