There's no smooth sailing at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando as the Pirates of the Caribbean ride removes its controversial bride auction segment.

Most who have visited the Mickey Mouse theme park will have taken a boat trip through the cavernous Pirates of the Caribbean and had a good sing-song amongst the drunken pirates overrunning a small seaside town. Complete with plenty of eyepatches, barrels of rum, and peg-legged perverts, it was a classic depiction of how pirate life used to be portrayed. However, along with pieces of eight and plundering buried treasure comes a particularly grim outlook for women at that time.

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Pirates of the Caribbean hasn't aged particularly well over the years, and the recent update has removed one of its most memorable scenes in an attempt to right the wrongs of the past. The ride has undergone a refurb according to Disney Parks Blog to make it more family-friendly for the future:

"The pirate auctioneer now oversees a sale of the townspeople’s most prized possessions and goods. In this scene, the familiar redhead figure has switched sides to become a pirate named Redd, who’s just pillaged the town’s rum supply and has something to say about it."

For those who have visited Pirates of the Caribbean before, Redd became something of a notable part of the ride as one of the poor women being sold off to the invading pirates like a piece of meat. Nowadays, it looks like the tables have turned as Redd becomes one of the seafaring scoundrels herself. Pirates of the Caribbean was closed last year, but as it attempts to sail the seven seas once more, it is flying the flag for female equality instead of the Jolly Roger.

In fitting with the classic Walt Disney quote “keep moving forward," it is refreshing to see the ride advance into the 21st Century, but there will undoubtedly be those who argue that Pirates of the Caribbean will have lost some of its original spirit. Selling stolen clocks and tapestries may still not be particularly good for the moral compass, but it beats selling women to the highest bigger. As the basis for the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, the ride first opened at the California park in 1967, followed by Orlando in 1973, Tokyo in 1983 and Paris in 1992. Paris already moved with the times in 2017, while the original is scheduled to temporarily close in April.

Although Keira Knightley's portrayal of Elizabeth Swann in the movies has become a badass female warrior, the depiction of women in general comes from a time of male superiority. However, while the cinematic franchise has attempted to move with the times, the Disney parks have come under fire for their dated stereotypes. The movie series seems to be stuck after the disappointing box office of Dead Men Tell No Tales, but at least the various Pirates of the Caribbean rides can plot a course for a brighter future away from gender controversy.

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Source: Disney Parks Blog