10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Pirates Of The Caribbean Ride

10. Walt's Last Ride

Pirates of the Caribbean opened at Disneyland in March 1967, just three months after the park's founder had passed away. That made it the very last ride that Walt himself actually oversaw the production of. 

To ensure that he got to experience the ride before the boats were actually installed, Imagineers digged up a dolly to a chair so that he could be pushed through at around the same speed as the boats would be going. 

They apologised to him for the various voices and pieces of music, making it difficult to hear what each pirate was saying, but Walt was actually happy about that, saying: "It's like a cocktail party. You tune into one voice and then another. Each time guests go through, they'll hear something new and different."

Of course, that isn't the only link to Walt the ride has. Part of the popular urban legend about the man, that he had his body cyrogenically frozen, states that his body lies beneath the ride. Talk about buried treasure.