The Paris version of the classic indoor boat ride has not followed the same narrative found in Anaheim, Orlando, and Tokyo. Instead, the Paris installation scrambles the scene order, leading with more action but keeping the gist of the experience similar.
Disney is changing the auction scene in its Pirates rides to eliminate what many fans and people inside the company perceived as both body shaming and a salacious depiction of human trafficking. But there's also the larger issue of gradually changing the Pirates rides to reflect more of the modern film franchise's action-driven story and less of the Anaheim original's morality play. The wildly successful Shanghai installation — which dumped almost all of the original narrative in favor of a film-driven story with a new ride system and mix of media and practical effects — is the new standard for Pirates rides (in the view of many at Disney), not what Walt's team built in Anaheim 50 years ago.
Here is an on-ride video of the refurbished attraction in Paris:
In the new version of the auction scene, the Auctioneer is not selling the ladies, but the loot that they've brought (under gunpoint) to the Pirates. The Redhead is on the Pirates' side, brandishing a gun, which is what the drunken pirates want to buy — not the household paintings and service sets offered by the other ladies.
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Again, I go with my cousin who just took her kids to Disney and says she's happy for this as her daughters were a bit thrown by the whole bit.
1. More lifelike animatronics. They are really a cut above compared with Disneyland Anaheim.
2. New Barbossa animatronic with lightning effect, but they de-emphasize the skeletons at the helm, which again, changes the storyline.
3. New amazing sword fighting scene.
4. Better Jack Sparrow scenes.
Maybe am also not impressed by the recent 5th film which randomly used the ride's imagery without truly understanding it, so seeing whole new movie-tie in stuff is odd now including that fact that am still a big fan of the much older ride before the movies but not after.
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It also, seems contradictory to add that dialog, since Disney stopped selling any toy guns (to appease political correctness). when, they used to sell lots.
Disney will please, one liberal group, only to make another mad. Since, that phrase, tends to glorify guns.