'You have trained them well, my floating, curiously luminous friend.' ―Talking Skull and Captain Jack Sparrow 'Ahoy back, strange, inexplicably talking skull in the sky.' Afterwards, guests then plunge down a waterfall in the dark while the skull can be heard cackling maliciously. This skull would be voiced by James Arnold Taylor.Īs guests ride past the wrecked ship and its skeletal helmsman, the skull appears off to the side of the boat and makes a passing remark before a flash of lightning appears, masking the on-ride photograph. The Florida version of the skull would make a return in 2017 as part of a new on-ride photograph. One was the removal of the talking skull, much to the dismay of many fans. However, when the ride at Walt Disney World was refurbished for the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest in 2006, some sweeping changes were made to the classic attraction. Mounted on the bricks above the boat's path, the talking skull with crossed swords (voiced by Disney legend X Atencio, who was also responsible for writing the entire show script) narrates the introduction to the dead men's grotto while asking guests to take heed of his warnings that dead men tell no tales.īecause of the success of the attraction, other versions of the Pirates ride were made to other Disney Parks all over the world. After their boat turns a final corner of the Blue Bayou in the brick channel, guests find a mysterious voice from a living Jolly Roger. The talking skull's first appearance was in the Pirates of the Caribbean in Disneyland. The talking skull in Pirates of the Caribbean. And mark well me words, ad men tell no tales!' ―Talking Skull Sit closer together, and keep your ruddy hands inboard. ' Psst! Avast there! It be too late to alter course, mateys.and there be plundering pirates lurking in every cove, waitin' to board.

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