When you become a legend in the stories of the seas, especially in the Caribbean it’s only fitting you get your own attraction at Walt Disney World ®. Such is the case with Captain Jack Sparrow from the hit Disney ® films Pirates of the Caribbean. Walt Disney World ® confirmed earlier this month that “The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow” will open at Disney’s Hollywood Studios ™ in the very near future. And just like Captain Jack Sparrow himself, the attraction and what it will contain is a bit of a mystery.

We don’t really know “jack” about Disney’s ® newest attraction other than it will open at Disney’s Hollywood Studios ™ sometime in the fall in the former location of “Journey Into Narnia: Prince Caspian” and will give guests the chance to become immersed in the world of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” as seen in the four feature films.

Imagineering Show Producer Jason Roberts is quoted as saying, “This is going to be an immersive experience. We’ll really delve into the story of Captain Jack Sparrow and put our Guests in the middle of it all in new and exciting ways. Story is always the most important thing for us at Walt Disney Imagineering but we’re always looking at new ways to tell the story that our guests have never seen before. In this attraction, we’ll let you walk in the footsteps of Jack Sparrow It’s not ‘the making of’, not ‘behind the scenes’…it is really a first- person experience. We worked with the archives as well as the filmmakers while they were shooting the last movie. And as a fan, I just loved sitting through those films again and again, going through all the details and leveraging them for this new experience. It’s really been a blast.”

While guests may get to experience what its like to walk a day in Jack Sparrow’s boots or what his life was like pre-Pirates of thee Caribbean, the technology expected to be used in the attraction is what is really getting the attention. Some sources say the special effects used on “The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow” will immerse guests in a way the existing Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Magic Kingdom ® hasn’t before.  We’ll just have to wait until the fall to see what those special effects are!

Stay tuned for more details on “The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow.” In the meantime you can get your fill of the ride that started it all on Pirates of the Caribbean at Magic Kingdom ® and don’t forget to check out Captain Jack Sparrow himself in Captain Jack Sparrow’s Pirate Tutorial show by the ride in Adventureland with discounted Walt Disney World ® tickets right here on Best of Orlando.