ORLANDO, FL – With a movie trilogy that’s taken in almost $3 billion worldwide and a fourth film, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, currently in production, the Walt Disney World Resort has announced it has begun construction on a “Pirates of the Caribbean” theme park ride that will be based on the films, which were based on a theme park ride.

“The huge success of the movies, after the huge success of our original theme park ride, shows us people clearly cannot get enough of the ‘Pirates’ franchise,” explained Disney spokesperson Andy Dale.

“A new theme park ride based on the theme-park-inspired movies was a no-brainer.”

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Movie Ride will let patrons experience what it’s like to watch the “Pirates” films in a realistic, modern-day movie theatre.

“It’s an immersive, larger-than-life adventure that is so realistic, you’ll almost swear you were in a real theatre watching a real movie,” exclaimed Dale.

Upon entering the indoor ride, guests will get in line to buy their “movie ticket.” Once they have their ticket, they will go to a large lobby filled with dozens of arcade games and a giant concession stand. Later, they will give their ticket to an usher and sit down in a comfortable, theatre-styled chair that contains — not one, but — two cup holders. After the lights dim, a realistic-looking movie curtain will open. Guests will then be treated to twenty minutes of previews for fictional movies starring Tim Allen.

Then the real fun begins.

“We invested more than $500 million in the research and development of the next generation of Audio-Animatronics,” said Dale. “The robotics used in the original ‘Pirates’ ride was improved by leaps and bounds. The result is a Captain Jack Sparrow that looks exactly like Johnny Depp. An Elizabeth Swann that looks exactly like Keira Knightly. A Norrington that looks exactly like…whoever it is that portrayed Norrington.”

The results will be breathtaking.

A “movie” featuring Disney’s state-of-the-art Audio-Animatronics will reenact classic scenes from the three “Pirates of the Caribbean” films. Patrons will be treated to voice actors who sound very similar to the real actors who portrayed the characters in the films.

“The guy who voices the Jack Sparrow robot sounds like he could be Johnny Depp’s brother,” beamed Dale.

Only the character Will Turner, portrayed by actor Orlando Bloom in the three films, will forgo Audio-Animatronics in favor of an actual human being. Bloom will reprise his role for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Movie Ride, and he will also serve as an usher.

“Work is work,” explained Bloom.