Drink up me 'earties, yo ho!

WDW Imagineering has filed the paperwork for a new series of Pirates of the Caribbean-themed interactive exhibits around Adventureland in the Magic Kingdom. While rumors have circulated for some time regarding the implementation of NextGen technology to the Pirates queue, these stations will be scattered throughout the land.  The technology is rumored to include the following: 

• Touching a skull activates the movement of the mouth of a talking tiki idol, which will reveal a jewel in his mouth.
• Touching a blunderbuss activates the movement of sails that cover a bird cage, the sails will open to reveal an animated parrot.
• Touching the fuse of a cannon activates an air cannon in the water as well as a light and smoke effect.
• Touching a piece of parchment activates a skeleton captain emerging from the water.
• Touching a snake charmers basket activates a spitting snake.
• Touching a vase activates an image on a nearby tapestry.
• Touching a shark tooth activates circling shark fins in the water
• Touching a sand dollar activates a mechanical giant clam
• Touching the carvings on a shelf will activate cannon blasts on ships in a bottle causing one ship to sink

These features will likely function similarly to the wildly successful Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom in which guests use collectible cards at stations scattered throughout the Magic Kingdom.  Aside from giving guests additional attraction to experience, these stations will benefit Disney in a variety of other ways.  These stations will draw more people into Adventureland for longer periods of time, slightly mitigating some of the draw of the new Fantasyland expansions in late 2012 and 2013.  These stations can also pull guests to some of the lesser explored corners of Adventureland, generating interest in less popular attractions and bringing guests in closer proximity to retailers and food vendors.


Source: http://www.epcyclopedia.com/2012/07/24/imagineering-files-permits-for-adventureland-interactive-adventure-installation/