Pirates coming back to take Manhattan
For those of us in the greater New York City area, the World of Disney Store on 5th Ave in midtown Manhattan is holding a weekend event commemorating the opening of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. It is called Pirates in the Big Apple, and it looks like it might be fun.
It begins Thursday night, May 24th at 9:30pm. There are some activities scheduled for kids, but the main event comes at midnight when you get a seat at Manhattan’s Ziegfeld Theater for a showing of the film. The theater is a classic “movie palace” and little piece of history in itself. The cost for everything is $50 per person, which is only for Thursday’s movie premier event. The rest of the weekend has some events.
Friday will be a pin trading day, including the release of a limited edition pin that folks who go to the film release on Thursday can get first crack at. The rest of the weekend will have, among other things, Capt’ Jack Sparrow Meet n’ Greets and something called Pirates Academy. I can only assume these are similar to what is held at the Magic Kingdom, being I doubt Johnny Depp will be there in character. If you have kids that like this film let me just tell you how much the kids I know loved these events.