Disneyland Will Lose Its 'Wench'

By Arden Dier, Newser Staff

June 30, 2017

The scene shows a redheaded female tied up in rope, about to be sold under a banner reading, "Auction, Take a wench for a bride." But if the sight at Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean attraction hasn't yet offended some, the park apparently worries it soon will.

That's why the entire scene will be swapped for another when the ride closes for routine maintenance next year. The scene, also to be updated at Disney World in 2018 and at Disneyland Paris next month, will instead show an auction with no humans up for grabs.

"Auction, Surrender yer loot," the new banner will read, reports the Los Angeles Times. The redhead from the original scene, a purported fan-favorite in place since 1967, will become a pirate herself with a gun and liquor bottle resting against her hips.

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