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DISNEYLAND'S PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN ATTRACTION
THE REDHEADED WENCH (aka Scarlett)
"We wants the redhead!"


October 2012

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I made this costume from the Pirates of the Caribbean "Take a Wench for a Bride Auction" scene to wear at Mickey's Halloween Party in Disneyland. The gown design was based on the version of the Redhead seen in the Disneyland Anaheim park. This costume was a great deal of fun to wear. It was not something the children recognized, but many of the cast members knew who I was. If someone had just been on the ride they would say "wait a minute - this looks familiar!" I also enjoyed learning about the Pirates of the Caribbean and Disney history as I was digging up photos and researching the costume.

2012 MICKEY'S HALLOWEEN PARTY DISNEYLAND

Pirates Redhead Costume   Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Cosplay   Pirates Redhead Wench   Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Cosplay
Redhead Wench
Bridal Auction Rope
  We wants the Redhead!   Redheaded Pirate Wench Costume
Mickey's Halloween Party
  Redhead Wench Pirate Palooza

Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Wench   Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Wench   Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Wench   Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Wench
The Redhead with
a salty old Pirate
  Redheaded Wench Dock side at Pirates   Redhead at Pirates of the Caribbean   Redhead awaits
the riverboat

Pirates Redhead and Captain Jack Sparrow   Pirates Redhead and Jack Sparrow   Pirates Redhead  Scarlett   Pirates Redhead Wench Scarlett
Redhead Wench & Captain Jack   Redhead Pirate Wench
& Captain Jack Sparrow
  Redhead meets Captain Hook   Redhead Wench
aka Scarlett

 

2013 MICKEY'S HALLOWEEN PARTY DISNEYLAND

Pirates Redhead Costume   Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Cosplay   Pirates Redhead Wench   Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Cosplay
Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Costume   We wants the Redhead! Pirates of the Caribbean Bridal Auction Wench Costume   Redhead Pirates of the Caribbean Cosplay   Priates of the Caribbean Redhead Costume

Pirates Redhead Costume   Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Cosplay   Pirates Redhead Wench   Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Cosplay
We wants the Redhead! Pirates of the Caribbean Bridal Auction Wench Cosplay   Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Costume   Redheaded Pirate Wench Costume
Mickey's Halloween Party
  Redheaded Pirate Wench Costume
Mickey's Halloween Party

2014 MICKEY'S HALLOWEEN PARTY DISNEYLAND

Pirates Redhead Costume   Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Cosplay   Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Costume   Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Cosplay
Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Costume   Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Costume   Redhead Pirates of the Caribbean Cosplay   Priates of the Caribbean Redhead Cosplay

Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Costume   Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Cosplay and Donald Duck Pirate at Mickey's Halloween Party   Redhead and Jack Sparrow Pirates of the Caribbean Costume Mickey's Halloween party
Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead Costume   Pirate Donald Duck & Pirates of the Caribbean Redhead   The Rehead and Captain Jack Sparrowe

 


INSPIRATION:


I've always had a fondness for the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, partially because it's one of the few clear memories I have from my first trip to Disneyland as a child at the age of five. I remember my father's amazement as he rode the attraction for his first time with me, commenting on how life-like the pirates were. "He's looking right at us!" he'd laugh. I was never offended by the ride in its original incarnation, not even the last time I'd seen it in the 1980s as a teenager before the politically correct changes began to happen. I simply saw it was a humorous take on pirates (unaware of the current human trafficking problems), and never believed the women to be in any long term peril. My imagination concluded the women successfully ran away from the drunken pirates. However, the Redhead was clearly different than the other women in the auction. I always thought the redhead was a bait and switch lady in cahoots with the pirates (that is not official Disney lore, just the way I saw the ride).


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