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Imagineer Leota Toombs applies make-up to the Pirates of the Caribbean animatronics.
(That sentence reads like the coolest Mad Libs EVER.)

the-disney-elite:

D23 Expo’s “Walt Disney Archives Presents––A Pirate’s Life for Me: Disney’s Rascals, Scoundrels and Really Bad Eggs”
From the top:
(1.) Pirate-themed sketches originally made for the Haunted Mansion, (2.) sketches for Disneyland’s proposed pirate wax museum – this was later changed to the ride-through we know today, (3.) layout + concept art for the Disneyland pirate wax museum, (4.) Pirates of the Caribbean concept art, (5.) Blaine Gibson’s maquette, (6.) the original sheet music for Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me), (7.) Dorothea Redmond’s elevation drawing, the animatronics for (8.) a pirate, some pigs, (9.) the prison dog and (10.) WDW’s Barker Bird a.k.a. Captain Squawk a.k.a. Peg-Leg Pete.
All pics by stitchkingdom

the-disney-elite:

Top row: Imagineer Alice Davis works on the costumes for Walt Disney’s iconic Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
Bottom row: The completed costumes as they appear in the ride.
Years later, Davis would describe her work on it’s a small world and Pirates of the Caribbean saying, “I went from sweet little children to dirty old men!”
(Quote via: Marc Davis: Walt Disney’s Renaissance Man)

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the-disney-elite:

Disney legend Marc Davis wasn’t just the animator of Tinker Bell, Thumper, Maleficent and Cruella De Vil. He was also one of the chief Imagineers behind some of Disneyland’s most iconic rides!
Walt Disney hand-picked Marc to act as the ‘captain’ of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Shown above are some of Davis’ original sketches for the ride. It’s amazing to see how little was altered in the transition from drawings to the completed ride.
Curious to known more about Marc Davis’ work? Then make sure and check out the over-sized, heavily-illustrated biography, Marc Davis: Walt Disney’s Renaissance Man. It’s great!