TheMaxRebo
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I think the plan to change the scene in Pirates with the red head as a woman pirate has probably been in the works for awhile, but the timeline is odd, especially since DL just had a refurbishment. Based on how Disney responded to the unexpected success of Frozen, I wouldn't be surprised to see them answer the success of Wonder Woman with something to capitalize on the trend by moving the timetable up for the change.
well, I am sure the success of Wonder Woman didn't hurt things ... but I also think we sometimes underestimate how separate the different divisions of Disney are. If this is a move to capitalize on the future of the movie series and to push forward a new woman Pirate - that creative division very well could be doing their planning separate from the division that handles regular maintenance of the ride. Or maybe when they did the last refurb of the ride they realized that scene was in rough shape so they just got it as refreshed as they could knowing there could be this major update coming in a bit. We don't know exactly - but I struggle to see Disney see the results of the Wonder Woman movie and then 2 weeks later or whatever have an entire plan ready for a new scene, etc. and that be the only/main driver of it