You can own a piece of Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean for $6500 – SFGATE

Its no secret that Disneyland has gotten more and more expensive over the last few years. In the companys most recent earnings call, Disney reported having fewer guests, but those guests were spending more per visit enough for the company to report a 50% increase in operating profits for the quarter company-wide.

But even for those guests paying more for Genie Plus and Lightning Lane, a $6500 souvenir is still a little steep.

Thats right: $6500 for one souvenir. But, in fairness, said souvenir is a collectible piece of one of Disneylands most iconic rides.

The Pirates of the Caribbean Heritage Timeline is a piece of art sold in the theme park's Disneyana store. Its actually a piece of a Rusty Leaf Fig tree, cut down in the recent renovation to the ride. The collectible is a cross section from the tree, with seminal moments in Pirates history, and that of the New Orleans Square land (where the ride is located), marked on it.

In 1987, for example, the tree was planted as part of a refurbishment to the ride queue. In 2006, Jack Sparrow and Captain Barbossa were added as characters on the ride.

The Pirates of the Caribbean Heritage Timeline at Disneyland

For approximately 35 years, these memorable trees enhanced the beauty of the queue line, a plaque on the piece reads. Perhaps the reader is fortunate enough to be one of the swashbuckling Disneyland guests that enjoyed some moments of this trees shade sometime in the past.

The trees set on carvings of pirate treasure were preserved by the Disneyland Urban Forestry Program, which manages trees in the park, and turned into art by John and Ron Daniels of David Wood Land, Inc., according to the plaque. The purpose of this work, it reads, is to preserve a special part of Disneyland Resort history while showcasing the beauty nature creates all around us.

Its not the first time Disneyland has upcycled removed trees into collectibles. At this years D23 Convention, the company gifted 1,000 tree cross sections to D23 fan club members, each one marked with the location it had been removed from, like Goofys Playhouse in Mickeys Toontown.

There are only 45 of the Pirates of the Caribbean tree timelines. According to a cast member in the store, the tree, which was once in the ride queue, was diseased and had to be cut down as part of the renovation.

She also said, unsurprisingly, that people have been buying them even with the hefty price tag.

Whether they bought them with pirates gold, though, was unclear.

The tree was cut down in the 2022 ride refurbishment

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