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On the Black Carpet at the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides World Premiere

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Ye come seekin' adventure with salty old pirates, eh? Sure you've come to the proper place.

The World Premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides was at Disneyland on Saturday.

Fans lined up late Friday night for a chance to see and meet Johnny Depp in person. Once Disneyland opened Saturday morning many claimed their seats on the bleachers provided for viewing all along Main Street.

Shortly after 4 P.M. the festivities began with pirates entertaining the crowd by juggling swords, balancing on cannon balls, walking on stilts, and riding a unicycle up and down the black carpet. Everyone cheered with their Mickey pirate ears on, that were given to them while they waited for the black carpet to start.

Around 5:30 P.M. the celebrities took to the carpet, many of them taking extra time to make sure and sign as many autographs as they could for the fans.

Eric McCormack was one of the first to arrive.

Shortly after it was a sea full of celebrities and guests who paid for a ticket to see the World Premiere, that 100% of the proceeds went directly to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Join me now on the black carpet as we see...

Martin Short

Dave Smith

Little Sparrow

Nick Simmons

Sophie Simmons

Ian Mercer (Quartermaster in the film)

Kimberly Locke and Jack the Monkey

Joey Lawrence and Tony Baxter

Brandon Tyler Russell

Steven McQueen

Jodie Foster

Danny Leboyer (Yeoman in the film)

Jennifer Grey

Tim Powers (Wrote the novel On Stranger Tides)

Andy Garcia

Lorenzo Lamas

Steven Tyler

Bob Iger

Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas

Keith Richards

Kevin McNally aka Gibbs

Kristie Alley

Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Nelsan Ellis

Five beautiful mermaids

Penelope Cruz

The back of Penelope Cruz's dress

Geoffrey Rush

Ian McShane

The backside of Johnny Depp.

Johnny was escorted with suits surrounding him, as he made his way down the fan side. He made sure to sign autographs and shake hands without ever turning around once to the media. Luckily I had someone on the fan side too, who got me these two photos of him.

Once Johnny Depp was done signing autographs the black carpet cleared out quickly.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides opens in theaters on May 20, 2011.

For information on the film, please visit www.disney.com/pirates

* Update: Find more photos from the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides World Premiere here.

Interactive Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Finds

Friday, May 6, 2011

With the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides movie premiere happening tomorrow, I thought it would be fun to highlight a couple of activities you can find on the official Pirates of the Caribbean Facebook page and website.

Turn yourself or your children into pirates with the Pirate Yourself App.

Upload a photo, and then chose from different hats, facial hair, makeup, jewelry, and accessories to make yourself apart of Jack's crew. Create as many photos as you would like because it's FREE!

You can also find a Skull Creator App.

This is just like the Pirate Yourself App, but there is a skull provided for you to accessorize.

On the official Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides website there are many interactive things for you to look at, but my favorite is the activities page.

Here you can make some pirate goodies with your young ones including Jack's Bandana, Belt, Jack's Jolly Roger Flag, Edible Eyeballs, Aztec Coin Medallion, Pirate Cookies, "The Code" Journal, Captain's Compass, Liar's Dessert Dice, and a Pirate Tricorn Hat.

Of course there is much more to explore, so make sure you go through both to get your pirate fix before the new pirates movie hits theaters on May 20th.

If you have Twitter, tomorrow during the Pirates of the Caribbean World Movie Premiere at Disneyland, Jerry Bruckheimer will be tweeting live from the black carpet.

You'll also want to follow @DisneyPirates for a chance to win cool pirate prizes during the live event.

I won't be giving away any cool prizes but I will be tweeting throughout the day, so make sure you are following me too @MagicMouseDays.

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Just a reminder, my Facebook page giveaway for a Disneyland mug and Mickey plush ends this Sunday night at 11:59 PST. If you haven't entered yet make sure you do, as it only takes one comment to be entered. For details please read here.