

Some guests were offended by this depiction, and the chase scene was altered to show the pirates making off with various treasure as the formerly "chased" ladies attempt to thwart them. In its original form, the attraction contained a scene in which pirates were shown chasing attractive females in circles (achieved by simply placing figures on rotating platforms hidden below guests' view), along with a comical reversal in which an overweight woman was seen chasing a pirate.

The pieces were accidentally moved during a minor refurbishment and were not returned to their proper positions until someone found Marc Davis's original sketches. Marc Davis carefully arranged the pieces so that any move will result in a stalemate-thus, the skeletons have been playing the same game since 1973. The position of the pieces on the chess board in the attraction's pre-show is not random. The barker bird was eventually moved to the Pirates of the Caribbean section of the World of Disney store at Downtown Disney. The design of the new sign is a ship's mast with the attraction name written in its black sails, and a skeleton of a pirate up in its crow's nest. A new sign was placed on the outside corner of the fort facing towards the entrance of Adventureland. Included in the changes were the removal of the barker bird and original attraction sign. The exterior of the attraction was slightly altered during the 2006 modifications. The Florida version also does not include the scene past the powder room with the intoxicated pirates firing cannons. Instead, you exit the boat immediately after the Jack Sparrow in the treasure room scene, then take a speed ramp up to the ground floor gift shop.

Unlike in California, however, you do not return to ground level in your boat. Following the plunge down one waterfall, the remainder of the ride is similar to Tokyo and California. Inside, the Blue Bayou has been replaced by Pirate's Cove, and the boat goes into a short grotto with Blackbeard, skeletons of dead pirates, the hurricane lagoon, and an echoing "Dead men tell no tales." There is no treasure room sequence as found in other parks.

The attraction, guarded by the Caribbean watchtower Torre del Sol, is housed in a golden Spanish fort called Castillo Del Morro, inspired by Castillo de San Felipe del Morro in the Old San Juan in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
