Hailed by quite a few travel experts as the best amusement park ride on the planet, I was excited to finally ride Pirates of The Caribbean: The Battle for Sunken Treasure.
Luckily the single rider line was open and extremely underutilized as the single rider entrance was actually roped off, and you had to ask a staff member to open the line for you.
Sadly, after my 2nd ride through I was told the single rider line was closed for the rest of the day. Regardless, standby times are quite reasonable and I rarely saw a wait time over 45 minutes. However, waiting outdoors is not the most ideal way to spend a hot and humid Shanghai summer afternoon, so plan accordingly.
The ride consists of naturally a boat that you sit on along with 19 other passengers. I highly recommend sitting in the front row to be fully immersed.
Without revealing too much, you are quickly introduced to Jack Sparrow and pulled down via falling waterfall to an underground dome with a spectacular 180 underwater canvas view.
Afterwards, you’re lead to a glistening treasure cave, something that every kid inside of us who’s ever read any pirate novels has dreamed of.
This is followed by an epic battle with Davy Jones complete with canon fire and huge giant projection screens. Through the use of huge magnets underneath the boat, you feel like you’re being sucked up to the surface.
For a moment you could easily forget you’re on a ride, but instead on the set with Captain Sparrow himself. 
If you’re curious to view the whole ride, here is my video below:
I can say without a doubt this is the best amusement park ride in terms of spectacular design and visuals. Let’s put it this way, if Disney wanted to charge $50 and only had this ride and TRON, I would gladly fork over my money.
Well done Disney for upping the bar and creating a new piece of Disney magic!
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