If you go to one premiere in your lifetime, let it be a Pirates premiere – these are the most epic premieres in existence and scoring a ticket can be hard if you are not in the ABC/Disney family.

Basically, four times and counting, every time Johnny Depp, Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney chief Bob Iger come out with a new Pirates movie, they blow up a gigantic screen on Tom Sawyer’s Island at Disneyland and invite everyone they know to snuggle up with blankets, eat some pirate themed food, walk down the pirate black carpet on Main Street and watch the film outdoors with all of Hollywood.

This sequel (number #4) was no exception. A massive pirate-black carpet is set up on Main Street to get guests in the mood and all of Main Street is decorated in pirate theme. Park staff hand out Pirate Mickey ears to park-goers who are able to watch the carpet arrivals from behind, and in between, the press and media. Disney sets up the press (in order of importance) down Main Street all the way to the “It’s a Small World” castle, making it the longest red carpet in the world. After the carpet wraps around flower beds and store fronts, it lets you out at Frontierland where you are handed blankets, pirate-themed food and are guided to bleacher seating for an outdoor premiere with the cast and crew; fireworks included. Click to Continue Reading