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Hey, isn’t that Johnny Depp chasing the serving wench? – by Natalie Finn for ENews Online!

When the Pirates of the Caribbean ride reopens June 26 at Disneyland after being shuttered since March, visitors will be treated to bigger cannon explosions, more gold doubloons and an animatronic figure of Captain Jack Sparrow from the film franchise originally inspired by the classic theme park attraction.

Basically, Disney made movies based on a ride and, in turn, is now making the ride look more like the movies. Which, when you think about it, is pretty much what the company has been doing for the past 50 years.

This reintroduction to Jack Sparrow’s wily ways has been craftily timed, of course, to coincide with the nationwide July 7 release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, the sequel to 2002’s smash hit, The Curse of the Black Pearl, which has grossed more than $653 million worldwide and turned Depp into a $20 million man. (A third film is already slated for a late May 2007 opening.) [More…]

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Johnny appeared at the Disney Premiere for the movie Pirates of the Caribbean 2 – Dead Man’s Chest.

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I’m from pheonix, Arizona. My family including my dad, mom and cousin came to California for the premiere. We stayed at the Disney Hotel. On The day of the peremiere My cousin and I woke up at 5:30 we got ready and were at the park at 6. There were tons of people with costumes and posters. I knew this would be a problem cause on a normal day they stop adults and tell them they are not allowed to wear there costumes. So I saw many people being turned around. I was glad I didn’t wear my grand pirate costume. The gates to Disney opened at 6:30. It wasn’t a very busy day.( we are Disney regulars with annual passes). The red carpet curled around town square and down mainstreet. My cousin and I sat down right against the barracades. We sat there for 12 hours! Then we finally stood. Between the barracades and many other anxioux people behind us we were smooshed.For the next hour and a half many famous walked down the carpet. Finally we hear people chanting Keira and then there was chanting for Orlando. As people were getting Blooms signature I saw Johnnys’ hat I started crying right away so did my cousin. Thats when Orlando came by me and put his hand on my should and said ” aww its okay he’ll be here in a minute” he then took my news weekly magazine and signed the back of it. Johnny finally made his way down by us.

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A spectacular time was had at the DMC premiere by myself and fellow Zoners Liz, DITHOT, KYWoman, luvdepp, DepplySmitten, Charlene and ZsaZsa. We were camped on two sides of the red carpet at the very start of the carpet and the start of a very long, hot day. Kudos to Disneyland who tried to make the experience as good as it could be under the circumstances.

This truly had to be one of the longest red carpets ever. It stretched from a circular walkway at the park entrance to the end of Main Street. I?m sure that at least a thousand fans camped from dawn till after dark and many more joined us over the course of the day. The crowds surrounding us were overwhelmingly friendly and respectful of one another.

Showtime couldn?t come soon enough, but once it did, it seemed to be over in the blink of an eye. All the supporting cast members?Kevin, MacKenzie, Lee?were very gracious. And Jerry B, Gore, Keira, and Orlando all stopped to chat when they signed autographs. They were all very genuine and genuinely touched by the outpouring of excitement and devotion. Of course, Johnny came last and no one tried harder to cover the carpet. He was calm, charming and very focused on the person in front of him at that moment. The circumstances were unbelievably tough? he moved surrounded by his personal entourage, studio handlers, Disney security, photographers and invited guests who all wanted a piece of him.

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Meeting all the celebs was exciting, having never done this sort of thing before, but watching Johnny making his way down the red carpet was surreal. I was very pleased to have been able to see him so close and actually have words with him. I had my beaded danglies that I made him and my Fear and Loathing book all ready to go. When he got to me, I opened the book to where I wanted him to sign and the danglies were laying there in a silk, see-through pouch. I told him I made them for him and he looked through the pouch at them and then looked up at me smiling (with that gorgeous ‘golden’ smile) and said “Ah, swag.” He took them and handed them to an assistant, then thanked me and I asked him to sign my book. While doing that I told him that he did a wonderful thing for Hunter Thompson and his family (referring to the funeral ‘send off’ at Woody Creek) and he said ” He was a good man.” After he signed my book, I thanked him again and he said “Thank you for coming and being here today” , said while his hand was over his heart. All the while he was calm, in the moment and only paying attention to you, making wonderful eye contact *sigh* before moving on. I just stood there and watched (and took pics) as he continued down the red carpet. A moment I won’t soon forget.

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My friend and I arrived at 6:30 in the morning. We made a made dash to score our spot on Main Street in front of the train station. It was a sweet
spot because none of the cast would have to deal with interviews (the cameras were further up)

We met some terrific people, we played Pirates Monopoly and just chilled (or sweated to be more accurate) until 5pm. The big moment finally arrived (for
me) when Orlando stepped onto the red carpet. I made a vow to myself if I could only get one autograph it would be his. He made his way over, first
he signed my book, then he headed to the other side. He came BACK to our side, I called out “Orlando!” He looked over, smiled and asked how I was. I
said fine. He saw my camera out, took it, and leaned in to snap a picture with me. I made sure to rest my hand on his shoulder.

Then Johnny made his way down surrounded by cameras. The girl behind me was a Johnny fan, she kept shoving me into the barricade. I tried pushing her
back, but she kept fighting with me. I yelled out I couldn’t breathe, so by the time Johnny got in front of me, I wanted to cry and I wasn’t sure what
was going on. I know he was right there, and I couldn’t get a good clear shot of him due to hands,

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My dad and I arrived at Disneyland a little past 4:30 am. There were about 200 people there already…I couldn?t believe it! A Disney employee gave a big speech for about 10 minutes with instructions on how the red carpet arrivals would work. I looked in all the lines for people from the Zone until 6:30, and I looked again later on in the day by the barricades near the red carpet, but I couldn?t find anyone with the Zone ?identifier?, so I gave up eventually. I am really disappointed that I didn?t get to meet any Zoners! I was able to meet up with some fellow Johnny fans from JDR though.

By the time the gates opened at 6:30, there were hundreds of people in line behind us. At 6:30, once the gates opened, people started going crazy. We were told repeatedly by Disney employees ?not to run,? but nobody listened. Everyone was running! We found a spot by the red carpet that was right next to the barricades, relatively close to the main entrance of the park. A couple hours later, we realized that we would be directly in front of all of the TV cameras! MTV, VH1, The Insider, E!, Access Hollywood, CNN, etc. were all located right across from us. Throughout the (LONG!) afternoon, camera crews were going up and down the red carpet, interviewing fans and taping us screaming as loud as we could. I was only interviewed by one TV crew,

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It was fun, exciting, hot, tiring and after more than 12 hours of waiting, incredibly worth every minute! Everyone waiting was polite and gracious and it was fun talking and hanging out with other fans who were just as excited as we were. Disney did a great job of keeping things under control and tried to be informative about what was happening and when. Kiera, Orlando, Jerry and Gore, were all gracious with the fans. Johnny of course was the last one down the red carpet. He took his time with the fans and really seemed to be able to focus on the person in front of him, if only for a few seconds. You really do feel like you have his complete attention, if only for that one incredible moment. It will be a moment that I will never forget. He signed my Newsweek, I told him thank you and he looked at me with those gorgeous brown eyes and I felt like my knees would give out, they were knocking so badly. He said “Thank you so much for being here”. It will be a moment that I will never forget and will relive over and over in my mind.

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It was surreal and just as everyone earlier on this thread has said. I really had no expectations that he would get to our little group, as it was just the luck of the draw when a celebrity came your way. He did, however, seem to get into a groove on our side. I have a tiny little video of him coming down our side, then I put the camera away in order to get my “stuff” ready.

Hmmmm, how do I put this….I think I went into a total daze…..all I know is he appeared in front of me, and we spoke and then I had him sign the cover of my F&LILV jacket, and the front of Newsweek. Then he moved on to zoners on my right……but I had a glossy pic of his head Susanne had given me to get signed (him kissing Kiera in POTC2 ~ only Susanne had lopped off Kiera, LOL) and I held it out and said Johnny please sign this for Susanne….and after he signed for some zoners and people behind us, he turned and signed Susanne’s pic. Then he switched sides.

As to the “moment”, I am just kicking myself for not “focusing”. For one thing, I forgot to take my sunglasses off. KYWoman had even said earlier, now everybody don’t forgot to take your glasses off so you can look him in the eyes, but it got so crazy at the end, and then dusk set in,

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After seeing and having short conversations with Gore, Keira and Orlando, who were all VERY gracious and appreciative, we knew Johnny would be the next on the red carpet. We finally caught a glimpse of his gray hat and dark hair as he signed for fans on the opposite side and slowly made his way up the red carpet. He crossed over to our side and my heart skipped several beats waiting for him to work his way down the line. I just knew he would cross back over before he got to us! Then he was three people away?two people away?right next to me? and then there he was, directly in front of me. The gray hat, dark – almost curly – hair, black shirt, purple glasses, leather cuff, sparrow tattoo? I had brought my copy of the William Sarroyan Reader for him to sign. The Time of Your Life is in the book and we had read it at ONBC two years ago. The prologue is one of Johnny?s favorite literary passages. I told him the book was from Oprah Noodlemantra?s Book Club and he looked up and said ?Oh, wow!? He signed the book and said ?You certainly can?t go wrong with Sarroyan.? I said thank you, he smiled that golden toothed smile, and moved to sign for Liz. (picture).

I don?t know how he has the ability to focus directly on the person he is signing for with all the hoopla and noise that surrounds an event like this.

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