Mickey's Pirate and Princess Party was a hard-ticketed (separate admission) event held throughout the months of January through June at the Magic Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida outside Orlando. A smaller version was also planned for Disneyland Paris Resort in 2011, but was cancelled. This event combined two of The Walt Disney Company's franchises, the Disney Princess line and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

Walt Disney World version

History

Started in January 2007 and ending in 2009 at Walt Disney World, the event was created after cast members at the park saw many children dressed either as pirates or princesses at Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party (another ticketed event held yearly in September and October). Because of that, Walt Disney World decided to create a new event, which took two years of planning as part of their "Year of a Million Dreams Celebration." As Disney show director Tara Anderson said, "This new party allows guests to live out the adventures of scurvy pirates and pretty princesses. We have created a new Magic Kingdom event that lets you step right into your favorite stories and fairytales." Similarly to Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, children and guests of all ages were invited to live out their favorite pirate or princess dream at the Magic Kingdom Park and dress up as their favorite pirate and princess characters. The event was full of a variety of exclusive themed entertainment and activities for the whole family, including "Disney's Enchanted Adventures Parade," "Magic, Music and Mayhem" (a special fireworks show), rare character meet and greet opportunities, dance parties, and so much more.

Theme lands

Each of the lands within the Magic Kingdom was centered to a theme related to royalty and piracy.

The Adventure Map

When entering the party all guests were given a small pirate bag (you were not limited to just one) and your very own Adventure Map which was a map of the Magic Kingdom with clues on it so guests found different marks on the map throughout the park where they answered clues and received their own pirate treasure and princess gems. The treats that guests received for solving the riddles included plastic pirate coins, beads, chocolate treasure, and gems.

Activities and Entertainment

Disneyland Paris version

A smaller version of this event was planned at Disneyland Paris for June 2011. The event was cancelled in April 2011 with no reason given, but assumption was that ticket sales were slow. However, the plan had been used in 2018, as part of its 25th anniversary celebration.