Ye Black Pearl

You may have heard that they're filming the 4th Pirates of the Caribbean movie in Hawaii.  (Some of you just found out there's going to be a 4th one, didn't you?)  Yes, there's a 4th pirates movie and yes, they're filming this one in Hawaii.  Filming is supposed to start sometime in mid-July and we had heard that the Black Pearl was in town, so we set out to find it.  Turns out it wasn't that difficult.  We saw it in the Kalaeloa Harbor at Barber's Point from the main highway!  So we drove down to get a closer look.  We got there at the right time.  The ship had been in dry dock while they built up the bottom half.  When we got there, it was on the boat ramp, going into the water for the first time, so we got to get up close and personal.

 You'll notice there are no masts or sails.  That's because they're still building her.  The rest of the work will be done on a private pier until filming begins.  From what we heard, this is not the boat they used for the first film;  just the second and third.  If you're a big fan of the movies, you'll notice some changes from the last movie..like this skeleton.  He's new.

They've built this part up taller than the last one.

I don't know if this lantern is new or not.

There were lots of gold skulls everywhere. (That's what you see in this window...hundreds of skulls like wallpaper.)

Gina and Clay with the Black Pearl

view from front

Seeing the Black Pearl was super neat.  Every day when we're going into town we check the harbor to see if they've done anything new to her.  They have.  (more pictures in a later post)  The sails are up and she looks like a real pirate ship.  Last Thursday we even saw her out in t he water taking a test drive!  SO NEAT!  Now, if I could just spot Johnny Depp on island, I think my life would be complete!  haha