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 * Pirates of the Caribbean ** is an enclosed [|Shoot-the-Chutes] dark ride at [|Disneyland Park], [|Walt Disney World Resort] [|Magic Kingdom] , [|Tokyo Disneyland] , and [|Disneyland Paris] . This was the last attraction which [|Walt Disney] himself participated in designing; it opened three months after his death, in the spring of 1967. It was originally envisioned to be walk-through [|wax museum] attraction. [|[1]]  It is located within the [|New Orleans Square] portion of Disneyland, its facade evoking [|antebellum era] New Orleans, topped by a 31-star United States flag (which would indicate the 1850s). The ornate initials of Walt Disney and [|Roy Disney] (W.D. and R.D.) can be seen entwined in the wrought iron railings above the attraction's entrance at Disneyland. An overhead sign at the boat dock names it for the famous pirate [|Jean Lafitte] (although his name is misspelled // Laffite //), who fought alongside the U.S. Army at the [|Battle of New Orleans] in the [|War of 1812] . The second floor of the facade was originally designed to be a private Disney family apartment. Instead it later opened as an art-related retail/museum space called the Disney Gallery until late 2007 when it was replaced by the [|Disneyland Dream Suite].