Wallilabou Bay Pirates of the Caribbean
Dawnbreaker
Lars Alfredson
Wed 9 Feb 2022 23:42
We were still in the same little bay today. Nice snorkeling. I am babysitting with 2 divers in the water. 😊
After a day of snorkeling/diving we headed up to Wallilabou. Which was one of the settings for the first Pirates of the Carribean film. The curse of the black pearl.
Lars Alfredson
About: Wallilabou Bay Dock
Wallilabou Bay is located on the North West coast of St Vincent. The small bay consists of a black sand beach, a small hotel, customs office, two small boat docks (the photo opposite may look familiar for movie buffs?) and sheltered moorings.
There is a beautiful natural stone arch at the entrance to the bay which is also good for snorkelling.
Wallilabou can be used as port of entry for yachts arriving from St Lucia or Martinique. The customs office is open for an hour at 5 pm in the evenings. The bay provides a sheltered anchorage for a night's stop over, but beware of the St Vincent boat boys who can be quite persistent.
The Wallilabou Anchorage Hotel has a restaurant open to the public with a selection authentic local dishes and a selection of props and souvenirs from the Pirates of the Caribbean film sets.
Pirates of the Caribbean
Wallilabou Anchorage was the principle Caribbean location for Disneys 2003 hit movie ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’. This world premiere movie is inspired by, and takes its theme from, the popular Walt Disney theme park ride of the same name.
The plot: Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) brave the Caribbean Sea to stop a ship of pirates led by Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), who intend to break an ancient curse… with the blood of the lovely Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley). Also starring Jonathon Pryce and Jack Davenport.
The set was built around our hotel and restaurant and the hotel rooms were used as ‘Green Rooms” for the actors. Our hotel, restaurant, shops and customs office were the made into the village of Port Royal, which was the famous pirate town in Jamaica.
The whole bay was bustling with hundreds of cast and crew for the duration of the filming and pirate ships ruled the sea.
We decided to keep the set and try to preserve it and are constantly in the process of restoration. We have a museum and recently finished our pirate /picture museum which is made inside the main Pirates of the Caribbean Disney set building. It is full photos of the building of the set and the stars and much much more.