Okay, I actually went on Bounty when it was berthed in Torquay (I live nearby). I don't personally recall any advertising of it that suggested it was the Black Pearl - they only said that it had been in DMC. In fact it's patently obvious as soon as you see it that it couldn't be Black Pearl, because it looks entirely wrong - you certainly didn't have to go on board to see that! It's the wrong sort of ship altogether.
The advertising I saw - which was mostly an in-house e-mail at work - made a joke in the message headers about "Mutiny on the Black Pearl" and said that the ship had been in "Mutiny On The Bounty" (which is the film it was built for, according to the leaflets handed out when I went aboard) and "Pirates of the Caribbean". No mention of it being Black Pearl. As far as I can tell there wasn't an awful lot of advertising about the ship locally anyway as it was a very brief visit. I can't comment on the Torbay Development Agency, but I see the article says the local newspaper, the Herald Express, claimed it was Black Pearl - that explains a lot. If I told you that the Herald Express is referred to in some circles locally as the Haemorrhoid Excess, would that explain anything? *grin*
Incidentally, the fee for going on board was £5 for adults and £2.50 for kids. Saying a 12 year old paid £7.50 is stretching the truth a little ...
Having said all that - it was really great to be able to go on board Bounty and have a little poke around. I think what really got to me was the size of it - according to the info, it's build a third again bigger than the original Bounty so that it can be used as a film set. Personally I wouldn't want to be stuck in the middle of an ocean for god knows how long on something the size of the replica, let alone the original if it was significantly smaller. No wonder they mutinied, claustrophobia must surely have been an issue.
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The advertising I saw - which was mostly an in-house e-mail at work - made a joke in the message headers about "Mutiny on the Black Pearl" and said that the ship had been in "Mutiny On The Bounty" (which is the film it was built for, according to the leaflets handed out when I went aboard) and "Pirates of the Caribbean". No mention of it being Black Pearl. As far as I can tell there wasn't an awful lot of advertising about the ship locally anyway as it was a very brief visit. I can't comment on the Torbay Development Agency, but I see the article says the local newspaper, the Herald Express, claimed it was Black Pearl - that explains a lot. If I told you that the Herald Express is referred to in some circles locally as the Haemorrhoid Excess, would that explain anything? *grin*
Incidentally, the fee for going on board was £5 for adults and £2.50 for kids. Saying a 12 year old paid £7.50 is stretching the truth a little ...
Having said all that - it was really great to be able to go on board Bounty and have a little poke around. I think what really got to me was the size of it - according to the info, it's build a third again bigger than the original Bounty so that it can be used as a film set. Personally I wouldn't want to be stuck in the middle of an ocean for god knows how long on something the size of the replica, let alone the original if it was significantly smaller. No wonder they mutinied, claustrophobia must surely have been an issue.