[DisneyDaniel]

Whether you're a Disney fan scrutinizing over every detail or a regualr Guest who will accept anything in the ride, the "slow reveal" of the ship/fort battle scene is ruined--by adding the Davy Jones projection.

The dark, unknown size of the mysterious cavern is no more. It's now too bright in there with the projection lights. Upon passing the wall of lit-up smoke, you instantly see the ship with POTC movie score blaring too obviously in the background. The surprise effect of a life-size pirate ship in open-skies--magically appearing at the end of a dark, mysterious cavern with spooky pirate voices--is gone.

Another comment I have not read or heard: With the three Audio-Animatronics of Jack Sparrow, all I see is "Johnny Depp." All of the other AAs in the ride are simply classic, timeless pirates. But the updating and modernizing of the ride with a prominent, contemporary AA fails to suspend my disbelief. I see a modern-day actor immortalized in the ride, and that ruins part of the ride experience. "Look, there's Johnny Depp in the ride."