Blue Bayou

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Blue Bayou
General information
Continent	North America
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana
Points of interest	Laffite's Landing The Blue Bayou Restaurant
Notable inhabitants	Old Man in the Bayou Talking Skull
Societal
Affiliation	Pirates Jean Lafitte
Behind the scenes
First appearance	Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean
Latest appearance	Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean

"And then in here we have a special attraction. We call it the Blue Bayou Lagoon."

―Walt Disney

The Blue Bayou Lagoon, or simply the Blue Bayou, was a quiet bayou located outside of New Orleans, in Louisiana. It was the locations of many shacks as well as a mysterious passage that leads to Dead Man's Cove.

History

"Well then, come aboard and I'll be taking you far away from this sleepy bayou to the blue waters of the Caribbean."

―Unknown

In the Blue Bayou, a thin layer of mist would often float over the water's surface. The inhabitants of the bayou typically lived in houseboats and elevated shacks that were situated in the middle of the swamp. During the evening, lazy fireflies have their evening flights as a local swamp-dweller passes the regular evening plucking out familiar southern tunes on their old banjos.

Crickets, frogs, toads, alligators, and all sorts of waterfowl hidden behind the mangroves sing their eerie songs quietly throughout the swamp as any rider drifted slowly toward the stone walls of a canal, which narrows into a brick channel that sweeps the boat toward a dark area.

A bricked passage in the bayou possessed the undead skull of a dead pirate. The history and motives of this skull are unknown but it would appear to hold mystic powers. When encountered by boat-riders the skull and this dark area would lead any visitor down two misty waterfalls, into a dark and mysterious grotto known as Dead Man's Cove.

Locations

Laffite's Landing

Laffite's Landing

Laffite's Landing was a landing located in the Blue Bayou. It was the area where people could get on a boat and ride through the lagoon.

The Blue Bayou Restaurant

The Blue Bayou Restaurant was a 19th century restaurant in New Orleans which would have a landing in the bayou nearby Lafitte's Landing.

Behind the scenes

The Blue Bayou lagoon first appeared in Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean. "Laffite's Landing" is named for the pirate Jean Laffite, who operated in the early 19th century. It was also home to the restaurant of the same name.

The Blue Bayou is referenced in the 2006 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, where the Pantano River served as the Bayou, and fireflies can be seen outside Tia Dalma's shack. However, through Pirates of the Caribbean Online and the 2010 version of the official Pirates website, the Bayou in the Pantano River was located in Cuba.

In the non-canon video game expansion Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life, a wrecked ship named Blue Bayou appears in the Whispering Bayou located on an island in the Sea of the Damned.

Appearances

• Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean (First appearance)
• Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life (Non-canonical appearance)

Sources

• Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow
• Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies