Fantasia

Fantasia
Technical information
Type	Cutter

"Rumors of the Fantasia are whispered in every pirate port: a ship of pure magic that will sail for only the pure of heart."

―Unknown

The Fantasia was a ship of pure magic that sailed only for the pure of heart.

Design and appearance

The Fantasia has a single mast with two head sails and a square sail. Both the hull and the sails are dark blue decorated with stars and moons.

Behind the scenes

• The Fantasia appeared in the Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModel game in 2007. It is likely inspired by the 1940 film Fantasia released by Walt Disney, specifically Mickey Mouse's iconic role in The Sorcerer's Apprentice segment of the animated musical anthology film.
  • In 1936, Walt Disney felt that the Disney studio's star character Mickey Mouse needed a boost in popularity. He decided to feature the mouse in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, based on the 1797 poem written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and set to the 1897 orchestral piece by Paul Dukas inspired by the original tale. The Sorcerer's Apprentice was originally meant to be released as a deluxe short cartoon, but since it turned out to be so elaborate (and expensive), it was combined with other segments into the feature film.
  • In 2010, the segment was adapted into The Sorcerer's Apprentice, a feature-length movie produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Jon Turteltaub, as well as starring Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Teresa Palmer, and Monica Bellucci.
  • Terry Rossio mentioned the film in his annotations for his screenplay for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, specifically for the character named "Cora June" who was intended to be a ten-year-old child, and distinctive from Nadirah and the Sea Widow. Rossio noted the urge on the part of various production entities to cast a young woman or age the character upwards, comparing to what was done with Jim Hawkins on Disney's Treasure Island adaptation Treasure Planet or Dave Sutler "the Apprentice" in the 2010 film The Sorcerer's Apprentice, to cite examples of films where the kid-adult relationship was distorted into a young adult-adult relationship.
• For unknown reasons, the Fantasia flies Hector Barbossa's Jolly Roger in the PocketModel game.

Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModel game (First appearance)

Notes and references

Other ships in Pirates of the Caribbean
Ships in Pirates of the Caribbean Anabelle – Bronze ship – Fantasia – Flying Dutchman – Grand Barnacle – Mackie Shackles's ship Molly Dover – Scuttled ship – Shrimper's ship – Terpsichore – Viking ship
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