Searching through the jungle, Jack Sparrow located the cave entrance to the Fountain of Youth, and accompanied Blackbeard's crew down into blue cave where they found a dead end. By the end of the quest, Blackbeard's crew had already captured a mermaid named Syrena and, thanks to Jack Sparrow, retrieved the Chalices. Both were required for the Profane Ritual, in which two people drink from the Chalices whoever drinks from the Chalice containing a mermaid's tear will take the remaining and lived years of the other drinker's life and add it to their own, curing them of any existing injuries, while the other person instantly dies. Throughout the quest for the Fountain of Youth, participants encountered mermaids and tried to find two silver Chalices. Rumored of having been to the Fountain itself, Jack Sparrow was forced aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge to help Blackbeard find the Fountain. Because he lived under the shadow of a prophesied death at the hands of a one-legged man, Blackbeard needed to find the restorative waters of the Fountain of Youth. King George II heard of the Spanish locating the Fountain and orders Hector Barbossa to find it before the Spanish. Upon seeing an archaic symbol in a logbook the sailor gave to him, Ferdinand's first thought is that the sailor has found the legendary Fountain of Youth and orders 'The Spaniard' to find it. On the map, the struggle for eternal youth was symbolized by a tug of war between a skeleton and an angel, aligned with a Chalice.Īfter two Spanish fisherman found an ancient sailor and brought him to King Ferdinand, they informed the king that the sailor claims to have sailed on Ponce de León's ship. Gents, I give you the Fountain of Youth.” ― Hector Barbossa Īt the end of the film, Captain Jack Sparrow set off in a small vessel to begin his search for the fabled Fountain of Youth using his compass and the middle section of the navigational charts he stole from Hector Barbossa. There's more than one way to live forever. In the episode " Island of Youth", Chancellor Esteban drinks from the fountain and starts getting younger. The fountain of youth is seen in the Disney Channel animated series, Elena of Avalor, located on an enchanted Island known as Santalos. The Fountain of Youth as seen in Elena of Avalor. Donald can't resist convincing his nephews that it really works as he supposedly regresses in age, and eventually tricks them into thinking he turned into an egg (which he stole from an alligator). But the area had a sign: "This spring was mistaken for the Fountain of Youth by Ponce de Leon 1512". While vacationing in Florida, the sights of which are not as interesting to his nephews as their comic book, Donald Duck stumbles across what looks like the legendary Fountain of Youth. Appearances Television Don's Fountain of Youth The ceremony for immortality can now begin. Water will flow, with which the Chalices can be filled. Only a mermaid's tear, placed in one of the Chalices, will set the rejuvenating forces to work.įinally, the Fountain of Youth itself must be reached. One of these beautiful yet savage creatures must be captured and forced to do the seeker's bidding. Whitecap Bay must then be reached, for only here can mermaids still be found. Both must drink from the Chalices, at which point all the years of the victim's life will be transferred to the seeker. Legends tell that everlasting life can be found at the Fountain of Youth, but only those who possess the knowledge of the ancient ritual can achieve their heart's desire.įirst, the two silver Chalices of Cartagena must be found, for the ceremony requires not just a seeker of youth but also a victim whose years will be consumed. 3.3 Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden EyeĪccording to Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide, there is a page of the Profane Ritual in order to reach the Fountain of Youth.3.2 Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull.