On Stranger Tides escalates from there to closing mega-thrills so determinedly spiced that your palate is left almost jaded." Jack Adrian says that "Tim Powers has further refertilized the Sabatini swashbuckler," and describes the novel as a skillful blend of "high seas adventure with sorcery and black magic." Kim Newman based the name of a vampire in his "Anno Dracula" series on the main character of "On Stranger Tides". Ron Gilbert has been widely quoted that the "Monkey Island" series of adventure games was inspired by Disneyland's "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride. However, he stated in a blog that the ride was mainly
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides explained Cook was one of the few who accepted his portrayal of Jack Sparrow: "When things went a little sideways on the and others at the studio were less than enthusiastic about my interpretation of the character, Dick was there from the first moment. He trusted me". During production of "" and "At World's End", writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio discovered Tim Powers' 1987 novel "On Stranger Tides", which they considered a good foundation on which to base "a new chapter" in the "Pirates" series. Disney bought the rights to the novel in April 2007. Rossio stated that he