Pirate's Dinner Adventure - Orlando
By Philip Chien
If it’s one thing Orlando excels at it’s tourism. While the city has other industries, tourism is the number one moneymaker, and it’s not just Disney and Universal. One of the more popular evening activities is dinner theater. Well, sort of dinner theater. Instead of seeing a Broadway play while eating dinner most of the dinner theater attractions in Orlando are action shows while you eat. There’s Medieval Times and Arabian Nights if you like horses, mystery shows, and also a pirate themed dinner attraction.
The Pirate’s Dinner Adventure is located near the northern end of International Drive, close to Universal Studios. Its theater consists of six sections of audience seating surrounding a 300,000 gallon lagoon. The lagoon features a set designed to look like a pirate ship. Six pirates compete in various athletic events (sword fighting, acrobatics, etc.) with each section of the audience cheering its pirate.
Audience members get to participate, helping the pirate raise a flag or collect items. The attraction is proud to say over 100 members of the audience get to participate in each show, so if you’re interested and enthusiastic your chances of getting selected are excellent. Even kids participate in uniform as junior pirates. Naturally there’s professional photographers who will gladly sell you a photo of your kids in action.
The dinner isn’t a 5-star restaurant by any means, but it is tasty. You’ve got your choice of chicken, roasted pork, or shrimp, plus rice, vegetables, a salad, and desert. One thing we especially liked about the place is the appetizers in the pre-show area. There are several serving stations set up with pasta, vegetables, and a carving station. Children’s and vegetarian meals are also available.
There’s a small museum which contains some real pirate artifacts and history. If you attend the late show there’s a “Buccaneer Bash Dance Party” afterwards and many of the cast members attend. Staying for the party is an excellent way to avoid the traffic jams when hundreds of cars try to leave the parking lot at the same time.
The Pirate's Dinner Adventure isn’t inexpensive, an adult ticket retails for $54.95 and a child’s ticket is $34.95. Discounts are available online if you order your tickets three days in advance.
All photos courtesy of the Pirate's Dinner Adventure..
Links
Website - www.piratesdinneradventure.com
Pirate's Dinner Adventure
6400 Carrier Drive
Orlando, Florida 32819
Phone: (407) 248-0590
Toll-free (800) 866-2469
Fax: (407) 248-0507
About the author
Philip Chien enjoys eating and good stage shows.
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