Pirate’s Dinner Adventure. Dinner theater
at 7600 Beach Blvd., Buena Park. Adults $49, children, $32. Discounted group prices for parties of 15 or more. Available for corporate events.
Information: (714) 690-1498 or www.piratesdinneradventure.com.
After about two years and $4 million in renovations, pirates have taken over Wild Bill’s Wild West Extravaganza dinner theater in Buena Park’s entertainment hub. The new Pirate’s Dinner Adventure features signing, acrobatics, cannon blasts, elaborate fight scenes,all weaved into a story about a captured princess, mutiny and a royal rescue. The show’s big on interaction, with kids plucked for a pirate boat race and enlistment into the royal brigade. Pirates are cheered for in games and battles based on color. The performance is solid, if not campy and melodramatic at times. The stage,a replicated 18th-century Spanish galleon in a lagoon,is theater caliber. The food is good but isn’t the main draw: salad with packets of ranch dressing, roast beef, chicken, shrimp and lobster with rice, potatoes and vegetables. Beer, wine and soft drinks are included. Dessert is warm apple cobbler. The show is mesmerizing for young kids. Adults with sufficient libation also get into it with growls of “arrrrrrgh” and fervent cheering. Overall, the show, an import from Orlando, Fla., is a good time. Keep in mind, this isn’t the Performing Arts Center, but rather Buena Park. The focus is on families and tourists. The goal of the operators is to lure businesses in groups or to take over the theater for a night. The menu can be upgraded with Caesar salads, filet mignon and cr & #269;me br & #369;l & #233;e served on more fancier plates and linens.
,Michael Lyster
RATING:
THREE out of FOUR Briefcases
