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| Bark Chip (that's the dog) had a pirate hat for the party. |
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| The treasure chest of pirate loot. |
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| No, I didn't attempt to make a pirate cake. We just bought one. |
Daniel had a great party with some of his friends. We went to Pirate Island! We had never been there before, and it was an interesting place. The decor was fabulous. The arcade was about the same as Chuck E Cheese or any other arcade of that sort, except I think almost all of the games actually worked. Also, the kids there were a little older than the crowd you find at Chuck E Cheese. There were even some teenagers there on a group date.
We did not order one of their party packages with the pizza and everything. First, Daniel is generally wary of pizza because he doesn't like melted cheese. Second, some of the kids at school told him the pizza there was gross. So, we didn't even try that. We did order ice cream and drinks, only to be told a few minutes later that they were out of ice cream. We brought our own cake, so we had that covered. I would say that the restaurant portion of the venue really seems to be more of an afterthought than anything else. Although, the restaurant was intended to be more important than the arcade. Maybe we'll have to go back and try the food another time because they do have stuff besides pizza there.
We gave each of the kids about 30 tokens. Some of them burned through those in less than a half hour, and others, including Benjamin, were so cautious in their spending that the other boys insisted on "helping' them use up their tokens so we could go have cake.
This was almost certainly Daniel's best birthday ever. Usually, birthdays are kind of hard for him. He doesn't love having a crowd of people around. But this year, everything went great. Oh, and his final birthday wish was to stay awake until his "birth minute." Bedtime is generally about 8, but considering it was the weekend, and it was daylight savings, meaning they could get a little extra sleep in the morning, we let the boys stay up. Happy birthday, my sweet, wonderful oldest son! And thank you to everyone who helped him celebrate his birthday!
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Ahoy Matey! Happy Birthday Daniel!Looks like you had a great time celebrating!
ReplyDeleteThe pirate atmosphere of the restaurant is really really cool. Pirate Island needs a new marketing director, because nobody really seems to know what they actually do at Pirate Island. I want to take Teresa on a date there sometime, just so my waiters will talk like a pirate to me, we'd get periodic storms at sea, and once in a while, the pirate ship would actually attack us. They've got cannons on the big pirate ship that fire these smoke circles slowly across the room - so neat. If you're into restaurants with atmosphere, this would be a fun silly date, even for grownups. Except the food might be lousy - we're not sure yet. If they would market themselves a bit more as a restaurant, I think they'd do well. Kudos to them for not having all the games eat my tokens. I think the cut-rate tokens at Chuck E Cheese are just a way to compensate for a 50% chance of working when you put the tokens into the rides.
ReplyDeleteWe took our kids there last year for their group birthday dinner, and loved it! We did try the food, plus the pizza. I know it gets a bad review, but I thought it was pretty good, for a theme restaurant. Nowhere else in Ut valley do I think does as good of an atmosphere as Pirate Island. I love the place. That's too bad about the ice cream. I'm glad Daniel's birthday went smoothly; you plan and you plan and only luck sometimes delivers a great experience.
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