Check Out Pirate Night on a Disney Cruise
Disney Cruise Pirate Night is a themed event where guests can let their inner pirate out by dressing up in pirate attire, feasting on Caribbean food, and taking part in a pirate dance party! This happens once on most Disney Cruises, and if you get the chance to experience it, you are in for a treat. There is just so much fun to be had during Pirate Night on a Disney Cruise.
What You Can Experience During Pirate Night on a Disney Cruise
While it might be called Pirate Night, the pirate fun is an all-day event!
There will be pirate-themed activities throughout the day, such as Pirate Trivia and Pirate Crafts, and the kids’ clubs will be doing pirate activities.
You will find that almost everyone dresses up, wearing either a pirate themed t-shirt or a full pirate costume while on board the ship.
If you happen to have a Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique on board, you can book an experience to have your child become a pirate!
Just be sure to make your reservation for Pirate Night well in advance, as it does get booked fast!
Forgot your pirate attire?
No worries!
When the Disney Cruise room steward makes up your stateroom, he/she will leave you a Disney Pirate Bandana for each member of your party.
Of course, you can also purchase some pirate gear on board, but realize that you will pay a premium and the selection will be somewhat limited.
Pirate Meet & Greets
Throughout the day and after dinner in the evenings various Disney characters dressed in their pirate outfits will be doing meet & greets.
Not only will you find the Fab Five dressed as pirates, you will get to see characters like Jack Sparrow, Captain Hook and Mr. Snee!
Pirates of the Caribbean Dinner
You will find that all the restaurants in rotation have transformed into a pirate-themed dining experience.
Each has the exact same Pirate Night menu filled with delicious Caribbean-inspired dishes.
Even your Servers will all be dressed in their finest Pirate Garb.
One thing that you can only get during this meal is the souvenir kids’ pirate drink cup that lights up. Usually, the price of the souvenir cup is around $9.
“Pirates in the Caribbean” Deck Party
Outside on the main deck, you will find that the pool has been covered up and the stage has been set for the “Pirates in the Caribbean” Deck Party.
During the interactive stage show, you will spend some time dancing, singing and will get a chance to see your favorite Disney characters dressed up in their Pirate Outfits.
Get there early to grab a seat up front or find a great viewing spot from the balcony.
While this show is upbeat for the most part, smaller children might get a little frightened by the fight scenes or by the firing of cannons.
Just prepare them ahead of time by letting them know that it is all pretend.
Fireworks
One of the things that is unique about Disney Cruise Line is that all of the ships have fireworks at sea!
This typically happens during Pirate Night on a Disney Cruise and will be directly following the stage show.
While you can see them from the pool deck, the best place to see them is on the top deck!
Pirate Night on a Disney Cruise is certainly something you will never forget! We hope that this guide to Pirate Night encourages you to bring along a pirate costume and take part in all the activities Disney has to offer!
Have you had a chance to experience Disney Cruise Pirate Night? What did you think?
That looks like far too much fun! Wow!
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Wow this looks like fun. I have wanted to take a Disney cruise. I didn’t realize they had so many fun things to do on board. BTW, thanks for stopping by my blog. It’s always nice to see new faces.
It sounds magical! Thanks for the glimpse.
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Do they do this on all cruises? We will be sailing on the Wonder for a 5 day 4 night and I’m really looking forward to it, but don’t know if they will do it for our cruise. Having some trouble figuring it out so if anyone can tell me I’d appreciate it.
Yes, there will be a Pirate Night on your cruise.
There will be a pirate night as long as you are doing a Caribbean or Bahamas cruise.
44 days until our Disney Dream vacation!!!! Can not wait!
DCL also offers pirate activities in the kids clubs on the day of pirate night, as well as family activities like pirate trivia contests. And there are lots of photo ops with Captain Jack Sparrow, Captain Hook, and Pirate Mickey and Minnie.
We have been told that on our cruise next year we are having a Star Wars party. Does that replace the pirate night?
There is usually a Pirate night on the Star Wars Cruises. While the whole cruise has Star Wars activities, it will also have a Star Wars Night where you will have a Star Wars themed meal, show and special activities.
We are second seating for First Disney Cruise. So dinner will be after the show. Does that mean we will miss the Pirates show?
Disney is really good about making sure that everyone gets to see each show. Typically there are two times to accommodate both seatings. One is around 7:45 (no fireworks) and the other is closer to 9:45 (with fireworks after). This is of course based on the time of year and ship.
We are on a Disney Norwegian cruise next August do they have pirates party
I believe that they have a Frozen night instead of Pirate night on the Norway Cruise.
Do they have light up pirate cup for kids at all dining places or certain one. We r on dream
They will have them at all restaurants on Pirate night.
So much fun!
We are in Disney wonder out of San Diego. Will we have a pirate party night?