After a highly successful opening season, Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show in Panama City Beach, Florida prepares for the holidays with a new Christmas show featuring Captain Blackbeard and his cavalier crew searching for a lost treasure of Christmas gifts.
The premiere of this holiday show promises to be a Christmas adventure unlike anything else experienced on the Emerald Coast during this year’s yuletide season. Opening on Thursday, November 6 and continuing through January 3, 2026, Pirates Voyage combines a spectacular swashbuckling Christmas tale with a bountiful feast sure to become a new holiday tradition for many.
“I’ve always said I love mixing my pirates’ ‘Yo Ho’ with a little holiday ‘Ho Ho Ho!’” Dolly said about her Pirates Voyage holiday show. “Bringing Pirates Voyage to Panama City Beach was another dream come true, and now we’re decking the decks for my favorite time of year. This new holiday show is full of laughs, adventure and just the right touch of Christmas magic. So come enjoy great food and fun and start a brand-new tradition with us—it’s a Holly Dolly, Jolly Roger Christmas like no other!”
During the Christmas at Pirates Voyage show, a mysterious traveler in red arrives in Buccaneer Bay to find that his satchel of gifts has gone missing on Christmas Eve. Captain Blackbeard and his first mate Calico Jack join in the hunt for the missing holiday treasure to be found before midnight so that Christmas can be saved. The show’s audience is recruited to join in the search through a series of adventures with the Crimson and Emerald pirate crews until the gifts are found. And when Captain Blackbeard tries on the traveler’s red coat, he finds the true spirit of Christmas and experiences the reverence of the first Christmas through an inspiring live Nativity.
Christmas at Pirates Voyage offers additional holiday fun with amazing acrobatics from the Crimson and Emerald pirate crews high above Buccaneer Bay as well as merriment and humor from a comical Christmas castaway and her jolly sea lion companion.
The adventure begins in the Pirates Village, where younger swashbucklers as well as parents and grandparents can “Join the Christmas Crew” and be transformed into mermaids and pirates before the main show begins. The four-course holiday feast straight from Captain Blackbeard’s yuletide galley makes Pirates Voyage the most unique place to eat on Florida’s Emerald Coast. The meal begins with warm Voyager Creamy Vegetable Soup and a Buccaneer Biscuit. The feast fit for pirates and mermaids alike continues with a Half O’ Roasted Chicken and Me Hearties Pulled Pork, accompanied by a side of Cob-O’ Buttery Corn and Matey’s Mashed Potatoes. No meal is complete without a delicious dessert, with guests having a choice of Apple O’ Me Eye Pie or rich chocolate coconut cake. Unlimited Coca-Cola, tea or coffee are served with every meal; vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free meals are available upon request.
For more information about the holiday show at Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show, please see our Christmas show page.
