Oddly enough, I went there last night with some co-workers.
The first thing that hits you as you enter the building is the unpleasant smell of fetid, stagnant water. After a while, you stop noticing it but at first it is very unpleasant. Once you've entered the building you can partake of pasta salads, chips/dips and a served appetizers such as ham and bruschetta, meatballs or pasta dishes. There is also a bar serving beer and various mixed drinks. The mixed drinks come served in souvenir glasses.
During this time there is some entertainment and they set the stage for their show.
When it is time to enter the theatre/dining room, they load by color and your pirate will bring you inside. A few of them are very nice eye candy.
Once seated, your server will offer you beverages - soda, beer or really cheap wine. The wine is pretty bad but it is better to drink the cheap wine than to watch the show sober. Didn't try the beer so can't tell you if it was good or not. There was also a green (mostly iceberg lettuce) salad at each place with a small container of lite ranch dressing. The salad was fresh but uninspiring.
Dinner consists of potato wedges, (soggy) corn on the cob, rice, a chicken leg/thigh and a choice of shrimp or roast beef. I had the shrimp and it was in an orange sauce. I think I got 3 very small shrimp in total. The shrimp was not as fresh as it could have been - it had too much of a fishy taste. The chicken was not too bad - decent flavor (better than the chicken at Medieval, IMO) but was a fairly small piece.
Dessert was an apple cobbler or something with a scoop of ice cream and chocolate sauce drizzled on it. This was actually pretty tasty.
As far as the show goes - honestly, I found it hard to follow. The accoustics in the theatre were pretty terrible and it was difficult to understand what the actors were saying. The show's plot was pretty predictable. They did have quite a lot of audience participation which I guess people enjoy. As far as the acting itself, I felt the stage fighting was poorly done - the punches were not in sync with the sound effects. The performers were very wooden with their delivery with a few rare exceptions. There was a bit of trampoline stuff that was a bit interesting, but I really felt underwhelmed by the show. The set is interesting but it was so busy that it made you miss a lot of what what happening, especially if the cast was facing the other direction.
Now granted, I am pretty picky, having grown up in NJ and being fortunate enough to visit Broadway on a regular basis before I moved down here. And people around us seemed to be enjoying themselves - especially those with kids. Maybe my expectations were just too high.
