First I'll admit my bias--I liked Tropicali Night, but the menu on Pirate night, which does have some similarities to the old tropical night menu, isnt that great, we didnt feel. By all means, avoid the pasta dish with a couple shrimps and scallops--not that well prepared, and I am not against the dining on
DCL, in general I like it fine. But DW and I agreed after Pirate night last month on the Wonder that, food wise, we'd elect to skip that menu and go to Palo's on Pirate night when we sail on the Magic in April. And on the 3 night cruise the pirate menu would replace on of the restaurant's menus altogether, an option we are glad we did not have to deal with.
Perhaps my opinion of the experience will improve when I have experienced the fireworks--I do like fireworks and the idea of seeing them out at sea in a really dark environment instead of in a city with lots of residual light around, that sounds great. We got to the pirate deck party a bit late, the lines were long, so we just skipped whatever food was there--was it mostly desserts?--and went to scoops for some yummy soft serve. I recognized a lot of the deck dance music from the old tropical party, so I must have missed the yo-ho aspect of the dancing and music. Well, not missed it--just didnt see or hear it.