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Pirate’s Theme Center opened up (7090 Coral Way) in December of 1983, just a few short miles from my home in Westchester.
My world wasn’t the same after that day.
Sure, there was Castle Park (later Malibu Grand Prix) right next to Midway Mall (now Mall of the Americas), Chuck E Cheese in Hialeah right on 49th next to the recently opened Toy R Us, and the Mark Twain’s Riverboat Playhouse right near Don Carter’s Bowling Alley on Kendall Drive & 137th.
Mark Twain’s Riverboat Playhouse
Pirates Theme Center was for us Westchester & South Miami kids.
Most folks who remember Pirates called it by the name popularized by abuelitas, who brought their grandchildren there, Los Piratas.
Pirates Theme Center was filled with the hottest arcade games of the day and a bunch of interactive games where your wins were paid in tickets that would be traded in for a whistle or some other item you just had to have when you were a kid.
Later, they opened a second wing in the back of the building, including one of those ball pits and bumper boats, amongst other attractions.
My parents brought my sister and me to Pirates regularly, and we attended a handful of birthday celebrations which meant hangin’ in the theater, eating & watching the animatronics show. I specifically recall the pizza tasting good, but I was just a kid, but maybe I remember it all wrong.
My most vivid memory at Pirates Theme Center was my first encounter with Dragon’s Lair’s animated video game.
It probably holds the lifetime record for taking the most considerable amount of quarters from me; I was horrible at it (and it was 50 cents a game back then).
The MiamiHerald Newspaper, 12-23-83
The Miami Herald Newspaper Part 1, 12-29-83
The Miami Herald Newspaper Part 2, 12-29-83
The Evening Independent Newspaper, 12-30-83Look What I’ve Got!
Pirates Arcade Coin that I ownIf you’ve got any Pirates or Piratas stories, for that matter, please leave a comment. I’d love to hear them. And if you’ve got any pictures, me love you long time.
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