Video: Dolly Parton fulfills dying fan’s bucket-list wish
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Shiver me timbers! Construction on Dolly Parton’s new pirate-themed restaurant in Florida is now underway.
Parton’s Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show is set to open at Pier Park in Panama City Beach in spring 2025.
Parton said the show will feature pirates, mermaids, exciting acrobatics, pyrotechnics and even a few songs she wrote.
“It’s a show everyone in the family is going to love. Everyone knows I dream big, so we are definitely going ‘overboard’ with the details as we get started!” Parton said.
When the new restaurant is completed, it will have a 60,000-square-foot indoor theater with more than 1000 seats.
Crimson and Sapphire pirates will battle on deck, in the water of a 15-foot-deep lagoon and the “sky” above the two full-sized pirate ships throughout the show.
When the new show opens, it will bring 300 new jobs to the area. A nationwide search for the cast members will begin in mid-2024.
The total cost of the project is estimated at $60 million.
The Florida location will be the restaurant and show’s third location. The other two locations are in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
To learn more about the new dinner show, click here.