My next stop was the Pirates Stunt Show. It wasn't a must-do for me, but all my must-dos had been done, so I thought I may as well give it a go!
On all the guides it said to arrive at shows at least half an hour prior to the starting time. I arrived basically right on the starting time, and was waved through to the queue, which was already filing into the theatre.
I loved the inside of the theatre, and quite easily filled in the few minutes waiting for the show to start by taking photos.
The show started with a drawn-out 'pre-show' that was all in Chinese. For about 10 minutes I was standing there without the faintest clue of what was going on.
I noticed a westerner in front of me, who seemed to have a local friend who was translating for him. I asked if he would mind if I listened in too. Until that point, everyone I'd spoken to had been lovely and friendly and willing to help out wherever they could. However, this guy just shot me the dirtiest look ever, and then ignored me. I continued to wonder what on earth was going on.
Eventually everyone started shuffling forward. The translator guy actually turned to me and said in quite a short and to the point way 'we're going in now'. Thanks, but I'd actually managed to figure that bit out on my own...
Considering that I'd been late to the party, I was very happy with my seat.
The show was all in Chinese, and bits of it didn't really make sense to me. Like what's with 'fishgirl'???
And this guy???
The best I could figure out is that they seemed to be doing some sort of comedy act while waiting for Jack Sparrow to arrive.
He made a fairly dramatic entrance.
From that point, I started to be able to follow the story a little better. Some guards showed up, I'm guessing to capture the pirates.
There were some explosions which revealed the rest of the stage.
It seemed like it was all over for Jack.
But of course he escaped and some sword fighting ensued.
For some reason there was a tornado coming.
I didn't get any decent shots of when the tornado hit. The fighting moved to one of those wind tunnel things that keeps you floating.
There were some more explosions.
And the pirates all escaped.
At the end of the show they picked out some members of the audience to give pirate medallion coins to. Not sure if this was just part of the opening celebrations or if it happens all the time.
I did enjoy the show, but there were a few bits that left me scratching my head, and I felt like I did miss a little bit by not understanding what they were saying. There were a several parts where the rest of the audience burst into laughter or applause and I had no idea why lol!
Next I decided to head back to Mickey Ave to do some shopping. I took a couple of pictures on the way out.
Would you believe, I accidentally stumbled across the Chip and Dale Tai Chi show again lol!
Donald came in to crash the party.
I had to give up on the show as it was such a glary day and I didn't have my sunnies with me! After 10 minutes or so watching the show, my eyes were starting to water and I couldn't handle it anymore (yes I do have overly sensitive eyes).
I wandered through a couple of the shops on Mickey Ave.
Then I headed back to Treasure Cove for a meeting with Jack Sparrow.
Jack was quite popular and actually had a bit of a line forming to see him. To my delight, he was speaking English to everyone! We had quite a chat - I suspect he was also pleased to meet someone who could speak English.
Some of you may have noticed that I had been criss-crossing the park quite a lot this morning. Yes, I had been, and there was even more to come! This was very tiring, and not something I would recommend.