Black Raven Pirate Ship

We were visiting from San Diego so I took my 24 year old son who has autism. He wanted to sit on deck without us but I could see him from inside. I shared with one of the crew that he had autism. The Captain got him involved in all the activities. He was so kind and my son had the time of his life. This is something we will absolutely do again when we come back to Florida. Thank you Captain and Crew!

Had an absolutely amazing time despite the fact we had to cut it a bit short due to a storm popping up. Big thanks to them giving me a plastic bag to protect my camera from the rain.

We went on the treasure hunt adventure, it was great for families with kids and the adults had a great time, but I can not wait to come back to try the rum runners adventure!

We had the BEST experience on the Black Raven. Our five year old (and even the adults) enjoyed the experience. I highly recommend and would absolutely do it again❤️

Loved it!

Great time. Great group of folks run the tour.

The sunset cruise was very laid back and the themed drinks for sale on the ship were great! Staff were friendly and fun. If ever back visiting in the area would definitely return to experience the rum runners cruise they offer. Lots of fun and worth the price!

Such a fun family experience! We went for an early Mother’s Day vacation in st. Augustine and it didn’t disappoint! Our son loved it.

Can't wait to go again!!!

It was unscripted. Should really have been more scripted, more in character, like a dinner show. I was hoping for more of a sea shanty sing a long. It was middle school humor. I don't mind a dirty sea shanty if it's funny, it wasn't. They turned on regular music in between 'sets' which killed the mood. Ambiance is everything, I suggest piratey background music. The crew was nice though.
It was disorganized as no one knew when to get on and a couple people didn't know to check in at the Marina. My mixed drink wasn't that tasty. I switched to what my husband had, Pirate grog (an old fashioned). That was good. The boat ride was nice. Way overpriced for the experience.

Edit to reply: No club I've been to. My husband has been a DJ all over the world and an actor in Hollywood and I was a talent agent/photographer and independent filmmaker with my husband. It was our 30th anniversary so maybe my expectations were too high but I was hoping you would take the critique to heart and improve as it has potential.

Curious and fun step

Really tacky, really poorly done, 13 year old boy humor and very little if it at all. The "pirates" spent more time arguing and talking over each other than doing anything else.

Save your money. It's bad.

What a waste of my time & money while visiting this historic and beautiful city. Went on the pirates 21+ shows and everyone in our party was severely disappointed. Looking at 90% of the other guests on the boat and they were confused as to what was happening. No cohesion whatsoever, lol.
Nothing but period-blood jokes, no effort and way too much money for what was offered. Would’ve enjoyed just a boat ride after experiencing this. Don’t see enough reviews from people showing what actually happens… or the reviews are from the children’s shows.

My 5 yr old back in May said all he wanted was to go on a pirate ship and get a treasure from the queen so I searched and found 3 hours from us was Black Raven in St. Augustine
Got my family of 8 coming paid for us for this trip then took a weekend off of work all us did. I am never able to get away from work I work 2 jobs and I'm the only ACO in my town. Anyhow we located a airbnb for us paid well over 600.00 for the Friday thru Sunday stay. We left outer town at 11 am got to air bnb by 3:30pm Friday the 9th and checked in all excited get a call about 5:30pm they needed to change our 11:15am Saturday trip because not enough to fill the spot.at that time i was told we needed to fill the treasure box that we went with gifts which can be brought in or bought in their store and they will put them in the chest that the queen will present to the birthday boy on the ship.So we were rescheduled to the 1:15pm trip so knowing we need to check in a hour before departure and me being cautious to not ruin this exciting trip for my son and my 2yr old grandson we got there at 12pm to check in and get additional gifts from on site store.
While there the mechanic comes in sweating stating something to the lady inside that "that is if they can get the part today because it's a saturday" at which time I'm nervous and ask the store personal what is going on she says they need a part for the ship and it should be here before departure I said whew okay.
Fast forward our whole day was put on hold waiting around went to walk around in 97 degrees with a 2yr old and a upset now 6yr old wasn't exactly a grand time.so we rented a 8 seater golf cart which was not really convenient due to amount of people walking and no places to park along with the parking meters charging per hour and max 4 hrs so we carried on finding things to do til the next ship sail. Needless to say I get a email first then a call that the part won't be here in time so we are now rescheduled to the 4:15 boat ride. I ask what happens now come check in before 4pm before I could check in we now exceeded parking and 4 hrs golf cart we borrowed had to be returned so we used one car out the 2 we brought and dropped golf cart then re parked paid meter again and get a call the part never came.
I asked can someone come sing happy birthday on ship give the cupcake to him and get his treasure chest. I was told no he can not go on the ship but they can meet me on the dock at 4:30 by the boat if I'd like. So I agreed to that and a refund for the trip I booked. I did get my refund but seemed no one gave a concern that I explained how much we put into this to make this happen for my child. As the 2 ladies left the dock after giving my son his stuff out the chest they said now we are done lets go to the pub and have a beer. Im glad they had a good time. Our whole day was waisted i am only leaving this review in hopes another child isn't let down if they would of just been honest friday we could of planned our get away accordinly. Things happen but the care from this buisness for a excited child was terrible!

All the pirates were very interactive and very funny. I did the rum runner and it was great adult fun. If you want an experience on the high seas without children then this is the place for you.