Mackinac Pirate Cruises

06/12/2023

This Saturday, find your way to the Great Lakes Pirate Festival on Mackinac Island!
Festival admission is free!
BBQ lunch is provided to anyone in a pirate costume!

More info here: https://www.mackinacferry.com/groups-and-cruises/cruises-2/pirate-cruise/

05/30/2023

The Annual Great Lakes Pirate Festival is coming up!

Make your plans now and get your ferry ticket to the island ahead of time so you can enjoy the festival on Dock #1 on Mackinac Island.

You can ride over to the island on a pirate ship ferry or a Hydro-Jet ferry. The festival starts at noon on June 17th and lasts until 4pm. Enjoy live pirate music, games, prizes, and free lunch if you are dressed like a pirate.

Festival admission is FREE and is taking place on Mackinac Island. Pirate Ferry or Cruise tickets are available for purchase.
https://www.mackinacferry.com/groups-and-cruises/cruises-2/pirate-cruise/

05/10/2023

The Great Lakes Pirate Ship festival is planned for June 17 on the Star Line Mackinac Island Ferry Company’s dock. There will be food, drinks, music, pirate-themed contests - and someone might even be walking the plank!

Start practicing your on-deck swagger and your best pirate talk.

04/26/2023

Join Star Line – now known as Mackinac Island Ferry Company for the 2023 Annual Great Lakes Pirate Festival! A day of food & drinks, live music, and pirate contests on the island. The festival will take place on our Mackinac Island Main Dock.

The Mackinac Pirate Adventure Tour with the Good Fortune pirate ship will feature water cannons for the kids as well as a bar for adults.

The pirate ship will be ferrying passengers from our Mackinaw City Dock to the Festival on our Historic Mackinac Island Dock, in the morning, with a ticket purchase.

The Pirate Ship will end the day by offering evening and Nauti (21+) cruises at 5:45 pm and 7:15 pm, departing from the Mackinac Island dock with a ticket purchase.

Festival admission is FREE

Pirate Ferry or Cruise tickets are available for purchase.
Buy your tickets to ride the pirate ship from Mackinaw City at these times:
9:15 am
11:00 am
12:30 pm

Festival admission is FREE

Pirate Ferry or Cruise tickets are available for purchase. on our website at www.mackinacferry.com

Things to do:
• Black Murray Band
• Pirate Contest
o Dress like a pirate
o Talk like a pirate
o Walk the Plank

For an added adventure, you can purchase tickets to the Good Fortune Pirate Ship evening cruises. The night cruises leave Mackinac Island at 5:45 and 7:15 p.m. and will sail under the Mackinac Bridge. It includes pirate music and dancing, crew members dressed and talking like pirates, water cannons for kids on board, and the cruise will culminate with the firing off the Good Fortune’s cannon. Snacks and refreshments will be available for purchase during the cruise.

09/05/2022

Last trip of the Good Fortune for the season. She is heading over to the Mackinac Marine Services ship yard in St. Ignace for some much needed rest and maintenance. Thanks for a Great Season, see you next year!

06/23/2022

Check out the Great Lakes Pirate Festival video from Mackinac Island last weekend

06/13/2022

Pirate Zook live on the radio!

05/31/2022

Get ready for a Mackinac Island pirate invasion!

- When: June 18 from noon – 5:00 EST
- Where: Star Line Mackinac Island Ferry Company Mackinac Island Main Dock
- Festival admission is FREE
- Pirate Ferry or Cruise tickets are available for purchase

Join Star Line Mackinac Island Ferry Company for the 2022 Annual Great Lakes Pirate Festival! A day of food & drinks, live music, and pirate contests on the island. The festival will take place on our Mackinac Island Main Dock and will end with Pirate Cruises on the "Good Fortune" pirate ship in the evening.

Things to do:
• Black Murray Band
• Pirate Contest
Dress like a pirate
Talk like a pirate
Walk the Plank
• Captain Brown Beard Entertainment
• Pirate Trivia
• Pirate Storytime

03/08/2022

There be pirates in the Straits of Mackinac soon enough. June 18 the evasion begins. Arrrr!

08/05/2021

The meanest pirate in the fleet "Zook the pirate" at the helm today. We once saw him frown!

07/10/2021

Prepare to be boarded!

07/10/2021

Out for a Saturday sail on the "Good Fortune"!