Don & Tracy’s Pirate Ship Halloween Party

Don & Tracy's Pirate Ship Halloween Party

Don & Tracy's Pirate Ship Halloween Party

For the last 7 years my friends Don and Tracy have been creating amazing Halloween displays in the front yard of their Richmond, CA home. This year they took things to a whole new level by creating a 26’ pirate ship, complete with a functioning gun powder cannon. Hundreds Trick-or-Treaters lined up throughout the night to board the ship, gather their bounty and then exit by walking the plank (a slide at the front of the ship).

Don & Tracy's Pirate Ship Halloween Party

Don & Tracy's Pirate Ship Halloween Party

The whole setup was amazing, with intricate details like Cloe’s fantastic mermaid mural on the back of the ship and a trap door in deck where a pirate would occasionally pop out and scare the crap out of an unsuspecting child. Needless to say, I shot a ton of photos of the wonderful scene.

Don & Tracy's Pirate Ship Halloween Party

Don & Tracy's Pirate Ship Halloween Party

Old man Chicken John was there with his “Applause” bus, Dan and Karen showed up with 3 buses full of Halloween revelers and I arrived with the British Royal Navy caravan that attempted to seize control of the rogue pirate ship with a full on attack complete with Roman candles and mini mortars.

Don & Tracy's Pirate Ship Halloween Party

Don & Tracy's Pirate Ship Halloween Party

I can’t wait to see how they top this one next year. Don and Tracy are the king and queen of Halloween! Bravo.

UPDATE: Here are a few pre-Halloween setup photos from David and Simone’s house.

photo credit: Scott Beale