Pirate’s Cove

Great mini golf place with 2 courses of 18 holes each. You pay your admission ($ 10.50 for adults) and choose the course that you want to play. Both are a lot of fun, with water hazards and really cool props/​scenery. Every hole has little tidbits of info about pirates, which I found pretty interesting. You actually learn something while having fun!
Great place. We’ll be back the next time we’re on the Cape.

We come once a year with the kids and everyone has a great time. Two courses to choose from. Not the most challenging or original greens but the atmosphere and levels make the whole environment great. Nice older gentleman was in charge and does a great job.

Really nice golf place, with a gift shop, also for all the family to enjoy. It is better than the golf place next to it, because of it’s cool set up and I believe it’s bigger too! Enjoy some golf, it’s reasonably priced and also has adorable decorations along the way! Def recommend for all ages.

Great time, good course. Good for kids as young as 2! The green waterfalls are fun, many well layer out holes and overall a good family experience. The store next door has an arcade and gift shop, not bad…

Ever since i was a kid it’s a must to go to Pirate’s Cover. It is the Disney World of minature golf and being pirate themed and around the Cape it has kind of an authentic feel. It’s definitely expensive and at just about any time of the day/​night it’s as crowded as Penn Station, but the experience is great and you are easily entertained the entire time when you’re golfing and even when you’re waiting.

Pirate’s Cove holds a special place in my heart and I am so happy that we recently returned to this great mini golf course.
This mini golf course is always packed and when we visited the lines were fairly long. Some of the holes had a long wait but it wasn’t terrible. The only critique is that this course is worn down and they need to do some updating/​painting.
That all being said, we will continue to come back in the future since Pirate’s Cove is in my mind the best mini golfing in the area.

Growing up in Oklahoma, «putt-​putt» as we call it was never an ideal way to spend an evening. However, this is NOT the case in the Cape. First, it’s not putt-​putt, it’s miniature golf. Second, it’s not a high school date night, it’s an all ages, any occasion great time. Pirate’s Cove is one of the five or so miniature golf locations in the Cape. They have two courses and charge $ 10/​person ($ 7 if you want to play the other side after you complete the first). A little pricy for a 30 – 40 minute game and only up to five players per group.
But what you are playing for is the moving shark, water cannon ball, talking pirates, etc. they up-​keep the course well and it’s well laid out. You work your way up a «hill» with 18 holes. Greens keep you entertained, whether you’re on a boat, in a cave skipping your ball down a mini-​stream or through ramps. Make sure you get the $ 1 off your next game per person deal (or find someone in the parking lot and see if they’ll give you yours! I’m a bargain saver!) This is definitely one of the better courses in the Cape, but you’re paying for it.

Very well laid out with theme appropriate facts and info for all ages. Loved that they had 2 courses, will definitely be back to play the other half. Also had a pirate marketplace nextdoor for gifts and souvenirs.

So glad we found this! Definitely worth the drive. What a great set up, clean and organized a great course. Not many putt putts can compare. Certainly none that I can think of close by. The family loved it from young to old. We can’t wait to come back.

You probably should not waste your time with any other mini golf place on the cape; Although if you have small children, they will be content with any old mini golf windmill and maybe it’s wise to save Pirates Cove for slightly older and more serious pirate fans and mini golfers. Once you reach this stage of your life, there is no reason to go anywhere else. There are two courses so you can alternate your annual family golf-​off and keep the competition fresh. I especially like the holes that go through the cave and the scary pirate scenes inside. I’m taking one star off because the waterholes can prove especially devastating at times. Stay focused and remember its only a game.

Solid mini golf course. Friendly staff. Does tend to get VERY busy in season.
We have been here numerous times and just went again off season this weekend. No line (though groups in front and behind) and the soundtrack was rocking the Disney and pirate tunes. The sun was shining making a cool day very enjoyable. It was my favorite visit so far.
There is lots of pirate trivia around for the kids to read and a few of the holes are relatively easy with everyone getting at least one hole in one.
There are two courses, one with ramps and no stairs.
We found the bathrooms to be simple, but clean.
The market next door is mostly the typical junk, but feel to spend your time how you want.
Personally I would never wait in line to do mini golf (or real golf for that matter!) so we know of other places to go on a typical in season day.

Pretty basic mini golf course. You have 2 courses to choose from, so total of 36 holes. I find it funny there are signs stating «Group of 5 MAX», yet there was a group of 7 in front of me and a group of 6 behind. The play through is quick, as long as you don’t have Rory McElroy wannabes in front of you.
The difficultly of the holes are very easy. If you don’t come close to a hole in one, you’re probably doing it wrong. I think this place lives off its reputation more than anything. Good, not great.

What has happened to this classic Cape attraction? For the last fifteen years, my family and I have been heading to Pirate’s Cove to partake of some kitschy pirate golf fun. What was once, an overly impressive fun-​land is now a sad, run down and poorly run tourist trap.
The course: nearly EVERY SINGLY pirate, fountain, feature is broken in some way. Missing hands, broken swords, it’s quite a sad state of affairs. The large robotic shark is missing fins and is hanging their limply (it has been this way for at least the last two summers). There is graffiti on all the signs which leads to some amusing reading while waiting to play your next whole.
The store: same merchandise year after year, only this year with the addition of a tshirt table featuring tshirts from random locations (New Orleans, Myrtle Beach, etc.) I thought we were in the Cape, but I guess I was mistaken? Bathrooms were filthy and the concession stand is all junk.
If you do decide to go here, be prepared for EXTREME wait times between playing each hole. This place is always packed. I mean, seriously these people must be making BANK… but they are clearly not putting any of that money back into fixing up their once very cool establishment.

One of the most entertaining mini-​golf courses around and gave it 5 stars for service. We had a coupon that we forgot and the older gentleman at the front desk didn’t even hesitate to give us the discount even without it. That’s the way service SHOULD be. Fun to read all the pirate tidbits on the course and a great way to spend some quality family time.
Note: we went during the day when other plans were cancelled and walked right on. Looks to be a huge line there at night.

This place is so fun! They have two courses to choose from which is awesome because you can go twice and have a completely new experience.
One day, my fiancé and I took a visit and once we got on the course, we realized it was very crowded. We turned around (before we even began) and one of the workers gave my fiancé two coins to come visit on different day. It was very generous and we were grateful.

Loved it!!! My favorite mini golf place ever because they were fully committed to the theme and went the whole 9 yards. It was also close to our hotel. A little pricey but it was a blast.

Maybe they should just rename this place «Selfie Cove Mini-​Golf.» It has a ton of props and backgrounds, and my group was using their cell phones to take pictures as much as they were using their putters. Oh yeah, you can play mini-​golf here too. You’ve got quite a choice of places to play on the Cape, many of which on Route 28. Pirate’s Cove is among the most expensive — maybe the most expensive — currently at $ 9 per adult. It’s also among the best and most fun, especially for a group. You can even make it educational if you really want by reading the signs along the way.
You actually have several courses from which to choose. We almost always take the lower course for the fun and photo ops. The holes have a nice mix of gradient challenges and not-​overly-​complicated props. Just be careful on some of the holes… you actually can lose your golf ball in some of the bodies of water.

When Pirate’s Cove showed up on the scene about thirty years ago, it was sort of the antichrist to old school miniature golf. Big courses, corporate, with putt surfaces and no originality from course to course. They didn’t even call it «mini golf» they coined the term «Adventure Golf» to encapsulate the pre-​recorded entertainment package of piratey dialogue and music. This particular location was controversial in having snuck by in an age of earlier, laxer environmental regulation, and occupied a position right adjacent to the Swan Pond, with all its runoff and so forth going straight into an ecologically sensitive wetland.
I will confess to not having been a fan right off the bat when it opened, in part because of what it represented, but also in part because of what it was, and largely still is. Traffic jams, check. Difficulty parking, yup. Cape-​expensive ($ 9 for adults now, $ 8 for kids), ohhh yeah. Crowded with lots of waiting, usually. But it was open early this year, so back I went after a 20+ year hiatus with my own offspring taking it on with fresh eyes.
Now you would add in the declining maintenance, showing shabby astroturf and worn approaches and the water not running on half the course (at least on our recent foray) and you’d think it would go even lower in my estimation, but you’d be wrong there. It’s actually added a little character the place had been lacking. For one thing, there’s now real New England lichen growing on the fake rocks. While the vegetation on one side is blocking the view into the nearby estuary (and is full of invasive species), at the beginning of the season you can see the water and it’s a nice little breeze from the highest fake hillocks, pleasant with the dyed-​blue water. The little grottoes are a nice break from the heat if it’s a hot day, complete with the misting cave hole on the back end of the Blackbeard Course (take this one over the Captain’s Course, if you are only going to do one). And the decay makes it a bit more amiable and old-​Capey, now that these corporate Golf Experiences have mostly (but not entirely) killed the old school revolving-​windmill-​and-​scary-​clown courses. And also to my surprise, or maybe because it opens earlier and the staff are still perky at this point in the season, the staff were really friendly.
I still don’t really like the course, compared to the champs like Sandwich Mini Golf (a true original) but on the day we went, with perfect weather and no waiting for holes — which you will be lucky to ever find — the kids had fun and it was fine. I can’t push the course up over three stars because it is what it is, a generic overpriced experience, but you can do worse on the Cape and in general.

I had fond memories of Pirates Cove from childhood trips to the Cape, but was left a little disappointed after visiting again as an adult. They have 2 full 18 hole courses on site, but most holes aren’t all that challenging or unique. There are some great pirate themed touches all over the property, but I wish they focused more on creating some exciting holes to play.
The place is crowded with families who flat out ignore the rules such as «no more than 4 in a group» and «5 stroke limit». This causes some pretty nasty backups during play to the point that you have to cut ahead of people if you are a couple playing without kids.

The price isn’t too bad and the staff was very friendly, however, the course took forever because people were using large groups and dawdling.
The course is well set out, but some of it looks older than others like the signs on the sides of the putting areas.
There is also a cannon that will shoot water at unsuspecting people… someone almost hit me with it. Would have been quite annoyed.
There is also a «pirate» store next door. Its ok… nothing too special. There are a bunch of other places that aren’t as commercialized or busy that are just as, if not more, fun.