Au Revoir, Cirque Magique
It was a few days after we went to Pirate's Dinner Adventure in Buena Park that we got a call from the venue.
"Would you like four free tickets to our new Cirque Magique show?" said the female voice on the other line.
"Free? Why? What's the catch?" we asked.
"No catch," the caller replied, "we just wanted to invite our previous guests to see our new show. Lunch is included, by the way."
And so we said yes, and returned to Buena Park a week after Pirate's, which was, in retrospect, just a corny pirate-themed stunt show that's only a hair better than the free one Treasure Island used to do on Las Vegas Blvd. It wasn't worth the money and the dinner was barely edible. On my plate was soggy roasted chicken, mushy vegetables, gloppy mashed potatoes--the kind of food I remember eating at my college dorm cafeteria.
We expected more of the same with Cirque Magique.
"But hey", we thought, "at least this time, it's free."
What Cirque Magique turned out to be everything Pirate's wasn't. Where Pirate's was plodding and mired in plot, Cirque Magique was fun and breezy.
It's set in Pirate's pre-show bar area and it had a singular purpose: to showcase the talents of its perfomers. There were showgirls, a juggling act, an aerial contortionist, fourth-wall-breaking clowns, and an Asian magician that did a floating table trick using Pixar's Up as theme.
And the food we ate was better than expected. The cheeseburgers were thick and meaty; the fries, crispy and hot.
But what most impressed was how hard everyone worked to show us a good time. The backup dancers, in particular, did double duty as our servers. They refilled our water glasses in between numbers that required them to do multiple leg kicks.
I enjoyed myself so much that if we didn't get in for free, I would have gladly paid the regular admission price of $25 per person.
Now, after I've told you how great it is, here's the bad news: for some reason, Pirate's has now closed Cirque Magique for good. It's never coming back. So I guess there was a catch to that offer after all.
Cirque Magique
7600 Beach Blvd
Buena Park, CA 90620
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posted by elmomonster @ 5:21 PM
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Dude! I was reading an old interview I did with you like 11 years ago and I came by to check on you and am SO happy you're still blogging/writing!
Pardon my giant run-on sentence. Hope all is well, sir!
Hi Krizia! Long time! Thank you so much for the note! I was actually looking for our interview a few months ago! I hope you doing well also! As for me, I'm still here, talking to an empty room! I did move on to IG recently, as you can see!
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