Pumkinprincess - your props/scenes look awsome. I only wish I had the time, money, know-how to build up my pirate theme like that shown in your pictures.

I am going with four seperate themes this Halloween, one of them obviously being related to pirates. I plan to build the deck of a pirate ship, and have a skeleton crew of 5 to 7. I am going with just the deck nor more than a foot off the ground so that the kids that come can mingle with the pirates (and get their pictures taken - many parents bring the digital cameras on Halloween). I was looking to build the base of the ship with pallets for strengh and put plywood on the top. This way it can handle people climbing all over it. Someone stated that this was going to be heavy, and I agree. I plan to build on site and tear it down the same way it went up.