text: Treasure Island what have you done to yourself nnEmbarrassingnnOne of my fondest memories from my childhood visits to Las Vegas had to have been the ever popular British vs The Pirates battle at the front of the hotel nnThe British arrived to try and rain on the pirate parade but the pirates triumphed and told you to come join them in their paradise the hotel behind themnnIt was by far and yes even more so than the Bellagio the most popular free show on the strip The crowd would gather and make it nearly impossible to move with minutes to go to show time It was a spectacle every hournnThen someone got the bright idea to pretend that Treasure Island was just a clever name for a adult club and people would pretend it was not meant for kids So you slapped some half naked women on the boats and made that your thing and it did not work out nnNow there is no more show The pirate ships sit being dismantled and in their place exactly what Vegas is dying to have more of shopsnnFor shame and a waste of the best free show in Vegas before they turned it into a burlesque show