Visit Panama City Beach Unveils 2025 News and Openings

Image: Family on a Panama City Beach (Photo Credit: Visit Panama City Beach)
Image: Family on a Panama City Beach (Photo Credit: Visit Panama City Beach)
Noreen Kompanik
by Noreen Kompanik
Last updated: 5:00 PM ET, Tue February 4, 2025

Renowned for its 27 miles of sugar-white sand beaches and stunning turquoise waters, Panama City Beach has announced new attractions, enhanced accessibility offerings and more for 2025. 

“Panama City Beach is proud to showcase the many exciting new openings and developments in store for 2025,” said Dan Rowe, President and CEO of Visit Panama City Beach. “We’re delighted to welcome both first-time and returning families to experience everything our vibrant destination has to offer in the year ahead.”

New and upcoming openings include:

Pirates Voyage and Dinner Show — Spring 2025

 

Dolly Parton brings the swashbuckling fun of her Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show to Panama City Beach in a captivating new attraction with an immersive dining experience including a four-course feast, epic pirate battles and spectacular stunts. 

Inside the sprawling indoor theater, an action-packed show features pirate battles on deck, in a 15-foot-deep lagoon and in the “sky” above two full-sized pirate ships accompanied by high-flying acrobatics and pyrotechnics, tropical birds, playful sea lions and more.

 

McGuires Irish Pub — February 2025

 

In its third location, McGuires brings a turn-of-the-century, New York Irish Saloon-themed restaurant to Panama City Beach. With a lively atmosphere and more than one million signed dollar bills hanging from the ceilings and walls, the Pub offers delicious food, drinks, and live Irish entertainment.

 

Topgolf — Summer 2025

 

Topgolf will open a new facility in Panama City Beach’s Pier Park area, bringing a modern, high-tech golf experience. The two-story venue features 74 outdoor climate-controlled hitting bays, a restaurant and bar, 22-foot video wall, more than 140 HDTVs, an outdoor patio, music, family-friendly programming and prime spots for team outings and family gatherings.

 

Fun For All Microsite — Spring 2025

 

Continuing the evolution of the “Fun. For. All.” accessible travel initiative, Visit Panama City Beach is gearing up to launch the official “Fun. For. All.” Microsite, a resource for visitors planning an accessible getaway. The site features interactive maps and spotlights accessible offerings throughout the destination.

 

Shop By the Shore Trail — January 2025

 

The Trail offers a coastal shopping experience with local treasures capturing the charm of Panama City Beach. Visitors can grab a passport from the Visitors Center or participating stores, follow the map for a unique shopping adventure, get the passport stamped at each stop and leave with a special souvenir.

 

Frank Brown Park Skate Park—Summer 2025

 

Frank Brown Park expands outdoor recreation offerings with a new skate park breaking ground in January 2025, a state-of-the-art facility for skaters of all ages and skill levels, with plans for multiple skate lanes and various riding areas.

 

Edward F. Hickey, Jr. Park – Now Open

 

In an effort to make the destination’s beautiful beaches accessible to everyone, the Park at Beach Access 22 was converted into a new ADA beach access point designed to accommodate those with mobility challenges, including handicapped parking spaces, an accessible beach ramp and over 100 feet of mobility mats extending to the beach. A new accessible viewing platform is scheduled for later this year.

 

Frank Brown Park Pickleball Courts – 2025

 

The Park continues growing its amenities with the addition of 10 pickleball courts.   Construction is expected to begin in August, with completion in late 2025.


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