I found the episode to be funny and the puzzles, while not too difficult, still satisfying to complete. The inclusion of Murray to the cast was long overdue, and if the one-trick-pony only turns up every decade, you can hardly complain about it, that and ofcourse he is hilarious (FEEL MY DEMONIC MANDIBLES OF TERROR!!! MWHAHAHAH!),
The Voodoo scene was inspired, giving De Singe a world class voodoo wedgie was so very fun I did it a few times. Trying to score a date with a giant manatee using only a tourist phrase book was great fun as well, and if you find insult sword-fighting a negative in a Monkey Island game, I think you're probably the wrong reviewer for the game!
So, to completely contradict Logan Westbrook, yes, there are Pirates, yes, there is a touch of Swashbuckling and the game was sigificantly more fun than reading his review.
On a slightly off-topic note, I did find it strange that Logan said the game was solid and still managed to maintain such a suffocating cloud of negativity throughout the review, if you're trying to be Yahtzee you need a lot more jokes and a lot more insight to pull it off.