As someone that grew up in Orlando and frequented pleasure island a few times I have to say that that place was an absolute haven for working professionals. Once the riffraff were let in via no cost admission, it was finished.
@buddyrevell5113 ай бұрын
The Adventurers' Club was absolutely THE BEST. I miss it and can't believe it's gone... there's no other place like it, as far as I know.
@aprilmiller17735 ай бұрын
We went here for my 21st birthday in 96' and when I tell you that it was a freaking blast it was so fun!!! Revolving dance floor, the beach club, neon armadillo oh the good time we had!!!
@WeLoveAttractions5 ай бұрын
So cool!
@5urrea77 ай бұрын
Cool video, I never knew about this place. It’s sad, I feel I was born a decade too late.
@carolfreschi79034 ай бұрын
PI was a great place. Used to go back in the early 90s. Such a shame it closed. Disney Springs is boring
@troyroberts657810 ай бұрын
Sadly, there is very little left of Pleasure Island at Disney Springs itself. You'll find a few props in the attic area of the Hangar Bar, and last time I was there, the Co-Op over in Marketplace had a Pleasure Island-specific display (above a cashier counter) that featured props from a number of the clubs, including Scooter the peacock from Adventurers Club, a surfboard from R&R Beach Club, a Pleasure Island sign, and a few other things.
@Reidaroni11 ай бұрын
I remember going to pleasure island in 2005 for grad night. I had such an amazing time. Too bad they closed it.
@SerendipityPointАй бұрын
The real reason pleasure is closed is simple: The same way Disney’s pleasure Island ran Church Street station out of business, when Universal Studios opened up CityWalk nobody wanted to go to pleasure Island anymore. It was old news and the names, brands, and themes of CityWalk were more popular and more well-known.
@pdg61met5 ай бұрын
Some of the absolute best times of my life were enjoyed at PI back in the 90's. Too bad they messed up by letting it be free admission to walk the island
@hootowl21123 ай бұрын
Disney College Program was in full effect every night in 2006.
@Brandis132 ай бұрын
Oh yes, we absolutely need a video dedicated to Pleasure Island! I started visiting PI on my first trip to EDW in 1994, just before getting 21. That meant I wasn‘t allowed in Mannequins yet. But I went to Adventure‘s Club all night every night with several visits to the Comedy Warehouse between. Thursday was Cast Members night and the wildest. I loved the dancing in the street and the nightly New Years Eve celebrations. Sadly, they went away when PI dropped the gate admission and you could visit the island for free, only needing admission to enter the clubs. Whenever I was at WDW, nights were very short staying there until closing at 1AM almost every night and having the alarm go off at 7AM in order to be ready for early admission at the parks 😂
@evanhorton25204 ай бұрын
You omitted The Jazz Company, which opened in 1983 and lasted for the remainder of the island's time. I was one of the first people hired for the island, having watched it being built over the course of 3 years, and I transferred from the Empress Lilly, where I worked for the first 12 years of my eventual 25. I opened Mannequins, then opened the Jazz Company, and finally worked 3 years at 8Trax. I was at Pleasure Island for the last 13 years of my time there. The original admission was a couple of ticket options; for a single club or a combination of clubs. In the legend of the island, Mannequins rotating floor was used for the construction of locomotives. XZFR was pronounced Zephyr. You also didn't mention the club that replaced the Fireworks Factory restaurant, which was Motion. Otherwise, fairly informative.
@ninedragons14 ай бұрын
So if they kept charging admission none of this would ever happen and we'd still have Paradise Island today?
@Brandis132 ай бұрын
Forgot to mention, the Comedy Warehouse was the place where I was introduced to the amazing talent of pianist Carol Steiner, who later played at Epcot as the Hat Lady in the Rose & Crown Pub and the American Adventure as pre-show entertainment. The Auld Lang Syne at the end of the video even made me shed some tears in memory of PI!
@bstory31965 күн бұрын
UH you seam to NOT tell WHY the floor in Mannequins is round? it used to be a train round a about. HELLO the lines on the floor was the rails
@bstory31965 күн бұрын
the club that ruled them all MANNEQUINS!!!
@bstory31965 күн бұрын
I was at MANNEQUINS before it opened that night stayed till it closed almost last one out.....
@bstory31965 күн бұрын
OH THEE real season PI closed is the uppers HATED PI from the time Michael Eisner announced PI!