Saturday, January 11, 2014

PI Update: Snacking On Pleasure Island

With the closing of Pleasure Island's last snack location, thought I'd go through the archives and see what other options existed on the Island over the years.  Certainly most of you would remember Stage Pizza. For the years I hung out on Pleasure Island it was located near Mannequins adjacent the No. 2 Bridge. There were always long lines for pizza around 2am.  After PI permanently closed in 2008, Stage Pizza was temporarily resurrected to help liven things up and was placed in this spot between Soundstage and Adventurers Club. It seemed like you could never find the girl that was supposed to be working in there; every time I was there she had snuck down the AC stairs behind the booth to have a cigarette!
My favorite snack location was the Missing Link Sausage Company, located along with several shops in the building that now houses Paradiso 37.  It was a great late night place for burgers and hot dogs as well as a large order of fries around 1am to soak up the alcohol!  The place closed around 2006 and the building was entirely gutted for a future use never revealed.  Disney apparently didn't know either because in 2008 when P37 contracted to go in there, the building had to be gutted entirely again to meet their needs.
That brings us to the Adventurers Club Cart, located appropriately enough next to Adventurers Club.  This was a place to get popcorn, sodas and Mickey popsicles.  During the 2011 purge on any buildings that still had PI club name signs on them, Adventurers Club Cart became simply Adventures Hut.  The picture above was taken less than a week ago when it was still closed one early afternoon.  But unless they've relocated AH to some other place on the Island, it must be permanently closed now since its location is blocked by those new demolition walls!

13 comments:

71 said...

Missing Link could be slow sometimes, but I don't know that I've had a better burger than when I was drunk there at 1:00 a.m.

Speaking of PI-associated food, ate at sort-of mediocre The Knife the other night ... which just reminded me of how awesome that space was when it was Jungle Jims. My favorite pre-PI restaurant and a nightclub on Mondays.

KingBob said...

I remember a Jungle Jim's on Church Street, up on the 2nd floor. Was there another one closer to Disney?

Anonymous said...

yes at the CROSS roads! right behine where CHEVYS is today!

Anonymous said...

It really is pathetic that still there is no adult nightlife open from 10:00pm to 2:00am .
It seems that you people aren't listening to all the Save PI.'ers
and all the other adults wanting nightlife at P.I. .
P.S. Time to wake up.

Anonymous said...

Hate to tell you this but it Is toooooo late! So many have moved on! Found thier new spot(s) or are just very ticke at Disney! And will not return to PI some of the staff will not go Back! We just need some other place like PI was and not city walk! Is NOT IT!

KingBob said...

I have definitely moved on. But when this is all finished and if Disney has created a venue that incorporates the best of Disney Imagineering, as Mannequins once did, then I'm back.

Anonymous said...

I will NOT go back! they LOST ME when they GAVE up on us! WHY would I you OR anyone go back! will NEVER BE THE SAME! what PI (Mannequins) was is gone and or LOST it's MAGIC!

Bill said...

Gyro cart, Bob, Gyro cart! Extra hot sauce!

KingBob said...

Anon at 10:51pm, if they were to reopen Mannequins, I KNOW you'd be back!

Bill, gyro cart? Seriously?

Anonymous said...

1st OFF! you do not know me! so you have no idea that I will NEVER go back even if any club(s) reopen! FYI this is Anon at 10:51pm!

KingBob said...

I think you once told us that you'd go back at least once to see what it was.

Anonymous said...

OK THEE one time! but that wouldn't count really! I was talking about to go like we all used to!

KingBob said...

LOL.