Island sources say that Rock'n'roll Beach Club and Motion will be the first two clubs to be demolished so that the new walkway direct to DTD Marketplace can be built. Supposedly RRBC would have already come down earlier this year but a subcontractor fell through. Still hearing of a "lighthouse" style restaurant/bar getting built along this pathway. Other rumors reported previously here on the Blog remain in effect; AC & BET buildings will also come down while the Manneqins, 8TRAX and Comedy Warehouse buildings remain standing. One of our Save Pleasure Island roving reporters spotted a large crane at Motion around 2am Friday morning however another source says nothing was being removed; it was just there to pressure wash the building.
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It was a beautiful spring evening in Orlando so what better place to spend it than Pleasure Island. And what a great evening to watch the 10:30pm edition of Celebrate Tonight!
DJ Hollywood Bob led the festivities and he did a good job. One cannot measure the joy that has been brought to the island since they closed the clubs and created Celebrate Tonight. Just look at all the smiling faces.
And look at all the empty parking spaces on a Friday night. Not sure how long CT will continue. Supposedly the DJ contract ends in October however the demolition of BET/AC will create the need for construction walls and it seems that would divert pedestrian traffic across the part of Celebration Plaza where CT now takes place. And the latest DTD Guide Map no longer lists CT. Stay tuned.
I think my favorite photo is the one you got of the terrified looking Mom and son. Clearly, they are not interested in Celebrating Tonight.
ReplyDeletealso, are the planters in front of motion really necessary? you can just between the cigar place and raglan to get to the venue and bathrooms. what morons....
ReplyDeleteJoe, that's not the look of terror, that's the look of joy.
ReplyDeleteSpinner, have to presume that the planters were put up to keep people from running into more nothingness.
The look of joy on what, all 30 peoples faces..
ReplyDeletehell, I remember the days of 3000 people at PI.
Lets not have to much back slapping and congratulations on turning PI into the waterside stages kids dance party replacement.
Anon, it was closer to 40 people. I think most readers "get" the irony, facetiousness & humor in my post.
ReplyDeleteLooking inside Motions you can see the smaller LCD displays are still above the counter on your left as you enter the main doors. Aslo Disney has appeared to have mounted a fairly larger LCD monitor below the speakers on what I can see only the right side of the stage. Maybee on the left too but I cannot make that side out. If Motion was to be coming down, Disney does not seem to be rushing the stripping of that building like they did the others.
ReplyDeleteBrad, you're right. They still seem to be using the building for employee meetings of some sort. As far as I can tell too, the lighting and sound sytems are still in there.
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