PI Update: Entertainment Acts Renew Contracts

PI Live Bar and Laffers Cantina are the only two Disney owned & operated venues still open on beautiful Pleasure Island. Named because of its location adjacent Comedy Warehouse, the bar used to face the West End Stage. When the Celebrate Tonight spectacle operated for awhile there, the large brick expanse was rechristened as Celebration Plaza. After CT's demise, PI decided to create an ultra-lounge type of atmosphere there to be called the West End Street Bash. But that name was never publicly announced and I've been referring it to as the West End Plaza ever since. But from now on the Blog will simply refer to the entertainment taking place there as taking place at Laffers Cantina. Heck, even the Downtown Disney Guide Map doesn't list the place!

Giving you an idea of how long it might be before permanent activity comes to Pleasure Island, Andre Caram of the Andre Caram Band tells the Blog that they've been signed to a new one year contract to continue to perform outside Laffers Cantina. They were performing a lot of current Dance tunes during my visit such as current DJ David Guetta material. Good stuff!!

Entertainer Nicholas Marks also reports signing a new one year contract to perform outside Laffers. I have to say that both Marks as well as the Andre Caram Band have proven quite popular out there. Of course it makes zero sense that both have to work outdoors in the heat and cold when air conditioned and empty buildings stand behind them. But that's a story for another day!

The new Scarecrow addition to the human statue collection.The statues are apparently staying too.

Sources told us long ago that PI management reads the Blog. If there was any doubt, get this. In our September 20th article it was pointed out that when they removed all the PI historical plaques a few days prior, they forgot one hidden behind this bush on the No.2 Bridge. A few days post article the plaque was gone!

That same article mentioned the Adventure Club Cart. It dawned on PI management reading the article that they can't have people forgetting about the Adventurers Club if the snack cart in front of the closed club still openly uses the name.

Blog reader Victoria reports via email that the sign atop the cart has now been removed and provides us this photo. She notes that the menu signs on both sides of the booth still have the Adventurers Cart name on it (different name than what was on top) but I expect this removal is so sudden that they've had to order new signs which will get installed shortly.