There was a time when some people purchased a Disney Vacation Club unit at the sprawling Saratoga Springs complex because of it's proximity to Pleasure Island. The purchase of a unit along the waterfront facing Village Lake not only put you within walking distance of the PI complex (no drinking and driving) but also gave you a view of the nightly New Years Eve fireworks show which took place out on the lake. With the removal of the turnstiles, the Island became open to everyone and it became a hangout for undesirables. To make it a less-attractive place to congregate, the shows on the West End Stage had to be eliminated along with the nightly fireworks. The unraveling began and with the Island's demise in 2008, Saratoga Springs retained its proximity to Downtown Disney but it lost its advantage for anyone interested in Pleasure Island's now mostly non-existent nightlife. A lifetime of past memories but no new ones being made. Does anyone even remember Pleasure Island? You know they want you to forget about it.
I think I remember that place. Wasn't it somewhere near or on Disney property? Lol... Damn Mouse!
ReplyDeleteWe'll never forget!
ReplyDeleteI remember that place, the question is will we be able have the memeories return.
ReplyDeleteI just hope they reopen it so those memories can be a reality.
Not just things of yesteryear. P.S. Wake up and smell the coffee.
It's so depressing to look back and remember all the good times, how awesome Disney was creating and operating nightlife. All the great times had on the island just become more of a distant memory everyday. Come on Disney! Make City Walk a memory and show them how it is done correctly!!
ReplyDeletesave pi has hit 58,000! in FL! wow!
ReplyDeleteYes, and as I type this, 277,806 total hits!!
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