PI Update: Adventurers Club Shocking Photos

The year was 2012 or nearly 4 years after Adventurers Club closed, the front was blocked off to deter picture-taking and peering inside to see the destruction that had occurred. One of our Blog readers "Frank" had obtained photos of the inside though and shared them with Save Pleasure Island.

 

Not surprisingly, most of the club's artifacts had been removed.

The Zeus (aka King Triton) statue remained in the downstairs salon, a black cape draped over his right shoulder and down his back.  One can see the considerable damage caused to the walls from the removal of the hundreds of historical artifacts that once hung there.

Our beloved Colonel's wood cabinetry, both above and below where he used to appear, gone. A toast to the Colonel.

Further inside, Babylonia surprisingly still remained on the wall!  If they were removing everything, why would they leave these two items?  Very odd.

Looking a bit more to the left, we could better see the stairs to the upper foyer. Little did anyone know that a decade later, that staircase remains in place as part of The Edison.

Trip Warning

KingBob is off again on one of his trips, this time to the Middle East. Because of the time differences, Blog articles may appear at odd times compared to normal. Just keep checking back for our next posting. We'll have a few Club Reports along the journey plus some destination Trip Reports we think you'll find interesting.
For those that know your IATA airport codes, the following 6 flight segments are planned:
MCO-JFK  DL

 

                                                    JFK-CDG  DL
                                                    CDG-DXB  AF 

DXB-AMS  KL

AMS-BOS  DL

BOS-MCO  DL

Pleasure Island Rewind

Besides the music itself, the highlight of last night's Pleasure Island Rewind was this panel discussion by four former Adventurers Club castmembers. All the Rewind pictures can be found on our sister website Orlando Entertainment News here.

Club Reports: Atlantic Dance Hall, Tin Roof, Grumpy's Underground

DJ Scott King (USA) was playing at Atlantic Dance Hall last night so we HAD to go! All Friday night pictures can be found on our sister website Orlando Entertainment News here.

 

Friday Funny

 

Pleasure Island Rewind This Saturday Night

The House of Mouse Expo is taking place this weekend at the Embassy Suites Lake Buena Vista South hotel in Kissimmee. But the highlight to us will be the Pleasure Island Rewind event taking place Saturday night from 7:00PM to 11:30PM ft. DJ Elliot (USA). It will include segments of music from each Pleasure Island club and it's our understanding that there will be live Adventurers Club and Comedy Warehouse skits performed by original castmembers! Admission to the Rewind is separate from admission to the expo. Advance tickets here.

 

This Weekend In Techno Town

WEDNESDAY NOV 24 (TONIGHT)

                           DJ John Summit (USA)     The Vanguard     House
 

WEDNESDAY NOV 24 (TONIGHT)

          DJ Carlos Mendoza (USA)     Skylounge @ Amway Center     Techno

WEDNESDAY NOV 24 (TONIGHT)

  AAHZ Reunion ft. DJ Icey (USA)     The Beacham     Early 90's Progressive House

WEDNESDAY NOV 24 (BEGINS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT)

        DJ China Lys (YV/USA)     Encima Event Center     Techno / Tech House

FRIDAY NOV 26

                           DJ Steve Aoki (USA)     The Vanguard     EDM

FRIDAY NOV 26

                    DJ duo Bedouin (USA)     Celine Nightclub     Chill House

FRIDAY NOV 26

                           DJ El Nalgón (USA)     Barbarella     House

FRIDAY NOV 26

                    DJ Jeff Justice (USA)     Grumpy's Underground     Breaks

SATURDAY NOV 27

            PI Rewind ft. DJ Elliot (USA)     Embassy Suites LBV South     PI Club Music

AAHZ Reunion Returns Tomorrow Night!

After a gap last year due to covid19, the famed AAHZ Reunion returns tomorrow night at The Beacham in downtown Orlando. The lineup includes Kimball Collins (USA), Baby Anne (USA), Dave Cannalte (USA) and DJ Icey (USA). The show begins at 9PM. The VIP/Balcony is sold out but floor tickets still remain here: https://www.aahzarmy.com/

 

PI Update: Do You Still Recognize Our Pleasure Island Clubs?

Let's cross this bridge one more time to beautiful Pleasure Island to see where our clubs once stood and to see what's there now .

Immediately after crossing the bridge brings us to West End Plaza and immediately to the left is the spot once occupied by a bathroom complex followed by Hip Hop club BET Soundstage. Both were razed and replaced with this art deco, aviation-themed building home to a pizza joint and another Italian restaurant. 

It is followed on the left by The Edison which is located in a heavily renovated building that once housed the famed Adventurers Club. When you're inside you can definitely see traces of what once was.

After crossing the bridge but looking to your right, Comedy Warehouse was set back there but it was razed as well. New construction is a bit closer to the walkway now and home to steak house STK.

Continuing down the sloping Hill Street, we come to the intersection known as The Hub and this was home on the left to Rock'N'Roll Beach Club. It was completely demolished and replaced with the Pleasure Island water taxi landing, Jock Lindsey's Hanger Bar and an outdoor music venue called the Waterview Stage. Of course RRBC was home to live Rock bands.

The Boathouse restaurant is located in an area that at one time was the "end" of this area of Pleasure Island and was home to Top 40 club Motion. The building was completely demolished. Of course the pathway no longer ends here as the so-called Motion corridor now allows pedestrian traffic to traverse the Island.

Our favorite club was electronic dance music-themed Mannequins Dance Palace and it was located here across from the No. 2 Bridge. Home to one of the world's only revolving dance floors, we always felt the space was too huge to be anything but what it was. Following heavy renovations though, Morimoto Asia has filled the spot and has been a huge success. Mannequins fans can currently go inside and definitely feel like they're in MDP, from the pillars to the light wall to the DJ booth. And it is remains our position that the former revolving floor is still down there beneath the faux-raised floor panels!

The rear of Morimoto runs into what was once 70's/80's club 8TRAX. But the steel look of the building remains including that round section where the circular staircase was the quick secret way to the DJ booth which overlooked the dance floor below. Long live Pleasure Island!

Club Reports: Chillers, Barbarella, Elixir Bar, Grumpy's Underground

A b2b set from DJ Wheats (GB) and DJ Latmun (GB) was the highlight of downtown last night and our sister website Orlando Entertainment News was there to photograph it. Saturday pics can be found here.

 

Club Reports: Monkey Bar, McQueens, Attic Nightclub, Treehouse, Barbarella, Celine Nightclub

One of the highlights of Friday night downtown was getting to see DJ Mark Knight (GB) live after a gap of 5 years. Lots of club pics are on our sister website Orlando Entertainment News here.

 

Friday Funny

 

DS Update: Cirque Reopens Tonight

Cirque du Soleil in Disney Springs West Side had been closed since covid19 moved into the area but they are finally reopening tonight! Reopening will breathe some much-needed foot traffic to this far end of the West Side given that it's nearly adjacent to the also-closed NBA Experience complex. The new show is called "Drawn To Life". Many details and ticket access can be found here. The show tonight is sold out as are the next few days but there is availability beginning next week.

This Weekend In Techno Town

FRIDAY NOV 19

 DJ Mark Knight (GB)     Celine Nightclub     House

SATURDAY NOV 20

DJ Latmun (GB)     Elixir Bar     House

SUNDAY NOV 21

                         DJ Oscar G (USA)     Elixir Bar     House / Latin House

MONDAY NOV 22

               DJ Spag Heddy (NL)     Gilt Concert Venue     Dubstep / Heavy Bass

EDC Post Script

Sorry for no regular article today but definitely still recovering from EDC.

 

EDC Orlando - Day 3

OK, it took all day but our article is finally uploaded. Pictures from Day 3 at Electric Daisy Carnival can be found on our sister website Orlando Entertainment News here.

EDC Orlando - Day 2

               Day 2 of EDC - Orlando ended with some Galantis (S) and.....
 

       .....some Tiësto (NL). See all the pics on our sister website Orlando Entertainment News here.

EDC Orlando - Day 1

Pictures from Day 1 out at Electric Daisy Carnival - Orlando can be found on our sister website Orlando Entertainment News here.

 

EDC Week: And Today It Begins!

Electric Daisy Carnival - Orlando has arrived. It begins at 1PM today and runs until midnight and then we do it again on Saturday and Sunday! Get your costume on and come on over! Hope to see you out there, under the electric sky!

EDC Week: Advance Look At The Stages

We were out at Camping World Stadium on Thursday afternoon to give you an advance look at this year's EDC stages.

The kineticFIELD Stage is located on it's own grounds across Rio Grande Avenue, just like it was last EDC. The massive stage faces towards the northwest this year while last time it was positioned towards the southwest. I think this provides better protection from traffic noise as well as safety from nearby TOLL SR408. It's beautiful and will look amazing lit at night!

Also returning across Rio Grande Avenue from the stadium itself is the neonGARDEN Stage. Whereas in prior years this stage was more of a tent, this year it's more of a long covered tunnel.

We couldn't get a picture of the circuitGROUNDS Stage or the Corona Electric Beach Stage because of their positions within the grounds. The stereoBLOOM Stage above was only from the back side.

The Rynobus Art Car Stage will be home to mostly local House DJ's all day Saturday and mostly local Breaks DJ's all day Sunday! For single day tickets, we understand that Saturday is sold out but still available for Friday and Sunday. About 150,000 people are expected across all 3 days. Hope to see you at Electric Daisy Carnival.

EDC Week: Set Times

There will be 4 main stages including Kinetic Field, Circuit Grounds, Stereo Bloom and the indoor tent Neon Garden. There will be one "art car" stage called Rynobus.

Corona Electric Beach will be back again this year with a 6th stage of music.