PI Update: The Gay Days End Of Club Motion

It was 9 months after the Pleasure Island clubs had closed and supposedly Disney management had allowed the DTD management to reopen a couple of the clubs for private event rentals. Such was the case during Gay Days 2009 when Motion reopened for one night only for a dance club event. Of course Motion was kept blocked-off and you had to know there was an event there to get past the planters and the security guard. If you just wanted to wander over to see what was happening, they turned you away.

The opener was Orlando's own DJ Joanie (USA). The headliner DJ Manny Lehman (USA) would come on much later.

The bartenders ware lined up ready for action but our visit was early so not a lot of patrons just yet.

2009 drink prices were Disney-expensive but seem quaint by 2022 standards. As this was not a Disney event but Disney supplied the liquor, you had to purchase drink tickets from the Disney employee stationed nearby and then give the tickets to the bartenders.

Our visit was early so just a few patrons upstairs. But it was just such a great feeling being inside a Pleasure Island club after that long gap!

Save Pleasure Island Blog roving reporter Thommy attended later in the evening and reported that Manny Lehman played a lot of non-vocal House and only three songs with vocals (Poker Face, Sorry & Womanizer). At the time, with the reemergence of electronic dance music still in its infancy, the real House music probably shocked the crowd as it was way ahead of what Orlando was otherwise experiencing. We're not aware of any other dance events in Motion before it met the wrecking ball beginning in December, 2010.