A decent number of options for you to consider this coming weekend:
THU 01DEC CELINE DJ Bear Grillz (USA)
FRI 02DEC IRON COW DJ tINI (D)
FRI 02DEC VANGUARD DJ Paul van Dyk (D)
FRI 02DEC THE CORNER DJ Elias R (USA)
SAT 03DEC GILT CONCERT VENUE DJ Imanbek (KZ) CANCELLED
SAT 03DEC VANGUARD DJ Sasha (GB)
SUN 04DEC ELIXIR BAR DJ Archie Hamilton (GB)
MON 05DEC GILT CONCERT VENUE DJ Crankdat (USA)
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| We're still working on getting our article uploaded about this past Saturday night at the World's Largest Disco in Buffalo. Upload issues have been resolved so check it out here. |
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| Now that Thanksgiving is over, let's cross this bridge one more time to beautiful Pleasure Island. |
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| To check out the Christmas trees scattered throughout Disney Springs. We would call this one the "main" tree and it's located in Town Center. |
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| And this one near the West Side water fountain. |
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| And this one near the Orange Garage entrance. |
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| At Disney Springs during the Christmas season, a good time is had by all. |
On Saturday night we attended the World's Largest Disco event in Buffalo, NY. It's like 8TRAX on steroids with 7,000 attendees! Due to the flight schedule, we will get photos posted by late afternoon on Sunday. Please tune back to check them out! UPDATE: The article has been loaded here.
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| Today at the brand new Remix Record Shop South, a stacked lineup of DJ's performing between Noon and Midnight. Drop by anytime and see who is on the decks! Woodward Street is the narrow east-west running street behind the CVS at the corner of Colonial & Mills. Park in the lot at the east end of the street and you'll see Remix in the strip center there. |
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| Orlando Entertainment News had the night off last night at the AAHZ Reunion but they managed to squeeze-in a few pics including this one of DJ Icey (USA). You can find those pics here. |
A big Turkey Day weekend in O-Town!
WED 23NOV ELIXIR BAR DJ Sosa (GB)
WED 23NOV THE BEACHAM AAHZ Reunion ft. DJ Icey (USA)
WED 23NOV SKYLOUNGE @ AMWAY DJ Fatima Hajji (E)
FRI 25NOV IRON COW DJ Mr. C. (GB)
FRI 25NOV VANGUARD DJ Markus Schulz (D/USA)
FRI 25NOV ELIXIR BAR DJ Seinfeld (USA)
FRI 25NOV MEMENTO MORI @ BARBARELLA 2.0 DJ Lavidicus (USA)
FRI 25NOV GRUMPYS DJ Jeff Justice
SAT 26NOV VANGUARD Nero (GB) - DJ set
SAT 26NOV REMIX RECORDS SOUTH All Day Guest DJ sets
SUN 27NOV SUNDOWN SUNDAYS @ THE PATIO DJ Carlos Mendoza (USA)
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| This is the Coca-Cola store in Disney Springs West Side. |
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| Go up to the 2nd floor and get in the "Meet Polar Bear" queue. |
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| And come take a selfie with the Coca-Cola bear. The on-duty photographer will take one of you with the bear ($25 if you buy it; $30 for a package) but they will also let you take a selfie with your own camera at no charge. Don't miss it! |
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| Stay out of downtown Orlando, they said. Classic Weekend, they said. So instead our sister website Orlando Entertainment News visited downtown Winter Garden. The pics are here. |
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| DJ Claude VonStroke of Dirtybird Records did an open-to-close set last night at Ace Cafe and our sister website Orlando Entertainment News was there for the pictures! LINK |
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| On the previously reported mini-cruise sailing on Margaritaville at Sea Paradise, our one port was Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas. We'll show you some of the entertainment options there on the island in this OEN article here. |
Following EDC weekend, it should come as no surprise that there isn't that much happening this coming weekend. But it's not a complete void!
FRI 18NOV ACE CAFE DJ Claude vonStroke (USA)
FRI 18NOV IRON COW DJ Nick Whitney (USA)
SAT 19NOV ELIXIR BAR DJ Eddy M (I/E)
SUN 20NOV ELIXIR BAR DJ Joshwa (GB)
SUN 20NOV SUNDOWN SUNDAYS @ THE PATIO DJ Phoenix Jagger (USA)
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| We're back! Following our September visit to the new old ship Margaritaville at Sea Paradise, we returned to check it out one more time. The internet on board is horrible though so we won't finish this article until we return to land tomorrow as pictures are very slow to upload. Please return then. |
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| Last Thursday a hurricane rolled through Orlando and a day later EDC opened pretty much on time and delivered a spectacular experience. Day 3 pics are on Orlando Entertainment News here. |
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| Check out all the pics from Day 2 of Electric Daisy Carnival - Orlando here on our sister website Orlando Entertainment News here. |
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| Day 1 of the 2022 edition of Electric Daisy Carnival - Orlando is a wrap and our sister website Orlando Entertainment News has all the pictures here. |
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| It's time for the Orlando Entertainment News annual Fashion Guide. We've gone through thousands of photos to compile the latest styles to wear at the festival. You can find the article on OEN here. |
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| Well besides Electric Daisy Carnival itself happening daily & nightly on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, there are a dozen+ Before parties, During parties and After parties. You can find the lineups on our sister website Orlando Entertainment News here. |
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| Ten years ago this month there was excitement in the air as Splitsville neared completion. In all of Downtown Disney, there was very little music or dancing and Splitsville offered us hope. |
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| Of course it was just a bowling alley as these peeks in the window showed the Brunswick brand name on some of the scoring monitors. |
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| But signs that indicated that there would be Dancing & Drinking had us all intrigued. When it finally opened, they did have a dance floor upstairs with a DJ playing Top 40 music. It didn't take long for it to fizzle out though since there was little promotion about it. I wonder why? |
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| So we're back in the United States following our 2-night cruise on Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas. A 2-night cruise means just 1 day away though and our only port was their private island, CocoCay (Little Stirrup Cay), Bahamas. It's a beautiful white sand island. We previously did an article about it earlier this year titled "Sad Day At CocoCay" and you can find that here. |
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| There's an Aerophile-operated helium balloon ride at CocoCay very similar to the one at Disney Springs except that a ride costs around $75. High winds during our visit kept it from operating though. |
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| Nonetheless, a good time was had by all. |
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| This is Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas docked at Coco Cay (Little Stirrup Cay), Bahamas. This is a special 2-night sailing from Port Canaveral and last night we checked-out some of the parties and clubs onboard. The pics are posted on OEN here. |
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| Wow, what a night. DJ Sean Tyas (USA/CH) had the crowd in a "state of Trance" last night. Check out all the Friday night pics on our sister website Orlando Entertainment News here. |
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| Everybody remembers Ridemakerz, the shop that took up space in the former Virgin Megastore location in Downtown Disney West Side. During the bleakest days of DTD, after Pleasure Island had closed, the West Side also had a huge vacancy gap with Virgin having shuttered its massive store. |
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| Well Ridemakerz is coming back, but not to Disney Springs. They're opening a store in the Florida Mall. They will be located in the wing that runs between Dillard's and Macy's. Vroom Vroom! |
This weekend is a bit slow since the next weekend is EDC Weekend! We'll have a full listing of all the EDC pre-parties, after parties and more next Wednesday. But this weekend, this is it!
FRI 04NOV BIKKURI LOUNGE DJ Sean Tyas (USA/CH)
FRI 04NOV FREQUENCY @ THE CORNER DJ Pacho Berrocal (USA)
FRI 04NOV IRON COW DJ Jeff Jefferson (GB)
SAT 05NOV GRUMPYS UNDERGROUND DJ duo Rogue Planet (USA)
SAT 05NOV IRON COW House Music Party Vol. 12
SUN 06NOV SUNDOWN SUNDAYS @ THE PATIO DJ Wilson Santos (DOM/USA)
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| I was chatting with Save Pleasure Island Blog roving reporter Thommy this past weekend about the Epic Universe theme park under construction at the south end of Kirkman Road. It's scheduled to open in mid-2025. Thommy indicated that he had heard that Universal will have some kind of entertainment district there, something that had not yet come to my attention. In reading various articles about it on the internet yesterday, there is some disagreement whether this entertainment district will be outside the theme park gates or within it. Of course, if it's within it, one would need a theme park ticket to go to it. |
While the current Universal CityWalk is outside theme park gates, it pretty much requires use of theme park garages to access which has been a downfall for retail. Yes, parking is now free after 6PM (except during special events such as Halloween Horror Nights) but it's impractical to go to any stores there during the day unless you have a pass with free parking. So retailers located there including restaurants, shops and even the theater can't maximize customers except for those using the parks. So the big question is, if there will be an entertainment district at Epic Universe, will it be separate enough that daytime customers can access it? Only time will tell since announcements about the project have been relatively few.
