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| Complete with a shiny disco ball and a color-changing Lucite dance floor, it was opening weekend at new club Goodnight John Boy in downtown St. Petersburg. Our sister website Orlando Entertainment News was there to check it out and the pics are here. |
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| It seems like it took forever to get the C.O. for Goodnight John Boy in downtown St. Petersburg to open but we heard it opened for business last night so we're going to check it out today. Tune in tomorrow for our article. Hoping to hear a lot of 8TRAX music there! |
The final weekend of April ends on a strong note.....
FRI 28APR VANGUARD DJ duo Gorgon City (GB)
FRI 28APR ELIXIR BAR DJ duo Eli & Fur (GB)
FRI 28APR HEIST LOUNGE DJ duo Ed Rush & Optical (GB)
SAT 29APR LOT 54 @ THE VANGUARD DJ Seven Lions (USA)
SAT 29APR ORLANDO AMPHITHEATER Electronic Railroad Music Festival
SAT 29APR BARBARELLA DJ Indie John (USA) 1 Year Anniversary Party
SAT 29APR IRON COW DJ Jeff Kash (USA)
SUN 30APR ELIXIR BAR DJ Themba (ZA)
SUN 30APR THE PATIO Sundown Sundays: DJ duo Sleepy & Boo (USA)
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| There was a time when just outside Planet Hollywood there was this lagoon of water that contained the shrimping trawler "Jenny" from the 1994 feature film "Forrest Gump". It was clearly marked as shown above but few noticed it. |
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| It remained there until renovations converted Downtown Disney into Disney Springs and the boat was sent out to pasture. We never heard where it ended-up or even if it's still on Disney property. |
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| First you see it..... |
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| Then you don't! |
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| Nine years ago this month, the Pleasure Island sign came down! |
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| Some say he looks a bit like DJ Calvin Harris (GB) but this was DJ Cristoph (GB). Saturday night pics are on sister website Orlando Entertainment News here. |
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| Last night our sister website Orlando Entertainment News caught up with the legendary DJ Roger Sanchez (USA) at Celine. You can see all the Friday night pics here. |
We be jammin' this weekend!
THU 20APR ATTIC NIGHTCLUB DJ Hamdi (D)
FRI 21APR - SUN 23APR EARTHFEST Maddox Ranch (Lakeland)
FRI 21APR CELINE DJ Roger Sanchez (USA)
FRI 21APR CELINE ROOFTOP DJ Diana Montoya (USA)
FRI 21APR VANGUARD DJ duo Tinlicker (NL)
FRI 21APR FIXTION DJ Offaiah (USA)
SAT 22APR ELIXIR BAR DJ Cristoph (GB)
SAT 22APR MONKEY BAR DJ Hulian (USA)
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| PI Live Bar used to be located at The Hub, that corner where the pathway in front of Mannequins and Raglan Road meets Hill Street. A full liquor bar, it was a good place to grab a drink if you were not inside one of the clubs. Indeed, passersby need not even have a club ticket to purchase a drink here. It was named for the PI Live DJ booth which at one time was located directly across from it. PI Live was home to DJ's broadcasting music to the entire outdoor areas of Pleasure Island. PI Live Bar was eventually razed and today in this spot you'll find the hugely popular Gideon's Bakehouse. |
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| With all our travel earlier this month we lost sight of the fact that April Fools Day came and went. But one of our favorite April Fools gags took place in 2011 when we announced that Mannequins was going to be converted into the world's first revolving International House of Pancakes! You got to check out that article here. |
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| Another night, another new venue! Saturday night at Taco Kat included seeing House of Blues / The Groove DJ Rincon (USA). The pics are on sister website Orlando Entertainment News here. |
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| Our Friday night back in Orlando included seeing DJ LTJ Bukem (GB) at Iron Cow plus we visited new downtown club Proper. The pics are on sister website Orlando Entertainment News here. |
Busy weekend ahead!
FRI 14APR IRON COW DJ LTJ Bukem (GB)
FRI 14APR BIKKURI LOUNGE DJ Craig Connelly (GB)
FRI 14APR THE SOCIAL DJ Amtrac (USA)
SAT 15APR LOT 54 @ THE VANGUARD DJ John Summit (USA)
SUN 16APR ELIXIR BAR DJ Partiboi (AUS)
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| Whether it's called the White Party, White Night Party or White Hot Party, this is a feature on most cruise lines. Our sister website OEN has the report here. |
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| The first night of this cruise on MSC Splendida was under way last night and can you believe it, a cruise with no Hip Hop, no Reggaeton and no Line Dances? DJ Joel (EAK) was at the helm for both the pool deck party and the nightclub. Pics are on sister website Orlando Entertainment News here. |
The first weekend in April!
FRI 07APR VANGUARD DJ duo ARMNHMR (USA)
FRI 07APR BARBARELLA Memento Mori: DJ Lavidicus (USA)
FRI 07APR IRON COW DJ Fred Everything (CDN)
FRI 07APR SKY LOUNGE SHADE: DJ Carlos Mendoza (USA)
SAT 08APR VANGUARD DJ Madeon (F)
SAT 08APR IRON COW DJ Danny Daze (USA)
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| There once was a store in Downtown Disney Marketplace called Design-A-Tee by Hanes that allowed you to select a Disney-owed image and then make your own slogan to go with it. This was all done on a computer and then approved by an employee cast member and printed on your shirt selection immediately. Needless to say, some things that management would not likely approve (if they had seen it) did slip through, such as the one above, lol. |
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| Or this one, featuring Save Pleasure Island Blog roving reporter Thommy! What made these tee shirts even more special is that they had been "approved" by Disney! |
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| KingBob is off again on one of his trips, this time to Saudi Arabia. Because of the time differences, Blog articles
may appear at odd times compared to normal. Just keep checking back for
our next posting. We're getting on a cruise so we should have a Club Report or two plus
some destination Trip Reports we think you'll find interesting. For those that know your IATA airline and airport codes, the following 6 flight segments are currently scheduled: MCO - JFK (AA) JFK - DOH (AA) DOH - JED (QR) JED - DOH (QR) DOH - MIA (QR) MIA - MCO (DL) |
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| The crowd at last night's MegaCon After Party included a lot of "monsters". Our sister website Orlando Entertainment News was there for the pictures and you can find the article here. |
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| DJ Dave Seaman (GB) was in town last night and our sister website Orlando Entertainment News was there to see him. Pics are posted here. |
