PI Update: Gideon's Opening Second Location?

Although there hasn't been any official announcement yet, we saw a rumor on another unofficial Disney information site that a tenant will finally be moving into this former Art of Shaving site near the top of Hill Street. Supposedly Gideon's Bakehouse will be opening in this small location. 

They're not moving from their current spot at the bottom of Hill Street; instead they're opening an alternate location because of the tremendous demand for their cookies and other baked goods. We speculate the new spot won't be a bakery but just a second spot for customers to buy their products. Maybe we'll finally get to try them out! UPDATE on 1/16/26: The new location will be called Six Ravens and it won't duplicate the original location but will offer a different assortment of baked goods including something called coffyns. Details HERE.

NYE In Techno Town

The number one NYE event in Daytona Beach.

The number one NYE event in Gainesville.

 

The number one NYE event in Jacksonville.

And the Number one NYE event in Orlando!

                                         

Club Report: Oliv Bar

Following our departure from the SwagN'Friends Holiday Jam on Saturday night, we headed over to Oliv Bar to hear some House music. But it didn't quite work out that way. You can find the photo evidence on sister website Orlando Entertainment News HERE.

 

Concert Report: SwagN'Friends Holiday Jam (Broken Strings Brewery)

The always-animated DJ Amber Jane (USA) was just one of the many great DJ's that played at yesterday's SwagN'Friends DJ concert at Broken Strings. We've finally gotten all the photos published over on sister website Orlando Entertainment News here.

 

Club Reports: Iron Cow, House Party

We went to a House party last night and the house had its own stripper pole. Friday night photos are posted to our sister website, Orlando Entertainment News, here.

 

Friday Funny

All the way!

 

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from Save Pleasure Island Blog.

 

This Weekend In Techno Town

Next Tuesday we'll have our NYE Edition.

THU   25DEC     ALFIE'S HIFI     DJ Frankmatik (USA) 

FRI     26DEC     ELIXIR BAR     DJ Dirtmonkey (USA)

FRI     26DEC     SWIRLERY     DJ Arcade Apocalypse (USA)

FRI     26DEC     IRON COW     DJ Blake Jarrell (USA)

FRI     26DEC     ALFIE'S HIFI     DJ Sean Samaroo (USA) 

SAT    27DEC     OLIV BAR     DJ Freeda Sol (USA)

SAT    27DEC     BROKEN STRINGS     Swag N' Friends (USA)

SAT    27DEC     ALTIRA POOL     DJ Dani Orieta (USA)

SAT    27DEC     VANGUARD     DJ A.C. Slater (USA)

SUN   28DEC     ALFIE'S HIFI     DJ Romano Arcaini (D/USA) 

SUN   28DEC     ELIXIR BAR     DJ Marco Strous (P/GB)  

 

Army Times: Country Music No Longer Owns The Troops

Photo: Defense.gov Toby Keith (USA)

 Interesting article from the publication Army Times about how Country music no longer dominates the taste of our military service personnel. You can read it HERE.

DS Update: For Lease, Inquire Within

We hate to beat a dead horse but this spot along Hill Street on Pleasure Island is still vacant and has been for more than a year. The Art of Shaving store occupied the location which seems to have pretty decent visibility to passersby. 

We previously reported that this spot was the only vacancy in Disney Springs but isn't the case. There are two vacant spots in Disney Springs Marketplace near the entrance to the Bridge to Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels. One of those was where the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique was most-recently located (listed as temporarily closed on the Disney Springs Guidemap) and the other spot adjacent to that where the Star Wars interactive game was once located. Both are horrible spots from a customer visibility perspective.

Concert Report: The Jimmy Joslin Birthday Party (The Other Bar)

DJ Jimmy Joslin (USA) and DJ Justin Faze (USA) were just two of the DJ's who played last night at the annual Jimmy Joslin Birthday Party show. The pics are posted on sister website Orlando Entertainment News here.

 

Club Reports: Disney Springs, Atlantic Dance Hall

We began our Friday evening at Disney Springs and ended it at Atlantic Dance Hall. At Disney Springs West Side it was great to see DJ Lex (USA) again at the "Springs In Motion" dance party. The Friday night photos can be found on sister website Orlando Entertainment News HERE.

 

Friday Funny

Well, yes, the DJ scene is kind of that way.

 

DS Update: Fox Blocks

Ten years ago this month we reported on the construction of a new Disney Springs building made of Fox Blocks. These are Lego-like building blocks that are heavily insulated. We wondered at the time why someone would go to that expense to build such a heavily-insulated building.

We quickly learned that this would be the new Coca-Cola Store which would include a mostly-glass exoskeleton along much of the outside. Since a glass exterior could get seriously hot in the sun, especially in summer, it was necessary to insulate the building itself from that heat. 

The more you know.

This Weekend In Techno Town

Twas' the weekend before Christmas and all through the town.....

THU    18DEC     OLIV BAR     DJ Swagkerr (USA) 

FRI      19DEC     CELINE     KPop Night: DJ Chen (USA)

SAT     20DEC     ELIXIR BAR     DJ OMRI. (IL)

SAT     20DEC     THE OTHER BAR     DJ Jimmy Joslin's (USA) Birthday Party 

SAT     20DEC     AXE TRAP     Memento Mori: DJ Lavidicus (USA)  

 

PI Update: Our Dear Cheryl

Spotted at the Boardwalk in December, 2010 (15 years ago!), our favorite Disney crime fighter and former Pleasure Islander, Cheryl. When she left Disney Security after many years, she drove for Disney's Mini Van Service and was most recently spotted working at EPCOT. 

 

PI & CW Updates From 2008

We drove the "Wayback Machine" this morning to revisit an article we posted in December, 2008. This is about 3 months after Pleasure Island closed. Here's what we posted:

News You Can Use

Out at DTD Westside construction is underway on the new docks that will be the home of the new tethered balloon ride.

Rumor has it that a lot of the lighting equipment that was in Mannequins is now being used at the new American Idol show in Disney Hollywood Studios. 8TRAX is being stripped right now.

Coming in 2009 to the upper level of Universal's CityWalk: BK Burger Express, Moe's & Panda Express. 

 

 WOW!

 

Club Reports: Morse Code, Elixir Bar, Rayn

Downtown Winter Park is known for its haughty shopping and restaurant scene but when it comes to nightlife, well, they kind of roll-up the sidewalks after 10PM. But one place you can count-on for nightlife on weekend nights is Morse Code.

We arrived around 10PM to find DJ Shaun Kerr (USA) on the decks playing House. Apparently he operates under his real name when playing House and under the DJ Swagkerr alias when playing Breaks.

He had a large crowd on the dance floor.

While we've seen larger crowds here, it was hardly empty either.

DJ Johnny Park (USA) came on shortly after we arrived.

His set a mix of Classic Dance, EDM and even some Disco.

Dance floor stayed busy.

We ran into so many peeps from the local music scene.

Team picture. The boys from P.M. Entertainment struck a pose. We were informed of numerous upcoming events that are in the works but we're sworn to secrecy.

That look you get from great music!

A good time was had by all.

Morse Code is located in DTWP along Morse Blvd. Now whether Morse Code is named after Morse Blvd or whether Morse Blvd is named after Morse Code, we really can't be sure. But it does seem to be more than just a coincidence.

Headed next to downtown Orlando and House music favorite Elixir Bar.

We arrived just before midnight and spotted the evening's headliner about to come on.

DJ Technasia (HK/F)

We had first met him in 2016 when he played at Eve Nightclub.

And we last saw him in 2022 when he played at Celine.

A lot of vocals in his selections last night which we would describe as mostly Tech House.

The dance floor, located outside on the famous Elixir patio, was absolutely mobbed.

Technasia was originally part of a Hong Kong-based DJ duo. After parting ways, he was able to retain the name and tour on his own now based in Europe.

Upcoming shows at Elixir include DJ Locklead (NL) tonight, OMRI. (IL) next Saturday night December 20th and DJ Marco Strous (P) on December 28th. Advance tickets on DICE. 

A good time was had by all.

We woke up Saturday morning with an announcement of an overnight Breaks event happening at midnight at Rayn Nightclub located inside the Opal Resort, Altamonte Springs. This is the former Why Not Lounge space. So we wanted to check it out.

Closer to 1AM, we found DJ Beni Hill (USA) in the booth when we arrived.

Mostly Breaks during our visit.

Not sure if this is going to be a weekly event or monthly event but not many here given the "last minute" nature of the announcement. There were a half dozen people inside at the bar, another half dozen outside on the patio and these two on the dance floor. We'll update you once we get more details. A good time was had by....these two, at least.