Is Disney Closing ADH?

A source has told Save Pleasure Island Blog that Disney's Atlantic Dance Hall contract with the Swan & Dolphin hotels is allegedly up this coming year and it's not going to be renewed. This presumably means Atlantic Dance Hall may be closing.

I first started going to ADH in early 2009, a few months after Pleasure Island was closed. The incredibly beautiful art deco facility was never advertised and consequently was nearly always empty.  I questioned ADH management at the time about this paradox and learned that ADH was built and operated by Disney for the nearby Swan and Dolphin Hotels. The contract supposedly required Disney to operate a night club for those resorts but apparently didn't require Disney to also promote the place.  And because Disney didn't want the 2AM noise adjacent their pricey Boardwalk Resort hotels, they didn't. I was told then that their contract had 5 years remaining on it however 2014 came and went with no mention of any changes at ADH.

So here we are in 2016 and suddenly we're told of the contract expiring in the coming year and it not being renewed.  Our source don't know if this meant Disney decided to not renew it or if Starwood Hotels decided not to renew it. With the PI closure, Atlantic Dance Hall was Disney's last remaining nightclub. And with House of Blues rumored to be relocating elsewhere when their contract expires in 2019, Walt Disney World is looking bleaker and bleaker for any semblance of adult nightlife.

Remembering Stage Pizza

Anyone remember Stage Pizza?  During the PI years, it was located on the Island side of the No. 2 Bridge next to Mannequins.  At 2AM, there was always a long line!  No one liked the pizza, but it was the best you could do!



Club Reports: The Fifth Social Club, CHUM Street Party, Bar 244 (Toronto)

Hanging out Saturday night in the TED....the Toronto Entertainment District. Beginning with a visit to The Fifth Social Club!

DJ JUG E (CDN) in the booth delivering Retro.

Mannequins had its revolving dance floor. The Fifth has this swing!  Arrived just after their 10PM opening so there wasn't a lot of people here yet.

But within an hour it was like this! With more people pouring in!

The music was 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's hits!

Even some recent EDM as the night wore on!

Just an amazing vibe in the club built by this guy!

The swing would eventually be put up for the night but before then it got a lot of use!

Fun night with music that everyone knows the words to!

While switching clubs, heard the distinctive beat of Techno blaring in the distance and followed my ears to the side street adjacent radio station CHUM.

And discovered a street dance taking place with the DJ playing off the bed of a pickup truck!

Real, Detroit-style Techno!

The street was jammed!

And all of a sudden the police told the truck to move. And, music blaring, the truck moved on.....

...followed by hundreds of revelers behind it! Had never seen anything like it!

Had read a lot about Bar 244!

Locally famous for C$3 beer & mixed drinks all night long! That's about US$2.25!

DJ Tygr (CDN) on the decks in the basement club!

The place was packed!

Ontario's 19-yr old drinking age & cheap drinks draw a young crowd here!

Music was all-EDM touching on Top 40 during my visit!

Amazing vibe in here too!

A good time was had by all!

Concert Report: DJ Alex M.O.R.P.H. (Bikkuri Lounge)

Bikkuri!  Sushi bar by day, dance club by night!

Arrived at 11PM and was surprised to find so many people already in the club!

DJ Suzy Solar (USA) on the decks delivering an uplifting Trance set!

Dance floor was staying busy during her set!

Selections included some classic Trance as well!

Taking over just before midnight, DJ Alex M.O.R.P.H. (D).

And he would go Psytrance on us right from the start!

And by then, the club was packed!

The last Friday of every month is "Lost In Trancelation" at Bikkuri Lounge and Suzy Solar has been bringing in some of the world's top Trance DJ's!

Spotted: Michael G.

Spotted: Sage Sappho

Spotted: DJ's Robb Blak & Lil'B

Spotted: Denise, Aaron & Kerri

Spotted: A Cuddle Huddle

Spotted: Carrie & Sydney

Fast-paced Trance kept the clubbers moving!

The vibe in the club was amazing; as good as I've ever seen it here!

Bikkuri is home to that amazing color-changing light wall!

Third time seeing Alex M.O.R.P.H.  He played here about one year ago for "Lost In Trancelation" and I met him the first time at Independence Music Festival in 2014.

That look of Trance!

That look of Trance!

This is the place to be on the last Friday of every month!

A good time was had by all!