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The original goal of the Save Pleasure Island Blog was to rally support to reverse the decision to close Pleasure Island. There were Save Pleasure Island and Save The Adventurers Club petitions and letter/e-mail campaigns. Unfortunately, all that fell on deaf Mouse ears.

The current mission of Save Pleasure Island Blog is to keep you informed about what is happening with our beloved Island now that it has been converted to Disney Springs. Factual information is provided when available but much of what is printed is rumor-based. Please understand that rumors by their very nature are very unreliable. Even if a rumor was true at one time, it's possible that things change and it never becomes reality. Thus, readers should consider the information on SPI Blog to be fiction and opinion and not rely on any of it in any way. Do you have any inside information? Please email me at: king bob of the north at gmail dot com.  Thanks so much to those of you that have been doing that all these years.

With PI closing, so many people kept asking me where I would be hanging out. Thus, this Blog also evolved into reporting on nightclub alternatives and DJ concerts playing various forms of Electronic Dance Music. Around six years ago we acquired Orlando Entertainment News and have been using it for club & DJ reports. Only Orlando Entertainment News covers the clubs, the clubbers and the DJ's!

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This Weekend In Techno Town

It's Spring Break in Florida for many with a LOT of events for those willing:

THU   12MAR     OLIV BAR     DJ Freeda Sol (USA) 

FRI     13MAR     TACO KAT     DJ Duke (USA)

FRI     13MAR     IRON COW     DJ Three (USA)

FRI     13MAR     ALFIE'S HIFI     DJ AJ Hall (USA)

FRI     13MAR     PALM TREE CLUB     DJ Nicole Fiallo (USA) 

SAT    14MAR     QREATE COFFEE  House & Coffee: DJ Chino (USA) 8am-2pm

SAT    14MAR     PALM TREE CLUB     DJ Chino (USA)

SAT    14MAR     LUNA BAR     Tuk Tuk: DJ Antonia Rivera (RCH/USA)

SAT    14MAR     ELIXIR BAR     DJ duo Tomi & Kesh (D)

SAT    14MAR     SUNDROP MUSIC FESTIVAL   DJ Dynamix II (USA) 1pm-11pm

SAT    14MAR     SOCIAL DISTANCE     DJ Magic Mike (USA)

SAT    14MAR     VANGUARD     DJ AYYBO (USA) 

SAT    14MAR     MULLETS    Rave The Day: DJ ROMN (USA) 3pm-10pm

SUN   15MAR     UNIVERSAL STUDIOS     DJ Zedd (D)

SUN   15MAR     ELIXIR BAR     DJ Luke Dean (GB) 

TUE   17MAR     ELIXIR BAR     DJ Eccentra (USA)  6pm-11pm 

 

Remembering AM Radio

Back when I was growing up in Chicago, radio station WLS aka Musicradio 89 was thee radio station to listen to for current Top 40 music. It was located at 890 on the AM dial. FM radio was home to album oriented Rock and I did not discover that until my senior year in high school. Anyway, here's the hits from July, 1975. These free flyers could be found inside the record departments of stores such as Sears, Goldblatt's, Singer and other shops that sold 45rpm records.

 

PI Update: Wine Bar George II

Wine Bar George. Disney Springs.

Wine Bar George. Orlando International Airport. Who knew?

Concert Report: The Road To Miami (Broken Strings Brewery)

DJ KJ of K5 (USA) was one of the headliners last night at "The Road to Miami" concert at Broken Strings Brewery. He's most famous for his hit "Passion" which used to receive play at Mannequins. The pics are posted on sister website Orlando Entertainment News HERE.

 

Club Reports: Good Times Bar & Grill, Iron Cow

DJ BCee (GB) was the headliner, Drum & Bass was the music. Friday night pictures are on sister website Orlando Entertainment News HERE. 

 

Friday Funny

 Gas prices

DS Update: LEVEL99

Renovations continue in the former NBA Experience building, converting it into an interactive challenge/game room for adults called LEVEL99. We've not seen an opening date announced yet.

 But is this going to be another bust? We questioned the wisdom of NBA Experience before it opened. Would people actually pay money to shoot hoops? It's not like NBA stars were constantly hanging around the place. And NBA City at Universal CityWalk had shuttered before it.

When we were in downtown Providence in January, we passed their location there along I-95 but did not have time to check it out. The question here is are there enough adults wanting to spend both time and money to compete against others to do so-called challenges. Once again, we're skeptical.

This Weekend In Techno Town

Big weekend as we begin a new month!

THU   05MAR     ALFIE'S HIFI     DJ Demi Korrin (USA)

FRI     06MAR     CELINE     DJ Lavern (NL)

FRI     06MAR     IRON COW     DJ BCee (GB)

FRI     06MAR     GOOD TIMES   Disco Night: DJ Michael Knight (USA) 7pm+

FRI     06MAR     GOOD TIMES     Abyss: DJ Lavidicus (USA) 10PM+

FRI     06MAR     WATERFRONT INN VILLAGES  70's Dance: DJ Lu-S (USA)

FRI     06MAR     GRAPE & THE GRAIN     DJ Dani Orieta (USA) 

FRI     06MAR     SESSIONS     DJ Zubah (USA) 

SAT    07MAR     BROKEN STRINGS   Road To Miami with 20+ DJ's

SAT    07MAR     ELIXIR BLOCK PARTY     DJ Chase West (USA)

SAT    07MAR     ALFIE'S HIFI     DJ Frankmatik (USA) 

SAT    07MAR     VANGUARD     DJ duo Walker & Royce (USA) 

SUN   08MAR     ELIXIR BAR     DJ Gaskin 

 

PI Update: Oakley Renovations

One of the first stores to open in Disney Springs was called Apex by Sunglass Hut. It was located in the front of the former 8TRAX building along Hill Street but by 2017 had been rebranded as an Oakley store. It is currently under renovations which is why it's been walled-off.

What it looked like pre-renovations.

But don't have a cow! If you really need a pair of Oakley's, like right now, they have a truck parked at the foot of the No. 5 Bridge to Pleasure Island, adjacent the balloon ride. Renovations of the shop should be completed by the end of next month.

PI Update: Six Ravens Work

On a warm Sunday afternoon, let's cross this bridge one more time to beautiful Pleasure Island.

Faux bushes surrounding the former Art of Shaving spot along Hill Street means some work must be in progress converting the location into Six Ravens, the bakery to be operated by the Gideon's Bakehouse people.

 

We originally speculated that this would be a second location for Gideon's since their queue continues to stretch back to Mannequins and having a second spot could help alleviate that. But apparently no, Six Ravens will offer a different assortment of baked goods.

Club Report: The Castle (Tampa)

The Goths come out at night, at least they do at The Castle in Tampa's Ybor City nightclub district. Sister website Orlando Entertainment News visited last night and the pictures are posted HERE.

 

Club Reports: Morse Code, Capital Room, House & Coffee @ Qreate

More DJ's than you can shake a stick at. That was last night at The Capital Room in downtown Sanford. Sister website Orlando Entertainment News has all the Friday night club pics HERE.

 

Friday Funny

Has nothing to do with Pleasure Island or clubs but I couldn't resist.

 

House Of Mouse Afterparty Tickets On Sale

The House of Mouse Expo After-Hours Party will take place on Saturday August 1st near the pool area of the Wyndham Lake Buena Vista. The party will run from 6:30PM - 10:00PM. The party includes Food, DJ, Party Favors, Cash Bar and limited attendance. No idea as this time who the DJ will be. 

The event is pricey: $90 + tax & fees. 

 Ticket link HERE.

This Weekend In Techno Town

February came in like a lamb and is kind of going out like a lamb too.

THU   26FEB     OLIV BAR     DJ Tooltime (USA) vs DJ Losman (USA)

THU   26FEB     CELINE     DJ What So Not (AUS) 

FRI     27FEB     LIL' INDIES     DJ BMF (USA)

FRI     27FEB     CAPITAL ROOM BAR     DJ Nikita (USA)

FRI     27FEB     SESSIONS     DJ Buku (USA) 

SAT    28FEB     QREATE COFFEE     House & Coffee: DJ Chino (USA) 8am-2pm

SAT    28FEB     ABBEY     DJ Wax Taylor (F) 

SAT    28FEB     BROKEN STRINGS     NLP: DJ Matrix (USA) 

SAT    28FEB     ELIXIR BAR     DJ Lee Foss (USA)

 

Trip Report: Nonstop Service From/To Tokyo!

Yesterday morning we were following the progress of ZIPAIR flight ZG714, the first nonstop flight ever of a passenger airline between Japan and Florida. When the flight was near Winnipeg, we knew we needed to head over to Orlando International Airport to check it out!

LOOK! Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's ZIPAIR. 

With the City Beautiful in the background, ZG714 taxiing to the gate at Terminal C. 

ZIPAIR uses a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on the route.

Check-in action at the ZIPAIR ticket counter.

What a beautiful sight for Orlando International Airport. The Tokyo flights are just temporary but will be used to gauge interest for permanent service.

Up close with the Boeing 787-8.

The flight board. The only thing wrong here is that I wasn't getting to fly on it. It was tempting; just $300 one way to Tokyo-Narita on ZIPAIR plus 30,000 American AAdvantage miles to return home. Cheap! Sadly, just didn't have the time to pull it off but I did research the possibility.

Outbound passengers were treated to Japanese goodies at the gate.

On a flight day you could conceivably go to Tokyo Disneyland in the morning, depart Narita at 2:30PM that afternoon, arrive Orlando at 2:40PM the same day (thanks to the international date line) and go to Disney World the same evening!

Ain't she a beauty!

Upcoming Florida Music Festivals

SUN DROP FESTIVAL

Saturday, March 17th

Manatee Island, Daytona Beach, FL

Information & Advance Tickets: LINK 

OKEECHOBEE MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL

Thursday, March 19th - Sunday, March 22nd 

Sunshine Grove, Okeechobee, FL 

Information & Advance Tickets: LINK 

 

ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL

Friday, March 26th - Sunday, March 28th

Bayfront Park, Miami, FL

Information & Advance Tickets: LINK 

 

FORBIDDEN KINGDOM MUSIC FESTIVAL

Saturday, April 25 - Sunday, April 26

Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, FL

Information & Advance Tickets: LINK

Club Reports: Mullets Sports Bar, Winter Garden Music Festival, Alfie’s HiFi, Luna Bar, Broken Strings Brewery

Yesterday the Winter Garden Music Festival was taking place downtown and since we live in Winter Garden, we had to be there. Pictured: live band O-Town Motown (USA) . It was one of 5 stops we made Saturday and you can find all the pics on sister website Orlando Entertainment News HERE.