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When I think of New Year’s Eve and Disney, my mind immediately goes to Pleasure Island. No, not the Pleasure Island from the Walt Disney animated feature, “Pinocchio;” rather, the Pleasure Island that was once part of the former Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World (now Disney Springs). I never experienced Pleasure Island much, other than walking through parts of it, but I look back now and wish I was able to experience more before its demise.
The Spring 2019 issue of “Attractions Magazine” is now available in print, on the Nook and Kindle and soon in our iPhone and iPad app. Click Here to order your copy. [Read more…]
This week, Mike and Frauke head over to Dockside Margaritas at Disney Springs, to check out their Throwback Thursday promotion, that includes a lot of the specialty drinks you found at Pleasure Island. [Read more…]
Their original Orlando home may have recently been rebuilt as Disney Springs’ newest upscale steakhouse, but alumni of Pleasure Island’s much-missed improv attraction will be making a rare west coast appearance at the Comedy Warehouse reunion show recently announced for July 15 at the Anaheim Disneyana Convention. [Read more…]
As construction on some areas around Downtown Disney begin to finish, several new stores are beginning to open their doors. [Read more…]
The Adventurers Club at Downtown Disney’s Pleasure Island closed more than six years ago, but a new show in downtown Orlando has brought back some of the cast and the feel of the old nightclub attraction. [Read more…]
By Don Gworek
There’s been steady progress in the transformation of Downtown Disney into Disney Springs next spring. It also looks like some of the plans have been modified or are changing. Here’s current status of the construction.
D23 has announced some details about what guests can expect at this year’s Destination D: Attraction Rewind, taking place Nov. 22 and 23, 2014 at Walt Disney World. [Read more…]
By Don Gworek
Construction is well-underway on the transformation of Downtown Disney into Disney Springs. Here’s some of the work in progress where Pleasure Island used to be. [Read more…]