The Adventurers' Club was the best experience. They even had private afternoon parties from time to time that were open to anyone that really got into the theme during normal hours.
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs I am from NYC and was visiting ~1991 when I won a trivia contest during the evening visit. They gave me a token prize and included a pass for two adults that Saturday afternoon. The main thing was a contest for an exaggerated story. I told how I met my wife on a South Pacific Island after her plane crashed. I showed proof with a small brass model of a plane that the islanders used to worship her and American Tourister luggage tag from a suitcase. The story was better at the time but if it was crazy funny, people would yell out "Balderdash".
@FortheLoveofVlogging Oh it was amazing. The cast threw me a going away party at the end of my second program there. It was the most wonderful time. After that I did my 3rd program at Wilderness Lodge. That was a blessing as well.
can confirm *NSYNC’s first performance was at rock n roll nightclub! i moved to disney and worked there starting in 2018 and i always say i was 20 years too late because i’m a huge y2k/boy band girlie and they ruled orlando in 1998/the second half of the 90s in general
This video was absolutely amazing! I had such a blast watching it. The way you combined history with modern Disney Springs was fantastic. You can tell you poured a ton of effort and time into making it just right. Your ability to switch things up and your sense of humor really made it so much fun to watch! Great job!
Thank you for all the positive feedback! This makes me feel great about all the hours i poured into this one! Already planning the next history video like this one! Maybe we’ll take a trip to Epcot Center 👀🤔
I love this style of video. Sets you apart from other vloggers. The only Thing in remember about pleasure island was in the family matters epsiode where Steve Urquel and Laura danced haha Wild that there isn’t much documented video etc of these places.
I remember that episode too! Yeah, it’s weird but i guess not a lot of people wanted to bring cameras into nightclubs, also cameras at the time were super bad in low light so that didn’t help 😂
Hi Ryan, my name is Kim M from the grey frozen north (where Frank in your video is from... I think he lives down the street). We really enjoyed this video as we love the history of the parks and surrounding area. Proud to say my husband and I were too young to visit / remember much of Pleasure Island. We did take our kids to "Downtown Disney." Unfortunately, our favorite Disney Springs restaurant no longer exists. It was the pineapple building formerly known as "Bongos." We don't get down there very frequently (hopefully changing that soon), so we haven't tried many restaurants. We have eaten at and really did like Polite Pig for a quick service location. While I know this type of vlog is harder to create, it's so worth it! Your voice is perfect for reciting historical information in an entertaining way which engages the viewer. More of this and more Isabelle please! :) Also... great cookie jar, we have the same one proudly displayed.
Wow, thanks Kim!! I feel like Bongos was definitely a Iconic downtown Disney building that is kind of disappointed to see is longer there 😢 Hope it isn’t too cold up north this season! And hope you can make it down to orlando to warm up soon too 😂😂🙏
I haven’t been to FL since Downtown Disney days. My fam (4 generations we travelled with from 🇨🇦) always loved Planet Hollywood there. To your credit - I’m not even a huge Disney fan and I watch every video you release! Hahaha. UA-cam algorithm suggested some of your friends to me and I’ve been watching for months! I watch your channels in particular for the laughs/good vibes. I love when Isabelle shows up - her dry humour is 🔥. The story line of your “sister” and “son” is hysterical!!!! 😂 #pityviewer
Aww thanks Jen! It’s awesome to hear that you’ll watch even though the subject matter isn’t your ideal interest! That honestly make me feel great cuz sometimes even I can get tired of disney 😂 I’ll make sure to continue the running jokes for all the pity crew 😁🫶
I remember as a kid I couldn't wait to be old enough to go to Pleasure Island. Then that day came and it was gone. 🤣 This was a great history lesson! There was way more to Pleasure Island than I even realized. And since I've only eaten at Disney Springs once, which was 3 months ago, I guess it's Chef Art Smith's Homecomin'? Haha.
OMG that was the same way i felt growing up! Homecomin is so good! Only eaten there once as well, but it was super good Thanks for the support Karen 🙏❤️🙏
Thank you for sharing! I really like this style of video. I'm headed to Disney in April 2024 and just so happens Disney springs is where we will be spending our first day. I'll be sure to share some of the history I have learned :)
I’m so happy I ran across your video! I currently work at the Edison and I’m so happy you called us your favorite ^_^ Also from what I’ve heard about my restaurant is that Enzo’s hideaway (the restaurant just across Maria and Enzo’s.) was also apart of the adventures club too and I think some parts of Maria and enzos too! All 3 of those restaurants connect to eachother B)
Also my restaurant used to throw a New Year’s Eve party every year but unfortunately we stopped doing it at the beginning of this year because they said it wasn’t profitable.. we had a lot of older guests who would come to our NYE party who said that it made them feel like it was pleasure island again. I really hope my company decided to bring back the party, even us staff enjoyed that event :(
Love this format, you’re videos are always on point. I remember going to BET soundstage in 1999. Was down there for spring break senior year of high school. Good memories.
BET for sure seemed like the hidden gem in all of these! Especially the location on the tale west end. What i would give to experience the island just once 😭😭
That’s amazing! I guess the question i have for you is.. Where were you sitting/ What we’re you wearing?? I feel like usually in comedy club scenarios that’s the things that gets you on stage the most 😅
I'd love to tell you that I was scantily clad and sitting in the back, but I was in a tank top and shorts in the front at the comedy club. I was offering my comments through the comics set (not heckling). When it came time to call someone up, they picked me. I got a pin for my participation. We went across the way to the Adventurer's Club and they selected me while we were walking in and they sat us up front. I got a pin there, too. After that, I said to my husband, "where can we go next that I can be the center of attention and get another pin?" Sadly, they were the only two locations.
love this video! refreshing to learn something new about a place so familiar to me! please continue to do these types of videos - I’ll watch every one!!
Thank you so much for the positive feedback! That’s a huge reason i did this one, because i know there’s a lot of people newer to disney (past 10 years) who aren’t super familiar with the pleasure island lore 😅 Happy to do more in the future for sure 🙏
As one of your older (58) pity viewers I loved this one! Pleasure Island was so so much fun - it was New Year’s Eve every night - it was like one big party - everyone was walking around with their drinks and yes that rotating dance floor 😂 Me and my siblings would have so much fun and the bus ride back to the Disney hotels - drinking age was 19 - you can imagine lol So much fun - thnx for the trip down memory lane - love your channel you’re doing a great job and you remind me of my son 😊
This is great, we went to Pleasure Island in 1991. The last time we visited in 2020 The Polite Pig was our favourite restaurant but, having seen so many vlogs since then we look forward to visiting some of the others when we return next year. Thanks for all the memories! Jo x
It's still the Disney Village in this household hehe. I remember calling in that to a cast member a few years back and they genuinely looked at me with just a blank look
Always a great video! I love anything that involves the history of theme parks! Since I’ve got so many kids- we prefer quick service at Disney Springs…Earl of Sandwich. The Thanksgiving. Still my favorite of all time!
We actually go to earl pretty often, it just doesn’t make for the best vlogging spot so we haven’t documented that too much 😂😂 Thank you so much for the bracelets again 🫶🫶🙏
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs awwww of course. I make a “hope board” for every trip. It’s basically a giant board that has my top 20 things I want to do every trip. Meeting you has been on my board for over a year(or close to). It literally made my year to finally get to say hello to you and Isabelle! Thank you again for taking some time to chat with me and take a picture! Y’all are exactly the same in person as on screen…also- Happy Holidays 🫶🎄🧑🎄❄️
This was great!! Can tell you put a lot of work into it- and it's a nice little switch- up from videos just showing what's currently going on in the parks :-) Between you, Kristen and Nate always talking up the Boathouse in your videos, Im on a mission to get there next trip! Can't believe I haven't yet!!
Great video! So glad those maps have been useful 😄 we did a bunch of shopping at Disney Springs but only had Starbucks so we don’t have a favourite restaurant yet… we’ve promised ourselves we’ll eat more next time
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs Dragon Drink all the way for me as we don’t have it in the UK 😭 I feel like the people of the 80’s/90’s would like that drink!
Excellent video. I will be sharing it with my daughters who all remember Pleasure Island. In fact one of them attended the last night of the Explorers Club. My favorite restaurant is The Boathouse, husband’s is Wolfgang Puck. We have never been to the Edison or Maria and Enzo’s but will be rectifying that on our next trip. Thanks!!
Oh wow, would’ve loved to be at the final night at adventurers club!! Wolfgang is a great pick too! Would definitely recommend the two we tried in this video 10/10 🙌
This video is awesome!! So nicely done. I was never able to visit Disney World until my early twenties so I was never able to see any of this. It’s so awesome to see how it’s become the Disney Springs we have today. Thank you for taking us back to the past and seeing things I would never be able to🥲❤️
What a great video, fantastic!! I can just imagine the research and time this video took, thank you! This video brought back so many great memories, especially The Fireworks Factory. The mixing of the old and the new plus your great sense of humor made this video a joy to watch. Times have to change, but for a few minutes I was back at Downtown Disney. Great job!!
Aww thanks so much for all the positive feedback! Wish i could have experienced it myself, but happy to virtually take the trip along with all of y’all! More like these to come in the future for sure! 🫶🙏
Hi Ryan! We really enjoyed the video. You definitely found your niche here very informative and brought back memories and nostalgia that were locked up in memory. Keep them coming 👍
Loved this video Ryan! This video unlocked a memory of visiting that improv show as a kid in the 90s with my parents. I don’t think I would have remembered it otherwise so thanks for that. I also never realized they kept all the buildings. I thought that they legit tore everything down and built from scratch. Learned a lot and was fun to watch. Throw that doubt away and keep ‘em coming! Also just so you know I’m not some pity viewer - on a whim visited Terralina last week and was actually pretty surprised at how good it was! Unsure if it’s my fav but feel like people sleep on it and they shouldn’t.
Thank you!! I love that they kept a lot of the buildings and rethemed, but a few (like the comedy warehouse and rock n roll beach club) were demolished completely sadly 😔 Terralina was actually super solid when we went there earlier this year! Super easy reservation to get as well 😅
This video was amazing & I thoroughly enjoyed it ❤️ Not only was this a unique topic, but it was totally unexpected. Really, really loved this! & love being a pity viewer! 😊
My name is Tony Drumheller and this was a great informative video!!! My wife and I live in Michigan and we went here for our honeymoon 31 years ago! It was a blast!! Thanks for the memories. Have a great day!!!
Was fortunate enough to enjoy Pleasure Island to the fullest over a span of 10 years. It was one of a kind. Disney went from exciting clubs to boring eateries. But they needed to get rid of the legal risks that plagued the island.
Wow! You really got in there right in it’s prime! At the rate you were going, i’m sure you got pretty sick of the new year’s eve celebrations 😂😂 Mannequins for sure seemed like the GOAT of all of the clubs 🙌
This was an awesome & informative video! Lots of things I didn’t know. “Downtown Disney” is so nostalgic to me and brings me back to my childhood 🥹 I would be more than happy to send you my address so you can personally hand deliver the filet mignon sliders 🤣🤣 they sound delish! My favorite restaurant in Disney springs is raglan road. I haven’t tried all of them though! They just have a great GF menu that I’m thankful for and it’s delicious! PS I’ll definitely be waiting for the next installment of the 💩 videos 😂👀
Aww thanks Jen! Put my heart and soul into this one and happy to hear that it payed off! I’ve heard that Raglan Road has a great GF menu! and yeah, we’ll have to see about *that* video series… maybe i got one left in me. go out with a bang, ya know 🤔
I loved the rock-n-roll beach club and the band that always played, Panama! I lived in Tampa and we loved going there! Oh, and 8-Trax!!! Mannequins was 21 and up and I loved how entering you had to get into an elevator. You could go into the clubs if you were 16 but you had to be with your parents, we thought that was the coolest thing ever!
Hi, my name is Noelle Williams, lol, my favorite Disney Spring restaurant is Boat House also. You did a great job with this history. I myself one visited Pleasure Island only about two times. Mainly because my children were babies at the time. Also, because of another price tag just to get over the bridge. Over all, not great. The other side was better with the shopping. I did do the new years thing, and the comedy club was great. Awesome improv! I am sad that I never got the chance to do the adventures club. I thought skippers canteen would be similar, but sadly, it's not. They could have rebuilt it somewhere else, right? Disney Springs did a good job of adding more restaurants, but I still call it downtown disney.
Hi Noelle! Happy we share a top restaurant! haha I definitely think they could have moved the adventurers club somewhere else on Disney property, but I also think that they could easily just received the Edison back to adventurers club and it would be super successful in the year 2023 ! especially with all this nostalgia going around recently, I feel like it would be a great addition to Disney Springs once again! Thank you so much as always, for watching and supporting! 🙏
Love this video Ryan! Spencer here from MD. I grew up in Norcal and remember going to Videopolis in Disneyland in '88 or '89 and it was awesome!! Keep up with what you're doing man! 3k, here we come! Oh, and I love Homecomin the best at Springs
Spencer!! Always happy to see ya in the comments! 🙏 Super jealous you got to see Videopolis West in it’s prime! Homecomin was amazing when I went! Definitely in my top 5 at springs! Thanks as always for the pity view 😂🙏
BIG respect and appreciation for all the research and work that went into making this video!! The pacing was great for all the information you had to cram in. ALSO, because the youtube algorithm is so terrible I wanted to let you know I found your channel through your lakeland antique mall video. It was recommended to me in a "theme park content" tab I clicked on :)
HAHA omg thank you so so much for letting me know how you made it to this video! I’m always curious to see how the process happens and this is super helpful!! Also, Thank you for the praise on this one! This is one of my favorite videos i’ve ever done and would love to make more like it👀 Got a fun Universal Florida history video dropping in a few days 🙌🙌
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs ABSOLUTELY!! haha Im a self employed small business owner so I know when it comes to socials ( esp this notoriously difficult youtube algrithm) sometimes you dont know where people are coming from and what content pulls them in and you want to know! haha. YES im about to watch your 'music videos filmed at universal' video, i know of a few im so excited to see if theres more I wasnt aware of! Keep up the amazing content
That was something I had in mind when covering this topic because I know that there are a few other pleasure island history videos around so i wanted to make sure this one had enough new stuff and a different tone from the rest! Thank you for the positive feedback 🙏❤️🙏
Sak Theater was/is a huge employer of improv actors in the Orlando area. Sak used to perform at EPCOT before opening Sak Comedy Lab in downtown Orlando.
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs Love the channel!! Lived in Orlando in my 20s and 30s from early 1990s to late 2000s. SAK has seen some GREAT talent get their start there - including Wayne Brady. Many a drink was drunk on Pleasure Island. Some nights we weren't sure if it was our heads spinning or just the dance floor at Mannequins. 😂 After closing it was off to the Edge, Zuma or Icon!
Pleasure Island was the best. Best 3 places was 8 trax, adventure club and mannequins. Why loved 8 trax was the 70 and 80 themed stuff and the video screen. I would grt my first drink at the beach club. Why was for the sand bucket they made the drink in. Then you could take it to any bar and get a reduced price refill. They had coconut monkeys at adventure club. It was a great place because it was very Disney but with an adult swing to it. Then mannequins was fun The floor did go fast. But best time was during gay days it was so busy off the chain. They had to add outside bars to keep up on that weekend. I meet so many great friends from that. We still friends almost 20 years later.
I absolutely love hearing stories of how people *planned their night out here, so thank you so much for going into even more detail about these places than i did in the video haha 😅 The gay days / larger gay audience at mannequins was something that came up in research and i’ve heard from people before! And for that reason i feel like, if anything could have stayed open, it was this! Happy to see a place for community even on disney property in the 90s / 2000s 🫶🙏
I really loved this vlog Ryan. Even though Pleasure Island wasn’t my thing, I remember it and loved how you pointed out where things were compared to what’s there now. I bet you & your sister are a blast to hang out with! Merry Christmas!
Good Morning!! Very interesting facts!! It’s neat to see why things change. Thank you for doing all of the research and sharing it with us!! My favorite restaurant in Disney Springs is Raglan Road!! They have a lemon tart that is absolutely amazing!! I am looking forward to seeing your surprise travels this week!!
Thanks Emma!! This one was a ton of work, but i’m happy with how it turned out! I’ll have to try the lemon tart next st patrick’s day (which will probably be the next time i go there 😂) I’m really looking forward to this week! I’m feelin lucky 👀🎰
I loved this style just like the Pooh election video. These show your true talents, and that you are not just a funny vlogger. I think mixing in some history, as well as your usual videos is a great way to change it up. As a teen, I went to Church Street Station. As an adult, I remember walking through Pleasure Island but did not enter the clubs I don’t think. Boathouse is so good so I never want to go elsewhere. Honestly, did not love the Edison, but did enjoy my one visit to Maria and Enzo’s.
Great video . Thank you for featuring Disney Springs/ Downtown DIsney History. i ususally stay at Saratoga Springs across the water because I love traveling all the way from Long Island to stay at a Disney World resort named after a Upstate New York town. Just kidding. My favorite Disney Springs resturants are Raglan Road and House of Blues. Thanks for featuring them. I have not tried Marie and Enzo's but have tried Enzo's Hideaway. Loved it . I also like City Works. I will have to try the sliders at Boathouse. Again, great video. Thank you for the history lesson.
Saratoga is a great choice! Although I’ve attended concerts at HOB many times, i’ve never actually eaten there 😂 We used to love Cityworks but have noticed it going downhill a lot the last two times we went there 😢 Thank you so much for watching / commenting and supporting 🙏🙏
Back in the early 90's, my favorite club was 8Trax, with it's 1970's disco theme and music...so much fun. Mannequins was fun, especially when you went up to the upper walkways and watched the drunks down on the dancefloor trying to enter and exit the rotating dance floor. Thursday night was employees night, with discounts for Disney property employees...which turned Mannequins into a defacto gay bar. Lolol. The Neon Armadillo was used for a CMT (Country Music Television) TV series for a few years with big country music stars of the day performing for the show. Every night at Pleasure Island was New Year's Eve, with a count down and big fireworks display at Midnight. The Fireworks Factory was an early night favorite of Disney Employees to get drunk at before they hit the clubs. Adventurers Club had a huge cult following, mostly Disney nerds who were really into the fantasy lore of the club and the island. The Comedy club was bigger for the tourists than the locals. It was all so much fun back then, I'm sorry it's all gone today...but then again, at 68 now, my clubbing days are long over. Lol...but great memories.
Loved downtown Disney had my honeymoon there. Sadly hubby took me to fultons crab house he never had seafood before spent over $100 in food and we are sadly disappointed and still hungry went back to the hotel and had pb&js. Other than that absolutely loved downtown Disney
My name is Barbara Hotep and I met my ex husband at pleasure island during the New years celebration. We did more than kiss, and were happily married for 6 and a half years. Unfortunately he fell down an elevator shaft in Kankakee Illinois. Thanks for the memories
This was such a cool video. I would love if you did more kinds of vids like this, but I understand if I'm in the minority, it's okay. Happy to be a "pity" viewer of yours. :) Thanks for providing such a wealth of information about this stuff.
Thank you!! I will likely do more in the future!! I’ve gotten a lot of feedback in the comments, it just takes a lot of time to make these kinds of history vlogs they way i want to make them, so maybe i’ll try for 3-4 of these a year 😅 Appreciate your pity view 🫶🙏
Wristbands? Wristbands?!? We don’t need no steenking wristbands! Admission to PI is included with your Ultimate Park Hopper ! A few months after 9/11 my now-wife’s already planned trip happened and she only booked 2-3 nights at All Star Sports and didn’t have a WDW Travel Co. package so no UPH. We had to buy tickets to PI from that charming ticket booth. As I recall it was the same sort of media entering the parks or Disney Quest. Either a plastic card like a room key or a Tyvek not-paper thingie. If you’re curious we stayed at Magic Castle (yes, that same dump in the Florida Project movie with Willem Defoe) for or Universal portion of the vacation. BUT our following trips we stayed on property all the time. And with booking a package you got the UPH. Just put your room key in and go through the turnstile like entering a park ! Those were the good old days (especially during the Disney 100 celebration) when the local riff raff couldnt barge in (unless they paid in which case they wouldn’t be riff raff). Then they got rid of the turnstiles and things went downhill. The last time we were there we just swiped our passes at the first club we entered and maybe then we got a wristband. That’s hard to remember. My memories are engraved with the “classic” experience. FWIW, I remember driving on Osceola Pkwy and Victory Way at night and seeing giant glowing Rubik’s Cubes. I couldn’t wait for Pop Century to open. The date kept getting pushed back. And when it did only 50s-90s opened. I have some telephoto shots of the other side were a handful of skeletal buildings awaited completion. Zooming in I could see 10s 20s 30s 40s outside the main hall. I’m still waiting for the other half to open. Won’t hold my breath.
great video but i feel the need to correct a few things! you were never able to pay at the door to get into each club! you always had to have a ticket purchased from the ticket booth that was scanned at the entrance to the clubs! The wrist band was only there to verify you were 21 and able to purchase alcohol! The new year’s eve show was always at midnight not 11 pm as stated in the video! This caused issues since the resort paid child care ended at midnight which never made any sense to me! This prevented a lot of guests from being able to stay for the new year’s eve show at midnight
I fully and staunchly disagree that Boathouse is the best restaurant on Disney property. You've clearly never been to Homecomin' lol. I also had my Bachelorette brunch at Maria & Enzo's, the food is soooo good! I had that same charcuterie board. Knowing the back story of that restaurant makes me love it so much more, it's so weird 😂
Off topic, but do you have a tesla referral link? I'm in the market and would love for it to help someone who seems like a genuinely cool person! Btw I'm not a pity viewer.
We do actually! ts.la/ryan240210 Hope that helps, also any questions regarding owning a tesla or whatever, always feel free to ask. I try to reply to everything on YT but i’m running a bit behind because I am currently out of town 😅
here you go NOPE Pleasure Island..Do you have to pay to get in each club?? Here's your prices for Pleasure Island: MULTI-CLUB admission is now $23.38 (includes tax) -- unlimited admission to all the clubs on Pleasure Island for one night. (Both children and adults.) SINGLE CLUB admission $11.66 (includes tax) -- admission to only ONE club on Pleasure Island. (Both children and adults.)
This isn't pleasure island! Where's the model destruction? Where's the rough house? Where's the pickles and icecream?Where's the beer and cigars? This place has rules! Rules suck! I wanna speak to the coachman and give him a piece of my mind! 😅
Because I feel like I've done everything I can with that series and I started using it as like a crutch for whenever I couldn't think of a new creative idea. So I'm retiring it 🥲 Maybe I've got one more in me, but It'll have to be really special. Appreciate you liking the videos tho, and especially because you made it to this video! I am much more proud of all my long form stuff that doesn't get nearly enough attention 🙏
The Adventurers' Club was the best experience. They even had private afternoon parties from time to time that were open to anyone that really got into the theme during normal hours.
Excellent video, thank you.
that sounds amazing, i had no idea about the afternoon party stuff 😮
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs I am from NYC and was visiting ~1991 when I won a trivia contest during the evening visit. They gave me a token prize and included a pass for two adults that Saturday afternoon. The main thing was a contest for an exaggerated story. I told how I met my wife on a South Pacific Island after her plane crashed. I showed proof with a small brass model of a plane that the islanders used to worship her and American Tourister luggage tag from a suitcase. The story was better at the time but if it was crazy funny, people would yell out "Balderdash".
I did two of my Disney college programs at Pleasure Island. I got to work at Adventurer's Club, not once but twice. It was the best job I've ever had.
That’s awesome! I’m sure you have plenty of amazing stories from your time there 🥹🙏
@FortheLoveofVlogging Oh it was amazing. The cast threw me a going away party at the end of my second program there. It was the most wonderful time. After that I did my 3rd program at Wilderness Lodge. That was a blessing as well.
can confirm *NSYNC’s first performance was at rock n roll nightclub! i moved to disney and worked there starting in 2018 and i always say i was 20 years too late because i’m a huge y2k/boy band girlie and they ruled orlando in 1998/the second half of the 90s in general
This video was absolutely amazing! I had such a blast watching it. The way you combined history with modern Disney Springs was fantastic. You can tell you poured a ton of effort and time into making it just right. Your ability to switch things up and your sense of humor really made it so much fun to watch! Great job!
Thank you for all the positive feedback! This makes me feel great about all the hours i poured into this one! Already planning the next history video like this one!
Maybe we’ll take a trip to Epcot Center 👀🤔
I love this style of video. Sets you apart from other vloggers.
The only Thing in remember about pleasure island was in the family matters epsiode where Steve Urquel and Laura danced haha
Wild that there isn’t much documented video etc of these places.
I remember that episode too! Yeah, it’s weird but i guess not a lot of people wanted to bring cameras into nightclubs, also cameras at the time were super bad in low light so that didn’t help 😂
Hi Ryan, my name is Kim M from the grey frozen north (where Frank in your video is from... I think he lives down the street). We really enjoyed this video as we love the history of the parks and surrounding area. Proud to say my husband and I were too young to visit / remember much of Pleasure Island. We did take our kids to "Downtown Disney." Unfortunately, our favorite Disney Springs restaurant no longer exists. It was the pineapple building formerly known as "Bongos." We don't get down there very frequently (hopefully changing that soon), so we haven't tried many restaurants. We have eaten at and really did like Polite Pig for a quick service location. While I know this type of vlog is harder to create, it's so worth it! Your voice is perfect for reciting historical information in an entertaining way which engages the viewer. More of this and more Isabelle please! :)
Also... great cookie jar, we have the same one proudly displayed.
Wow, thanks Kim!!
I feel like Bongos was definitely a Iconic downtown Disney building that is kind of disappointed to see is longer there 😢
Hope it isn’t too cold up north this season! And hope you can make it down to orlando to warm up soon too 😂😂🙏
I got to favorites…..1st being Chef Arts Home Coming and 2nd The Edison. Great video!
Homecomin was super good when i went there! Probably in my top 5 at springs!
Thanks for watching 😅🙏
Pleasure Island was a lot of fun - every night was New Years Eve.
I haven’t been to FL since Downtown Disney days. My fam (4 generations we travelled with from 🇨🇦) always loved Planet Hollywood there.
To your credit - I’m not even a huge Disney fan and I watch every video you release! Hahaha. UA-cam algorithm suggested some of your friends to me and I’ve been watching for months! I watch your channels in particular for the laughs/good vibes. I love when Isabelle shows up - her dry humour is 🔥. The story line of your “sister” and “son” is hysterical!!!! 😂 #pityviewer
Aww thanks Jen! It’s awesome to hear that you’ll watch even though the subject matter isn’t your ideal interest! That honestly make me feel great cuz sometimes even I can get tired of disney 😂
I’ll make sure to continue the running jokes for all the pity crew 😁🫶
I’ve been the Pleasure Island many times and so I loved this vlog. It was so nostalgic to watch.
Unfortunately, I had only passed through when I was a kid. So making this video was such a “dang, wish we still had this” type thing 😅😅
I worked at Pleasure Island in early 90's, it was $13 entry fee, and only 21 and over wore wrist bands to get into 8 trax and manneguinn club.
Really enjoyed this one too! No pity viewers here, just love your take on the parks.
Thank you so much! Happy to have anyone join us for these videos, pity viewers or not 😅
I remember as a kid I couldn't wait to be old enough to go to Pleasure Island. Then that day came and it was gone. 🤣 This was a great history lesson! There was way more to Pleasure Island than I even realized. And since I've only eaten at Disney Springs once, which was 3 months ago, I guess it's Chef Art Smith's Homecomin'? Haha.
OMG that was the same way i felt growing up! Homecomin is so good! Only eaten there once as well, but it was super good
Thanks for the support Karen 🙏❤️🙏
Thank you for sharing! I really like this style of video. I'm headed to Disney in April 2024 and just so happens Disney springs is where we will be spending our first day. I'll be sure to share some of the history I have learned :)
Yess! That’s awesome! Make sure to be that one annoying person and share all the obscure facts! It’s my favorite past time 😂
I love then and now history. Awesome vid. Never been to Disney Springs. Remember Downtown Disney, think I ate at earl of sandwich!😂
Clearly quite a lot has changed, but it’s bound to happen! Thanks for checking out the video 🙏🙏
I’m so happy I ran across your video! I currently work at the Edison and I’m so happy you called us your favorite ^_^
Also from what I’ve heard about my restaurant is that Enzo’s hideaway (the restaurant just across Maria and Enzo’s.) was also apart of the adventures club too and I think some parts of Maria and enzos too! All 3 of those restaurants connect to eachother B)
Also my restaurant used to throw a New Year’s Eve party every year but unfortunately we stopped doing it at the beginning of this year because they said it wasn’t profitable.. we had a lot of older guests who would come to our NYE party who said that it made them feel like it was pleasure island again. I really hope my company decided to bring back the party, even us staff enjoyed that event :(
Love this format, you’re videos are always on point. I remember going to BET soundstage in 1999. Was down there for spring break senior year of high school. Good memories.
BET for sure seemed like the hidden gem in all of these! Especially the location on the tale west end. What i would give to experience the island just once 😭😭
Amazing style vlog to say the least
Thank you! Appreciate you checking it out 🙏🙏
Mannequins and 8Trax were the place to be on a Cast Member night. One of the best benefits of being a CM if you liked to go out.
Sounds like an amazing time! Now all they’ve got for CM nights is Jellyrolls and dance hall i believe 🤔
Makes me want pleasure island back soo bad 😭
I was not a cast member but know it was Thursday night from my many visits.
Love this video, Ryan! The history and humor is top notch. A fitting video for those of us who miss Disney in the 90s & early 2000s.
Thank you! 🙏
Happy to see all the effort this one took is showing 🥹Appreciate the support
I got called up on stage in the Comedy Club and the Adventurer's Club in the same night! What a nice walk down memory lane, Ryan!
That’s amazing! I guess the question i have for you is.. Where were you sitting/ What we’re you wearing??
I feel like usually in comedy club scenarios that’s the things that gets you on stage the most 😅
I'd love to tell you that I was scantily clad and sitting in the back, but I was in a tank top and shorts in the front at the comedy club. I was offering my comments through the comics set (not heckling). When it came time to call someone up, they picked me. I got a pin for my participation.
We went across the way to the Adventurer's Club and they selected me while we were walking in and they sat us up front. I got a pin there, too. After that, I said to my husband, "where can we go next that I can be the center of attention and get another pin?" Sadly, they were the only two locations.
love this video! refreshing to learn something new about a place so familiar to me! please continue to do these types of videos - I’ll watch every one!!
Thank you so much for the positive feedback! That’s a huge reason i did this one, because i know there’s a lot of people newer to disney (past 10 years) who aren’t super familiar with the pleasure island lore 😅
Happy to do more in the future for sure 🙏
As one of your older (58) pity viewers I loved this one! Pleasure Island was so so much fun - it was New Year’s Eve every night - it was like one big party - everyone was walking around with their drinks and yes that rotating dance floor 😂
Me and my siblings would have so much fun and the bus ride back to the Disney hotels - drinking age was 19 - you can imagine lol
So much fun - thnx for the trip down memory lane - love your channel you’re doing a great job and you remind me of my son 😊
58 years YOUNG!! Thank you for sharing your memories! I will for sure be doing more like this in the future 🙏
This is great, we went to Pleasure Island in 1991. The last time we visited in 2020 The Polite Pig was our favourite restaurant but, having seen so many vlogs since then we look forward to visiting some of the others when we return next year. Thanks for all the memories! Jo x
Thanks for checking this one out! The Polite Pig is great! It just sits super heavy in my stomach so i don’t go often 😅
It's still the Disney Village in this household hehe. I remember calling in that to a cast member a few years back and they genuinely looked at me with just a blank look
Always a great video! I love anything that involves the history of theme parks!
Since I’ve got so many kids- we prefer quick service at Disney Springs…Earl of Sandwich. The Thanksgiving. Still my favorite of all time!
We actually go to earl pretty often, it just doesn’t make for the best vlogging spot so we haven’t documented that too much 😂😂
Thank you so much for the bracelets again 🫶🫶🙏
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs awwww of course.
I make a “hope board” for every trip. It’s basically a giant board that has my top 20 things I want to do every trip. Meeting you has been on my board for over a year(or close to). It literally made my year to finally get to say hello to you and Isabelle!
Thank you again for taking some time to chat with me and take a picture! Y’all are exactly the same in person as on screen…also- Happy Holidays 🫶🎄🧑🎄❄️
I love videos like this...i love the history behind the new...next time I'm there will be much more interesting as i'm walking around. Great video!
Thanks! Got more videos like this on the way! 😅🙏
This was great!! Can tell you put a lot of work into it- and it's a nice little switch- up from videos just showing what's currently going on in the parks :-) Between you, Kristen and Nate always talking up the Boathouse in your videos, Im on a mission to get there next trip! Can't believe I haven't yet!!
Thank you so much for noticing the work behind this one!!
Boathouse is a must!! You gotta do it 🙌😅
Great video! So glad those maps have been useful 😄 we did a bunch of shopping at Disney Springs but only had Starbucks so we don’t have a favourite restaurant yet… we’ve promised ourselves we’ll eat more next time
I guess the real question is… what did you order from starbucks haha 😂
Did you get the special pleasure island iced tea?? 👀 jk jk if only 🤷♂️
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs Dragon Drink all the way for me as we don’t have it in the UK 😭 I feel like the people of the 80’s/90’s would like that drink!
Same
Excellent video. I will be sharing it with my daughters who all remember Pleasure Island. In fact one of them attended the last night of the Explorers Club. My favorite restaurant is The Boathouse, husband’s is Wolfgang Puck. We have never been to the Edison or Maria and Enzo’s but will be rectifying that on our next trip. Thanks!!
Oh wow, would’ve loved to be at the final night at adventurers club!! Wolfgang is a great pick too! Would definitely recommend the two we tried in this video 10/10 🙌
Pucks was better back then
This video is awesome!! So nicely done. I was never able to visit Disney World until my early twenties so I was never able to see any of this. It’s so awesome to see how it’s become the Disney Springs we have today. Thank you for taking us back to the past and seeing things I would never be able to🥲❤️
Thank you! That was one of the main goals with this one! Happy you liked it 🙏❤️🙏
What a great video, fantastic!! I can just imagine the research and time this video took, thank you! This video brought back so many great memories, especially The Fireworks Factory. The mixing of the old and the new plus your great sense of humor made this video a joy to watch. Times have to change, but for a few minutes I was back at Downtown Disney. Great job!!
Aww thanks so much for all the positive feedback! Wish i could have experienced it myself, but happy to virtually take the trip along with all of y’all!
More like these to come in the future for sure! 🫶🙏
As someone who remembers this property as a kid back in the 80s, this was a really cool video. Great work
Thank you so much 🙏😅
Hi Ryan! We really enjoyed the video. You definitely found your niche here very informative and brought back memories and nostalgia that were locked up in memory. Keep them coming 👍
Thank you so much! This is for sure what i’m going to try to do more of in the future! Thank you for the positive feedback 🙏🙏
Loved this video Ryan! This video unlocked a memory of visiting that improv show as a kid in the 90s with my parents. I don’t think I would have remembered it otherwise so thanks for that. I also never realized they kept all the buildings. I thought that they legit tore everything down and built from scratch. Learned a lot and was fun to watch. Throw that doubt away and keep ‘em coming!
Also just so you know I’m not some pity viewer - on a whim visited Terralina last week and was actually pretty surprised at how good it was! Unsure if it’s my fav but feel like people sleep on it and they shouldn’t.
Thank you!! I love that they kept a lot of the buildings and rethemed, but a few (like the comedy warehouse and rock n roll beach club) were demolished completely sadly 😔
Terralina was actually super solid when we went there earlier this year! Super easy reservation to get as well 😅
This video was amazing & I thoroughly enjoyed it ❤️ Not only was this a unique topic, but it was totally unexpected. Really, really loved this! & love being a pity viewer! 😊
Thank you, thank you 🙏
Already planning the next video like this one 😅
Pleasure Island was such fun. I went with my ex wife in 97, it was truly a great time.
This is a great video!
…. Also Boathouse
Thank you stranger!
I remember being 16 and going to Videopolis and it was awesome.
Definitely gonna need more videos like this. Love it!
Thank you! Really love doing this style video so I will definitely be doing more in the future 😅
My name is Tony Drumheller and this was a great informative video!!! My wife and I live in Michigan and we went here for our honeymoon 31 years ago! It was a blast!! Thanks for the memories. Have a great day!!!
Hi Tony!! Wow, what a time to visit the parks! So much new stuff going on in 92! Very jealous, thank you for watching 🙏
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs thanks for taking us along!!!
Was fortunate enough to enjoy Pleasure Island to the fullest over a span of 10 years. It was one of a kind. Disney went from exciting clubs to boring eateries. But they needed to get rid of the legal risks that plagued the island.
My first time at PI was in 1991. I loved it so much that I went twice a week for years. Mannequins was my 2001 Odyssey....Mike
Wow! You really got in there right in it’s prime! At the rate you were going, i’m sure you got pretty sick of the new year’s eve celebrations 😂😂
Mannequins for sure seemed like the GOAT of all of the clubs 🙌
This was an awesome & informative video! Lots of things I didn’t know. “Downtown Disney” is so nostalgic to me and brings me back to my childhood 🥹
I would be more than happy to send you my address so you can personally hand deliver the filet mignon sliders 🤣🤣 they sound delish!
My favorite restaurant in Disney springs is raglan road. I haven’t tried all of them though! They just have a great GF menu that I’m thankful for and it’s delicious!
PS I’ll definitely be waiting for the next installment of the 💩 videos 😂👀
Aww thanks Jen! Put my heart and soul into this one and happy to hear that it payed off! I’ve heard that Raglan Road has a great GF menu! and yeah, we’ll have to see about *that* video series…
maybe i got one left in me. go out with a bang, ya know 🤔
I loved the rock-n-roll beach club and the band that always played, Panama! I lived in Tampa and we loved going there! Oh, and 8-Trax!!! Mannequins was 21 and up and I loved how entering you had to get into an elevator. You could go into the clubs if you were 16 but you had to be with your parents, we thought that was the coolest thing ever!
Love this, Ryan!
Thank you!! It was a blast to make this one! Hopefully doing more like this soon 👀
Great video!
Awww I used to love the roller skating part at rock n roll
Great video!!
Downtown Disney was my childhood this video is pure nostalgia 🥺 Love this style of video too, you kill it all!
Thanks Melissa! I will for sure be doing more like this in the future! 🙌🙏
Hi, my name is Noelle Williams, lol, my favorite Disney Spring restaurant is Boat House also. You did a great job with this history. I myself one visited Pleasure Island only about two times. Mainly because my children were babies at the time. Also, because of another price tag just to get over the bridge. Over all, not great. The other side was better with the shopping. I did do the new years thing, and the comedy club was great. Awesome improv! I am sad that I never got the chance to do the adventures club. I thought skippers canteen would be similar, but sadly, it's not. They could have rebuilt it somewhere else, right? Disney Springs did a good job of adding more restaurants, but I still call it downtown disney.
Hi Noelle! Happy we share a top restaurant! haha
I definitely think they could have moved the adventurers club somewhere else on Disney property, but I also think that they could easily just received the Edison back to adventurers club and it would be super successful in the year 2023 !
especially with all this nostalgia going around recently, I feel like it would be a great addition to Disney Springs once again!
Thank you so much as always, for watching and supporting! 🙏
Great video! Please do more of these.
I definitely will!! 🙌
I would love to experience Pleasure Island as an adult today.
I would love to experience pleasure island with adult Sean
Love this new style. I watch whatever you do, but this long form /post mortem content is my sh!
haha thank you so much 🙏
Will for sure be doing more of this in the future
I loved this video!!
Thank you! 🙏❤️
Love this video Ryan! Spencer here from MD. I grew up in Norcal and remember going to Videopolis in Disneyland in '88 or '89 and it was awesome!! Keep up with what you're doing man! 3k, here we come! Oh, and I love Homecomin the best at Springs
Spencer!! Always happy to see ya in the comments! 🙏
Super jealous you got to see Videopolis West in it’s prime! Homecomin was amazing when I went! Definitely in my top 5 at springs! Thanks as always for the pity view 😂🙏
I busted my butt on that rotating dance floor but it was worth it!!!
LOVED the video today! Great look back at Pleasure Island days
Thank you so much! 🙏🙏
Wow brings back memories. I loved the adventurers club. Spent so much time there.
I think your material is so fun to watch.
I would have loved the adventurers club so much! Thank you for the positive feedback 🙏❤️🙏
This was amazing! Great job, Ryan! 👍🏻
Thank you so much Joey!! 🙏🙏
BIG respect and appreciation for all the research and work that went into making this video!! The pacing was great for all the information you had to cram in. ALSO, because the youtube algorithm is so terrible I wanted to let you know I found your channel through your lakeland antique mall video. It was recommended to me in a "theme park content" tab I clicked on :)
HAHA omg thank you so so much for letting me know how you made it to this video! I’m always curious to see how the process happens and this is super helpful!!
Also, Thank you for the praise on this one! This is one of my favorite videos i’ve ever done and would love to make more like it👀
Got a fun Universal Florida history video dropping in a few days 🙌🙌
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs ABSOLUTELY!! haha Im a self employed small business owner so I know when it comes to socials ( esp this notoriously difficult youtube algrithm) sometimes you dont know where people are coming from and what content pulls them in and you want to know! haha.
YES im about to watch your 'music videos filmed at universal' video, i know of a few im so excited to see if theres more I wasnt aware of! Keep up the amazing content
Very well done looking forward to going to Art Smith restaurant when I go in 2025
You’re going to love it! If you’re a meat eater, try the fried chicken! It’s to die for 🤤
This was incredible! Thank you so much for all your hard work. Watching again 😊
haha thank you so much for watching and noticing the amount of effort out behind this one 🤣🙏
Coming here from the test track video you just made, I love these history lessons so informative and I crave Disney knowledge 😂
I made it to the end of the video (which was great, btw), but we haven't eaten at Disney Springs.
Haha thank you for still dropping a comment even tho you can’t answer it 😂
Appreciate you always supporting 🙏
Great video!! We enjoyed watching. You put so much work in your videos!!
thank you so much! 🙏🙏
Great video and you showed some things I hadn’t seen before in other Pleasure Island videos. Thanks!
That was something I had in mind when covering this topic because I know that there are a few other pleasure island history videos around so i wanted to make sure this one had enough new stuff and a different tone from the rest!
Thank you for the positive feedback 🙏❤️🙏
Sak Theater was/is a huge employer of improv actors in the Orlando area. Sak used to perform at EPCOT before opening Sak Comedy Lab in downtown Orlando.
Wow, I had no idea! I’ll have to go check it out sometime! 👀
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs Love the channel!!
Lived in Orlando in my 20s and 30s from early 1990s to late 2000s. SAK has seen some GREAT talent get their start there - including Wayne Brady.
Many a drink was drunk on Pleasure Island. Some nights we weren't sure if it was our heads spinning or just the dance floor at Mannequins. 😂 After closing it was off to the Edge, Zuma or Icon!
I can tell that took a ton of work. Great video!
Such a great video with amazing history 🙌
thank you sir 🙏🙏
Pleasure Island was the best. Best 3 places was 8 trax, adventure club and mannequins. Why loved 8 trax was the 70 and 80 themed stuff and the video screen. I would grt my first drink at the beach club. Why was for the sand bucket they made the drink in. Then you could take it to any bar and get a reduced price refill. They had coconut monkeys at adventure club. It was a great place because it was very Disney but with an adult swing to it. Then mannequins was fun
The floor did go fast.
But best time was during gay days it was so busy off the chain. They had to add outside bars to keep up on that weekend. I meet so many great friends from that. We still friends almost 20 years later.
I absolutely love hearing stories of how people *planned their night out here, so thank you so much for going into even more detail about these places than i did in the video haha 😅
The gay days / larger gay audience at mannequins was something that came up in research and i’ve heard from people before! And for that reason i feel like, if anything could have stayed open, it was this! Happy to see a place for community even on disney property in the 90s / 2000s 🫶🙏
I really loved this vlog Ryan. Even though Pleasure Island wasn’t my thing, I remember it and loved how you pointed out where things were compared to what’s there now. I bet you & your sister are a blast to hang out with! Merry Christmas!
Awww thank you so much!! 🙏🙏
Definitely plan on doing more of these in the future! Probably headed over to epcot next👀👀
Merry Christmas to you too 🫶🎄
Good Morning!! Very interesting facts!! It’s neat to see why things change. Thank you for doing all of the research and sharing it with us!! My favorite restaurant in Disney Springs is Raglan Road!! They have a lemon tart that is absolutely amazing!! I am looking forward to seeing your surprise travels this week!!
Thanks Emma!! This one was a ton of work, but i’m happy with how it turned out! I’ll have to try the lemon tart next st patrick’s day (which will probably be the next time i go there 😂)
I’m really looking forward to this week! I’m feelin lucky 👀🎰
I loved this style just like the Pooh election video. These show your true talents, and that you are not just a funny vlogger. I think mixing in some history, as well as your usual videos is a great way to change it up. As a teen, I went to Church Street Station. As an adult, I remember walking through Pleasure Island but did not enter the clubs I don’t think. Boathouse is so good so I never want to go elsewhere. Honestly, did not love the Edison, but did enjoy my one visit to Maria and Enzo’s.
Would actually love to hear what you thought of church street station! Boathouse supremacy!! 🙌😅
Love the video, but one thing that gets me is the people who hold these dji / rode mics. There’s a clip for a reason! So many people do it lol.
Great video . Thank you for featuring Disney Springs/ Downtown DIsney History. i ususally stay at Saratoga Springs across the water because I love traveling all the way from Long Island to stay at a Disney World resort named after a Upstate New York town. Just kidding. My favorite Disney Springs resturants are Raglan Road and House of Blues. Thanks for featuring them. I have not tried Marie and Enzo's but have tried Enzo's Hideaway. Loved it . I also like City Works. I will have to try the sliders at Boathouse. Again, great video. Thank you for the history lesson.
Saratoga is a great choice! Although I’ve attended concerts at HOB many times, i’ve never actually eaten there 😂
We used to love Cityworks but have noticed it going downhill a lot the last two times we went there 😢
Thank you so much for watching / commenting and supporting 🙏🙏
Awesome throwback 🎉 I actually went there in 1997. I love Wine Bar George ❤
Wow 1997, talk about prime pleasure island haha 😂
Wine bar George looks really good, but we haven’t been yet 😅
Elizabeth from San Diego- I LOOOOOOVE these types of videos 😊
Hi Elizabeth!! Thanks for watching! We’ve got more like this coming in the near future 👀😅
Great video! I miss the Comedy Club. It was truly the best!
I feel like that’s one that they could easily bring back whenever 👀
One can dream 🥹
Back in the early 90's, my favorite club was 8Trax, with it's 1970's disco theme and music...so much fun. Mannequins was fun, especially when you went up to the upper walkways and watched the drunks down on the dancefloor trying to enter and exit the rotating dance floor. Thursday night was employees night, with discounts for Disney property employees...which turned Mannequins into a defacto gay bar. Lolol. The Neon Armadillo was used for a CMT (Country Music Television) TV series for a few years with big country music stars of the day performing for the show. Every night at Pleasure Island was New Year's Eve, with a count down and big fireworks display at Midnight. The Fireworks Factory was an early night favorite of Disney Employees to get drunk at before they hit the clubs. Adventurers Club had a huge cult following, mostly Disney nerds who were really into the fantasy lore of the club and the island. The Comedy club was bigger for the tourists than the locals. It was all so much fun back then, I'm sorry it's all gone today...but then again, at 68 now, my clubbing days are long over. Lol...but great memories.
Boathouse is not the best on property and I’m not even sorry. 😂 Loved this history lesson and style of video!
ITS NOT?!? what has it beat? 🤔
@@ForTheLoveOfThemeParksVlogs Citricos, California Grill, Jiko…just to name a few. 😂
Loved downtown Disney had my honeymoon there. Sadly hubby took me to fultons crab house he never had seafood before spent over $100 in food and we are sadly disappointed and still hungry went back to the hotel and had pb&js. Other than that absolutely loved downtown Disney
Omg i would have been the same way, I am not a fan of seafood at all 😂😂
Resort Pb&j are perfect tho 🫶
I worked at pleasure Island from 1998 to 2001
That’s amazing!! Would love to hear more stories from the island! Hope i did it justice 🙏🤞
My name is Barbara Hotep and I met my ex husband at pleasure island during the New years celebration. We did more than kiss, and were happily married for 6 and a half years. Unfortunately he fell down an elevator shaft in Kankakee Illinois. Thanks for the memories
Alright Barbra, i’m on to you 👀
This was such a cool video. I would love if you did more kinds of vids like this, but I understand if I'm in the minority, it's okay. Happy to be a "pity" viewer of yours. :) Thanks for providing such a wealth of information about this stuff.
Thank you!! I will likely do more in the future!! I’ve gotten a lot of feedback in the comments, it just takes a lot of time to make these kinds of history vlogs they way i want to make them, so maybe i’ll try for 3-4 of these a year 😅
Appreciate your pity view 🫶🙏
Love him or hate him disney was special during the Eisner years
My favorite Disney springs restaurant is chicken guy.
A super solid pick!! Love the variety of sauces they’ve got there 😅
I love Boat house for sliders and Morimotos
In my mind it the 90s and I’m in a sick Panama pit at the Rock & Roll Beach Club while they play Domination by Pantera
Lmao based on their track list that’s available on youtube, im pretty sure singsalsing didn’t have the best screaming technique 😂😂
I use to work there and still have my name tag
Wristbands? Wristbands?!? We don’t need no steenking wristbands!
Admission to PI is included with your Ultimate Park Hopper ! A few months after 9/11 my now-wife’s already planned trip happened and she only booked 2-3 nights at All Star Sports and didn’t have a WDW Travel Co. package so no UPH. We had to buy tickets to PI from that charming ticket booth. As I recall it was the same sort of media entering the parks or Disney Quest. Either a plastic card like a room key or a Tyvek not-paper thingie. If you’re curious we stayed at Magic Castle (yes, that same dump in the Florida Project movie with Willem Defoe) for or Universal portion of the vacation. BUT our following trips we stayed on property all the time. And with booking a package you got the UPH. Just put your room key in and go through the turnstile like entering a park !
Those were the good old days (especially during the Disney 100 celebration) when the local riff raff couldnt barge in (unless they paid in which case they wouldn’t be riff raff). Then they got rid of the turnstiles and things went downhill. The last time we were there we just swiped our passes at the first club we entered and maybe then we got a wristband. That’s hard to remember. My memories are engraved with the “classic” experience.
FWIW, I remember driving on Osceola Pkwy and Victory Way at night and seeing giant glowing Rubik’s Cubes. I couldn’t wait for Pop Century to open. The date kept getting pushed back. And when it did only 50s-90s opened. I have some telephoto shots of the other side were a handful of skeletal buildings awaited completion. Zooming in I could see 10s 20s 30s 40s outside the main hall. I’m still waiting for the other half to open. Won’t hold my breath.
great video but i feel the need to correct a few things! you were never able to pay at the door to get into each club! you always had to have a ticket purchased from the ticket booth that was scanned at the entrance to the clubs! The wrist band was only there to verify you were 21 and able to purchase alcohol! The new year’s eve show was always at midnight not 11 pm as stated in the video! This caused issues since the resort paid child care ended at midnight which never made any sense to me! This prevented a lot of guests from being able to stay for the new year’s eve show at midnight
I had the pleasure of going to pleasure island a few times
Super jealous 😭
I fully and staunchly disagree that Boathouse is the best restaurant on Disney property. You've clearly never been to Homecomin' lol.
I also had my Bachelorette brunch at Maria & Enzo's, the food is soooo good! I had that same charcuterie board.
Knowing the back story of that restaurant makes me love it so much more, it's so weird 😂
Off topic, but do you have a tesla referral link? I'm in the market and would love for it to help someone who seems like a genuinely cool person! Btw I'm not a pity viewer.
We do actually!
ts.la/ryan240210
Hope that helps, also any questions regarding owning a tesla or whatever, always feel free to ask. I try to reply to everything on YT but i’m running a bit behind because I am currently out of town 😅
here you go NOPE Pleasure Island..Do you have to pay to get in each club??
Here's your prices for Pleasure Island:
MULTI-CLUB admission is now $23.38 (includes tax) -- unlimited admission to all the clubs on Pleasure Island for one night. (Both children and adults.)
SINGLE CLUB admission $11.66 (includes tax) -- admission to only ONE club on Pleasure Island. (Both children and adults.)
ragland road jazz before and before that was eating area
(just a heads up)
This isn't pleasure island! Where's the model destruction? Where's the rough house? Where's the pickles and icecream?Where's the beer and cigars?
This place has rules! Rules suck!
I wanna speak to the coachman and give him a piece of my mind! 😅
Kids chicken fingers and fries at deluxe
I haven’t had those! I always end up at Blaze! Gotta check that out next time 🙌
the bet crowd was why it started to go down. that is facts. this is why changed yet again. downtown disney was mostly us Floridians .
Why don't u do the diarrhea videos anymore? They were my favorite
Because I feel like I've done everything I can with that series and I started using it as like a crutch for whenever I couldn't think of a new creative idea. So I'm retiring it 🥲
Maybe I've got one more in me, but It'll have to be really special. Appreciate you liking the videos tho, and especially because you made it to this video! I am much more proud of all my long form stuff that doesn't get nearly enough attention 🙏