More Pleasure Island news - Orlando Sentinel
December 21st, 2005 - by BeciReport at OrlandoSentinal.com today - So it looks like the bowling alley theory reported in another post may not be so far off after all!
Pleasure Island may get makeover
Susan Strother Clarke - Orlando Sentinal
Published December 21, 2005
Don’t be surprised if the new year brings some changes to Disney’s Pleasure Island.I’m hearing Mouse officials are reviewing the nighttime entertainment complex with the idea of some updates. Given the competition from places like Universal’s CityWalk, that’s understandable.
Among the things under consideration, I’m told, is opening a bowling alley and dropping the every-night-is-New-Year’s-Eve theme, which has been around since 1990.And, for certain, the West End stage on the Island, where a deejay is often found, is going away to make entering the island easier.
Earlier this year, Disney got rid of the admission charge to the Island, replacing the $20.50 gate charge with individual covers at the clubs.
December 21st, 2005 at 2:21 pm
Curiouser and curiouser! I wonder how they figure a bowling alley will draw more custeromers than a dance club will … maybe trying to make the “island” more family-friendly??
December 21st, 2005 at 2:21 pm
okay, that’s supposed to be “customers” — I just got carried away!
December 21st, 2005 at 4:08 pm
Maybe they’ll just add stuff and not take away. I enjoyed having an adults place to go.
December 21st, 2005 at 7:13 pm
OK, my 23-year-old daughter informs me that it has once again become a popular pasttime in Chicago as well as the west coast. That they have “rock ‘n bowl” nights a couple nights a week at most bowling alleys and even the celebrities attend! (Which just proves that everything old is new again!)
December 21st, 2005 at 10:31 pm
Cool! Today its bowling alleys… tomorow its the return of… dare I say it - the parachute pants!
This reporter is almost word for word what our source told us in October. I remeber seeing the fireworks would officially be discontinued in January - so it looks like the plan may be a go.