Make the Most of the Time Left with Pleasure Island

With the sad announcement of Disney’s Pleasure Island closing its doors for good on September 27th of this year, both locals and tourists alike are trying to figure out how they are going to spend their nights without this Walt Disney World Resort favorite. There is only one solution to all of this…enjoy the time you have left with this Disney adult oasis! With six great options to choose from, Pleasure Island is prefect for a night out with a date, a night out with all of your friends, or for reunions with those you haven’t seen in a long time.

There is something for everyone to “get their dance on” at Pleasure Island. 8 Trax is perfect for 70’s and 80’s music lovers. It is all about the throw-back hits of yesterday here! Dance to the retro groove and take a blast into the past! The BET Soundstage Club plays the best of yesterday and today’s hip-hop and R&B. Dance to the beat at this two story sound studio. With a live DJ and a huge dance floor, you can get right down to the task at hand…dancing until the early morning hours! Mannequins Dance Palace is an Orlando staple that will truly be missed. One of the more popular dance clubs on property, Mannequins plays pulse-pounding techno and trance music as you dance upon the rotating dance floor. A good time is always in store for you at Mannequins. If Top 40 hits are what you are looking for, and a large dance floor, then Motion is the destination for you. Dance to the best music of today as the synchronized music videos of the artists play on giant video screens throughout the building. Motion is a perfect spot for the music enthusiast or the pop-music lover alike!

Echoes of laughter are sure to be heard for years after the closing of the two major comedy clubs at Pleasure Island. Having provided tourists and locals alike with tons of laughs and good times the Adventurer’s Club and the Comedy Warehouse will both surely be missed. Both the Adventurer’s Club and the Comedy Warehouse encourage audience participation, so you get a different show each time. The Adventurer’s Club focuses more on set comedy acts, while the Comedy Warehouse develops improv routines based on audience participation.

So, get out those last few giggles and bust out those great dance moves one last time at Pleasure Island, before it closes on September 27th. Paid admission is required to get into the Pleasure Island nightclubs. You must be 21 years of age or older to get into the dance clubs, while you can be 18 years of age with an accompanied 21+ year old to get into the comedy clubs. Valid ID is required.

Saint Patricks Day at Disney

Spending any day at the Walt Disney World Resort is a treat but imagine spending a holiday there Disney goes above and beyond to make guests who are spending holidays in Central Florida feel extra special by hosting special events around the parks and at Downtown Disney and with special theme park hours as well. And while St. Patrick’s Day may not be on the same level as Thanksgiving or Christmas, the Walt Disney World Resort does have some special plans up its sleeves for anyone who wants to feel the luck of the Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, which is Monday, March 17, 2008.

Although St. Patrick’s Day may be on a Monday, it will surely be an extra-busy day at all of the theme parks across town since it is in the midst of Spring Break season as well. But while you may run into slighty larger than normal crowds, you should also know that Disney has extended their theme park hours on this day to accommodate everyone! The Magic Kingdom Park will be open from 8 a.m.-11 p.m., with the Wishes fireworks spectacular at 10 p.m. and two SpectroMagic parades at 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. Epcot will have their same hours, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. with Illuminations: Refelctions of Earth at closing, while Disney’s Hollywood Studios will be open from 9 a.m.-10 p.m. with showings of Fantasmic! at both 8:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Finally, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park will be open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., and any guest staying at a Walt Disney World Resort can enjoy Extra Magic Evening Hours at this park after it closes (or you can hit up Disney’s Hollywood Studios an extra hour early in the morning!).

If the theme parks are in your St. Patrick’s Day plans, it will probably be a good idea for your family to plan your day wisely to ensure that you get the most out of your day. One way to do that is by purchasing a park hopper ticket, which will allow you to hop back and forth from one theme park to the next all in the same day! The park hopper ticket is a little more expensive than a regular base ticket, which will get you into one park only per day, but that is where DWTickets.com comes in! We offer deeply discounted Disney World tickets (along with tickets to Universal, Sea World and other attractions in the area) for you and and your family, so don’t wait until you get to the parks to get your tickets – click here to get them now! We also offer delivery or pick-up options, so you can even have your tickets in hand by the time you arrive in Florida on vacation!

Once you have your tickets in hand, it is time to discover what all Disney has to offer on St. Patrick’s Day. While you can find special things going on inside the parks, Downtown Disney Pleasure Island will be the hub of activities on and around St. Patrick’s Day. On March 14, 15 and 17, 2008, Downtown Disney Pleasure Island will be hosting a special St. Patrick’s Day extravaganza from 7 p.m.-2 a.m. each evening. In addition to all of the fun going on inside the clubs, there will be live music, stilt walkers, leprechauns and more roaming around Downtown Disney Pleasure Island. And, as always, the common area, where all of this activity will be going on, is free to everyone of all ages, although you do have to pay one flat admission for access into the clubs and bars at Downtown Disney Pleasure Island.

Downtown Disney Pleasure Island may also be the place to be in all of Central Florida on St. Patrick’s Day itself, as the Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant will be hosting their biggest and best holiday bash ever! This Irish pub is the newest addition to the scene at Downtown Disney Pleasure Island, and it is truly as close to the real thing as it comes. This year’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities include the U2 tribute band ‘U2 Elevation’ (back by popular demand), Tuskar Rock, which will be playing sets all day, friendly competitions, giveaways and lots of green clothing (including kilts)! All of the mayhem starts at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 16 and doesn’t end until 2 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18! While there is usually no cover charge for this establishment, there will be one on these dates. For reservations to the Ragland Road Irish Pub and Restaurant, call (407) WDW-DINE.May the luck of the Irish be with you!