Originally Posted By deephil Midnight and the sky was full of fireworks over PI a firework spectacular with a grand finale which was loud enough to set off the car alarms in Saratoga Springs.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey I forgot that PI closed last night! I was too busy eating bratwurst and sauerkraut and drinking Hefeweisen at Oktoberfest.
Originally Posted By mickeyboy43 I didn't realize they had a goodbye ceremony for the place! And not living around WDW during Food and Wine Festival is definitely a disadvantage. I wish that I could be down there during a lot of the cool festivals...
Originally Posted By -em AC hit capacity at 6:20 and stayed there all night- I heard the queue was 2+ hours long at times (it was a one came out then one went in) I haven't heard about the others... I know on Fri only AC and 8trax hit capacity for an extended time- I heard the fireworks but didn't see them as the Hoopla was much more tempting... -em
Originally Posted By MPierce Thanks for the update -em. I wondered if it was going to be packed like that. I bet the folks enjoyed the one last fling anyway.
Originally Posted By MPierce I only went in the AC once, not my cup of tea, but it was fun one time. My Bud loves going there. I really enjoyed the architecture of the club. A few years back PI was very lively when they had live performances on the West End stage, and limited access to it. We always made a point of taking a stroll there, and enjoying the atmosphere.
Originally Posted By -em It was crazy- The AC's queue started at 9am- I was about 200 people back when I got there at 4:30 (had to work till 4) Poor Comedy didn't start getting a queue till 6:15 (for a 6:55 show) but also they dump the building after every show so it wasnt so much a race.. I am a sucker for the AC (the fact I spent Mon/Tues/Wed/Thur/Fri/Sat doesn't mean Im crazy though...) -em
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I am a sucker for the AC (the fact I spent Mon/Tues/Wed/Thur/Fri/Sat doesn't mean Im crazy though...) -em << That seems perfectly normal to me. I still can't understand the reasoning behind this move. Even though I am not a fan of the AC it seems like they had a large, and deticated following.
Originally Posted By -em I don't understand it either.. sigh- I'm going to miss it- its the end of an era.. -em
Originally Posted By ChiMike Again, not a surprise at all. Sad. But not a surprise. I won't miss anything but the AC. A very unique offering at WDW that gave guests something they couldn't do in their own city.
Originally Posted By ni_teach I don't go to WDW too often, but when I did I always made sure that I made it to the Adventurers' Club and Comedy Warehouse. The AC was the better of the two and I will miss it the most. It's always sad when Disney closes one of the best things that they ever created.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Did they still have the piano in that one room? Where it appears to have crashed through the upper floor? Wonderful them-ing. I remember playing 'stump the piano' one evening in that room years ago. Probably 1990 or so... People were calling out obscure songs, and the piano would play a few bars to let us know he know. I don't think we were able to stump the piano.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo That was so awesome. I remember having many a great conversation with masks, rising up and down at the bar stools, being inducted, and we were on honeymoon with our ears on, so we had a kungaloosh on the house. It was one of my absolute favorite memories from our honeymoon trip, now gone. Like Horizons, World of Motion, Timekeeper and so many other fav memories going for good, replaced with what seem to me lesser, shallow, commercial experiences.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 PI was once a great happening place. But any nightclub venue, even one at the magical WDW Resort, needs to be refreshed if not reinvented on a regular basis. Disney stopped putting any real money into the place in the late 1990s. At that point, it was a forgone conclusion that PI would grow stale and die. I liked the AC, but I certainly didn't find it as amazing as some of its fans. It also lost something over the years. Still, I am sad to see it go to make DD into one giant mall with largely Disney merchandise locations and outside vendors operating dining (as much as I enjoy Puck's, Fulton's and Portobello). WDW is simply going to offer a blander product without PI.
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>Did they still have the piano in that one room? Where it appears to have crashed through the upper floor? Wonderful them-ing.<< Yep. "Fingers" Jim Hill had an article posted today with a picture of the main guy who played Fingers. >>I remember playing 'stump the piano' one evening in that room years ago. Probably 1990 or so... People were calling out obscure songs, and the piano would play a few bars to let us know he know. I don't think we were able to stump the piano.<< A great act.... Cool to hear that you have good memories of it.
Originally Posted By -em sigh so I finally washed and counted my souvenir cups from the last two weeks... Grand Total? 14 and technically I am still missing 2 of the 5 cups (though am trading for them via mail this week) Least the good thing is the last two cups they dropped the "had to buy a 9.95 drink to get the cup" and went with it cost 2 bucks plus the cost of the drink inside (so for my diet cokes 4 bucks) so I cant look and say I spent 100 bucks plus I knew the club only the past two years (Went once or twice in 01, once in 04) but usually went atleast weekly since late 06 after being reintroduced to it by a friend...(Thank you Labuda..) until I got on the blasted morning shifts in January (as its really hard to stay up till 2 and be at work at 7) but I still visited as much as possible... All I can hope is that some day down the road it will be recognized for the gem it was- -em
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Hey ChiMike -- thanks for the word about the Jim Hill article. I recognized a few faces in that photo of the cast members there. In fact, it hit me -- I was a 'Traditions' instructor at Walt Disney World when the resort was hiring for the new Disney-MGM Studios and Pleasure Island. I had several orientation days with a room full of actors and actresses who would become the 'Streetmosphere' characters at Disney-MGM (remember those twin brothers?) and also the characters and entertainment at the venues at Pleasure Island. It was fun to go to the Adventurer's Club and at 'Disney-MGM' and see all the actors and have them say 'Hey, it's Jim my Traditions Instructor!' I remember one of the butler's at Adventurer's Club went on to a Nickelodeon show, and I seem to recall that one of the twin brothers went on to a TV series. And I recognize Sheila in that photo on Jim Hill media.
