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Thank you, and Kungaloosh!

8 Trax

This is the front of 8 Trax looking towards the Adventurers Club.  My understanding
is that this building is not going to be demolished but re-themed and re-used.

Front of 8 Trax.  This photo was taken from near the front steps of the Adventurers Club.

Adventurers Club

Side of the building, upper "Zebra" mezzanine.  The windows at the rear are not covered,
and you can see into and through the back room.

Some of the Zebra Mezzanine windows have had their coverings torn open so that workers
inside could peek at the areas outside of the club.  Note the plane in the front planter area.

Props are still in decent condition here, looking quite good in the bright afternoon sun.

The exterior of the club is not boarded or covered up, however the windows have recently
been blacked out from the inside so that it is now impossible to look into the gutted club.
I tried to look inside and had hoped to provide a photo of the interior in its current state.

The front of the club is still a very nice photo location, although you have to step
over a chain to do it.  The landscaping shows that there is still a small amount of
foot traffic stepping into the groundcover to be photographed with the skulls
and the tail of the airplane.  I had several photos of myself taken here on this visit
because this may have been the last time I will ever see the Club.

The skulls show color variations, possibly due to a lack of maintenance.  It is possible
the raw materials have now become visible to due aging and exposure to the elements.
The left-most skull is quite yellow.

The side window is mysteriously boarded up, but the reason for this is not apparent.
There are silver screws visible which are used to attach the black panels to the
window frames.  If the glass has been removed, then these panels do not look
waterproof.  The covering seems to be intended either to keep people from
looking in, to keep people from looking out, or to shield the inside from sunlight.
Note the domino motif around the window, and remember that this is a reference
to part of the Pleasure Island and Adventurers Club backstory.

Closer view of the panels and screws.

The door at the lower left was occasionally used as an exit from the Library
show when the Club was full to capacity.

The Club banner is gone, and the hieroglyphics have faded.

Overpriced concoctions were not on sale the Sunday afternoon this photo was taken.

I decided not to avoid capturing the balloon in my photos, as this provides a
visual cue to the approximate time period these photos were taken.  Also,
the long flight times of the balloon would have made it very time-consuming
to run around and take my photos.  So I tried to make the best of it and show
the old and the new together.

Gone but never forgotten, this doorway was a gateway to a truly
special entertainment venue.  There is no other place like this in the world.

The drink cart sign in front of the Club.

I came back to take another photo of the window from a different angle.

I went to see Scooter on display in the D-Street shop.

And I caught a glimpse of the Club's rear staircase window which was NOT covered.

The roof and the dome under which we were all once inducted as Club members.

The railing has probably been left up to help alert guests to the fact that there
are steps in front of the Club which protrude into the main Hill Street walkway.

Mannequins

The side door facing Hill Street.

My camera allowed me to take a decent low-light shot through the glass.
There is a mannequin visible above where the pay phones used to be.

Watch for this building and facade to eventually be re-themed.  I hope everyone
likes a nautical theme?  Since both SeaWorld and Universal Studios already have
nautical-themed areas in their parks, it will be nice to finally get one on Disney property.
(Just kidding, folks...)

Motion

To be demolished soon to make a better (straighter) walkway to connect
Downtown Disney Marketplace with the Westside.

The strangely-plain exterior courtyard in front of Motion.  If it wasn't for the restroom
complex to the right, then this entire area could have been closed off to guest traffic.
Other than the restrooms and one nice waterfront viewing area, there is nothing for
guests to do here.  It's a completely dead end.

The club is gutted.  Refrigerator cases are on pallets ready to be moved out elsewhere.

Under the awning at the front of the building.

Note the pile of cinder blocks in front of the elevator, and the indicator light on
the elevator is on.

Here the elevator door has opened.  I observed a worker exit the elevator carrying two
cinder blocks and set them down next to the pile on the floor in front of the elevator.
Should I have been surprised that some work was going on here this Sunday afternoon?

Another shot of the mess inside Motion.

View of Motion from the waterfront next to Rock'n'Roll Beach Club.

And another trip back for more interior pics, this time the elevator door is closed.

View of Motion from in front of Rock'n'Roll Beach Club.

View from in front of Motion and towards the main part of Pleasure Island.
Notice on the right that a big Mickey pumpkin has been set up as a photo
location.  This discourages but does not prevent guests from walking to the
plaza area in front of Motion.

The Mickey pumpkin in front of Rock'n'Roll Beach Club.

General Pleasure Island Photos

These photos will be very interesting to see later when Pleasure Island is
renamed and re-themed.  The Pleasure Island signage will have to be removed,
so I took a few photos to later remember "how it was."

One of the old PI ticket booths.  Someone had once said that some of the old
Fort Wilderness Railroad cars were used here as ticket booths, but up-close
inspection fails to reveal any "real" train car attributes on any of the ticket booths
at Pleasure Island.

Back Story Plaques.

I looked and only found three left.  There are probably more.

This one is located on the side of the Sosa/Fuente cigar shop next to Raglan Road.

This one is on one of the walls up a flight of stairs on the Rock'n'Roll Beach Club.
I had to step over two chains to take this photo.  I don't advocate breaking any rules
on Disney property, but under the circumstance that this building may be torn
down very soon, I found myself having to do it so that I could take this photo.

Outside the main entrance to Mannequins.

Rock'n'Roll Beach Club

Still looks very nice from the street. There will be dramatic changes here when the
main walkway is re-routed through here.

The blocked roadway on Hill Street reduces or prevents guest traffic in this ghost-town
dead-end portion of Pleasure Island.

The balcony at the rear of the Beach Club building.  This is a very nice quiet place.

Crossing one chain allows you to walk around the rear of the building where
you can peek inside at what's left.  There are still bottles behind the bar, but it
was not possible to tell what the contents may have been.

Rear emergency exit staircase along the water.

View along the back and towards the Adventurers Club.

Another view of the bar.  Notice that the floor lighting is still powered up on the staircase.

Side view of the staircase next to the bar.  The illuminated steps are very clear in this photo.

One of the ground-level entrance corridors of the Club.

Bamboo columns - a nice touch.

This is a very attractive corner in Pleasure Island.  Too bad it's dead.

Soundstage Club

Not sure if this club building will stay or will also be re-themed.  It has a great view of the water.

Back side of the Soundstage club.  Notice the nice view of the water and the balloon!

Interior photo of the club taken through the only non-covered door at the front.

PI Live Drink Stand

The menu.  Prices are not shown.

Adventurers Club fans will miss the Kungaloosh drink as well as the beloved Club.

That's all I had time to photograph on this very nice Halloween Sunday.  Change is coming.
Say "Yeah!" to our new future nautical-themed conglomeration of "shopping and dining!"