Marching along we’re adventurers!
August 8th, 2008I don’t remember which trip it was, but I do remember my first night at The Adventurers’ Club.
We had decided to go out to Pleasure Island on our trip to Walt Disney World, I was excited to go but I have to admit I wasn’t all that excited. I don’t drink and I don’t really dance, so what could Pleasure Island really have in store for me?
The Comedy Club was a fun treat, and there was the Beach Club which had some pool tables and pinball for me, but none of it was really worth the extra admission. But then I went to the Adventurer’s Club.
It was like someone said “Hey Kevin, what would you like in an interactive theater experience?” “Why brash test pilots, kooky anthropologists, silly butlers, puppets and a haunted organ. Set it in the 1930’s. Give it a vibe like a really goofy take on Indiana Jones. Oh and a place to sit down and enjoy some time off my feet after a long day at Disney” and then they proceeded to build it.
The Adventurers’ Club is a magic place like that, themed with more odd knick-nacks then you can really take in (I’ve been there over a dozen times and find something new every time!) The shows are so improv heavy that even similar shows year to year are a new experience. Sometimes we get there late and miss a show? No problem there are smaller sub-shows like the Mask and Treasure Rooms.
The cast would wander around and tell you stories and would sometimes even remember you night to night. The sing-alongs could get even the staunchest no-fun type of attender to start singing and overall you just left the place feeling a little better for having gone.
My brother and I make the place a priority every year and try to spend as much time there as we can. We have favorite actors for each part and are really Adventurers’ club fanboys when you come right down to it.
Every year I think my top Walt Disney list is ride the Haunted Mansion, ride the Jungle Cruise and enjoy the Adventurers Club. It’ll be weird without it there, it’s been the scene of many fond memories, I even went there on my honeymoon.
Could Walt Disney World save it? Sure!
It’s not a night club in the strictest sense so it could definitely be moved to a new setting at Downtown Disney, it would be like a bar among the restaurants, or a show among other shows. It could exist in one form or another, it was much more “Disney” then the rest of Pleasure Island anyway and the place was always packed when we were there. A world without the Adventurers’ Club may be a sad one indeed.
For me it was like the Disney Characters I went to visit, in fact I have a picture with my favorite Graves (the Butler) actor and I’m smiling like a kid that just met Mickey Mouse.
Kungaloosh!
Could we save an attraction? Could we Save the Adventurers’ Club?
Oh also Save Hijinks Ensue and Save Hiatus while you are at it!
August 9th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
It was your honeymoon. YOU FIRST WENT THERE ON YOUR HONEYMOON!
August 12th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Haha…way to forget. Anyway, the sad thing is Cori and I skipped it last time for our next trip. DAMN IT. If it is gone I will be very angry.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Oh man I just read the link…they’re closing all the clubs at Pleasure Garden? Have they announced what they’re doing with the space….or why? Are they simply not popular enough?