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Mannequins Dance Palace

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Location: Downtown Disney » Pleasure Island » Mannequins Dance Palace

Dates
Opening
May 1, 1989 (1989-05-01)[1]
Closing Announced
June 28, 2008 (2008-06-28)[2]
Closed
September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28)[3]
Address
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Phone — (407) 934-7781[4]
Latitude — 28.370953
Longitude — -81.517855

Mannequins Dance Palace is a club offering a spinning dance floor, thousands of lights and include special effects such as smoke, bubbles and snow. The club features the Pleasure Island Explosion Dancers above the main dance floor. The club was one large production and was more popular with the locals and established dancers.[5]

The club featured special nights like Thursdays which would be Mannequins DV8 night where they would play 80s classic songs.

Contents

[edit] Story

Below is the back story for Mannequins:[6]

MANNEQUINS
'Pleasure Island Canvas Works Fabrication Plant
1912
Second building erected on the island, this actually housed Merriweather Pleasure's famous canvas fabrication works. In the 1930s, it was converted to a soundstage for Invincible Pictures, then into a design studio and workshop for various Pleasure projects. Most notable of these was a huge locomotive powered by a combination of steam and magnetic power. A colossal turntable was installed to facilitate the work on this revolutionary product, called "Maxwell's Demon", that was intended to revolutionize world transportation.
It didn't.
For further unverifiable information on the life and times of Pleasure Island, refer to the theoretical histerical plaques located at the island's entrances.

[edit] Incidents

In 1995, singer Bobby Brown was charged after fight inside Mannequins. Brown later reached a settlement with a Chicago man who had part of his ear reattached. Charges were then dropped by the Orange County Sheriff's Office.[7]

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[edit] References

  1. Polsson, Ken. "1983-1989". Chronologoy of Walt Disney World. Retrieved on January 2, 2009.
  2. "Netcot.com - Pleasure Island to Close".
  3. "Pleasure Island FAQ".
  4. "Orlando Night Club". Florida Travel and Tourist Bureau. Retrieved on December 27, 2008.
  5. "Mannequins Dance Palace". AOL. Retrieved on December 27, 2008.
  6. Sampson, Wade. "The lost (but laughable) history of WDW's Pleasure Island". Jim Hill Media. Retrieved on December 27, 2008.
  7. Bevil, Dewayne (September 19, 2008 (2008 -09-19)). "End in sight for Pleasure Island", Orlando Sentinel. 
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