Save the ADVENTURERS CLUB at Pleasure Island!

[Master_Gracey]

More Disney News scans, this 1988 article featuring the plans for the up and coming "revolutionary concept in Disney entertainment" Pleasure Island!

Disney News: Summer 1988








Sigh, if only costs were not cut in the building of Pleasure Island, the family aspect of the Island wasn't lost in translation, and turnstiles were not removed, then we probably would not be in the mess we have today. Interesting news to tell as well, two of my friends, who work in Disney's Entertainment Main Gate Office, have mentioned, that Disney has concerns about Universal opening the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction and is about to launch a huge marketing campaign because of it. Also, an Imagineer who originally designed the Adventurers Club has put in a personal request to redesign it for the Animal Kingdom Lodge and the plans are still on the table. So Adventurers, there is still hope, and the fight is far from over. Even after Sept 27th, we must keep flooding executive offices with letters, e-mails, phone calls, ect. so they will see that Adventure must continue, we are not going to disappear, and give the green light to the rebuilding of our beloved Adventurers Club. Meanwhile, attend the Adventurers Club and purchase a Kungaloosh or two in an Arnie & Claude glass and toast to the possibility that we will see out beloved Club rise again! Till next time Adventurers:

Some days you eat the mouse.
Some days the mouse eats you.
But never give into the mouse without a fight!

KUNGALOOSH!

[Master_Gracey]

Adventurers, with one week left of our beloved Club, I just want to say, that now is not the time to give up and march into the sunset singing the song of Adventurers. Now is the time that the battle really needs to get started. While the flood of “Save the Adventurers Club” letters, emails, phone calls, ect. have been sent to Disney Executives, soon we will need to send “Bring Back the Adventurers Club” paraphernalia! While Disney took notice that there is a huge demographic of Adventurers wanting their club to stay, they also need to know that after Sept. 27th, we are not going away. Jennifer Harmless, on the “Save the Adventurers Club” Facebook Group posted this message:

I just posted this on the Yahoo group, but I want as MANY people as possible to do this!! Ok, so we all pretty much KNOW that the Adventurer's Club is closing, but what if they do have some plans to reopen it? What if they are still considering those plans? What if they get thousands of phone calls, letters, emails, pictures, maps, etc., in the next few weeks/months? This COULD make a difference in the potential future of this AMAZING club!

I beg every single one of you to call all the numbers you can find, email all the addresses you can find, multiple times from multiple addresses if you can, and send them letters. Write two or three to each person. Keep them short and simple, the more the better. Also if you have any old pics from previous trips, make copies and mail those in with a note that says something about how much it meant to you, or how angry you are that it is being taken away. Disney LIVES on guest satisfaction. Make it glaringly obvious how DISSATISFIED we are with their decision. Tell them very clearly that any change to the club, other than perhaps making it a little larger, would be DISASTROUS. TAKE ACTION PLEASE! If all of us can do this it just might make a difference, and wouldn't that be worth it?

I'm working on postcard images and other graphics to use to send to Disney. I want all of us to hit Disney HARD to force them to reconsider their decision. If anyone wants some images to used or wants to request particular graphics for their own "save the AC" campaign please let me know. my email is harmless@gmail.com

As far as any of my contacts in Celebration know, there is nothing definite going into the Adventurers Club area, so there is still a possibility of getting the club back in its original location! So adventurers, I leave you for now with original concept art of Pleasure Island, and the Adventurers Club Main Salon. Until next time:

Some days you eat the mouse.
Some days the mouse eats you.
But never give into the mouse without a fight!

KUNGALOOSH!

[Aladdin]

Tehlula the maid, get a special visitor after singing about Indiana Jones!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http:...?v=_M3LL98RBC4

[Master_Gracey]

Dear Adventurers,

Well, here we are after three months of emails, letters, phone calls, blood, sweet, tears, ect, and the time has come for phase two of the “Save the Adventurers Club” Campaign, the “Return our Adventurers Club” Campaign! Disney Executives have taken notice of the mass amounts of guest displeasure at the announcement and actual closing of our beloved club, and rumors are flying out of control like the Hathaway Browne’s Gypsy Moth!

One source says Animal Kingdom Lodge will be the new sight of Adventure. Another source tells of EPCOT’s United Kingdom Pavilion taking in the Permanent Members. Sill other sources tell of a Disney Cameraman with a Disney Manager filming one night at the Club, someone overhearing them talking about the footage being compiled into a “training video”, mentioning that the Adventurers Club Main Salon, Library and BET Soundstage would be the new Adventurers Club, and that the reopening will occur in as little as two months! Which is true? Which is false? I do not know but I do know this.

The Executives were expecting a response from the closure announcement; however they were not prepared for the volume of dissatisfaction. In the following weeks, months and if need be years, the Executives need to continue to have their desks, computers and phones stuffed with messages saying that we want Adventure to return ASAP and sooner! If the messages stop, they will then sit back and say to themselves they were right, and no one cared about the Adventurers Club in the first place, However, if the messages continue to pile up They will see that movement will not be going away until we Adventurers have a new place to gather, enjoy a Kungaloosh and listen to the exploits of Hathaway Browne, Pamelia Perkins, Otis T. Wren and so on.

Please Adventurers, continue the fight! Our cause is justified. I was in attendance on the last night and witnessed that the Final Hoopla (for a while) consisted of 150 people inside the Library, 200+ inside the Main Salon and 100+ in the extended outdoor Queue, watching the event on the Plasma TVs! This kind of crowd does not appear at an unpopular attraction that deserves to close. So once again, here are the important addresses and websites devoted to preserving the greatest Disney Attraction of all time!

Petitions:
Save a Part of Walt's Legacy
http://www.petitiononline.com/wdwadvcl/petition.html

Save the Adventurers Club!
http://www.petitiononline.com/wdwaclub/petition.html


Letter Writing Campiagns:
Kungaloosh Forever
http://www.kungalooshforever.com

PeterDavid.net
PeterDavid.net: Save the Adventurers Club


Executive Addresses:
Mr. Robert Iger
Chief Executive Officer
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-4873

Peter Murphy
Personal Adviser to CEO Robert Iger
500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521

Roy E. Disney
Director Emeritus, The Walt Disney Company
500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521

Mr. James A. Rasulo
Chairman
Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-4873

Meg Crofton
President
The Walt Disney World Resort
PO Box 10040
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830

Al Weiss
President
Worldwide Operations
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
PO Box 10000
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830

Jim Lewis
President
Disney Vacation Club
200 Celebration Place
Celebration, FL 34747

Walt Disney World Guest Communications
PO Box 10040
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-0040

Walt Disney World Guest Relations
P.O. Box 10000
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830


Executive E-mail Addresses:
Bob Iger, Vice President of Operations, Walt Disney World
Robert.A.Iger@email.disney.com

John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney/Pixar, Principal Creative Advisor of Walt Disney Imagineering
jl@pixar.com"]jl@pixar.com"]jl@pixar.com

Kevin Lansberry, Vice President of Operations Downtown Disney
kevin.lansberry@email.disney.com

Meg Crofton, President Walt Disney World Resort
meg.crofton@disney.com

Jay Rasulo, Chairman Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
jay.rasulo@disney.com

Al Weiss, President Worldwide Operations - Disney Parks and Resorts
al.weiss@disney.com

Barry Carlson, GM of Operations
barry.r.carlson@email.disney.com

Kris Piser, DTD Finance Manager
Kristine.piser@email.disney.com

Walt Disney World Guest Communications
wdw.guest.communications@disneyworld.com


Media Pages:
Facebook Group:
http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=17614776169

Myspace Group:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=392 612672

Adventurers Almanac
2719 HYPERION: Adventurers Almanac

Others:
http://www.savetheadventurersclub.info

http://adventurersclub.ning.com


Forum Threads:
WDWMagic
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=325622

Mice Chat
http://micechat.com/forums/showthread.php/save_adventurers_club_pleasure_island-99204.html

Mouse Planet
Disney to close Pleasure Island's six nightclubs - MousePad

The DIS Disscussion Forums
Save the Adventurers Club - The DIS Discussion Forums - DISboards.com

Walt Disney Boards
Save PI/Adventurer's Club Thread - Walt Disney Boards - Message Boards & Forum Discussing The Genius Of Walter Elias Disney!

Some days you eat the mouse.
Some days the mouse eats you.
But never give into the mouse without a fight!

KUNGALOOSH!

[Hathaway Browne]

^Here's hoping that turns out to be true.

Originally Posted by Aladdin

Tehlula the maid, get a special visitor after singing about Indiana Jones!

YouTube - adventurers club: tallulah last night

Aww that was great!

So I guess Dr. Jones is a member of the Club too?

[Master_Gracey]

Hello Adventurers,
Here are two more addresses to add to the ever growing list of people to contact in this the "Return our Adventurers Club" Campaign!

Peter Murphy
Personal Adviser to CEO Robert Iger
500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521

Roy E. Disney
Director Emeritus, The Walt Disney Company
500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521

Some days you eat the mouse.
Some days the mouse eats you.
But never give into the mouse without a fight!
KUNGALOOSH!

[nbodyhome]

I was there this past Saturday night (with the NFFC). What a wonderful time, and I'm sad that it may have been my very last time in the AC.

[Master_Gracey]

Were not defeated yet Adventurers! According to Dani on the "Save the Adventurers Club" Facebook group:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17614776169
In other news, I was at Downtown Disney on Monday morning working on some nostalgic AdClub art when I was approached by two Disney Security CMs. They encouraged me to keep the petitions going and keep writing letters. I was also approached by a construction worker who's working on the large brown building next door to the Club and he spilled a few secrets about a tequilla bar going in there. Although unannounced and unconfirmed by Disney, it's going to be some sort of themed bar with a dancefloor called The Salty Rim. Hmmmm.

Oh boy a tequila bar! Oh boy, a dance floor! Wait, didn't we already have places like this at Downtown Disney, but with much better theming? Oh yea, and those building still stand and can be reopened at a moments notice. On a more important note Adventurers, lets take Disney Security's advice and keep up the flow of letters and petitions and Adventure will call our names once again!

Some days you eat the mouse.
Some days the mouse eats you.
But never give into the mouse without a fight!

KUNGALOOSH!

[Master_Gracey]

Just thought I'd keep this thread alive and post another Disney News article featuring the pre-construction times of Pleasure Island and remind everyone to please continue to send in letters, e-mails, phone calls, ect. to Disney Executives to let them know to "Return Our Adventurers Club". I went by there a few days ago, and it looks like it can reopen at a moments notice! Granted that is due to the conventions booked there, but if we continue to let Disney know that we want Adventure to be returned to us, Adventure may still be in our future at Pleasure Island, which is where it truly belongs.

Disney News: Winter 1986

Some days you eat the mouse.
Some days the mouse eats you.
But never give into the mouse without a fight!

KUNGALOOSH!

[jane2073]

I really do appreciate all of the Pleasure Island articles!! Thank you for posting them.
Seeing Basil and Ratigan is a bonus!!!

[Master_Gracey]

Originally Posted by jane2073

I really do appreciate all of the Pleasure Island articles!! Thank you for posting them.
Seeing Basil and Ratigan is a bonus!!!

Thank you jane2073, I'm glad you are enjoying the articles. I'm glad that my grandfather saved every Disney News he recieved, there are some amazing articles that I have seen dealing with things that aren't there anymore.

On a side note to all Adventurers who may be in Pleasure Island tonight, I just received word that tonight, as a test of popularity, our beloved frozen concoction, the Kungaloosh will be served at one of the outdoor bars! Come buy and show your support so that it may be added back to Pleasure Islands new, and unfortunately limited drink menu. Who know, if the drink is brought back, hopefully the Adventurers Club will follow suit.

Some days you eat the mouse.
Some days the mouse eats you.
But never give into the mouse without a fight!

KUNGALOOSH!

[SkipperWest]

KUNGALOOSH ADVENTURERS!

By now you are probably aware that an amazing event is set to take place September 25th-27th of 2009 in Orlando….CON-GALOOSH! Yes, this is the first (and hopefully annual) gathering of the Adventurers Club members and fans world-wide! And, we’d like you to be an active part of that. How, you may ask? How, we will tell you!

Join us at ConGaloosh on Yahoo groups - congaloosh : Con-Galoosh! in order to become a part of this event honoring the memory of the Adventurers Club as it stood for 19 years in the Pleasure Island Entertainment District of Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. You can also help inspire the creation of this event (as well as meet other like—minded Adventurers Club Enthusaists) at the Adventurers Club Yahoo Group - congaloosh : Con-Galoosh!

We are currently working on our website that will have up to the minute information and registration applications to use, but, until that is up and running, feel free to join us at the ConGaloosh page on MySpace - MySpace.com - ConGaloosh - 99 - Male - ORLANDO, Florida - www.myspace.com/congaloosh

As we work towards announcing the weekend membership package details for this event we would also like to get an idea of the number of you Adventurers out there (and, aren’t most true Adventurers, out there? ) who would be willing to volunteer your time to work with our committees and departments to make sure this event is a successful one. You can let us know that by taking part in a related poll on either of the two Yahoo Groups listed above. Once our membership packets go out, you can further the details of where you would like to work as a volunteer in a section of the membership application form.

We welcome ideas for the events (again, polls are up at either of the two Yahoo Groups to help with this, or, you can post your ideas on the ConGaloosh Yahoo Group) and look forward to hearing from you.

If you live in the Central Florida region and would like to assist the committee heads in working on developing this weekend, please leave a contact message on the ConGaloosh board as well.

We are looking forward to hearing from all of you out there and eagerly await the chance to welcome everyone in person at ConGaloosh, September 25th-27th, 2009!


KUNGALOOSH!

[Master_Gracey]

Fellow Adventurers,

New news on the "Return our Adventurers Club" front! Here is a message from the "Save the Adventurers Club" Facebook Group:

Save The Adventurers Club | Facebook Heard a rumor today that there is a chance that Disney might reopen some of the clubs during the Holiday rush, if they're considering this there is more reason now than ever to send these letters. I myself just shot out 5 today. Another Hoopla (hoopla) maybe closer than we think.

Lets hope that this is true, if so, our message is finally getting through! Keep up the good work Adventurers!

Some days you eat the mouse.
Some days the mouse eats you.
But never give into the mouse without a fight!
KUNGALOOSH!

[Master_Gracey]

Fellow Adventurers,
As I was perusing the Adventurers Club Yahoo Group (Adventurers_Club : Adventurers Club) I came upon a very interesting file. For Halloween, someone, who seemed to have some time on his hands, created an Adventurers Club Logo Jack-O-Lantern and posted the template he used to carve it! I know I'm going to try my hand at it before All Hallows Eve, and here are the files in case anyone else wants to as well.

http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/4JYDSS5LvVSopi0M99eXukN_mbOROjzhARS4PCYMO3c28X8yeq-CpnxJZqkjLtdLx_KRk4Os4-shVAzVVyQYH-hT6S8/Adventurers%20Club%20Pumpkin/Adventurers%20Club%20All%20Purpose%20Club%20Jack%2 0O%20Lantern%20Tips.txt[/URL]

Kungaloosh Adventurers,

With Halloween a week away, I thought that I would share with you a labor of love that I took upon myself at the beginning of this month, an Adventurers Club Jack-O-Lantern. After 5 hours of printing, tracing and cutting I finished the initial job and with the knowledge from retracing my steps, I was able to put together this easy (at least as easy as I could make it) template so that you too can carve your own Adventurers Club Jack-O-Lantern! Here are a few tips that I can give to you:

1. Purchase a craft pumpkin from Michaels (That way you will not have to cry as your hours of work wither and die over the next week, and you can display your work for years to come!)

2. Purchase a "Pumpkin Masters Carving Party Kit" from Wallmart that includes a "Super Poker" to trace the blackened areas of the template to your pumpkin.

3. Tape the template as flat as you can to the pumpkin (this may mean cutting the paper a bit, just don't cut into the design).

4. If using a craft pumpkin, make your cuts with an Exacto Knife instead of the tools that come with the Carving Party Kit, an Exacto cuts smoother and will have less chances of breaking the small detailed areas.

5. Carve from the inside of the pumpkin outward and cutting the small areas before the larger ones.

6. Take it slow and Good Luck.

Some days you eat the mouse.
Some days the mouse eats you.
But never give into the mouse without a fight!
KUNGALOOSH!

[Master_Gracey]

Happy Halloween Adventurers! A friend of mine down in Florida sent me this picture of his Halloween group this year. He informed me that there have been a lot of Adventurers Club groups, as well as his own, attending Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party this year, so its good to know that there are still devoted Adventurers out there! Who knows, if we keep the letters, e-mail, phone calls, ect. rolling into the Exec Offices, then Marcel willing, we will all be enjoying a Kungaloosh next year at this time at the Halloween Jubilee inside the Library of 5189 Hill Street!

Some days you eat the mouse.
Some days the mouse eats you.
But never give into the mouse without a fight!

KUNGALOOSH!