Pleasure Island for children?

jamal

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We 'know' the band (family of acquaintances) playing at Rock n Roll Beach Club while we are at WDW. Would you take your 5 and 11 year old boys there? I think I am most concerned about walking the 'street' of PI and what they, especially the DARE-paranoid and eagle-eyed 11 year old, might see. We have not been to PI as we always go to WDW with our children and do everything together. I do know about the childcare services, but for us, it's gonna be we all go or no one goes. Thanks for your input! Jamal :earsboy:
 
jamal said:
We 'know' the band (family of acquaintances) playing at Rock n Roll Beach Club while we are at WDW. Would you take your 5 and 11 year old boys there? I think I am most concerned about walking the 'street' of PI and what they, especially the DARE-paranoid and eagle-eyed 11 year old, might see.
Fair warning disclaimer: I don't have kids, but do work with them. Your mileage as a parent may vary.

It really depends on your kids and what your tolerance is for things. I don't think you'll see any really lewd or exceptionally rowdy behavior, but after people get some drinks in them, that could change.

You can definitely expect to see people walking around with drinks, people smoking, and people who are intoxicated. You may see some mildly skimpy club attire such as short skirts on women. You may very well overhear some foul language from other patrons, since people are drinking.

I would also possibly suggest not doing the Adventurer's Club if you don't want the kids listening to mild double entendres. While nothing there is obscene, some of the jokes are mildly adult- I don't think they'd hear anything terribly scandalous, but some of the humor will go right over their heads, and some of the skits definitely mention drinking alcohol. That may not fly well with your DARE-aware son. ;)

I think if you go earlier in the evening before the partying is really heavily underway, you probably don't have too much to worry about. I might be a bit hesitant to have pre-teens there later at night when some people may have had a few too many. I've never witnessed anything worse than a drunken verbal argument in the street, which was broken up pretty quickly, but you may want to make the choice to not expose the kids to drunk adults whose behavior may be unpredictable.
 
ladysoleil said:
I think if you go earlier in the evening before the partying is really heavily underway, you probably don't have too much to worry about. I might be a bit hesitant to have pre-teens there later at night when some people may have had a few too many. I've never witnessed anything worse than a drunken verbal argument in the street, which was broken up pretty quickly, but you may want to make the choice to not expose the kids to drunk adults whose behavior may be unpredictable.

I agree. If it is still fairly early, you have less of a risk of there being out-of-control intoxicated people around. It also depends on when you are going. We were there a couple of years ago on the night after Christmas, which was a Sunday, and it was not very crowded and nothing at all was going on that I would be worried about my son witnessing. But at more crowded times, there tends to be more of a 'party' atmosphere.
 
Jamal - When will you be down there? ( PM me ).

As far as kids go... I would think it would be better if you went early ( R&R Beach Club opens at 8:00pm. ). It really doesn't pick up until around 10:00, and if you go on a slower night ( read:sunday, tuesday or wednesday ) then you'll see even less of the party crowd.

I may be able to help you further, PM me, and I'll discuss some more options since you "know the band"
 

This doesn't have a lot to do with your topic but I read somewhere that there are some places that people under 21 can get into if they have a parent with them. Is this true and if so where? :)
 
I think anyone under 21 can go with their parent to the clubs. Even in your hometown. We took our 19 year old to a comedy club for a fundraiser, just had to prove he was ours.
 
AJKMOM said:
I think anyone under 21 can go with their parent to the clubs. Even in your hometown. We took our 19 year old to a comedy club for a fundraiser, just had to prove he was ours.
That's not quite true for PI. There are two clubs - BET Soundstage and Mannikins that require you to be 21 to enter. No exceptions. Valid ID required.

Also FWIW, JellyRolls and Atlantic Dance (on the Boardwalk) require you to be 21 to enter. They do check IDs

I doubt the OP would be interested in taking her children into those two clubs anyway, though, LOL.

I agree that early in the evening is the best time to go if you are with children. Even then, your experience just depends on the people who are there at the time. You could end up with a PG experience or an XXX-rated experience. The trouble is that you really don't know which you are in for until you get there.

My advice to the OP is to go early, keep your parental eyes open and be prepared to leave if you begin to see things you don't want your children to see. (That Rock and Roll Beaches Club can get really LOUD)!

Best wishes -
 
It seems like a tough call. I'm pretty careful with my kids but if I knew the band I'd want to take them to see. I guess I'd just have a chat with them first and tell them that just by going doesn't mean that you condone all of the behavior of all of the people you may see there. We don't use profanity in our house, but they have certainly heard it and they know it's not to be used by them. Some guy dropped the "f" bomb (f-word) on his son waiting in line to catch a bus from MGM to POR. I kind of moved my kids back from him and my son said "Mom, it's not like we've never heard that word, we know not to use it." Heck, I just had to walk away from the checkout at K-Mart this Sunday afternoon because there were people yelling and cussing at each other. I do use those kinds of situations to point out to my kids how ridiculous those people sound (out of their angry ear-shot of course). As far as skimpy clothes, people don't just wear those clothes to PI or other clubs. I had to stand between my son and some young lady who thought EVERYONE needed to know she had on a Victoria's Secret thong while waiting in line for a roller coaster here locally. I'm not saying I'd take my kids to a bar under normal circumstances, but if you know the band it could be a pretty neat experience. I do agree with earlier posters, the earlier the better.
 
PI Ages:

It is true that some of the clubs, children can enter with their parents.

BET is 21+ Fri and Sat
Mannequins is 21+ Thurs-Sat, otherwise it's 18+
Motion is always 18+
Rest of the clubs, kids can enter with someone who is 21+
 
FWIW, if you're going to go, don't go on a thursday, that's cast night and it can get really crowded and aloooot of drunk cp's are always there
 
jamal said:
DARE-paranoid and eagle-eyed 11 year old might see.

PI is an adult area not really designed for kids in general. Sorry but your 11 year old really doesn't belong there.

Can you see the band where you live? Contact the band, find out when their first set is. If it's before 9:00 you might give it a shot but even then I wouldn't suggest it. Why would you intentionally take your child to a place you know isn't appropriate?
 











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