Save the Adventurers Club

[Master_Gracey]

Happy Valentine's Day Adventurers,

Once again, the Disney Parks Blog has set themselves up for an Adventurers Club ballot box stuffing! Today's internet query is "Your Favorite Disney Character Couple is…". http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/02/your-favorite-disney-character-couple-is/ Lets get to it Adventurers! I'm sure everyone is in favor of Otis & Pamelia, or Hathaway and well, every lady he looks at, or Emil & Bessie the Heifer, or any other combination. Please be sure to include in your comment that these characters are from the Adventurers Club (as I'm sure the higher ups may need a gentle reminder of the properties they own and are letting go to waste), and how much you would like to see them back at Walt Disney World by next Valentines Day.

The last Blog question of "Your Favorite Disney Character is…" is still open, and the Adventurers Club is well spoken for (I think that Hathaway Browne beat out Mickey Mouse). So lets contiune to remind Disney that "An Adventurers Life is Best"!

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

KUNGALOOSH!​

 

[Master_Gracey]

Kungaloosh Adventurers,

I don't know how I missed this fantastic opportunity for so long, but here is the chance to use the "Let the Memories Begin" campaign to our advantage! Below is a link to a site where you can subit a photo of a favorite Disney memory as well as tell the photo's story (in 1000 words or less)! So, I propose we flood this campaign with adventurous photos and memories. Oh, and be be sure to add in your stories how you would like the Club to reopen so more memories can be made!

Kungaloosh!

http://apps.facebook.com/disneyparksmemories/

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

KUNGALOOSH!​

 

[Master_Gracey]

And now, the immortal words of Col. Critchlow Sunchbench:

When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven.

So, let's all get drunk, and go to heaven!​

Happy St. Patrick's Day, may that next year we will all be commiting no sin inside the Adventurers Club's Main Salon!

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

KUNGALOOSH!​

 

[marielynn724]

KUNGALOOSH! I'm so glad to see the fight for our Adventurer's Club is still going strong! Disney was so stupid to ever close it in the first place! Please please please let's hope it comes back to Hyperion Wharf!

 

[Wendy&Grumpy]

Joining the fight as AC is one of the places on my "must do" list that I have not yet been able to do.

It has to come back!

 

[Master_Gracey]

Just recently I have heard an interesting rumor and story this from a certain Skipper who we all know and love. One of his Universal contacts mentioned to him that their is a possibility of the New York City "Jekyll and Hyde Club" coming to Citywalk! For those of you who do not know of this Club, it was rumored to have been built by a former Adventurers Club employee. It is a themed restraunt/bar with interactive entertainment and undoubtedly inspired by our beloved Club, so much so that they have a portraits of Otis T. Wren and Hathaway Browne on their walls!

Photo from Adventureres Club Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adventurers_Club/

Photo from Adventureres Club Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adventurers_Club/​

Now, as for the story. . . a few weeks ago, Bob Iger had visted Universal to experience the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. It was reported to be a cordial visit all around with Iger and Universal Management disscussing the differences between how each park operates, and other such business. A few days later a Mansion Butler witnessed Iger and Magic Kingdom Vice President, Phil Holmes getting off the Haunted Mansion (we are to assume inspecting the new Hitchhiking Ghosts). Iger turned to Holmes and irritatedly muttered, "It's not Potter" and walked away!

If this is true, then finally Disney is realizing that they have to start keeping up with the Potters. (Which is still a sad state of affairs since, as we all know, Disney once led the theme park industry.) Also, if this is the case, then if The Jekyll & Hyde Club does open at Citywalk, we can only hope that it does exceedingly well to the point that Disney will have to take notice and say to themselves, "Wait, didn't we once have the attration that inspired that Club? Crap! Well, what are you minions waiting for, get that stuff off of the walls of D'Street, Tahitian Terrace and Mystic Manor and rush deliver it back to 5189 Hill St.!"

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

KUNGALOOSH!​

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

No, it's not Potter, but you also don't wait two hours for it. My brother's family went to Potter, they have now sworn off Universal for a while. Iger needs to realize that what HE experienced is not what the average guest is expereincing. (Long lines, being shuttled around the park and told "you can't even enter that area now" etc...)

While I think Disney needs to "up their game" Potter is not the solution!

 

[Master_Gracey]

Kungaloosh Adventurers,

Oh boy, I though Disney Parks Blog had learned not to ask questions they didn't want true answers to, but the one I just found is, "What’s your favorite 'Disneyland After Dark' entertainment memory?" Now even though this is dealing with Disneyland, I'm sure we can retrofit it to our needs!

Also, they are advertising "Up Close With Indy Jones at Table in Wonderland" which I plan on commenting that it has been done, but so much better for ConGaloosh 2010 with true Adventurers enteraining the crowd!

Please Adventurers, we need to continue to let Disney know the mistake they made on Sept. 27, 2008 and we are not going to let them forget that we want our Club back. Lets get commenting!

What’s your favorite "Disneyland After Dark" entertainment memory?
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/04/this-day-in-history-disneyland-after-dark/

Up Close With Indy Jones at Table in Wonderland
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/04/up-close-with-indy-jones-at-table-in-wonderland-on-april-30/

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

KUNGALOOSH!​

 

[Master_Gracey]

Kungaloosh Adventurers,

Well the past few days have provided interesting rumors. The Save Pleasure Island Blog is covering the developing story of how Mannequins & 8TRAX exterior show lighting has been relit and managers have been seen coming in and out of the Adventurers Club! Some are saying that there is talk that the Hyperion Wharf project has been postponed or perhaps even canceled!

Read all about it here
http://www.savepleasureisland.blogspot.com/

If this is true, then it may be time for another round of letter writting to the upper Disney Management to get them set on the correct path of Adventure!

Also, the Disney Parks Blog's latest post that screams, "lets talk about the Adventurers Club", is "Wild Africa Trek Gets More Adventurous at Disney’s Animal Kingdom" featuring an interview with the Father of the Adventurer Club, Joe Rohde! Let's get a goodly number of posts up on this one Adventurers, to show Joe and Disney how we feel about the pearl that is our Club!

Wild Africa Trek Gets More Adventurous at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/04/wild-africa-trek-gets-more-adventurous-at-disneys-animal-kingdom/

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

KUNGALOOSH!​

 

[Master_Gracey]

Kungaloosh Adventurers,

To start off, let us recap the recent rumors going around about Merriweather's Island. According to recent rumors, Hyperion Wharf has been put on hold if not canceled; There is a movement for 3rd parties to put clubs back on Pleasure Island; The Adventurers Club puppet of Col. Suchbecnch recently went up for auction in a cast members only section on WDW only for a few days later to be removed from auction to be placed in a safe location; and many other positive rumors are surfacing every day!

King Bob of the “Save Pleasure Island” Blogspot has called all lovers of Pleasure Island to arms for one more letter writing campaign to the Executives of the Walt Disney Company imploring them to bring back our beloved nightlife capital of Walt Disney World! http://www.savepleasureisland.blogspot.com/

Many have started to respond to this new movement and recently on the WDWMagic Forum, Lee received this response from Ana Brady of Guest Services:

Dear Lee,
We appreciate the uniqueness of the email you sent to Tom Staggs and other members of our Leadership teams. We also appreciate your passion for the Adventurer’s Club and enthusiasm for our product offerings. We recognize that this ‘entertainment adventure’ was a unique experience and will certainly be missed by many loyal Fans, like yourself. Tom has personally spent a number of great evenings there and will miss it himself.
With that in mind, you will be happy to know that our Creative team is constantly exploring options for us to reintroduce the spirit of the Adventurer’s Club at our Walt Disney World Resort. It is too early to say when or in what form that might happen, but we will continue to look in the hope of finding the right opportunity.
Please also understand that a tremendous amount of thought went into our decision for the creation of a new vision for Downtown Disney®. As we look to the future, we are excited about the evolution that will occur over the next few years, introducing a brand new mix of shopping, dining and other opportunities for our Guests' enjoyment.
Thank you again for taking the time to share your thoughts with us.
Sincerely,
Ana Brady
Guest Services
Walt Disney World Resort
2290200

While many would think that this response will hamper out efforts, I say that we use this to our advantage. From here on out, copy/past this response into every e-mail and letter that is sent with a message reading along the lines of, “I am well aware of the canned response that has been drafted to respond to letters of this nature and since I took the time to write to you I would appreciate you taking the time to actually respond to this issue that will not go away until the Adventurers Club has been reopen on Walt Disney World property”. Also a nice stinger along the lines of,“ Reintroducing the spirit of the Adventurer’s Club is not the same as re-opening the Adventurers Club, which is what your customers are truly asking for” would hopefully get the point accross!

We are making progress Adventurers, with Hyperion Wharf on hold, this is the time to once again let the Disney Company here us singing the song of Adventurers, the song that is calling us back to home to 5189 Hill St. for another Hoopla!

And just so this information is easily accessable:

Walt Disney Company 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

Thomas O. Staggs
Chairman
Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
C/O Team Disney Building
500 South Buena Vista St.
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

Walt Disney Company Executive E-mail Addresses:

Bob Iger, President& CEO, Walt Disney Company
Robert.A.Iger@email.disney.com

Keith Bradford, Vice President, Downtown Disney
Keith.B.Bradford@disney.com

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

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

Thomas O Staggs, Chairman Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Tom.Staggs@disney.com

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

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

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

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 4th of July Everyone! And for you Pleasure Island Histarians out there:

The story begins in New South Frewsberg, Pennsylvania, on July 4th, 1873. “Gold Rush Gus” Pleasure, free-wheeling millionaire prospector/explorer, paces in his study. A smiling nurse enters and announces the birth of a bouncing baby boy to him and his wife, the former Miss Lydia LaMarr, an early star of the American stage (known professionally as “The American Venus”). The boy is named “Merriweather” after Gus’ own father.

~An exerpt from "The Pleasure Island Papers"​

Happy 138th Birthday, Merriweather Adam Pleasure! My your Island revive this year and once again bring joy to Adventurers everywhere!

M. A. Pleasure​

Also, I'd like to extend a Happy 110th Birthday to Stewart Pleasure, 106th Birthday to Henry Pleasure and 100th Birthday to Merriam Pleasure. Also Happy 85th Wedding Anniversary to Henry Pleasure and Zenobia Dubois and 78th Wedding Anniversary to Merriam Pleasure and Raoul Manzanera! Oh the Pleasure Family, as American as apple pie and Walter Elias Disney (Who just so happened to be Merriweather's Uncle)!

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

KUNGALOOSH!​

 

[Master_Gracey]

Kungaloosh again Adventurers,

The Disney Parks Blog now wants to hear about our patriotic traditions for the 4th of July. Since it is Merriweather Pleasure's Birthday, let us once again flood the Blog with our love of the Adventurers Club and how that tradition needs to be back by Merriweather's next Birthday!

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/07/american-traditions-at-disney-parks/

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

KUNGALOOSH!​

 

[ClaudeGobet]

when we first started going to the adventurer's club in 2003, we thought it was the best thing on pleasure island, true disney imagination and theming for adults, not kids. by this i don't mean the show was profane in any way, but certainly the innuendo in the jokes was aimed at a mature audience. a far better adult escape than pleasure island's comedy club, adventurer's club still managed to keep you in a disney state of mind. this continued to be true in 2004. then something changed, by 2006 pleasure island was no longer for adults only. the wristband requirement to be allowed to enter pleasure island was now only a wristband to be able to purchase alcoholic beverages. the performance i saw in 2006 was not for the adults present. it centered on and was aimed at any child present. the innuendo was nearly all gone, and witty exchanges became merely high pitched voices screaming at eachother. this held the children's attention and amused them, but left the adults who knew this place before, shaking their heads and leaving. i miss the original adventurer's club as much as anyone, and would love to see it's return. however, if the return is the kid-friendly screaming, i'd prefer the R.I.P. and fond memories. it sounds promising that something is in the works. many said tiki room would never be reverted to it's original glory and yet?... the response of "looking into it" and "similar" may not be a bad thing. at least there's finally some thread of hope.

 

[Master_Gracey]

Kungaloosh Adventurers,

Here it is folks, Disney Parks Blog has announced that Hyperion Wharf has been put on hold and now is the time to strike again! http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/07/downtown-disney-update/ Please, please, please flood the Blog's comment section with our need for the immediate return of the Adventurers Club. Also as reported on the Save Pleasure Island Blog http://savepleasureisland.blogspot.com/2011/07/pi-update-does-new-dvc-president-help.html, the new shakeup of Disney upper management has placed Karl Holz (President of the Disney Cruise Line and former Vice President of Downtown Disney and Pleasure Island) in charge of The Disney Vacation Club! Since he brought a grand nightclub scene to his ships, he most certainly can do the same for his old stomping grounds. Please drop him a line at:

Karl L Holz
President
Disney Cruise Line and New Vacation Ops
200 Celebration Pl
Kissimmee, FL 34747

karl.holz@disney.com

We can, as will win this battle Adventurers! One of my sources has told me that our likelyhood of success has greatly increased since the first few months of Disneyland's Trader Sam's Bar has been a massive success, even though they can seat only 60 people. Good thing our Club can fit 300! (I know, I was there when we tried!) Keep the spirit alive Adventureres and continue to dress for the hunt!

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

KUNGALOOSH!​

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

I commented on the blog!

 

[Master_Gracey]

Kungaloosh Adventurers,

We are fast approaching Sept. 30, the beginning of the annual Adventurers Club Convention, the ConGaloosh! For the past two years, we adventurers have met at Walt Disney World for a weekend of exploring, bar hopping, singing and balderdashing. In general, it is one great big Hoopla! Unfortunately, this year Disney is not releasing the Club Characters to perform a show, but that will not keep true adventurers down! It is more important than ever that this year’s convention is well attended to send a message to Disney that we still want our Club returned. With Adventurers Club references springing up all over the world, i.e. Trader Sam’s at Disneyland, Aunty's Beach House in Aulani, The Adventurers Club Restaurant at Hong Kong Disneyland and the rumored connection between the Club and Tokyo Disney S.E.A., something has to give soon to return the homebase of adventure to Walt Disney World!

In addition, after great consideration, the powers in charge of the Congaloosh have made this years gathering FREE! There is still a great lineup of events and adventurers, including a rumored Adventureland Challenge lead by the infamous “Right Guard” Ian himself! So please follow this link to check out the even and sign up to attend Congaloosh 2011!

http://www.congaloosh.org/home/

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

KUNGALOOSH!​

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

I actually will be there that weekend. I really wanted to go last weekend to see the show with the cast but it didn't work out. This year, I just happened to be going that weekend but between the first day of Food and Wine, MNSSHP, and the 5K, I don't think I could possibly squeeze in one more thing! I'm going to go to the site and see if maybe there's something on the schedule I could get to.....

 

[Master_Gracey]

Kungaloosh Adventurers,

So an interesting development has surfaced today. Check this out: http://www.epcyclopedia.com/2011/08/08/additional-adventurers-club-permit-filed

Demolition for 518 Hill Street is nowhere to be found in the new notices filed by Disney, but IMPROVEMENTS are! Things are looking up Adventurers, but a few emails to right peolpe (you know who they are) still couldn't hurt!

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

KUNGALOOSH!​

 

[Master_Gracey]

Ah, prefect timing Disney Parks Blog. Just as we all are waiting to hear what D23 has to say, Disney has provided us with a look inside the original Adventurers Club. Club 33, walt Disney's personal bar for entertaining friends and dignitaries. Have a look around on the blog, and by all means comment on how much we want to get back into our Club dedicated to adventure!

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/08/inside-club-33-at-disneyland-park/

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

KUNGALOOSH!​

 

[Master_Gracey]

Good Morning Adventurers! OK, I know I keep posting Disney Park Blog entries to comment on, but this is one that MUST be addressed. Tom Staggs (Who I still believe is our best man to bring back our Club) has posted his own Blog entry thanking those who attended D23. There have been some unhappy remarks on how nothing new was presented and "Richard from LA" got in his own two cents of "No word at all about what will be done at Pleasure Island? Haven’t you been listening to the Disney fans who want the Adventurers Club and other PI nightclubs reopened?" From what I've heard, Tom did the same thing for Hyperion Wharf as he did for the Fantasyland Expansion: he stepped into the planning room and said something along the lines of "No one wants more shopping and dining. This is dumb, fix it". This is the man that we must reach Adventurers and I keep hearing that our cry is being heard higher and higher up the Disney ladder, so please Adventurers, let the flood gates open once more!

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/08/special-thanks-to-d23-expo-attendees/

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

KUNGALOOSH!​