When will Pleasure Island rehab be finished?

[WDW4us2006]

Sorry if this has been asked a million times. Wondering what exactly they are doing there, and when it will be done. Thinking of going in February.

 

[giggles918]

Has anyone been to Disney Lately? DH and I are going next week and was wondering if anything has been finished yet at Pleasure Island.

 

[Luv2Roam]

We were on PI last Saturday. There is no place to eat right now on PI. So if you want anything -- even a snack, eat before going in. (Only food we saw was popcorn at the Comedy Warehouse.) The brightside is we grabbed a few pretzels at Wetzel's Pretzels between CW shows. Wow! Those are DELISH!
PI looks a little more cleaned up than before. But obviously a work still in progress. The new bridge that replaced the West Side sound stage is in use. The sidewalk has a facelift even.
We also noticed machines that guests can buy tickets from. We did not check them out. But it would be interesting to hear how that works for guests. I would think any discount rates (AP) would still need to go to a ticket window.
The place was dead last Saturday. I don't know if the colder temps kept people away. We just sat through the first two CW shows. The first was the fewest amount of guests I have ever seen in one of their shows!
But -- I think they started seating and their show a tad earlier. There was no sign with seating times. And we thought 8:15 was the first seating. We were seated around 10 - 15 minutes before 8 I think.

 

[Eljay]

Luv2Roam, isn't Raglan Road open? The food there is great!

 

[Tinkerboy00]

Its so depressing now. I remember there being so many people, and being able to get drinks anywhere, and music playing.

And now its empty, boring, no drinks etc.

 

[Laralyn]

I keep reading rumors that PI is closing... that's not a part of the rehab you're talking about, is it? I'd assumed when the rehab is done, everything will be open again?

 

[Luv2Roam]

That is true. RR is open. Just usually not in the mood for a sit down meal by the time we go to PI. Other than that -- a few places to buy adult beverages and that is it.
There are a lot of empty stores that look half way through a remodeling process. It will be interesting to see what goes in.
There is still a VJ playing music. There have been weekends we have seen stilt performers.
But overall a different world with strollers, toddlers, children mixed in with the adults in the bars, not much going on outside the clubs, and a desserted construction look. I hope they at least bring back the huge Jessica!!

 

[Eljay]

I'm hoping that PI is fixed up enough to have St. Patrick's Day there!

 

[kaabost]

Hi there. Sorry, I'm out of the loop with PI. Is there still a separate admission charge to get into PI? Did I read somewhere that it would be opened to the general public? Apparently, there is no longer an age restriction.

 

[Luv2Roam]

Anyone can walk around PI. We don'thave kids and use our WDW PAPs. So I am really not familiar with who can go where and what the cost is.
I think anyone can go into The Adventurer's Club until 9 p.m. After that the guests have to pay.