Old Pleasure Island Club A/V Equipment

[hardcard]

Just thought I'd let everyone know.. For the clubs that HAVE been gutted.. Disney just donated a truck load of lighting (stage/strobe, etc) and audio/video equipment to the winter garden theater.. Just saw it all with my own eyes today, and all of it is tagged with 'Resort Entertainment' inventory tags, as well as the occasional 'Pleasure Island' and 'PI' tags.....

Just though everyone would be interested in this... pallets and pallets and PALLETS of equipment, speakers, cabling, mixing boards, light panels, etc..



Good to see they didn't just trash it all

 

[krankenstein]

I would love to get my hands on some of that stuff!

 

[techiegsy]

Any ideas what it actually is, mirror based, nodding buckets, or just generics???

Many thanks
Techie(get it..) Gsy

 

[Thelazer]

Photos! We need photos!

 

[MyLittleAngels]

It was speakers, amps, mixing boards, nodding buckets, mirror based .. If it can be used to produce lights or sound, it was there. Great giant piles of equipment spread all over the facility.

And sorry, no pics ... This was inside the Winter Garden Theater during a tour. We felt it would be inappropriate to take pictures considering we were already intruding on a company's space, seeing as how the play "I Do, I Do" is currently in production in the theater. We were given access to their green room, dressing rooms, and rehearsal space, which was full of their personal equipment, as well. The lady giving the tour said that some of it would be usable for the theater, and what wasn't would be passed on to other not-for-profit theaters. They also said that due to the extreme amount of donated equipment, they had yet to find a place to go with all of it (not, of course, that they were complaining ... Disney was very generous with their donation ... They just hadn't yet had the chance to sort and find space for it all).

 

[TravisMT81]

Well at least it is being used by our wonderful theater here in Winter Garden.

 

[zulemara]

so our million dollar light show from mannequins is being donated. ::sigh:: maybe we can buy it from the theater

 

[TheDisneyMagic]

so our million dollar light show from mannequins is being donated. ::sigh:: maybe we can buy it from the theater

Most probably not, when the time comes / if the time comes that any of the clubs are brought back they would most definately invest in new equipment.

Glad to see they have donated it to a good cause.

 

[TheDisneyMagic]

Welcome by the way zulemara, didn't realise at first it was your first post. :wave:

 

[unkadug]

so our million dollar light show from mannequins is being donated. ::sigh:: maybe we can buy it from the theater

Sure, when it was new, but most of the equipment was outdated. Lighting has come a long way in the last 10 years.

 

[CityOfIndustry]

What was donated was equipment that Disney decided was no longer useful or was just taking up space.

Much of the lights from the Manniequins light show is now at Epcot; its now installed at places like America Gardens Theatre, World Showplace, and Odyssey.

Disney also sent equipment to countless other venues across the property.

From what I understand Manniequins, 8Trax, and Comedy Warehouse have been gutted and the Manniequins dance floor is gone. The rest are still in tact for conventions.

 

[zulemara]

I can verify CW being almost entirely stripped and 8-trax as well cuz you can see in the windows.

Now the dance floor at mannequins...I sure hope not. I can tell you there is still a mannequin hanging from the second floor balcony near the bathrooms.

 

[TravisMT81]

The floor is gone

 

[drew81]

Sure, when it was new, but most of the equipment was outdated. Lighting has come a long way in the last 10 years.

Remember when Vari-Lite was the top dog? Then High End came out with their units and then Martin.

 

[VillanovaBlue]

I can verify CW being almost entirely stripped and 8-trax as well cuz you can see in the windows.

Now the dance floor at mannequins...I sure hope not. I can tell you there is still a mannequin hanging from the second floor balcony near the bathrooms.

I wonder what happened with all that stuff from the walls of CW...I would definitely buy some of that stuff...so much old Disney attraction and hotel signage, etc...it'd be sweet to have some of that at the house...

 

[hrcollectibles]

I wonder what happened with all that stuff from the walls of CW...I would definitely buy some of that stuff...so much old Disney attraction and hotel signage, etc...it'd be sweet to have some of that at the house...

I myself would like to know what happened to the memorabilia that covered the walls of the Comedy Warehouse (the best place on the Island, in my opinion).

 

[CaptainMichael]

I myself would like to know what happened to the memorabilia that covered the walls of the Comedy Warehouse (the best place on the Island, in my opinion).

I'd say it probably went back into archives.:wave:

 

[techiegsy]

Remember when Vari-Lite was the top dog? Then High End came out with their units and then Martin.

Ahhh, those were the days, although I have to say, as a lower end market I'm loving the new smart macs and the quiet operation...

 

[Lee]

Remember when Vari-Lite was the top dog? Then High End came out with their units and then Martin.

Oh, man...yeah.
I remember looking at Vari-Lites with much awe back in the '80s.:lol:
We spoke in hushed tones about how you couldn't buy them...only rent them.:lookaroun

 

[Chape19714]

Thanks for the update...but really not all that earth-shattering...Disney does this all the time with old equipment.