Two unique table-service restaurantsd with the island. The Fireworks Factory used to be Pleasure’s own fireworks-making facility. Inside, tables and chairs have been arranged around blackened metal siding and blown-out brick walls. The Portobello Yacht Club has a nautical setting, with model boats and sailing paraphernalia decorating its interiors.

A few changes have been made since Pleasure Islandd. The under-21 dance club Videopolis eventually became a progressive club called Cage, then the retro ’70s club, 8TRAX. XZFR Rockin’ Rollerdrome, a dance club and skating rink, was converted into the Rock & Roll Beach Club. A food market area is now Pleasure Island Jazz Company.

Planet Hollywood

In December 1994, Planet Hollywood, an international restaurant chain owned by actors Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, and Demi Moore,d with a gala press event. This sphere-shaped building is 95 feet tall, and rests in Village Lake, between the AMC Pleasure Island 10 movie theaters and Pleasure Island. To achieve that effect, water was drained from the area of construction. Two hundred steel pilings were pounded into the ground to establish a solid foundation, and then a concrete slab was poured on top of that. The rest of the restaurant was completely built and watersealed before water was returned to the lagoon around it. Inside is a treasure trove of movie memorabilia: props, costumes, and models housed in wall cases or hung from the ceiling. There is even a full-size Herbie the Love Bug Volkswagen suspended high above the floor.