May 31, 1998 – The Wildhorse Saloon Opens in Downtown Disney’s Pleasure Island
“Pleasure Island Saloon a Horse of a Different Color” – The Orlando Sentinel
On May 31, 1998, the Wildhorse Saloon opened in Walt Disney World’s Pleasure Island area of Downtown Disney. It was very similar to the original Wildhorse Saloon that opened in Nashville, Tennessee in 1994; the Disney club was a 27,000-square-foot club that featured live entertainment by rising country stars, as well as dancers teaching guests how to line dance. It closed in the summer of 2001, and was replaced with a nightclub called Motion.
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