Great Job, Internet!: Disney’s dance club Videopolis was possibly the most ’80s thing ever

Published: May 22, 2017

As synth-fueled dance music swept the earth in the 1980s, savvy marketers concentrated efforts toward young, neon-garbed club kids. Among those: new Disney executive Michael Eisner, who, according to the website Dangerous Minds, was eager to try to prove to those kids that he was cool:

In an attempt to attract edgier teens of the MTV generation Eisner developed Videopolis: an epic 5,000 square foot all-ages discotheque located just west [of] It’s a Small World in Fantasyland… This state-of-the-art, $3 million outdoor venue complete with hundreds of neon lights & lasers, 70 video monitors displaying music videos, spotlights shooting into the sky, a snack bar called “Yumz,” and a dance floor large enough hold 3,000 guests opened on June 22, 1985.

Videopolis was known for its grandiose dance moves, like shooting off fireworks every night to the tune of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s “Two Tribes.” Cool ...

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