Ordinary's Profile

It's like a crappy small-town gay bar, only it's really big and has a dumpy motel attached. You'd think that a place that takes in hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars each weekend, would try a little harder. An OK time can be had, but mainly because you're hanging out with friends, not because of the facilities. It gets a huge crowd on weekends simply because it's the only large gay club in Central Florida. Very mixed crowd. Absent are any hipsters (not necessarily a bad thing) and there are some REAL "cigarette-picking-out-of-the-ashtray" derelicts amongst the mix. The crowd gets young as the night goes on. Parking is difficult after 11:00 PM and it's park-at-your-own-risk. A few of the bartenders can pour a good drink to deserving souls, but most of them seem ignorant of this skill. The music is uninspired at best. The sound system is ancient and sounds like it. There's fantastic neon lighting over the dance floor (installed in the 80's) that doesn't get much use, otherwise the dance floor is nothing special. The drag shows are par for the course, with an added bonus of middle-aged "boy dancers" doing moves from "Solid Gold" (I'm NOT kidding). This would be fine if it was done with some sense of irony, but alas, it's not. The skanky motel still has some cruising, but now it's just awkward with young gay boys parading their straight-girl friends (in their "going out" straight-girl clothes) past the windows and giggling. One section of an exterior walkway is collapsing and is too dangerous to walk on so they've blocked it off, but oddly you can still walk under it! It sounds like it might be perverse fun, but it's just kind of sad and dull. Weirdest of all is the attempt of the current owners to build a "luxury" time share next to the motel. One forlorn building has sat in a huge weed-filled lot for at least five years. I can't help but think that the people who bought into it must mighty pissed over the promised facilities and renovations that never appeared.