From: Tor Subject: ASSC: AFTSD Vancouver Retrospective (Part 2) Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 20:13:45 -0800 Club: The Cecil In: The Cecil Hotel City: Vancouver Cover: $5.00 Private (Air) Dance: $20.00 Avg. Drink (Alcohol) $6.00 Atmosphere: Club is well kept the customers enthusiastic but not rowdy usually. Location: Downtown Vancouver This is a big, clean club that is kept in fairly good condition. It is always very crowded although I could never really understand why. The stage is so big that the other side is in another city. There is only one dancer on stage at a time & she always seems to be on the other side of the stage. The stage is shaped like a breast (viewed from above) & they put the shower in the nipple. This puts the shower right in the way of the best seats in the house. So you has to sit at the sides of the stage if you want to see anything. Not good. I'm bored with stage dancing & this place sucks more & more. The only saving grace is the features are incredibly beautiful. They have a so-called V.I.P. lounge. This is a raised area that is sort of separated from the rest of the club with artificial trees. It has a piano stage (a real baby grand piano) with a ledge around it imposing a 4 ft. rule. You pay $20.00 for 5 songs. Boring!!!! Don't waste your cash in here. They also have private dancing in the strangest setup I have seen yet. They have a booth type affair that is set across a corner. The guy gets to sit in an easy chair nested deep in the corner. The girl dances/sits/lays in the booth. Very dark & very far away from the guy. No contact or any chance of it here. At least not from what I could see. I didn't waste my money on this so I can't give you a first hand report. Even though this is only a couple of blocks from home I never go in here. Club: Marble Arch In: Marble Arch Hotel City:Vancouver Cover: $5.00 Once a month. They give you a card valid for the rest of the month. Private (Air) Dance: $15.00 Avg. Drink (Alcohol) $6.00 Atmosphere: Club is well kept the customers enthusiastic but not rowdy usually. Recently renovated Location: Downtown Vancouver Another big club that is clean & well kept. The stage is poorly positioned because it is in a very congested part of the club even though there is lots of room elsewhere. There are also posts on each corner which hamper the viewing from some spots. It is one of the smaller stages in town but they have all the seats at right angles to the stage. Can be kind of hard on the neck. Instead of putting stools in for stage seats they have table and chairs. (Duh!!!) Some of the best lookers in town dance here. So if your into gorgeous wimmin getting naked on stage this is the place to be. It is kind of dark though so don't expect too much. The V.I.P. area is not very private. They tore out the women's washroom to put it in. There are 3 dancers benches separated by a glass partition. The guy sits in a seat about 6ft. away & watches. No contact at all & no chance of any either. I haven't tried it. Just a waste of money as far as I'm concerned. This area is fully view able from almost anywhere in the club so at least you can get an idea of what you are going to get before you buy but it also means there is absolutely no privacy.   Club: No. 5 Orange City:Vancouver Cover: $5.00 Private (Bikini) Dance: $10.00 Private (Nude) Dance: $15.00 Avg. Drink (Alcohol) $5.00 Atmosphere: Club is well kept the customers enthusiastic but not rowdy usually. Location: About 10 minutes from downtown Vancouver Ah!!! My favorite club & the only one (aside from the Paramount) where you have a decent chance of contact. This club started the ball rolling for table dances in this city. It used to be only bikini table dances happening in the main body of the club. These were always really good by this town's standards. Lots of 'incidental' contact by most of the dancers. Very low-key & laid back as well with little or no hustle. I say that & laugh because sometimes you almost have to light 'em on fire to get them to dance for you. They only have about 5 table dancers on per night. They have recently added a V.I.P. room where you can get nude dances. This is the best setup in the city for a V.I.P. room. It is in a raised section of the club with smoked glass around it. It is reasonably private. Although you can see through the open doorways. The dancers have to be on a stage if they are going to be nude but in this case the stage is a raised platform on the floor that is only raised by a couple of inches. So it is basically a nude table dance. You sit in a chair & she comes to you. No customer initiated contact allowed but sometimes the girls will get nice & close. This is frowned on but the bouncers don't monitor it too closely usually. The stage dancing really isn't worth talking about. Except for the fact that they have a live camera wired to the internet. This has one cool side benefit. The stage is always really well lit. So get on the side of the stage with the lights & enjoy. The stage dancers are marginal about 5-7's I would say. Duo night can be fun. General Notes & Comments: All money quoted is Canadian money so you Americans will find it a bargain. There are a lot more clubs in this city than the ones that I mentioned. I think that TUSCL has 13 listed for the Greater Vancouver area. The exact addresses for all of the clubs in this review can be found on TUSCL. So that's it. Sorry about the length I sort of got carried away. Tor