Manumission used to be the bollocks. The craziest club I have every been in and probably ever will have been in.
The first year I went was 1995, and I went twice in my two weeks there. I can only explain the second visit like catching that perfect wave if you are a surfer. Out of this world and packed with full on clubbers!
I went twice every year until 1999, when it really had reached it's commericial peak. The sex show did spoil it. Thousands of tourists standing about not dancing, wanting to see a bit of action. Club 18-30 used to sell tickets as part of their package! When the sex show first started (1996? I think) it was new and shocking. But it killed it for me. I should have stopped going earlier but kept on wishing to catcch that perfect wave again.
I have had many amazing times at Manumission. I once saw a dwarf shagging this big 6ft blonde at the back of the dancefloor (nothing to do with the show!) I saw two girls walking around naked hand in hand, I saw girls with childrens toys sitting on the floor, folk shagging in a hammock, Fernando dancing with nothing on(he has a dick down to his knees!)There is also somethign about dancing when the sun came through those big widows at the back or when they opened the roof.
The Coco Loco bar was legendary and that drink DID do the trick. I know workers who bottled it for other nights! The back room was also f this world (the asylum ?)
Manumission the movie is a great film to watch. Fair enough it has a lot of the sex show, but it also has space, Fernando and Huggy Bear from Starskey and Hutch. It is a mad film with good music.
I will go back one day, as long as the tourists have gone!!!!
