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Hidden Joy
4commentsThis perennial favorite in a seedy section of Cathedral City, surrounded by auto repair shops, consistently delivers the goods. It ain't no shiny BMW coupe, just a solid Dodge Ram 4x4. Update: Under pressure from the police, Hidden Joy cut off the bottom 18 inches of the booth doors.
- Best time
- 5am-3am
- Watch out
- The police occasionally hassle the staff about loiterers and two in a booth.
- Last verified
- Not yet · updated 2011
68484 Commercial Way, Cathedral City 760-328-1694 Wheelchair: Not accessible
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Where exactly
Cross street: Cathedral Canyon Drive
Cruisiest spot: Avoid the tourist look -- guys come here to get away from flashy out-of-towners. Try work shirt & jeans in winter; work shorts and well-worn T-shirt in summer.
When to go
5am-3am
Etiquette
An unlocked door is the sign that occupant may want company -- or he may just want to tease everyone.
Safety
The police occasionally hassle the staff about loiterers and two in a booth. The staff obligingly grumbles at customers for a week or two then forgets about it.
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Visitor ·
does anyone know of any glory holes in the desert?
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Visitor ·
This place is disgusting - filthy booths that seem like they are never cleaned, and are probably uncleanable by now., 50 year-old linoleum studded with 25-year-old chewing gum, the air full of cigaret smoke since staff won't enforce the law. A good third of the booths are padlocked and a third of the remaining ones have no sound or blurry screens, or steal your tokens . Yet they have the gall to charge you $2 every time you go in. Two blocks away Perez Books has free admission, better parking, cleaner everything, no smoke, functioning video equipment, etc, etc..
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Visitor ·
Terrible! I was in Palm Springs for vacation and wanted to check this place out. I went in the middle of ther week and in the afternoon. Theere are a few small booths in the basement of an overstocked store space. Only a few movies availlable for your money and NO GH's. A few very odd men just standing aroud watching everyone enter and leave. I don't see how any action can happen here. Booths aren't big enough for two and with all the spectators standing around it's just kinda creepy.
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Visitor ·
In the last few weeks the crowds, and particularly the few cuties into the bookstore scene here, seem to be moving over to the bookstore on Perez, which has improved tremendously. The staff there doesn't bother the customers any more, so you have time to hang out, which was the one advantage of Hidden Joy. More important to me, they have fewer problems with cigarets, much bigger booths with padded benches, a much wider assortment of films on bigger, clearer screens, with more up-to-date screening equipment, a decent washroom, plenty of off-street parking and free admission. I can't see much reason to go to Hidden Joy any more.
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