diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/BodyLocal.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/BodyLocal.java
index 27973da21..44ffab8d1 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/BodyLocal.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/BodyLocal.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ public class BodyLocal extends ClientLocal
 {
     /**
      * The time at which the {@link BodyObject#status} field was last updated.
-     * This is only available on the server.
      */
     public long statusTime;
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/LocationManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/LocationManager.java
index 12f1239d8..e283f83d9 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/LocationManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/LocationManager.java
@@ -115,28 +115,19 @@ public class LocationManager
         }
 
         try {
-            PlaceObject plobj = pmgr.getPlaceObject();
-
-            // the doubly nested try catch is to prevent failure if one or the other of the
-            // transactions fails to start
-            plobj.startTransaction();
+            source.startTransaction();
             try {
-                source.startTransaction();
-                try {
-                    // remove them from any previous location
-                    leaveOccupiedPlace(source);
+                // remove them from any previous location
+                leaveOccupiedPlace(source);
 
-                    // let the place manager know that we're coming in
-                    pmgr.bodyWillEnter(source);
+                // let the place manager know that we're coming in
+                pmgr.bodyWillEnter(source);
 
-                    // let the body object know that it's going in
-                    source.willEnterPlace(place, plobj);
+                // let the body object know that it's going in
+                source.willEnterPlace(place, pmgr.getPlaceObject());
 
-                } finally {
-                    source.commitTransaction();
-                }
             } finally {
-                plobj.commitTransaction();
+                source.commitTransaction();
             }
 
         } finally {
@@ -154,42 +145,22 @@ public class LocationManager
     public void leaveOccupiedPlace (BodyObject source)
     {
         Place oldloc = source.location;
-        int bodoid = source.getOid();
-
-        // nothing to do if they weren't previously in some location
         if (oldloc == null) {
+            return; // nothing to do if they weren't previously in some location
+        }
+
+        PlaceManager pmgr = _plreg.getPlaceManager(oldloc.placeOid);
+        if (pmgr == null) {
+            log.warning("Body requested to leave no longer existent place?",
+                        "boid", source.getOid(), "place", oldloc);
             return;
         }
 
-        // remove them from the occupant list
-        PlaceObject plobj = null;
-        try {
-            plobj = (PlaceObject)_omgr.getObject(oldloc.placeOid);
-            if (plobj != null) {
-                Integer key = Integer.valueOf(bodoid);
-                plobj.startTransaction();
-                try {
-                    // remove their occupant info (which is keyed on oid)
-                    plobj.removeFromOccupantInfo(key);
-                    // and remove them from the occupant list
-                    plobj.removeFromOccupants(bodoid);
-
-                } finally {
-                    plobj.commitTransaction();
-                }
-
-            } else {
-                log.info("Body's prior location no longer around? [boid=" + bodoid +
-                         ", place=" + oldloc + "].");
-            }
-
-        } catch (ClassCastException cce) {
-            log.warning("Body claims to occupy non-PlaceObject!? [boid=" + bodoid +
-                        ", place=" + oldloc + ", error=" + cce + "].");
-        }
+        // tell the place manager that they're on the way out
+        pmgr.bodyWillLeave(source);
 
         // clear out their location
-        source.didLeavePlace(plobj);
+        source.didLeavePlace(pmgr.getPlaceObject());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/PlaceManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/PlaceManager.java
index 4c04c0394..5574604d2 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/PlaceManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/PlaceManager.java
@@ -312,7 +312,10 @@ public class PlaceManager
     }
 
     /**
-     * This is called to inform the manager that a body is on the way in.
+     * This is called to inform the manager that a body is on the way in. This is called at the
+     * very beginning of the entry process before the client is informed that it is allowed to
+     * enter. This will be followed by a call to {@link #bodyEntered} once all events relating to
+     * body entry have been processed.
      */
     public void bodyWillEnter (BodyObject body)
     {
@@ -328,6 +331,23 @@ public class PlaceManager
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Called to inform a manager that a body is about to leave this place. This will be followed
+     * by a call to {@link #bodyLeft} once all events relating to body entry have been processed.
+     */
+    public void bodyWillLeave (BodyObject body)
+    {
+        _plobj.startTransaction();
+        try {
+            // remove their occupant info (which is keyed on oid)
+            _plobj.removeFromOccupantInfo(body.getOid());
+            // and remove them from the occupant list
+            _plobj.removeFromOccupants(body.getOid());
+        } finally {
+            _plobj.commitTransaction();
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Registers a particular message handler instance to be used when processing message events
      * with the specified name.