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I was at Disneyland last week and
talked to a cast member at the Tiki Birds attraction. She
said that this Walt Disney original was difficult to
maintain, in need of refurbishment, and there was a chance
that the attraction could be closed for good.
Do you think Disneyland should keep the Tiki Bird
attraction? What do you like or dislike about the Tiki
Birds?
Answers posted to the list:
I used to love the Tiki Room when I was a child. It was
one of my favorite attractions at Disneyland. But when I
went to it last year (2002), I found it old and tired. It
bored my son to tears. Some of the mouths didn't move
anymore. With all the advances since the 1950s, the Tiki
Room was just old and tired. It made me sad to sit in
there. When I went to DL in December 2003, we had a
pineapple whip but didn't bother with the Tiki Room. I
think they either need to bring it up into the 21st century
or replace it with something else from polyneasia. I would
HATE to have the pineapple whips go. They are FABULOUS!
Wendy
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OH NO! I LOVE the Tiki Birds! In fact, that is one of
the things I have to do when I go to Disneyland this year.
We are usually at WDW, but this year DH has a conference in
San Diego, so we are taking some extra time to go up to
Disneyland. I told everyone in the family that the Tiki
Birds are tops on my list to see. I miss the 'old' show
that was replaced at WDW (although the new one is cute too,
I wish they could do both). I believe (but I could be
wrong) that DL still have the old Tiki Room show, and we
are GOING!
So I hope they keep it! I would hate to see it go!
DJ
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I have never been a fan of the Tiki Birds. I remember
on my first trip
to Disney World in the early 80's with my younger sister we
laughed at
how outdated the show appeared even then compared to the
attractions at
Epcot.
But last week I took the "Walk in Walt's Footsteps" tour at
Disneyland
and I learned some of the history of the attraction. It was
one of
Walt's favorites. The version at Disneyland is also the
original one.
Walt first intended the Tiki Birds attraction to be a
restaurant! (in
fact there is a unused but functional kitchen as part of
the Tiki Birds
Disneyland building).
So I would vote now to keep the Tiki Birds. As the years go
by we are
losing more and more of the old attractions - I would like
at least some
of Walt's originals to stay at the Disney parks. Maybe the
Tiki Birds
could be converted to what Walt had originally intended - a
fine dining
restaurant inside Disneyland, with the show given every
hour or so.
Tim
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For those that don't know, there is plans to close the
Tiki Bird attraction this Fall for a "refurbishment". There
are a lot of theories what this might mean, but someone
pretty high on the totem pole at Disney said if you want to
experience the Tiki magic, you'd better do it quickly.
Refurb Mike
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should be updated just as it was in WDW
it should have the newer bird characters that the disney
animators developed
such as the bird from aladdin and the other one..I forgot
it's name
oh well
Keep on goin tiki room.
ed
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