Any news on The Tiki Room?

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flavious27

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True. Walt Disney also prized entertainment over something boring.

Has Disney forgotten, or they probably don't realize that one of their bigger franchises these days comes from an "original" attraction... Pirates of the Caribbean. If only Disney let Imagineers actually imagine these days.

It'd be nice if they could come up with a new version of the Tiki Room show, but I haven't the faintest idea where to begin on that. UNM obviously didn't work. What Tokyo Disney has... I saw it, but I can't say it's worth cloning. So perhaps the original is the best way to go.

May we find out what they do before Christmas!

I say have tiki be more of a tiki lounge, with rotating songs sung in a lounge way, like what we have with sonny.
 

Gracy_hm

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I think Tiki Room should turn into the Stitch Version. It is better than under new management and uses the Stitches Great Escape we could take it out of there and use it here and go ahead and RETRO SGE location to AE!
 

The Duck

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:sohappy: Let's keep our fingers crossed! BTW, did they call security? :ROFLOL:
 

juniorthomas

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OK...

Tiki Room, back to original show (hopefully)...check

POTC, TLC with last update.........check

Haunted Mansion, still plussing.....check

FL Expansion............................ check

Space Mountain clone from Disneyland....waiting

New TTA narration..........................waiting

Main Street Penny Arcade, Magic Shop....waiting

Main Street Cinema, back to original........waiting

Stitch's Great Escape, back to Alien Encounter or even Mission to mars with update...waiting

Horizons, back to original with update............waiting

Journey Into Imagination, back to original with update....waiting

Spaceship Earth, 2nd half upgrades......waiting

Wonders of Life update.......waiting

Universe of Energy update (not destruction)....waiting

Removal of the LAL tomstones, add upgraded fountain at SSE....waiting

Removal of tarps in Innoventions plaza and update to previous landscaping .....waiting


I applaud WDW for going in the right direction, now we just need them to keep driving down the same road...:wave:

"Horizons - back to original with update"

Besides the fact that that makes no sense at all, does anyone really think TDO would bring back Horizons? I mean, they had a hard time selling Captain Eo, let alone an entire building that many WDW fans don't even remember.
 

WondersOfLife

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What Tokyo Disney has... I saw it, but I can't say it's worth cloning. So perhaps the original is the best way to go.




Considering that most of you guys don't mind the stitch version, how about if Disney would bring the Stitch AA from Tomorrowland and put the stitch version there then replace SGE with something new? :)
 

aladdin2007

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Considering that most of you guys don't mind the stitch version, how about if Disney would bring the Stitch AA from Tomorrowland and put the stitch version there then replace SGE with something new? :)

That was the original plan a couple years ago or so. Then they abandoned that idea.
 

flavious27

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"Horizons - back to original with update"

Besides the fact that that makes no sense at all, does anyone really think TDO would bring back Horizons? I mean, they had a hard time selling Captain Eo, let alone an entire building that many WDW fans don't even remember.

there is a whole lot on there I would not hold my breath for.
 

inluvwithbeast

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Very true, they dont seem to be doing that anymore at all. I dont think we will ever see something as original as Dreamflight, World of Motion, Horizons, Alien Encounter etc etc, again. Everything is being aimed at the preschool set with characters infused into it. Which is fine to some extent, but at the same time it wouldnt hurt them to do something totally original minus characters and movie franchises. Soarin was the most recent I guess. Im just hoping Iago is out of the tiki room.

Awhile back someone said as a rumor that the Orange Bird would be the host of the show,,,,was that a total joke or doable rumor?

Everest? I was going to put Soarin as well but I see you included it now. Granted, MK seems a bit charactery these days, but DHS, AK, and EPCOT seem to have a good balance imo
 

dweezil78

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I think sadly, a show revolving around singing animatronic birds is not quite as exciting as it was back in 1963. No matter what show is put in that building, it's going to have a short life span.

Let me say that I am a HUGE fan of the Tiki Room and am fortunate enough to have Walt's original out here in LA. To add to that, we have the legendary CM Maynard hosting it almost every day (if you ever visit DL, make sure you seek him out). It's as ideal a scenario as you can get... and still, I have never seen that building full of people.

The original is a great show IMO and aside from one or two jokes is pretty timeless. But at the end of the day, it still is just a room of singing birds.

Here at DL we've got the Tiki Room and Lincoln while in Florida you guys are still keeping the COP alive. All of which are classic attractions that don't attract a crowd anymore but are kept alive and maintained out of respect to Walt and the legendary Imagineers that worked on them and pioneered the technology. And I am very happy and grateful for that...

But honestly, isn't it maybe time for the Florida Tiki Room to go the way of the dodo and make way for something new? Either that, or turn the thing into a dinner club like it was originally intended (I think someone else above noted that as well). I think guests would be down with that...
 

DisneyNut2007

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Everest? I was going to put Soarin as well but I see you included it now. Granted, MK seems a bit charactery these days, but DHS, AK, and EPCOT seem to have a good balance imo

Actually, MK DOES have a good balance. When you think about it really hard, you'll realize that even the vast majority of the MK's attractions are actually not based on character franchises.

Aladdin2007 is completely wrong as usual.
 

puntagordabob

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Considering that most of you guys don't mind the stitch version, how about if Disney would bring the Stitch AA from Tomorrowland and put the stitch version there then replace SGE with something new? :)

Actually the majority of the topics regarding stitch in tiki room seem to always be a resounding NO THANK YOU.

But honestly, isn't it maybe time for the Florida Tiki Room to go the way of the dodo and make way for something new? Either that, or turn the thing into a dinner club like it was originally intended (I think someone else above noted that as well). I think guests would be down with that...

First, we will bulldoze ours when yours goes too... I love our Tiki Room as much as you all love yours..... so No Thanks.

Secondly, from what I have been lead to understand the footprint of the Tiki Room is relatively small so it is not really a good candidate for that complete change...

Thirdly, YOUR Tiki Room was intended to be a reasaurant.....hence your restrooms.. Ours was designed to be an attraction and nothing more....

Fourthly, let me say that when I was at your Tiki Room last October that I loved every moment of it...... I am thankful that your fan community prevented UNM from being placed there too...... and yes your Maynard is awesome!

i think they should just take it out
i think its so boring :shrug:

Different strokes for Different folks.. I could not even begin to express how incredibly wrong I think you are... Hence our strokes are opposite, no?

kids.....

Yeah, they need to slow down and enjoy things.... always racing to one thrill to the next makes you miss a lot...

For me, the best thing to do with the Tiki room concept is to make it a restaurant.

Not really an option... BUT I do think allowing food and drink in there (with a concessions stand right there at the queue entrance) is a super super super idea.....and would make some money too lol
 
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