Rumor Bye Bye (Tiki) Birdies?

HMF

HMF

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raven24 said:
The suite is still there, but it closed to the public a few years ago, if I'm correct. I don't think it's still offered in one of the tours.
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To be fair, It really never was open to the public and the fact that they even gave it a sign just reeks of guest contempt and openly advertise that there is an area in the park exclusively for the "Elites". Contrast to the days when Club 33 was not publicized and well hidden and not the blatant cash grab it has become. Disney doesn't even try to hide the fact that they only care about the money anymore. It's quite shameless and sad.
 
Californian Elitist

Californian Elitist

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HMF said:
To be fair, It really never was open to the public and the fact that they even gave it a sign just reeks of guest contempt and openly advertise that there is an area in the park exclusively for the "Elites". Contrast to the days when Club 33 was not publicized and well hidden and not the blatant cash grab it has become. Disney doesn't even try to hide the fact that they only care about the money anymore. It's quite shameless and sad.
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This is half true. The Dream Suite was never officially offered in the Walk in Walt's Footsteps Tour, however if Walt's apartment was closed for whatever reason, to make up for it, guests would be taken to the Dream Suite.

I'm glad I got to see it for myself when I did some years ago. It is very obvious Disney only cares about making more and more money than they already make.
 
deeevo

deeevo

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Not very happy about this....my 5 year old girls are huge fans and it was a segue into showing them the lesser visited legacy attractions at WDW that I grew up with. Trying to get them to understand that there is more at the parks than just "The Ariel Ride" and "meeting princesses. WDW is not helping my case.
 
The Duck

The Duck

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This truly makes me sad. My first WDW visit was in 1975 (when I was 13) and this was the first attraction that my family saw. Most people have memories of the faces of their children when they first saw the Magic Kingdom but I have memories of my father's first visit.
He usually was too busy to be a Disney fan and he rarely watched The Wonderful World of Color with his family but when he saw the Tiki Birds come to life for the first time, his middle aged face lit up like he was a little boy again. He had never seen anything like this before and it made such a huge impression on him that he couldn't stop talking about it. Even when we returned home, he made a point to tell the neighbors and his coworkers all about the Tiki Birds.
For years after his death, the Tikis always reminded me of him and I always made it a point to see them first because that's what my father would have done. I guess I'll have to resort to YouTube videos again.
 
Casper Gutman

Casper Gutman

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Disney needs to remember that IPs works two ways. They are obsessed with content trickling down from films to other media, particularly theme parks, which are lodged firmly at the bottom of the IP chain in the minds of the top execs at the Mouse House. This is really odd, since Pirates is still a tremendously viable, park-launched franchise that is about to put out it's fifth installment. Film will likely remain king for the foreseeable future, but in the franchise pipeline each media component should have at least near-equal standing and be viewed as a possible source of content for the other components.

All this is a way to say that if Disney is concerned that the Tiki Room IP is flagging, they might consider an animated (or even a live-action) film or TV series, just as they are doing at the moment with The Rock's Jungle Cruise and Del Toro's Haunted Mansion (which won't happen, but that's Del Toro).
 
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Tigerlawmpw

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Here's my question/thought. Would they be able to fit Mystic Manor into the space?

Given prior rumors that part of the upcoming 50th anniversary celebration would include copies of existing rides from other parks around the world. coming to WDW Adventureland would be a perfect spot for MM. I would be willing to lose the tiki room (or the treehouse for that matter) if we got MM back in return.

Thoughts?
 
Kman101

Kman101

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21stamps said:
No, there's actually people who have been going to Disney for the same amount of time, and still love it.

It's crazy to continue to watch people say ridiculous comments such as Disney World is headed to implosion. That's just not true.
Take one look at the parks. It isn't happening. People still love Disney.

Why would anyone be on a Disney web site if they are calling for a boycott? It doesn't make sense. If they, the same group who spews negativity and doom and gloom over and over.. yet admittedly doesn't even visit anymore..if they enjoy spending their spare time ranting over a theme park, fine.
But expect that people will try to point out reality. And reality is- Disney World is extremely popular and still loved by countless people. They aren't closing their gates anytime soon..more like- creating new lands.. Lands that will most likely be amazing.
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I was just there a few weeks ago. I still love it. But I can still criticize things I don't like.

There are only a handful who want to try and say they're closing their gates.

Being upset that an attraction original to the park is closing is very different than that. It's not all lumped in together.
 
Kman101

Kman101

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Sounds like it will be Haunted Mansion (I think they missed out not converting rooms at Port Orleans to Haunted Mansion themed as they once planned). WDW1974 liked Nemo14's post where they mentioned it. Just assuming here, but it seems likely.

I don't want to see the birds go, but I wouldn't hate it if they brought Mystic Manor. I doubt they will though. Adventureland, and the park itself, could use another high capacity dark ride. Although I think MM would fit better in Asia at Animal Kingdom. I'd rather they dump the carpets and give us an immersive Aladdin dark ride flying on carpets.
 

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