The Barker Bird and the long-term future of the Tiki Room...

[fastpassmountain]

Now that a lot of the shrubs have been cleared away, Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room is much more conspicuous as one enters Adventureland. Combining this with nostalgia for the 50th Anniversary and several months of refurbishment, the crowds are probably their largest since the 1980s.

My fear is that the newfound popularity of the Tiki Room will wane after the 50th celebration is over. Then what? If attendance is to drop to unacceptable levels, would bringing back the barker bird help bring more people to the attraction? If not, what else might work? I always fear that the Tiki Room will go by the way of the Country Bear Jamboree, an attraction I did not think would ever leave the park. It did prove that nothing is truly sacred in the park (save Pirates, HM and a few select classics). Perhaps it was just a product of the Pressler/Harris era, but I still don't feel easy that our precious Tiki birds will remain untouched in the future. Thoughts?

[Jspider]

they wouldn't bring the Barker bird back it causes too many traffic issues

the entrance is VERY noticable now (as opposed to being easy to ignore like it was before)

if attendance drops again I think it speaks more of the effectiveness of this attraction then anything else

I wouldn't mind them swapping out songs as long as it keeps in the same general feel of the attraction

more modern tropical chants would be fine I believe Tokyo has done this successfully (as opposed to something like Under New Management which is just bleh)

I wouldn't mind if eventualy it was given several random songlists so that you got a different experience every time

for now it's fine

some sources do say the Tikiroom will be reconsidered for a new attraction space several years in the future but that while management has interest in this WDI really doesn't and hasn't really drafted up any blue sky things for this area yet

[Bruce Bergman]

My fear is that the newfound popularity of the Tiki Room will wane after the 50th celebration is over. Then what? If attendance is to drop to unacceptable levels, would bringing back the barker bird help bring more people to the attraction?

Hey, it couldn't hurt - but they will probably have to record a new track for him. For starters, the Barker Bird never mentions Dole Pineapple...

Whatever you do, don't even THINK about making an "Under New Management" type overlay for the show - trying to make it 'topical humor' would be the kiss of death, unless they plan to redo the soundtrack & script every 3 or 4 years when it gets stale again.

--<< Bruce >>--

[MickeyJCA]

I know that Disneyland should never become a museum, but there's so much important Disneyland history connected to the original Tiki Room. I hope they never remove it. Updating it while keeping the same tone (NOT like WDW...) could work.

Not everything has to be a movie tie-in!!!!!!

[EpTxGuy]

I'm sorta feeling it should stay with the original program, but I'm open-minded to accept new advancements. Maybe they could run original Tiki during the day, and then RockIt Tiki at night. j/k

[CrazyDreamer]

I can see it now: The RockIt Tiki Room complete with disco balls and laser beams while the birds sing Van Halen


:lol:

[Disneylandrocks55]

The Tiki room wont leave any time soon. So much more people are attending it!

[EpTxGuy]

I can see it now: The RockIt Tiki Room complete with disco balls and laser beams while the birds sing Van Halen


:lol:

That's might funny :botox:

[robotpirates]

I'm thinking there would be a riot if the Tiki room is gone. If my 19 year old guy friends can enjoy it... I think that's a testament to its awesomeness.

[ModHatter]

I tell you what... it may have been too late for our Country
Bears, but if you really want to save tiki room, brush off your keyboard and start writing the screenplay for Tiki Room: Curse of Tangaroa.

[EpTxGuy]

I tell you what... it may have been too late for our Country
Bears, but if you really want to save tiki room, brush off your keyboard and start writing the screenplay for Tiki Roon: Curse of Tangaroa.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[EpTxGuy]

Tom Cruse is........Jose the Parrot

[Ghostbuster626]

I heard Tiki Room is getting redone with a CARS overlay

[Lore]

Skeletons save every attraction. Look at Pirates or the new Jungle Cruise update. I say enhance the "gods must be angry" bit to include the room breaking apart and skeletons dropping from the ceiling and bursting through the windows. They might be able to work a water cannon into it too!

[MickeyJCA]

You guys are hilarious!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[s8ntmark]

Skeletons save every attraction. Look at Pirates or the new Jungle Cruise update. I say enhance the "gods must be angry" bit to include the room breaking apart and skeletons dropping from the ceiling and bursting through the windows. They might be able to work a water cannon into it too!

There are skeletons in the "new" Jungle Cruise? Cool

Actually, I wouldnt worry too much....DLs Country Bears was actually the second version of the show....so there was less of a need to preserve it (the way that the WDW Tiki Room was ALSO the second version of the show so the need to preserve THAT one wasn't as dire either) but the originals remain. Our version of the Tiki room was one of Walts classics I think It would take a lot of time before they decide to remove it.

Although I do warn against making Disneyland a museum (like someone said earlier) first and foremost its a theme park, It isnt necessarily meant to be a preservation of Walts dreams. Personally I think Walt would have removed the Tiki room if he thought something better and more creative could go in its place, and I think people tend to forget that sometimes.

[ModHatter]

But, judging from the park offerings for the last decade or so, I think people have a very legitimate reason to be skeptical about a new attraction being "better and more creative."

[fastpassmountain]

I can see it now: The RockIt Tiki Room complete with disco balls and laser beams while the birds sing Van Halen

:lol:

Be careful me fine friends, the Gods have angered by all the celbrating...

And now, we have a new song for you, 'Runnin' with the Devil.' Take it away David, I mean Jose.

[E Ticket]

The Adventureland entrance is enough of a bottleneck as it is. I don't think crowding that area even more just to pull in a few more people to the Tiki Room is a smart idea.

[Biotron2000]

The Enchanted Tiki Room is just as much a "classic" as HM or Pirates. It also represents the first attraction to use Audio Animatronics, and was one of Walt's personal favorites. Add the fact they just had a very expensive 8-month rehab and that Tiki/Tropical culture is huge now (and still growing), I think it's here to stay.
That said, I think a CG Tiki Room movie would be great, as long as they do it before it's too late for Wally Boag and Thurl Ravenscroft to provide voices.