Originally Posted By Tikiduck This may seem a little early, but I am wondering if someone knows of any celebrations or events for this coming June 23, the 50th year of the Tiki Room? If there was something big happening, I could start making plans to attend, and the earlier the better. How cool would it be if everyone wore their Hawaiian shirts on that day, in a show of respect for this Disneyland classic? Well, I hope they come up with something fun, I would love to check it out. Perhaps my Hawaiian shirt and I may come anyway, as I am sure something will happen.
Originally Posted By schnebs From your lips to Disney's ears, Tikiduck. Not only would that be a fun event, I think that the attraction's such a significant milestone in both the parks' history and in themed entertainment history in general that the anniversary deserves a proper celebration.
Originally Posted By berol They didn't do anything for the Matterhorn's 50th or any other non-park anniversary I can remember besides merchandise.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros While not specifically for the 50th, a friend of mine visited yesterday and said that the preshow video had been completely updated. It's the same general concept (here's Hawaii, here's how we make pineapple for you), but all new footage and a woman announcer. Judging by the looks of the old film, this is probably the first update it's had since the attraction opened (not counting the screensaver that plays between showings). I was curious if anybody else had seen it, and how it managed to get by the oh-so-up-to-date interwebs
Originally Posted By DBitz2 I read about the updated Dole film awhile back, but have not actually seen it for myself yet.
Originally Posted By Tikiduck Well, I guess they could always have the artist Shag do a few lithographs, and import some coffee mugs and t-shirts. That would be a pretty dull way to celebrate. At the least, I hope the fans come up with something. Does anyone remember the Pirates merchandise event back in 2000? It was a disaster, but some cool stuff came out of that, like the virtual reality CD of the ride.
Originally Posted By Ursula Remember????? I think I am still in that merchandise line. I think they need to have a cocktail party for the Tiki's 50th.
Originally Posted By friarthe "Does anyone remember the Pirates merchandise event back in 2000? It was a disaster, but some cool stuff came out of that, like the virtual reality CD of the ride." Do tell -- living thousands of miles away from any iteration of Pirates, I'd love to get my hands on such a thing.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "While not specifically for the 50th, a friend of mine visited yesterday and said that the preshow video had been completely updated. It's the same general concept (here's Hawaii, here's how we make pineapple for you), but all new footage and a woman announcer. Judging by the looks of the old film, this is probably the first update it's had since the attraction opened" Yay! i think the old Hawaii video irritated me more than anything about the Tiki room.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I can see them doing a AP event for the Tiki 50th, but nothing much more than that.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 I think WDI needs to come up with a way to get the animatronic birds to actually fly around the room during the show. Now THAT would be an amazing 50th surprise!
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "I think WDI needs to come up with a way to get the animatronic birds to actually fly around the room during the show. Now THAT would be an amazing 50th surprise!" And risk waking the guests?
Originally Posted By Manfried Let's all sleep in the Tiki Room. Snore, snore, snore, snore, snore. Come on WDI, surely you can come up with a new show that's actually exciting to watch.
Originally Posted By Tikiduck You guys simply have no appreciation for nostalgia. I guess that mindset will end up prevailing, and the Tiki Room will get little, if any attention on the big day. Of course, they could always gut it, and put in some modern, non stop action hero crap to keep the I-Phone generation happy.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 I enjoy the Tiki Room not because it's nostalgic, but, simply because I can appreciate "simpler pleasures". Not everything needs to be "exciting". Magic Mountain fills that need quite well. There's been a debate over which new SoCal attraction is the better, Radiator Springs Racers or The Transformers ride at Universal. I'm sure Transformers is technically dazzling and impressive. But, for my money, I prefer the more laid back "old school" appeal of Cars Land and RSR's. Not everything has to be "exciting" to be fun and enjoyable. One of the things that I like about the Disney parks is that there is a variety of types of attractions. If everything is excitement inducing, it becomes stimulus overload and ultimately too exhausting for me.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 Speaking of nostalgia, I'm surprised that nobody has brought up this (rather steeply prices) "An Evening at the Tahitian Terrace" event. https://www.mousetalgiastore.com//
Originally Posted By schnebs I listen to Mousetalgia (don't tell Doobie and Rebekah!), and I've heard them mention the event. It sounds like fun, but I'm afraid it's out of my price range. Considering how the food service was done for the DFC event in Aladdin's Oasis last month, I'm not all that hopeful that Disneyland will put together an event that will really be worth the money, but here's hoping...
Originally Posted By oc_dean In the future ... the way to make URL addresses to work as functional links, like the one above - You got to remove the 's' from https.
