Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Yes Bella you are crying about nothing. Disneyland's Tiki room gets enough people through its doors that there is NO incentive for Disney to spend money on a major rehab. Not to mention that the 'Under New Management' version is so unpopular that even if a major rehab were to occur it's doubtful they would duplicate the attraction elsewhere.
Originally Posted By Bellella Thank heaven. ONE place in Disneyland that won't change for a long while.
Originally Posted By Bellella But wait. <There is NO incentive for Disney to spend money on a major rehab.> The fact that Small World was so popular before its major refurb didn't stop them from putting characters on the ride. And if the Disney World Tiki Room is so unpopular, why don't they have the good sense to change that show back to the original?
Originally Posted By Kayoss They *should* change WDW's tiki room. Might I suggest an English version of Tokyo's "Get the Fever" ? It was quite cute, updated, and not nearly as obnoxious as "Under New Management" is. Plus, they have all the programming done for it, so it couldn't be too big of a deal to install it at WDW as Tokyo's tiki room is an exact clone of WDW's. Tokyo's new Stitch show is cute too, but it will never come to WDW with the failure of Stitch Encounter (not to mention the insanely expensive Stitch Audio Animatronic that's in Tokyo's new Stitch Tiki show). I agree with others that the original Tiki Room show should be exclusive to Disneyland forever.
Originally Posted By Bellella Yes. Thank you. Keep all invasive characters out of the D-land Tiki Room.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >><<But it would all be wrecked if they chose to add Iago and Zazu.>> Is it really necessary to keep saying this over and over and over again? You're like a broken record, and it's quickly becoming annoying. << Bellella voices a legit concern ... that if it was so easy to convert 'small world' to include Disney Toons .. then it seems it's "open season" to ALL the classic attractions. If the Haunted Mansion movie a few years ago was a smash hit ... I can picture a set of "young turks" (as Alice Davis would put it) .. throw in Eddie Murphy's character .. and for good measure .. how about Chip and Dale in the grave yard section ... just for the "cute" factor .. to make the ride more relevant to today's youth! So .... I'm worried too. Just because Tiki Room received a great refurbishment for 2005 (Thanks to Matt Oimmet's fantastic leadership) does not mean the latest "young turks" running WDI won't come up with some inane excuse to add toons SOMEWHERE else. Take your pick: The Matterhorn, Space Mountain, Big Thunder, the Tiki Room, Jungle Cruise, or all of them. All in the name of - "The toons are popular, so therefore - Toon everything!"
Originally Posted By Bellella Thank you, oc_dean. I am scared out of my mind that they'll wreck the Tiki Room. But at least if they toon up the roller coasters- we'll be going too fast to see anything. Ha ha. They better NOT toon up the Tiki Room or the Jungle Cruise. The "young turks" are philistines!
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I am scared out of my mind that they'll wreck the Tiki Room.*** Are you really? Seriously, don't you think perhaps it's not THAT big of a thing to get worked up about? (either they'll do it, or they won't, or maybe they'll just tear the place down and put up a smootie cart in it's place..either way, what can ya do?) Jeesh.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***They better NOT toon up the Tiki Room or the Jungle Cruise.*** You'd better not mess with those rides, see? I'm tellin you, if you change one thing on that rides, pallooka, I'll..I'll..we'll anyway you're not gonna like it Disney, see!? I'm not messin around here!
Originally Posted By pecos bill I dunno, if they do decide to gum up the Tiki Room, I could see some serious opposition to it. Personally, I am getting pretty borderline about spending hard earned vacation dollars at a park I have been to many times. Disney is just not giving me enough reasons to want to return. Being big on nostalgia, and a Tiki fan, some stupid toon overhaul of that famous room would just about do it for me. I would voice my displeasure simply by not going anymore. Believe it or not, there are other vacation options out there beside disney parks.
Originally Posted By Bellella When I said I would be scared out of my mind, I didn't mean I'd panic. But it would just break my heart if they ruined the Tiki Room too. I guess I'd be just so mad at everything there that I wouldn't go to the park anymore, and it would really break my heart to stop. So, when all's said and done, I'm hoping that they keep the Tiki Room the way it is always.
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL Belle, this is not meant as a cut down at all, but you really need to choose your words a bit better. I could totally see and understand that any change including a Toon addition to the Tiki Room would break your heart. But your original "scared out of my mind" was, well, just weird.
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL As for myself, I like a few of the changes that went into the WDW version. And I absolutely love the Tiki Goddess that comes out of the fountain to give it to Zazu. She is just way too cool. BUT, the Tiki Room at Disneyland truly does need to stay as the original show. The recent redo made it just beautiful again. Tiki's Rule
Originally Posted By Bellella All right. I shouldn't have used "scared out of my mind." I just don't want the only D-land place where I can actually relax to change. Whenever I go to D-land, I get a huge adrenaline rush that keeps me up till three in the morning. In the Tiki Room, I can get a brief respite from all the excitement I go through.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss There are certainly lots of adrenaline-inducing attractions at DL, but at the same time, the Tiki Room is hardly alone in being a respite from thrills. The DL Railroad, the Mark Twain and Columbia, the Storybook Canal Boats, even IASW with the "exciting" new characters, I would all classify as relaxing. And those are just a few examples, there are plenty more.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I could even say that PotC is relaxing. With the dark and cool surroundings, on a few occasions I have closed my eyes and started to doze off!
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf Is it just me, or is Iago in TTRUNM about 10 times too big? It's just awful... But I could live with a freshening up of DL's version to be honest. The "Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing" number makes me cringe.
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL I agree with you EigthDwarf. Although I love the Tiki Room, it really is a museum piece, stuck in the 60's. The problem with anything musical though, is that it is pretty much out of date almost as fast as a Tomorrowland update.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Again, we're talkin' personal opinions here. I love the Tiki Room, but have to admit that the excision of the Barcarolle was a good call. That whole dancing waters number was a snoozer! (Very pretty, though!)
