Originally Posted By leobloom Apparently the Tiki Room soft opened today, and it was an even more abbreviated version than the one that's currently playing at DL. No Offenbach, but also a minute and a half of "Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing" was cut as well as half a minute of the "Hawaiian War Chant." And no fountain effect, either. At least it's not the Under New Management show. And that's about all you can say for WDW these days. "Well, it's not great, but it could've been a lot worse..."
Originally Posted By danyoung Well, personally I could live without the entire Let's All Sing number - it really is very long in the original show.
Originally Posted By HMButler79 I saw the video and thought "Why did they even bother then!?" The Bidies Sing Along is a TRUE high-light. A Kumbaya moment in the show. And cutting out the Bird of Paradise intro chorus to Hawaiin War Chant, STUPID. I can only imagine that Holmes and Ad/Lib management wanted to push through as many people as possible so they can get to waiting 75 for Tink to spend money on PhotoPass. 2-3 min out of a 15 min show is alot.
Originally Posted By leobloom I suspected they cut the show down some more because they expect that guests would walk out if the show was any longer. Sort of a preemptive thing. But I am amazed at how short the show seems now.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I agree that the DL show does seem a little slow at certain points, especially for people who aren't 'regulars', but at the same time I don't know what I would cut. If anything, I would cut an entire song (likely Let's All Sing..., but I like the Birdmobile too much to do that) rather than random verses. The overall show pacing does seem to work well, but if folks are going to leave in the middle, I'm not sure what else could be done to stop that. On my last couple visits in DL, I've noticed a strangely high number of groups leaving early (4 or 5, rather than none or one), so maybe it's a good decision. I really can't say until I at least see a video, or get a chance to see it in person (which will be quite a while). That said, even if this show is shorter than the DL one, isn't it still significantly longer than the New Management show?
Originally Posted By GOB In my opinion, the Disneyland original was already a bit long in the tooth. Coupled with the show's replacement in WDW, a Disney resort known for its visitors' apathy towards Disney's rich history, I am in total agreement of the aforementioned parts being cut (sans fountain). Whether in Disneyland or WDW, I always see a handful of walk-outs, and I figure that if we were given the show in its totality, the show would be even more prone to walk-outs.
Originally Posted By HMButler79 Been to DL 6x and NEVER EVER did i see walkouts. However, there were ALWAYS mass walkouts at MKs during...what else?... the Offenbach number! I agree that cut improved and tightned the show.
Originally Posted By HMButler79 ""a Disney resort known for its visitors' apathy towards Disney's rich history"" Apathy AND disdain. Yes, there are actual people who HATE the Bears and find Pirates and Mansion "boring" and "sucked". YUP. Let's not even go into guests reactions to the Jungle Cruise.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I'm sorry, but to me the Tiki show is... well... terrible. People aren't walking out because its too long; they are walking out because it's bad. Disney really should have just gone taken it's time, and gone back to the drawing board on this one. Maybe replacing some of the old numbers with new ones? Just cutting parts is hardly the solution.
Originally Posted By RobinsonCrusoeEsq Aloha! It was great to see the old show again, even with the edits. When the Room was "under new management," I recall getting up and walking out when Iago entered. Last night, I stayed for the whole thing! The Gods are pleased.
Originally Posted By Manfried Imagination must be dead at Disney if all they can do is bring back this tired excuse for an attraction. How about something new and creative?
Originally Posted By danyoung Manfried, if this was a new attraction with a new buildout, then I'd agree with you. But this is a reaction to a fire, and the limited rebuild allowed them to restore the original attraction, something that guests have been screaming for since UNM first opened.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <-- worked the Tiki Room, summer of '86 at WDW -- people would walk out all the time. I never experienced it as a guest at Disneyland though.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Here's a Youtube video of the newly opened show. It looks great -- and you know what -- even on Youtube -- it SOUNDS great.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <-- In the "Let's all Sing Like the Birdies Sing' section, they kept the part where the one bird imitates Bing Crosby and the other bird imitates Louis Armstrong and the last bird, Maurice Chevalier. But they took out the section where Jose asks us to sing along. I would have done just the opposite.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan It's interesting that the modern attention span is so short. People would rather see 20 two minute attractions vs. ten 15 minute attractions. Any show beyond 4 minutes better have pyro and/or confetti cannons, or some in the audience get antsy.
Originally Posted By Manfried Even as a reaction to a fire, they could have tried to replace it with something new and exciting. This Disney nostalgia wave is going to eventually kill the business.
Originally Posted By leobloom If they sold Mai Tais outside the Tiki Room, the show would be a blast even for the newcomers with no nostalgic connection to the show.
