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WDW Tiki Room update: signs point to old management returning

The future of Walt Disney World’s Enchanted Tiki Room continues to be filled with mystery and intrigue.
Last month, we had heard reports that AA figures had been ordered to replace the ones lost in the fire that broke out in the attic area which housed Iago, Zazu, and the Birdmobile — now Stitch Kingdom is [...]

Chris Sanders Aloha Maile vinyl figure

Lilo and Stitch director Chris Sanders Aloha Maile vinyl figure

Chris Sanders, the co-director of Disney’s Lilo and Stich, (and Dreamwork’s How to Train Your Dragon) unsurprisingly has a thing for Hawaii. In his post-Disney career, Sanders is creating art that continues to showcase his interest in the 50th state. Recently, Sanders worked with the folks at Atomic Monkey to release Aloha Maile, an [...]

Disneyland Hotel Tangaroa Terrace

Disney announces Tangaroa Terrace and Trader Sam’s at Disneyland Hotel

Back in May of last year, we helped break the news that Disneyland’s pool area was slated to get an update bound to make tiki fans happy. Now, it’s official, according to DisneyParks blog:
In keeping with that spirit, we are excited to announce that this spring Tangaroa Terrace and Trader Sam’s will open. [...]

Tiki Room roof

WDW Tiki Room rumored to reopen by June

Perhaps some good news for those of you enraged/relieved by the recent fire in Walt Disney World’s Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management, which suffered a fair amount of damage: several Disney websites are reporting that the attraction will reopen in June of 2011.
Speculation is still running wild about what’s going to happen to the [...]

Shag Walt Disney World 40th Anniversary merchandise

Shag Walt Disney World 40th Anniversary merchandise coming this summer

Way back in 2007, we first reported that this might happen, and finally its become a reality: hipster/tiki artist-extrodinare Shag (a.k.a. Josh Agle) has been tapped by Disney to create imagery for a new line of merchandise celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Walt Disney World and the Disney Crusie Line. The success of his previous [...]

Mid-1980s Polynesian Resort proposed rendering

Lost Disney’s Polynesian Resort revamp renderings discovered at flea market

Close friend and vintage Hawaiiana store Playground Zero owner Jon Pez recently went to his local flea market and returned with an amazing piece of artwork that will be of particular interest to Walt Disney Word fans and especially those that love the Polynesian Resort.
It seems Jon met an artist that made a living creating [...]

Disney Imagineer Rolly Crump

Take “A Walk in the Park” audio tour with Tiki Room Imagineer Rolly Crump

Disney Legend and former Imagineer Rolly Crump was the creative force behind many great Disneyland and Walt Disney World attractions and shops, including it’s a small world, The Haunted Mansion, and The Enchanted Tiki Room. For the Tiki Room, Rolly designed each of the gods in the Tiki Garden, the Enchanted Fountain, and the birdmobile; [...]