The Hollywood Reporter broke the story yesterday that Disney is in negotiations to buy a spec script from Ahmet Zappa and Michael Wilson set in the world of Polynesian mythology.
Zappa and Wilson’s Tiki is set in Hawaii and takes in the culture’s rich reserve of unique gods, embodied by wooden masks and engravings, as well [...]
Lowbrow artist Shag, who’s early graphic design career was heavily influenced by Disneyland’s attraction posters, was wisely tapped by Disney to create art and memorabilia for the resort this past decade.
Now, Shag the Store in Palm Springs, CA is displaying the artist’s complete works for The Mouse, including special merchandise for The Enchanted Tiki Room, [...]
It’s common knowledge that Walt Disney had elaborate plans to build EPCOT not as a theme park but a true experimental city in the swamplands of Florida. For many years, the plans have been the stuff of urban legend, with collectors trading fuzzy VHS dubs of The Florida Project movie in order to try to [...]
When Disney re-themed the Tahitian Terrace at Disneyland into Aladdin’s Oasis in 1992, they traded 30 years of Polynesian fun for a new dinner experience that ultimately only operated for two years.
Disneyland guests will probably never get to experience the restaurant again in its original form, but there’s a small nugget of hope buried in [...]
Blogger and Mai Tai enthusiast Tiki Chick discovered Tiki Room merchandise in Walt Disney Word’s Agrabah Bazaar on a trip to Orlando’s Magic Kingdom in October 2009. The Shag-like images on the hat (pictured), t-shirt and button feature Pele, from California’s Tiki Garden, so there’s a good chance that this may be available at Disneyland [...]
Artist Robert Olszewski is known for miniatures (his collection of Main Street U.S.A. and Disneyland attraction buildings are highly collectible) but he also works in other mediums as well, including intricately sculpted boxes.
The Disney parks have an exclusive collection of these works, including two specific to The Enchanted Tiki Room. The Tiki Drums Heirloom Box [...]
For some reason, I’m in a Disney mood this week. Perhaps it was the pleasant bombardment of Disney/Pixar movies over the holiday weekend here in the U.S. in combination with the sad news of Roy Disney’s passing.
Regardless of motivation, while traversing the internet this weekend I discovered the work of artist Eric Tam. In his [...]