Tiki Gardens was a home-grown tourist attraction started by Frank and Jo Byars which used to be located on Florida’s west coast. Developed over the course of a decade in the 1960s, the attraction closed in 1990 and was eventually demolished and turned into a beach access parking lot.
One of the more interesting souvenirs to [...]
It’s been a long time coming, but Walt Disney World once again has an Enchanted Tiki Room, which officially reopens today. Technically speaking, this is a new show for Florida’s Magic Kingdom; the original was called “The Tropical Serenade,” presumably because the attraction was part of the larger Sunshine Pavilion. When it opened, the Tropical [...]
It’s hard to believe that Hukilau, the annual tiki gathering in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida is celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year. I’ve been an attendee since 2003, the first year that the event moved from Atlanta to Florida, and they’ve gotten better year after year despite some interesting twists and turns, like when Hurricane Jean [...]
The Orlando Sentinel and local television stations are reporting that a small fire broke out in the “attic” of the Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management attraction at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on Wednesday evening. The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage is still under investigation.
The Reedy Creek Fire Department [...]
The Daytona Beach area has managed to hang onto its tiki restaurants and bars while some other seaside locations have lost theirs to development and “progress” in the 1980s.
A new website, Daytona Tiki Finder, acts as an online guide to Tiki Bars, Beachfront Bars and poolside pubs in the Daytona Beach area. It also includes [...]
Justin and Sarah Tanner went from tiki mug collectors to tiki carvers after getting bit by the bug. The couple initially decorated their house with Justin’s creations, but within a short time they began selling his carvings and a business, DeTiki, was born.
DeTiki makes a couple of interesting items other than poles and masks, including [...]
Once every 30 years or so, the Mai Kai restaurant in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, refreshes the chairs that diners have been sitting on for the previous three decades. They did it again in 2009, and now the 1980s vintage chairs are up for sale to collectors who long to bring part of the Mai Kai [...]