> The Enchanted Tiki Room. Cute audio-anamatronic bird show with realistic birds, singing flowers and totems, and fountains and a thunderstorm at the end. And lots of catchy songs! ('In the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki roooom...') A classic.
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> In come the new Imagineers. The job title belies the actual IQ (Imagination Quotient) of these people. What do they do to the Enchanted Tiki Room?
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> They add Iago and Zazu.
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> WHAT??
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> First of all, Iago and Zazu are not even from the same MOVIE. Secondly, their audio-animatronic versions look like their cartoon selves. Imagine how utterly stupid this looks next to the realistic birds. Then scrap all the classic songs, throw in Iago singing a corrupted version of some Aladdin songs, shorten the show dramatically to FIVE MINUTES, and... GAH. :p

Thirdly, Tikis are from Southeast Asia, specifically Polynesia and Indonesia; Iago is from the Middle East; Zazu is from the grasslands of Africa. If you're gonna have a theme of just any old birds, that's fine. But this? Ugh...

> The only part of interest was a fairly neat looking new audio-anamatronic tiki goddess, who not only looked good but also fired a lighning bolt at Iago's feathered tushie. Hah.

:-)

> Fortunately, the Disneyland Enchanted Tiki Room remains untouched. Phew. And they'd better keep it that way... visitor complaints do influence them, you know. :)

What does that say about us over here? Are we dunderheads or just complacent about it? Perhaps a mix...

> Perfect example of the new Disney v.s. classic Disney. Grrr.
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> Sosi"dang, now I want to buy a Dole Whip from the stand outside the Tiki Room"qui

Nyper"Is it made of pineapple?"old