Tiki in Orlando - General Tiki

AT Angry Tiki Member Joined: May 30, 2002 Posts: 33	AT Angry Tiki Posted posted on Wed, Nov 20, 2002 8:41 AM I'm a lurker on Tiki Central- but happen to be in O-Town and freqent the Tambu Lounge at the Poly on a regular basis and occasionally to the Big Bamboo. As Matt said, there are a lot of Tikis around the resort. The tikis that are in the courtyard of Disneyland's Tiki Room are primarily around the "quiet" pool. Once you go through the main building (this is the one with the monorail station and check in), the "quiet" pool is towards the right. Immediately when you exit, you will see their main pool-- it is a giant volcanoe w/ slide. Next to the Main Pool, is the pool bar. They have some Boskos in there, an Oceanic Arts Easter Island Paddle, and a few other masks. The O'Hana and Kona Cafe restaurants both have a lot of decor (Kona is mostly on the walls- the O'Hana tikis are primarily in the bar area next to the restaurant entrance). There are some often missed tikis here too. Back around where the quiet pool is located is a large "convention" bldg (large for 1971). I think that this is called the "Tangaroa Terrace", but I'm not 100%. The resort arcade is located back here too. There are some very large tikis on the walls and along the roof of the outside. Also when standing in the back of the main lobby facing the main pool, there are 2 large stairwells to the 2nd floor. Underneath the stairwell on the right is 4 or 5 large tikis. The Big Bamboo really isn't a tiki bar in the sense that everyone thinks. It has a tiki feeling to it and has tikis in it (and probably started off as a tiki bar), but over time it has gathered a lot of other "urban archeological" finds as well. There is a website-- bigbamboolounge.com (I have a pic in the "Photos -> Occasional Visitors" section "Rich, Steven 'last night of freedom' and Chris"-- this was taken the night before my buddy Steven's wedding). The Universal Resort opened a hotel called the "Royal Pacific" or something to that effect. When I went exploring there, I couldn't locate any tikis. Lots of Asian styled decor, but nothing from Polynesia. Enjoy your trip! Chris

I'm a lurker on Tiki Central- but happen to be in O-Town and freqent the Tambu Lounge at the Poly on a regular basis and occasionally to the Big Bamboo.

As Matt said, there are a lot of Tikis around the resort. The tikis that are in the courtyard of Disneyland's Tiki Room are primarily around the "quiet" pool. Once you go through the main building (this is the one with the monorail station and check in), the "quiet" pool is towards the right. Immediately when you exit, you will see their main pool-- it is a giant volcanoe w/ slide.

Next to the Main Pool, is the pool bar. They have some Boskos in there, an Oceanic Arts Easter Island Paddle, and a few other masks.

The O'Hana and Kona Cafe restaurants both have a lot of decor (Kona is mostly on the walls- the O'Hana tikis are primarily in the bar area next to the restaurant entrance).

There are some often missed tikis here too. Back around where the quiet pool is located is a large "convention" bldg (large for 1971). I think that this is called the "Tangaroa Terrace", but I'm not 100%. The resort arcade is located back here too. There are some very large tikis on the walls and along the roof of the outside.

Also when standing in the back of the main lobby facing the main pool, there are 2 large stairwells to the 2nd floor. Underneath the stairwell on the right is 4 or 5 large tikis.

The Big Bamboo really isn't a tiki bar in the sense that everyone thinks. It has a tiki feeling to it and has tikis in it (and probably started off as a tiki bar), but over time it has gathered a lot of other "urban archeological" finds as well. There is a website-- bigbamboolounge.com (I have a pic in the "Photos -> Occasional Visitors" section "Rich, Steven 'last night of freedom' and Chris"-- this was taken the night before my buddy Steven's wedding).

The Universal Resort opened a hotel called the "Royal Pacific" or something to that effect. When I went exploring there, I couldn't locate any tikis. Lots of Asian styled decor, but nothing from Polynesia.

Enjoy your trip!
Chris

Post #14295 by Angry Tiki on Wed, Nov 20, 2002 8:41 AM