Disneyland's Enchanted Tiki Room update (some rumors included) - General Tiki

T TikiCutie Member Florida, now a SoCal Hoiti Toiti Joined: Nov 03, 2002 Posts: 90	T TikiCutie Posted posted on Fri, Mar 11, 2005 7:12 PM Ok I'll try again..lemme see if I can answer some questions before the computer bumps me off again.... No, they did not change the speil about the "senorita", Jose is still lazy and the speil is still about a girl waking him up. There are new speakers above each of the four host birds, facing in four different directions, they will no longer be drowned out by the rest of the show. New things in the Lanai: The archway with carved hisbiscus on it (no roses), the new turnstile, they have taken down the wall around the building to make it more visible to guests. New lamps, new benches, new cement. Things I worked on in the Lanai: I hung the foliage on the Tangaroa tree and made all the new jewelry on the tiki gods hanging from the tree. I also made the birdhouses that cover the speakers next to most of the gods. I helped make the drum decorations, but it was mostley built by my lead, Frank "CHOP CHOP" Franco. Imagineer Dave Gretz designed them, we decorated/constructed them with our own creativity. I also made a new kite for Rongo the kite god, I painted it like Tapa cloth. Inside, I sculpted the birds feet, decorated the birdmobile with white feathers, made the girls new name tags. I hid the new host speakers with foliage in the baskets above their heads, I decorated the the birds of paradise with new leaves. I also added feathers around the necks of the orchids in the flower boats. Other new things in there: the drummer gods have new orange feathers, the tiki perches were redecorated with new raffia, shells beads and feathers by our crew, the windows were refoliated, cleaned and got fresh new rain made by our crew. Don't know anything about coins in the drummer god's eyes. Kim Irvine is the Art Director for the park. She is the daughter of the woman who plays Madame Leota, the floating severed head in the Haunted Mansion seance scene. Has everyone seen the new floating crystal ball effect? Awesome! Creepy! The guy on top of the Dole hut was sculpting new masks, feet, hands and gods with Polygem, a polymer epoxy putty that self-activates when mushed together and rolled around in your hands for a couple of minutes. It's an advanced form of Play-Doh, or as Mark, the guy in the photo says, "It's serious putty, not silly at all". Is there anything else? I am so exhausted, I missed two days this week from getting worn down and getting sick. I may sleep in and miss the grand opening. if I do, I hope you love my work! I hope you love all our hard work for years to come, please write and tell me what you liked/disliked! They have really been cracking the whip on us and I am beat. Monday we start the Jungle Cruise rehab. Oi vey! If I think of more I'll add another post! Everybody go to Disneyland! TikiCutie Laura

Ok I'll try again..lemme see if I can answer some questions before the computer bumps me off again....

No, they did not change the speil about the "senorita", Jose is still lazy and the speil is still about a girl waking him up.

There are new speakers above each of the four host birds, facing in four different directions, they will no longer be drowned out by the rest of the show.

New things in the Lanai:

The archway with carved hisbiscus on it (no roses), the new turnstile, they have taken down the wall around the building to make it more visible to guests. New lamps, new benches, new cement.

Things I worked on in the Lanai: I hung the foliage on the Tangaroa tree and made all the new jewelry on the tiki gods hanging from the tree. I also made the birdhouses that cover the speakers next to most of the gods. I helped make the drum decorations, but it was mostley built by my lead, Frank "CHOP CHOP" Franco. Imagineer Dave Gretz designed them, we decorated/constructed them with our own creativity. I also made a new kite for Rongo the kite god, I painted it like Tapa cloth.

Inside, I sculpted the birds feet, decorated the birdmobile with white feathers, made the girls new name tags. I hid the new host speakers with foliage in the baskets above their heads, I decorated the the birds of paradise with new leaves. I also added feathers around the necks of the orchids in the flower boats.

Other new things in there: the drummer gods have new orange feathers, the tiki perches were redecorated with new raffia, shells beads and feathers by our crew, the windows were refoliated, cleaned and got fresh new rain made by our crew.

Don't know anything about coins in the drummer god's eyes.

Kim Irvine is the Art Director for the park. She is the daughter of the woman who plays Madame Leota, the floating severed head in the Haunted Mansion seance scene. Has everyone seen the new floating crystal ball effect? Awesome! Creepy!

The guy on top of the Dole hut was sculpting new masks, feet, hands and gods with Polygem, a polymer epoxy putty that self-activates when mushed together and rolled around in your hands for a couple of minutes. It's an advanced form of Play-Doh, or as Mark, the guy in the photo says, "It's serious putty, not silly at all".

Is there anything else? I am so exhausted, I missed two days this week from getting worn down and getting sick. I may sleep in and miss the grand opening. if I do, I hope you love my work! I hope you love all our hard work for years to come, please write and tell me what you liked/disliked!

They have really been cracking the whip on us and I am beat. Monday we start the Jungle Cruise rehab. Oi vey!

If I think of more I'll add another post!

Everybody go to Disneyland!

TikiCutie
Laura

Post #146258 by TikiCutie on Fri, Mar 11, 2005 7:12 PM