Post #148923 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Thu, Mar 24, 2005 10:53 AM

Here are my photos from last Thursday:

The two types of Tangaroa babies:

Pele in all her restored glory:

Is this new?

The stone floors: First, the floor within the Tiki Room itself and on the outside landing and steps. I believe this was the same as the old and was just finely sanded and polished. It looks fantastic.

Now, the flooring in the courtyard. I believe the old flooring had a smooth finish like the floor above, but the marble was composed of all small red stones (can anyone confirm this for me?). I know it had major cracks from experience, and checking the construction through the fence, I could see that it was completely removed.

Here's the new courtyard. Kind of a cobblestone of small pebbles. It looks great and really works with the color of the building and surrounding greenery, but I kinda miss the old marble:

The new drum:

Inside the Tiki Room I was completley satisfied and impressed. So clean and bright. All the wonderful vivid colors without that layer of dust. The sound was clearer and the birds movements were snappy and quick, and on-synch. So were the mouths of all the totem tikis, including the inner sets of teeth. I had visited last year when only one totem had been re-synched. Now they all work well. I was most impressed with the bird-mobile. I had never realized how dusty and grey it looked before. But now it is absolutely vivid in its whiteness. I sat with a full crowd - no empty seats available. Here are the few photos that didn't turn out blurry:

One of the kites and a closeup of the kite-mask

The Bird-Mobile:

Overall I was pleased with the restoration job.

Sabu