Tikis at the Late Great Movieland Wax Museum - General Tiki

G gwenners Member SF Bay Area Joined: Feb 08, 2005 Posts: 97	G gwenners Posted posted on Tue, Nov 8, 2005 5:02 PM No matter how much I begged my parents as a kid, we never went to Movieland. We did Knott's or Disneyland, or spent the day at Ports O' Call. Of course, visits to Ports O' Call also became a fave of mine, as that also meant we'd do a bit more travel along the coast, and get dinner at Sam's Seafood. It's things like this that explain how I've ended up here. The Japanese Village and Deer Park, if I recall correctly, was located in Buena Park on Knott Avenue @ Village Drive. There were a number of attractions there, including karate shows, pearl diving, etc. Not just the deer. Here's a photo from the place. No tikis, however. The California Alligator Farm was one my parents only took me to once. The place stank to hoch himmel. I also seem to recall it being a cold day, so the reptiles were less than spectacular. Likwise, they only once acquiesced to the "Jungle Island" side of Knott's, with all the weird, painted wood "wood-imals" hidden amongst the dense foliage. They weren't tiki, except in maybe a six-year-old's mind. I was probably around six at the time, and enjoyed it immensely The only "Movie World" I recall was the Movie World Cars of the Stars and Planes of Fame Museum -- which was in Buena Park, not Fullerton. In the 1970s, apparently, Von Dutch used to park his bus behind the building. Of course, that only tangentially keeps this remotely on topic. Sorta like alligators and Japanese villages. I imagine that -- like any wise entrepreneur -- some of the more regional parks made as much hay as they could out of the tiki "craze." Hence why Movieland Wax Museum had a tiki in an otherwise unrelated display (as I recall, they had issues with space limitations, and tended to get funky combos because of this -- this will get worse at San Francisco's location now, I suspect), or that there was a "natives boiling a missionary" sequence in "Jungle island" (let alone naming an attraction area "Jungle Island"). Of course, this is also why Monterey Park had "The Tikis" and why Disneyland has The Enchanted Tiki Room -- let alone sites like the Kona Lanes (R.I.P.) and South Sea themed apartment buildings. Yow, back on topic, yet again! Cheers, Gwen Smith [ Edited by: gwenners 2005-11-08 23:17 ]

No matter how much I begged my parents as a kid, we never went to Movieland. We did Knott's or Disneyland, or spent the day at Ports O' Call. Of course, visits to Ports O' Call also became a fave of mine, as that also meant we'd do a bit more travel along the coast, and get dinner at Sam's Seafood. It's things like this that explain how I've ended up here.

The Japanese Village and Deer Park, if I recall correctly, was located in Buena Park on Knott Avenue @ Village Drive. There were a number of attractions there, including karate shows, pearl diving, etc. Not just the deer.

Here's a photo from the place. No tikis, however.

The California Alligator Farm was one my parents only took me to once. The place stank to hoch himmel. I also seem to recall it being a cold day, so the reptiles were less than spectacular. Likwise, they only once acquiesced to the "Jungle Island" side of Knott's, with all the weird, painted wood "wood-imals" hidden amongst the dense foliage. They weren't tiki, except in maybe a six-year-old's mind. I was probably around six at the time, and enjoyed it immensely

The only "Movie World" I recall was the Movie World Cars of the Stars and Planes of Fame Museum -- which was in Buena Park, not Fullerton. In the 1970s, apparently, Von Dutch used to park his bus behind the building. Of course, that only tangentially keeps this remotely on topic. Sorta like alligators and Japanese villages.

I imagine that -- like any wise entrepreneur -- some of the more regional parks made as much hay as they could out of the tiki "craze." Hence why Movieland Wax Museum had a tiki in an otherwise unrelated display (as I recall, they had issues with space limitations, and tended to get funky combos because of this -- this will get worse at San Francisco's location now, I suspect), or that there was a "natives boiling a missionary" sequence in "Jungle island" (let alone naming an attraction area "Jungle Island").

Of course, this is also why Monterey Park had "The Tikis" and why Disneyland has The Enchanted Tiki Room -- let alone sites like the Kona Lanes (R.I.P.) and South Sea themed apartment buildings. Yow, back on topic, yet again!

Cheers,
Gwen Smith

[ Edited by: gwenners 2005-11-08 23:17 ]

Post #197077 by gwenners on Tue, Nov 8, 2005 5:02 PM