Post #342296 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Nov 5, 2007 10:47 PM

Yes, that guy's research is great. I believe that the Disneyland Jungle Cruise was part of the original Disneyland, and so the P.O.P.'s Mystery Island/Beachcomber Ride obviously is one of those concepts CBS copied. Those carved posts and the native huts sure reek of Disney's "Adventure Land".

I believe Walt had the Enchanted Tiki Room built because he generally loved the Tiki theme. He frequented the Royal Hawaiian Restaurant (the one they had in Anaheim) and Kono Hawaii, and the initial plans for the Tiki Room were that it was supposed to be a restaurant, too. But when the animatronics machinery got to big, they had no room for food service anymore and it became an attraction in its own right.

Walt was also very aware of what else was out there already, and since there was already a "Tiki Room" in a bowling alley in another state, he had to name his creation the ENCHANTED Tiki Room.