Post #386662 by Psycho Tiki D on Thu, Jun 12, 2008 1:08 PM

I would be surprised if the current popularity of mainstream "tiki" rides out any further than Disneyland's 50th Anniversary of the Enchanted Tiki Room in 2013.

The wave is cresting and like all things "pop" tiki will return to it's obscure niche that only the diehards will carry on until the next resurgence (twenty to thirty years from now).

In some ways I hope I am wrong, but trends die quickly. If I had the money to open a Tiki Bar here locally five or six years ago, I would have done it then, but today, I don't think I would and there isn't any competition for fifty miles in any direction. I just don't see the house getting much bigger.

You are asking questions that many of us have pondered and discussed here on Tiki Central. Currently there are 8080 registered users, maybe twice that many lurking and if you double or triple that number outside of this forum (those who aren't aware of Tiki Central) but enjoy tiki, then you have less than 50,000 fans of tiki or tiki related culture.

Not even a good attendance day at your favorite theme park!

That being said, enjoy what you find here for what it is worth. Use the search function. I too, learned this lesson the hard way early on...you may think you are the first one to bring a subject up and you may just be, but search first.

Harsh lessons are learned early!

And tikisgrl...you have always been a Kool Kid in my book and great to see you back here posting!

Psycho Tiki D (I know I am, trend or no trend)!