Disney In Hawaii - General Tiki

A aquarj Tiki Socialite SF bay area, CA Joined: Apr 02, 2002 Posts: 1125	A aquarj Posted posted on Thu, Oct 27, 2011 10:56 AM On 2011-10-26 10:09, JOHN-O wrote: "It's a fun-filled fantasyland that ends up being far more expensive than you expected. At least you go home with memories that can last a lifetime." Tsk tsk, there goes Disney again - building something that integrates romanticized artificialities into the experience, while failing to adhere to the "authentic" Hawaii feeling. As much as Disney may try to keep with the times and be all sensitive and politically correct, they just can't help themselves with a little fantasy. As the reviewer points out, that a-frame lobby is far more dramatic than something that real Hawaiian fisherman could or would build (and this is bad?). The fishermen must be outraged. But when this reviewer gives them points for avoiding "the clichés of tiki torches, totem poles, bamboo furniture and tacky luaus", I am starting to think that his point of view may differ from mine. I think I'm on the same page as him about the Electric Slide part of the entertainment - that sounds pretty awful to me. Too bad most kids don't have the highly cultivated sense of taste that I do (or this reviewer does). Parents must teach children to root out and reject thematic inconsistencies! BTW, a post one page back links to an article mentioning that "two towering statues — gorgeous examples of an authentic centuries-old wood-carving tradition crafted by Hawaiian carver Rocky Jensen — will act as cultural greeters" in the main lobby. I wonder why it never uses the word tiki though. -Randy

On 2011-10-26 10:09, JOHN-O wrote:
"It's a fun-filled fantasyland that ends up being far more expensive than you expected. At least you go home with memories that can last a lifetime."

Tsk tsk, there goes Disney again - building something that integrates romanticized artificialities into the experience, while failing to adhere to the "authentic" Hawaii feeling. As much as Disney may try to keep with the times and be all sensitive and politically correct, they just can't help themselves with a little fantasy. As the reviewer points out, that a-frame lobby is far more dramatic than something that real Hawaiian fisherman could or would build (and this is bad?). The fishermen must be outraged.

But when this reviewer gives them points for avoiding "the clichés of tiki torches, totem poles, bamboo furniture and tacky luaus", I am starting to think that his point of view may differ from mine. I think I'm on the same page as him about the Electric Slide part of the entertainment - that sounds pretty awful to me. Too bad most kids don't have the highly cultivated sense of taste that I do (or this reviewer does). Parents must teach children to root out and reject thematic inconsistencies!

BTW, a post one page back links to an article mentioning that "two towering statues — gorgeous examples of an authentic centuries-old wood-carving tradition crafted by Hawaiian carver Rocky Jensen — will act as cultural greeters" in the main lobby. I wonder why it never uses the word tiki though.

-Randy

Post #611813 by aquarj on Thu, Oct 27, 2011 10:56 AM