Disney's Polynesian Resort, Orlando, FL (hotel) - Locating Tiki

E EPCOTExplorer Member Miami, FL Joined: May 13, 2014 Posts: 298	E EPCOTExplorer Posted posted on Mon, Mar 30, 2015 3:35 PM On 2015-03-30 12:08, Ken Kanaka wrote: Jim -- thanks for posting this. I was chatting last week on Twitter with Steven Miller of Disney's merchandise development group about the possible origins of the Polynesian's logo mascot. I thought he looked like the Oceanic Arts New Guinea shield that hangs outside the Kona restaurant and he countered that it reminded him of Disneyland's Maui from the Enchanted Tiki Room garden. That sparked a memory so I went back through my files and found the 1972 card, which I had mistaken for one of those slips of paper that you often get when you buy a tiki statue. Thanks to him, I was able to put two and two together and finally determine that it was a card handed out to guests and the mystery of Maui's identity was finally solved. How in the heck everyone at Disney managed to forget his name, we may never know. Get the latest information about tiki events, products, and music at Tiki Talk: the enchanted tiki blog Enjoy music from The Crazed Mugs, including "Find Forbidden Island," the l [ Edited by: Ken Kanaka 2015-03-30 12:09 ] GoAwayGreen, that you? :) It'll be interesting to see if Disney starts to use his real name in merch. They're using this little fellow quite heavily, now. It'd be nice to see 'Maui' pop up on some merch or official descriptions.

On 2015-03-30 12:08, Ken Kanaka wrote:
Jim -- thanks for posting this.

I was chatting last week on Twitter with Steven Miller of Disney's merchandise development group about the possible origins of the Polynesian's logo mascot. I thought he looked like the Oceanic Arts New Guinea shield that hangs outside the Kona restaurant and he countered that it reminded him of Disneyland's Maui from the Enchanted Tiki Room garden. That sparked a memory so I went back through my files and found the 1972 card, which I had mistaken for one of those slips of paper that you often get when you buy a tiki statue.

Thanks to him, I was able to put two and two together and finally determine that it was a card handed out to guests and the mystery of Maui's identity was finally solved. How in the heck everyone at Disney managed to forget his name, we may never know.

Get the latest information about tiki events, products, and music at Tiki Talk: the enchanted tiki blog
Enjoy music from The Crazed Mugs, including "Find Forbidden Island," the l

[ Edited by: Ken Kanaka 2015-03-30 12:09 ]

GoAwayGreen, that you? :)

It'll be interesting to see if Disney starts to use his real name in merch. They're using this little fellow quite heavily, now. It'd be nice to see 'Maui' pop up on some merch or official descriptions.

Post #740404 by EPCOTExplorer on Mon, Mar 30, 2015 3:35 PM