Volcano Bay - Opens May 25th - General Tiki

E EnchantedTikiGoth Member Calgary, Canada Joined: Dec 31, 2003 Posts: 355	E EnchantedTikiGoth Posted posted on Wed, May 31, 2017 10:59 PM On 2017-05-31 08:24, MaukaHale wrote: You can make the same point about cartoon tikis at Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom. Pele, in the waiting area, doesn't look like anything from Polynesian Culture. Sure, but by the same token... The issue for me isn't so much that it's fake... as you say, so is Disney... but that it's Party City-style cartoonish silliness. Rolly Crump's Tiki gods are not authentic, but they still mostly look good. Gawd, I wish I had bought the 2004 Pele mug when I had the chance. Now that I've got my Nautilus, that thing is my holy grail. But yeah, as I said before, Disney actually isn't as cartoony as this place. They typically make things that are much more subdued, naturalistic, and elegant.

On 2017-05-31 08:24, MaukaHale wrote:
You can make the same point about cartoon tikis at Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom. Pele, in the waiting area, doesn't look like anything from Polynesian Culture.

Sure, but by the same token...

The issue for me isn't so much that it's fake... as you say, so is Disney... but that it's Party City-style cartoonish silliness. Rolly Crump's Tiki gods are not authentic, but they still mostly look good. Gawd, I wish I had bought the 2004 Pele mug when I had the chance. Now that I've got my Nautilus, that thing is my holy grail.

But yeah, as I said before, Disney actually isn't as cartoony as this place. They typically make things that are much more subdued, naturalistic, and elegant.

Post #776528 by EnchantedTikiGoth on Wed, May 31, 2017 10:59 PM