Post #780030 by AceExplorer on Mon, Sep 25, 2017 9:44 AM

There are a few things which come to mind here...

Disney constantly wants to change and update things, and a "legacy" attraction like this has possibly been judged to have again become "stale." But getting funding for changes and updates, no matter how badly they are needed, seems very difficult. Look at how much of Futureworld at Epcot is unused and in need of complete rebuilding. But now that some good intellectual property is available, voila, it could be time to update and fix that space.

Disney imagineers and show designers (and probably execs too) seem to have a major affinity for things Hawaiian and for things tiki. This helps us tikiphiles in many ways. Many here on Tiki Central came to tiki through experiences at Disney parks.

Disney loves to capitalize on their intellectual property by bringing it into the parks and using the hell out of it. Bringing in Moana is a move in that direction which allows them to refresh the Tiki Room and leverage Moana at the same time.

Disney has announced Moana 2 for 2018-2019, so there is quite a motivator to bring this intellectual property to the foreground in the parks.

Just some thoughts..... If they do change the Tiki Room to a Moana theme, let's hope they do it with a GOOD STORY and some good eye candy to make it last and become loved.