Post #786385 by EnchantedTikiGoth on Sat, Apr 28, 2018 10:54 PM

On 2018-04-27 15:32, tiki-riviera wrote:
My favorite tiki drink is a Pina Colada. But at least I drink it out of a tiki mug and I make mine with pineapple ice cream.

Whoa, that's controversial? Crap, I've been drinking Pina Coladas out of the bottle, mixed with some I'm Bananas Over You and Amarula. I'm totally Tikiing wrong!

With any subculture, you don't want to keep solid boundaries. What you do want to keep is a solid core, because that anchors the subculture. Then you can have the fuzzy edges that overlap with other subcultures and interests... Keep the "pure Tiki" at the core and at the edges have burlesque, hot rods, classic Vegas, Disney, vintage monster chic, surf, pre-war Polynesian romanticism, actual Polynesian culture, Jimmy Buffet, Route 66, whatever. You want to have flexibility, individuality, and innovation, but still have a central common reference point.

Oh yeah, I got another one... Volcano Bay is too Party City for me. I like Typhoon Lagoon better as a tropical escape-themed waterpark.