Post #787694 by joefla70 on Thu, Jun 14, 2018 10:15 AM

On 2018-04-29 08:05, EnchantedTikiGoth wrote:

On 2018-04-29 07:19, tikitube wrote:
Tiki culture will always mean different things to different people, depending on how they were introduced to it and what kind of regular presence it has in their lives.

Yep... It was Disney what brung me to the dance, so my sense of Tiki for me is very much rooted in the Enchanted Tiki Room, Jungle Cruise, Adventureland aesthetic, dappled with 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea because I'm even more of a fan of Jules Verne and Victorian Sci-Fi than I am of Tiki. Coming from that angle brings in mermaids and pirates and monsters and other fantastical things... For me, places like Typhoon Lagoon and Weeki Wachi Springs and movies like King Kong have more to do with what makes Tiki appealing to me than does burlesque and hot rods, even though none of those things are strictly Tiki themselves. But all that said, I can recognize that there is a core of what Tiki is that serves as my reference point. I'm well aware that I'm shambling about more in Tiki's fuzzy edges.

I totally agree. For me, Disney is also a big reason I was attracted to tiki.

Have you seen Tokyo Disney Sea? From the videos I've seen, Its a Jules Verne / Victorian Sci-Fi lovers dream.

[ Edited by: joefla70 2018-06-14 10:32 ]