Landscaping change at the Enchanted Tiki Room? - General Tiki

T Tangaroa Tiki Socialite Joined: Apr 25, 2002 Posts: 1566	T Tangaroa Posted posted on Fri, Apr 9, 2004 1:01 PM Wow! I didn't know that they had saved that model - nice pics Humu! The was a restaurant/dining area where the Tahitian Terrace was from day one - but it was the Plaza Pavilion Restaurant...! You would enter through the Vctorian facade on Main Street and be served and seated on a patio overlooking the Jungle Cruise...! It always had a Polynesian theme to it - as this rendering from the 1955 guide book shows: Here in this construction shot - you can see the A frame & the distinctive Polynesian influence - which was just expanded upon, once it became the Tahitian Terrace in '62... I'm so glad they saved that model & it's not buried in a box somewhere! So many early Disneyland models have been trashed.... On 2004-03-06 22:28, Tikitackett wrote: I asked some of my friends at Imagineering, and they say that the "stacked tikis" have been there since the Tiki Room was opened in 1963. No offense to Tikitackett - but Atomobile is right - that pole with the stacked tikis has only been there since the 90s. I used to work the show there - the Summer before I went to college! Best, Chris "Oh mystic powers - hear my call... From my limbs, let new life fall..." http://www.christophermerritt.com [ Edited by: Tangaroa on 2004-04-09 13:11 ]

Wow! I didn't know that they had saved that model - nice pics Humu!
The was a restaurant/dining area where the Tahitian Terrace was from day one - but it was the Plaza Pavilion Restaurant...! You would enter through the Vctorian facade on Main Street and be served and seated on a patio overlooking the Jungle Cruise...!

It always had a Polynesian theme to it - as this rendering from the 1955 guide book shows:

Here in this construction shot - you can see the A frame & the distinctive Polynesian influence - which was just expanded upon, once it became the Tahitian Terrace in '62...

I'm so glad they saved that model & it's not buried in a box somewhere! So many early Disneyland models have been trashed....

On 2004-03-06 22:28, Tikitackett wrote:

I asked some of my friends at Imagineering, and they say that the "stacked tikis" have been there since the Tiki Room was opened in 1963.

No offense to Tikitackett - but Atomobile is right - that pole with the stacked tikis has only been there since the 90s. I used to work the show there - the Summer before I went to college!

Best,

Chris

"Oh mystic powers - hear my call...
From my limbs, let new life fall..."
http://www.christophermerritt.com

[ Edited by: Tangaroa on 2004-04-09 13:11 ]

Post #85492 by Tangaroa on Fri, Apr 9, 2004 1:01 PM