Official Tiki Oasis 2012 thread for TO12

I don't know how much of a secret it was, but Friday night ended with the Love Me Knots and The Barbwires. (Friday went pretty late.)

Saturday it was the Lampshades and The Untouchables.

Sunday it was magician Rob Zabrecky and Casino Royale. CR did an amazing first set of spy themes with a brass section and a great girl singer.

Charles Phoenix and Martin Cate just about shook the walls down with their seminars, the hotel guys said they've NEVER heard laughter and action like that in the main ballrooms. We had to sweep people off the floors after Martin's, and TikiWineBear told me he almost had to leave Charles' show because he was having trouble having enough time to breath between the laffs.

I don't know how many people were aware of it, but we had a world premiere showing of the movie "The Burlesque Assassins" on Sunday afternoon, with a burlesque show in the middle, champagne, and a talk by the director. It was a gasser, man.

Did anyone get video of the flash mob?

I was able to grab my phone cam and snag most of the flash mob down by the pool. loved it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxd0eVL1UcQ

[ Edited by: Hakalugi - Fixed link - 2012-08-20 12:20 ]

THAT was the best Oasis to date! The proof is in the 700+ pictures and the fact that my voice is pretty much gone.

Thanks Otto/Doe and everyone who makes things happen behind the scenes from the vendors to volunteers to the performers.

I didn't hit all the parties...mainly because I was blacking out..but thanks to :

Purple Orchid's Welcome Party on Thursday. It ain't Oasis until there is a stop by your room to kick off the weekend.

Monet2u for the after Bali Hai shindig. Next year I will make it in your room longer :)

I missed Thee Swank Bastards :( but the Creepy Creeps KILLED IT in their suite at midnight Friday. KILLED IT! Lost my voice from all the screaming and I think my feet went numb from all the dancing but DAMN! THAT set was off the freaking chain!!

Tonga Hut's 2 night extravaganza. Marie your drinks were the bomb! Awesome snowcone idea! And the room decor was amazing! Amy, Jeremy,Marie, Scott, Marty you guys are the bee's knees! Such a bummer Jeremy wasn't there.

EasterIslandElvis and his band of friends for some tasty cocktails as well as the mug shot wall prop. So creative kids :wink:

To the fine folks of Tiki Hell. A personal thank you for the recovery of the wallet and the mug that Filthy Midget lost. We really appreciated disaster being averted. I know how much money and time you put into your suite so thank you, thank you, thank you!

Tikitastic, TikiPug as well Kelly (from Trader Sam's) and his friends for letting us come booze it up. Awesome cocktails and great time for sure. Thanks for letting us swing on by.

Tiki Oasis is pretty much my most favorite event of the year and it was great to spend it with so many fine friends both new and old.

I seriously can not wait until next year already...I can only request to the global warming gods to chill the place down next August...us Bay Area Folks can't handle the heat!

[ Edited by: SandraDee 2012-08-20 15:48 ]

Yeah... what was up with that heat and humidity.

I think it's called "summer".... something we havent had much of the past few years.

It wasn't THAT bad, and that's what the pool is for :)

That's OK Jim, come this Winter the same folks will probably be asking "what's up with all this rain?" :wink:

Man, it was pretty uncomfortable getting into the spirit of the event, sporting a formal dinner jacket and tie in a hot crowded room party. Oh the things we do for Tiki !!

This would have been a great year for the "Eden's Island" / Nature Boy / Au Naturale Tiki Oasis that I know is coming. :D

(Edited for passing judgment on Brudda Bear's passing of judgment. But isn't that why the internet was invented ?? :D )

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2012-08-20 16:57 ]

On 2012-08-20 12:08, Tikibear69 wrote:
I was able to grab my phone cam and snag most of the flash mob down by the pool. loved it!

FANTASTIC! Thank you, TikiBear69! Being in the flash mob was only ONE of the many highlights of my weekend! :)

The mainstream media is taking this thing seriously...

Huffington Post: Tiki Oasis

Somehow we're home, unloaded, unpacked, and exhausted. That was a fantastic weekend. Many many thanks for the efforts of so many people...Otto & Baby Doe, the Tiki Oasis staff, the volunteers, the artists, performers, educators, vendors, room party hosts, and all of the friends (new and old) we saw this weekend. The time really just flew by.

The Tikiyaki Orchestra set a really high bar Thursday night with their performance at the Bali Hai and Val and I rode that energy throughout the weekend. I'm not sure how Martin Cate keeps finding ways to top himself, but I'll just enjoy the ride as he does. We didn't make it to a ton of room parties, but I can say both the Ding Dong Devils and the Tonga Hut parties were top notch. And the new art we picked up...I can't wait until it's on the walls and shelves.

Like many others, I have hundreds of photos to sort through for the photo thread. But that's a project for tomorrow.

Mahalo!

kevin

this man has the right idea

I say f'Bond... go 1930s through the 1960s. Tarzan! Otto you have your orders... HillaBilly my ass.

On 2012-08-20 14:52, JOHN-O wrote:
Man, it was pretty uncomfortable getting into the spirit of the event, sporting a formal dinner jacket and tie in a hot crowded room party. Oh the things we do for Tiki !!

This would have been a great year for the "Eden's Island" / Nature Boy / Au Naturale Tiki Oasis that I know is coming. :D

(Edited for passing judgment on Brudda Bear's passing of judgment. But isn't that why the internet was invented ?? :D )

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2012-08-20 16:57 ]

Hell was H.O.T.

On 2012-08-15 12:33, Jareth Cutestory wrote:

this is some great Agent Sh!t right here

THE FINAL H.U.L.A. Training video before Tiki Oasis! This time, Agent Tiki Sideburns teaches you the MOST important lesson of all.

Also, this transmission does NOT get hijacked by a tiki-terrorist organization. Nope. Not at all. See for yourself...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEiANmBRD1Y&feature=youtu.be

King Bushwich the 33rd thank you so much for posting the link. Eric October sent it to me or I might have missed it. Thank you Eric.

Eric's PM to me.

Hey Wendy!

Your art made the Huffington Post!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-derrick/tiki-oasis-12-exotica-esp_b_1787737.html

Here's the link from King Bushwick the 33rd's post in the TIki Oasis thread:

He original thread link:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=42381&forum=17&start=480&490

Congrats!

It's such a kick that they used part of my painting.

Here's Otto with the whole painting I did for Tiki Oasis 12. Cheers, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2012-08-20 23:48 ]

On 2012-08-20 16:30, King Bushwich the 33rd wrote:
The mainstream media is taking this thing seriously...

Huffington Post: Tiki Oasis

Did you see the tags on that article? Ha!

TAGS: AIR FORCE, ATOMIKITY, BILL CLINTON, BRADLEY MANNING, COCKTAILS, ERIC OCTOBER, ESPIONAGE, EXOTICA, GET SMART, HUBERT HUMPHREY, JIMMY CARTER, JULIAN ASSANGE, KEN RUZIC, MICHAEL DUKAKIS, MOROCCO, NASA, RAND, ROB ZABRECKY, SAN DIEGO, SDC, SEREDIPITY, SPIES, SPY, SUBLIMINALS, SUSANNAH MOSHER, SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, TIKI, TIKI OASIS, TWEEDLEBOP, WENDY CEVOLA, WIKILEAKS

That was a ridiculous artical. Trying to link TO to national current events?? What about an event using escapism for the sake of escapism?

Jeesh come to our event and report! You don’t need to inject your political agenda to fill up space to meet the minimum word count requirements for your stupid blog and call it news.

On 2012-08-21 09:37, Luckydesigns wrote:
That was a ridiculous artical. Trying to link TO to national current events?? What about an event using escapism for the sake of escapism?

I must have been reading your mind Spike, As I posted a comment on the HP echoing the same opinion.

OOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFF!!!!!
I am wiped out.

Great event as always.
I am bummed that I didn't make any room parties, or seminars.
and wasn't able to buy any tiki art.

But I came back to a Part time job offer,
so that's good.

I'd like to thank Otto for having Kristena and I back to DJ this year.
Hot Rod music at the car show Sat., and spy music by the pool Sun.

Also I would like to thank those that came out to the Car Show
and saw the Los Venturas from Belgium.
They sold all of their cds, and almost all of their t-shirts.

Also I met a bunch of people from other states and a few from other countries
that said that they went to SG101 convention the week before Tiki Oasis, so Mucho Mahalo to those people.

Jeff(btd)

On 2012-08-20 21:28, sec.8 wrote:

...Otto you have your orders... HillaBilly my ass

No way Jose !!

I'm sure Tiki purists might be horrified but I consider next year's theme much more Poly Pop relevant from a historical perspective than Spy. :)

"You shor gotta purty mug there. I kin hardly wait fer Tiki Oasis 2013" :D

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2012-08-21 12:17 ]

I would like to thank Otto and Doe for putting together another event. They pulled of the event of the year and it showed with thousands of happy Tiki-philes.

Special thanks to the folks behind the scenes: Cammo, Mateo, Belle, Koz, Casey, Jim Giddings, Jaye, Megan, Kitty Kat, Shocker, Patrick, Thomas, Test_subj, Rob Roy.... And many more volunteers (you know who you are) and staff that have helped to make Tiki Oasis the largest and most eleborate Tiki event in the known world.... THE WORLD!

See you all next year!

Thanks Otto, BabyDoe, all the staff and volunteers, the performers, symposium hosts, vendors and room party hosts for yet another great Tiki Oasis.
I managed to attend 3 symposiums this year, and they were all very enjoyable, especially Martin Cate's Cocktail CSI (but that's hardly surprising).
The heat and humidity made me stay out of most room parties, but the ones I checked out from inside (mainly Tonga Hut) were great.
Performance wise I really liked Tikiyaki on Thursday, The Exotics (room party and on main stage), Martini Kings & Sonny Moon (room party and on main stage) and Los Venturas (at the car show).
At the Sunday night show I thought Rob Zabrecky was very entertaining, against my expectations.

This year was the first time we felt comfortable trying to leave our daughter at the Tiki Tot Playroom, and she really liked it. Thanks for providing this option. Maybe it can be extended to Friday morning next year?

See you all next year...
Ran

Yeah, my thanks go out to "Mudmaster" Mad Dog, "Hardware Store" Patrick, "Cool Head" Ikabod, "Dry Clean Only" Jaye, "I Want You for My Nurse" Carla, and Otto and Doe who genuinely care about making every single part of Oasis perfect for both the attendees and the performers, and blending the two together so you can't tell anymore...

and also Mateo, who had at least 5 panic-migraine-complete-mental-breakdowns-blackouts-where's-my-cigs a day...

sorry, Mad Dog and I caused about 3 of them.

I'm sure Tiki purists might be horrified but I consider next year's theme much more Poly Pop relevant from a historical perspective than Spy. :)

I've dragged my mother to T.O. the past three years. Sorry for all the ankles I've clipped with her wheelchair! I really hope she's well enough to attend next year. She's played country steel guitar since the 1950's. And if you play steel, you gotta play some Hawaiian. One of her best groups was Wild Oats (http://www.ibiblio.org/hillwilliam/BGdiscography/?v=fullrecord&albumid=6645) but she also led a pretty wild all-girl group - The Farmer's Daughters - in the 1970's. The crowds, heat and hassle were getting to her a little this year, until she heard the theme for next year. Now she's looking forward to it! See you then!!

In regards to the Huffington Post piece

On 2012-08-21 10:31, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:

On 2012-08-21 09:37, Luckydesigns wrote:
That was a ridiculous artical. Trying to link TO to national current events?? What about an event using escapism for the sake of escapism?

I must have been reading your mind Spike, As I posted a comment on the HP echoing the same opinion.

Hi, I know the writer (and in fact set up the article) - the angle was of a light hearted and humorous approach, as the piece was posted in both Huff Post and a variation on La Figa, part of FiredogLake.com; both sites known for their politics. The writer is a very cool person, a HUGE fan and supporter of low-brow and pop surrealism art (and the owner of at least two Heather Watts paintings.) She gets it!

Lee Joseph Publicity for the visual arts
http://www.leejosephpublicity.com
The Dionysus Records Empire
http://www.dionysusrecords.com

[ Edited by: DJLee 2012-08-21 20:35 ]

[ Edited by: DJLee 2012-08-21 20:36 ]

On 2012-08-09 21:10, martiki wrote:
ATTENTION ALL AGENTS! Registration is LIVE!

http://inconspicuousdrycleaning.com/

Despite my occasional bouts with OCD, I had a lot of fun playing along with this. However, I didn't manage to solve all of the puzzles. Any chance of updating the Inconspicuous Dry Cleaning site with the answers?

Mahalo!

kevin

On 2012-08-21 20:33, DJLee wrote:
In regards to the Huffington Post piece

On 2012-08-21 10:31, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:

On 2012-08-21 09:37, Luckydesigns wrote:
That was a ridiculous artical. Trying to link TO to national current events?? What about an event using escapism for the sake of escapism?

I must have been reading your mind Spike, As I posted a comment on the HP echoing the same opinion.

Hi, I know the writer (and in fact set up the article) - the angle was of a light hearted and humorous approach, as the piece was posted in both Huff Post and a variation on La Figa, part of FiredogLake.com; both sites known for their politics. The writer is a very cool person, a HUGE fan and supporter of low-brow and pop surrealism art (and the owner of at least two Heather Watts paintings.) She gets it!

---

Lee Joseph Publicity for the visual arts
http://www.leejosephpublicity.com
The Dionysus Records Empire
http://www.dionysusrecords.com

[ Edited by: DJLee 2012-08-21 20:35 ]

[ Edited by: DJLee 2012-08-21 20:36 ]

may be you should put on a bra and panties.... ah' swimwear... and people will get it...

Hi DJLee, While it is always good that our little scene gets some press coverage now & then
Politicizing this years theme was missing the point.
But that's just my opinion 8)

As for next years Theme "Hulabilly" You got the "Hulagirl's" locked down I would think by now
I would like to throw in a vote for "Imelda May" for a headline act for one of the nights.
can you dig it, Otto?

On 2012-08-21 23:19, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
Hi DJLee, While it is always good that our little scene gets some press coverage now & then
Politicizing this years theme was missing the point.
But that's just my opinion 8)

Hello!

This piece was not about literal politics, it was about ironic humor, poking fun at the very blog she writes for! Instead taking the press release and being all deadpan about it, she took it, along with what she knows about the event, and turned it into an entertaining, ironic and funny piece - which points the reader to the art show, car show and marketplace...

She came out to the event during the weekend and will do post-coverage in another blog.

My final word on that, but not the event...I once again had a GREAT time - my absolute favorite weekend of the year (I've been to all 12)! Working on photo albums for all four days (will post on the photo thread) and looking forward to next year --- overalls or Nudie (the designer) suit?

Lee Joseph Publicity for the visual arts
http://www.leejosephpublicity.com
The Dionysus Records Empire
http://www.dionysusrecords.com

[ Edited by: DJLee 2012-08-21 23:55 ]

So. Much. FUN.
Highlights for us:
-The spy theme was awesome...the people that went the extra mile with their outfits and ideas really took the cake.
-The Devilettes RULED.
-Loved the bands, seriously, they were all AMAZING.
-Loved how there were 4 mermaids there this year, all very different from one another!
-Volunteering was truly fantastic. Can't tell you how many people we met!
-Loved that most of the burlesque was later at night or inside this year, made it much more family-oriented and less awkward, lol.
-Liked the idea of S.O.B.E.R. but we still need a virgin cocktail bar set up for kiddie cocktails and mocktails :)

I got some feedback that more women would like to have the opportunity to get their hair and makeup done (1940's, 1950's and 1960's styles) at Tiki Oasis. Baby Doe and I were discussing the possibility of setting up a private little hair salon/makeup studio with multiple beauticians and charging reasonable prices for services. Would any of you be into that? :)

Nudie of course, Lee!

On 2012-08-22 00:54, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
Nudie of course, Lee!

Where's the "like" button on this thing??
I have a tiki bolo tie that someone gave me 2++ decades ago in Tucson!

On 2012-08-21 23:52, NikkiNapalm wrote:
So. Much. FUN.
Highlights for us:
-The spy theme was awesome...the people that went the extra mile with their outfits and ideas really took the cake.
-The Devilettes RULED.
-Loved the bands, seriously, they were all AMAZING.
-Loved how there were 4 mermaids there this year, all very different from one another!
-Volunteering was truly fantastic. Can't tell you how many people we met!
-Loved that most of the burlesque was later at night or inside this year, made it much more family-oriented and less awkward, lol.
-Liked the idea of S.O.B.E.R. but we still need a virgin cocktail bar set up for kiddie cocktails and mocktails :)

I got some feedback that more women would like to have the opportunity to get their hair and makeup done (1940's, 1950's and 1960's styles) at Tiki Oasis. Baby Doe and I were discussing the possibility of setting up a private little hair salon/makeup studio with multiple beauticians and charging reasonable prices for services. Would any of you be into that? :)

Agree with so much here. Some of the bands were not my cup of tea, but that's ok. Great idea for adult hair and makeup, but maybe not next year. How will we see the bands through the mile-high country hairdos?

And the virgin cocktail bar would not just be for kiddies. I choose not to drink but feel I'm missing a good portion of the show. At least if I had a "Roy Rogers" in hand I could pretend I'm one of the gang!

On 2012-08-21 23:52, NikkiNapalm wrote:

I got some feedback that more women would like to have the opportunity to get their hair and makeup done (1940's, 1950's and 1960's styles) at Tiki Oasis. Baby Doe and I were discussing the possibility of setting up a private little hair salon/makeup studio with multiple beauticians and charging reasonable prices for services. Would any of you be into that? :)

Would totally dig a salon for updo's. Especially when it is so humid. Though, it would be important for people to realise they must come clean hair and clean faced, so people can get in, done and back to the party asap.

On 2012-08-21 23:52, NikkiNapalm wrote:
I got some feedback that more women would like to have the opportunity to get their hair and makeup done (1940's, 1950's and 1960's styles) at Tiki Oasis. Baby Doe and I were discussing the possibility of setting up a private little hair salon/makeup studio with multiple beauticians and charging reasonable prices for services. Would any of you be into that? :)

That sounds like a fantastic idea! Ladies?

I just realized that I missed purchasing my TO12 charm this year. Does anyone know where I can purchase one post event?

Count my vote A yay for a pinup 30s,40s, 50s hair and makeup salon

Awesome! I'm so glad you guys are into that idea. I'll talk to Doe about it some more :) By the way Bill, I choose not to drink either, but would LOVE me a shirley temple or a virgin strawberry daq, pina colada, or lava flow at the event! If anyone wants to go in on the idea of a Virgin Cocktail Bar with me and my fella for next year, I think we could make a killng! :)

Sheesh, Virgin Cocktail Bars, Hide away the burlesque dancers, make everything kid friendly
you do know Tiki was for adults, with alcoholic drinks & no kids......don't ya?

If you guys opened up a Non Alcoholic, Kid friendly, Sexually ambiguous bar.....It would really suck.

another great tiki oasis! thanks again to otto, baby doe and all the great folks who make it possible! thanks to everyone who watched los seafinks in the room parties. another oasis i spend way too much money and drink too many cocktails (is that really possible?) cant wait for next year!

On 2012-08-22 23:05, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
Sheesh, Virgin Cocktail Bars, Hide away the burlesque dancers, make everything kid friendly
you do know Tiki was for adults, with alcoholic drinks & no kids......don't ya?

If you guys opened up a Non Alcoholic, Kid friendly, Sexually ambiguous bar.....It would really suck.

I completely agree. Take a vacation from your normal life!. Enjoy the grown up part if your being. After Tiki Oasis take the kids to Disneyland. Just don't turn Oasis into Disneyland.

I was asked by many vendors to run into the bar and grab them pina coladas without booze just because it was so hot and they wanted something cocktail-esque minus the rum to drink as they vended.

I don't think having a mocktail bar in addition to the bars selling booze is a bad thing.

In fact if they were able to set up a blended non-alcoholic drink station near the bar/burger stand I would think it would do very well.

Unfortunately for many of us who don't think kids should be at Oasis kids will continue to be at Oasis so its something you can no longer really complain about.

I am glad they got rid of burlesque on the mainstage only because I find it boring. (no offense to the ladies) I also know that a few burlesque performers that I spoke to LAST year felt uncomfortable stripping down in front of all the kids that were next to the stage so moving them indoors was a smart way to handle it.

I honestly felt like there were more kids last year then this year but seeing as how I spent 99% of my time drunk there could of been busloads of children there and I would not have noticed :)

I loved how when the spy theme was first announced everyone questioned it and when you got to Oasis you could tell people went all out.

It really bums be out that this time last week I was on my way down South and now I am suffering from post Oasis blues ...can't wait for next year and the Hulabilly theme is going to be just as much fun!

[ Edited by: SandraDee 2012-08-23 09:31 ]

On 2012-08-23 04:50, Big Vic wrote:

On 2012-08-22 23:05, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
Sheesh, Virgin Cocktail Bars, Hide away the burlesque dancers, make everything kid friendly
you do know Tiki was for adults, with alcoholic drinks & no kids......don't ya?

If you guys opened up a Non Alcoholic, Kid friendly, Sexually ambiguous bar.....It would really suck.

I completely agree. Take a vacation from your normal life!. Enjoy the grown up part if your being. After Tiki Oasis take the kids to Disneyland. Just don't turn Oasis into Disneyland.

+2 on this.
Mocktails, soda, juice, water, etc is available at all the bars already on site. Just stand in line and order what you want.
Hair & makeup - isn't this what the pinup hair & makeup class is for? I'm not interested, but wouldn't be opposed unless it took up space that should be occupied by tiki artists and vendors.
Otto, Baby Doe, Crowne Plaza staff and the volunteers really do a great job of making this all work. Thank you to everyone involved. It was a wonderful weekend.

Keep the "tiki" in Tiki Oasis.

I'm all for hiding the burlesque dancers away, and a no alcohol rule. Maybe we could even start some kind of church services on Sunday. Then get rid of all those pagan gods.

Come on, we all know Tiki Oasis is a kid-friendly family event...if it wasn't, why would Baby Doe and Otto bring their own children? Tiki Oasis will never be Disneyland or church, but it should be a place where everyone (of all ages and backgrounds) can relax and feel comfortable and enjoy their vacation. You have to agree: unassuming children or elderly folks accidentally experiencing strip-tease on the mainstage in broad daylight can't really be a positive thing. Well, at least the Von Stroheims agree because the majority of burlesque acts was moved inside this year. The burlesque culture is definitely a big part of the lounge scene and should be kept and heavily advertised at Tiki Oasis but just kept slightly more private and taboo, because of the nature of it and the wide range of ages that attend the event. Keeping it secret and "behind closed doors" or later at night makes it sexier and cooler anyway.

I didn't say "set a no alcohol rule", dude. I get that the art of alcoholic cocktail making is virtually the heart and soul the lounge scene and culture, but what's wrong with people wanting to have non-alcoholic tropical drinks available in addition to alcoholic drinks? Sodas from the hotel restaurant and coffee bar are $3.50, and added flavor is .75... now, I don't know about everyone else, but I don't want to pay over $4.00 for a darn shirley temple. I'm just saying, not every tiki-phile drinks alcohol, and some people have to drive home or to hotels after all the fun. I'm just suggesting there be more variety for sober folks and underage kids who want a cold, refreshing and fun drink on their vacation :) If there was a blended drink bar or station that offered fruit smoothies, blended virgin drinks and flavored soda pops at reasonable price, I think it would do well. Especially if they had little umbrella garnishes :)

The pin-up hair and makeup class is more of a do-it-yourself instruction session involving close to 100 people. The class offers tips and tricks on how to do one style of makeup and hair and you follow the instructor step by step. There is no one-on-one interaction. Apparently during this last one there was some feedback that there was too much "question and answer" time and not enough actual instruction and "doing". The people in the class asked questions that didn't apply to everyone such as "well my hair is really frizzy...what do I do about that?" and those kind of questions ended up taking up a lot of time that could have been used for instruction. The class is great for people who really do want to be taught how to do their own, but sometimes women just want to be pampered and have a professional make them look their best.

The pin-up hair and makeup services would be offered on site, but away from the vendors and festivities in a more private location where women wouldn't feel like they were "on display" while getting done up. They could choose from a list of hairstyles and makeup looks ranging from 1940's-1960's looks. There might also be a little lounge and cocktail bar inside the same area for ladies to relax and hang out.

My wife and I were able to find a babysitter for Friday night, so we partied at 5 of the room parties, saw the burlesque show and did so many other incredible things at Oasis and took a cab back home.

Unfortunately, we couldn't find a sitter for Saturday night, so we took the kids to Oasis for the day. That would ABSOLUTELY SUCK if we couldn't bring them. We used common sense and left while it was still daylight. Of course, we would have liked to have some alone time and spend the entire night enjoying everything Oasis has to offer (my wife was bummed to miss The Untouchables), but some Oasis is better than none...

The situation is when you have kids, everything changes
The problem is many (Not all,mind you) families expect the world to adapt to their
Kid friendly perspective, this was not so in the 50s,60s & 70s if you grew up in those years
there was a very visible line between the adult & child worlds, That was the heyday of Tiki

No so today, everything needs to be safe & comfortable for kids,with complete disregard
for those who don't have or want to include kids in "Adult" activities

I thought the atmosphere of Tiki Oasis was very compromised this year due to the lack of Burlesque dancers
on stage, & the kids running around during much of the acts was very distracting, The parents of those kids
were completely oblivious of this & just let their kids run around without any concern for other people
I see it all the time,when was the last time anyone here had a nice dinner at a restaurant with out a kid acting up?

Many families with children are completely myopic about this today & it was happening at Oasis also
so much so, we spent all our time in the room parties to get away from it.

You can't have it both ways, your ether going to completely sanitize Tiki Oasis in which case I will no longer want to attend.
Or decide to keep it an adult event, with separate activities for the kids.