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Tiki Amusement Park! (warnng - many photos...)

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Well - after Trader Woody's comment in the Tiki Coaster thread - I started searching.... Here are some pix of Port Aventura in Spain...
I remember seeing some sketches of this the last time I freelanced for Universal - but I always assumed that it would be populated with smaller versions of the exisiting Uni Studios attractions in California & Florida.... It looks to me like the only character they have in the park is Woody Woodpecker for some reason....
Anyway - they have an entire themed "land" - Polynesia. Tacky theme park fans rejoice!

"Polynesia" is supposed to be an area that Captain Cook has discovered - and the year is 1779...





The photos really remind me of Lion Country Safari's visitor area... But themed in a better way...

Attractions:
Tutuki Splash - Journey on a boat through Tiki caves & into an active volcano....


Sea Odyssey - a submarine simulator attraction (no tikis)

Canoes - small childrens boat ride.

Kon-Tiki Wave - "you will feel like a pirate in the great heat of a tropical storm..."

Loco-Loco Tiki - typical "Fun Bus" ride with tropical decor...

Tami-Tami - children's coaster...

Makamanu Garden - enclosed bird sanctuary...

Aloha Tahiti - Polynesian revue on the beach...


Bora Bora - restaurant with floor show...

Mers Du Sud - polynesian gift shop...



To see more pix - check out the website I grabbed these from:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.umwebsite.com%2Fpags%2F1pa-polynesia.htm&langpair=es%7Cen&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

Great stuff Tangaroa.
We really, really need one of these in Orlando. I wonder if they would trade us for the Magic Kingdom?
KG

Maybe they could buy the old Tiki Gardens site from the Pinellas authorities, and do the real Trader Frank's memory proud.
TG
http://www.exotic-tiki-gardens.com

Tangaroa,
Great Pics!
It's amazing that Tiki never really lasted as a "Theme" park basis. It's like Tiki was only a another ride on the Disny World Train to the main streamers.

Wow, those are excellent photos, Tangaroa! Tiki statues abound! Looks like another trip to Barcelona in on the cards sometime, though it's a shame that there don't appear to be many Tiki mugs on offer in the gift shop.

I'd added Port Aventura to the 'Locating Tiki' section of Tiki Central earlier in the day, so there's information there for anyone who plans a visit:

https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=8337&forum=2&1

Trader Woody

I have moved Tongaroa's great post to the Locating Tiki forum as a reply to Trader Woody's Port Adventura topic. Let's move things there:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=8337&forum=2&1

~Hanford

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