Disney World's Enchanted Tiki Room to reopen in August

By Blaine David Gilliam | Filed under News on Jun 9, 2011

After waiting months to find out when the Tiki Room would return, Disney has announced that it will open in August. Many of the audio-animatronics suffered damage during the fire and subsequent dousing from sprinklers earlier this year in January. When fixing the attraction it seems disney decided to drop the Under New Management part which came into affect in 1998 and go back to the orginal parrots.

A quote from a Disney press release:

The Sunshine Pavilion, featuring a show variously known as "Tropical Serenade" and "The Enchanted Tiki Birds," debuted on Oct. 1, 1971, in Magic Kingdom. In 1998, following substantial refurbishment, it re-launched as The Enchanted Tiki Room - Under New Management, with two famous Disney birds - Iago from Aladdin and Zazu from The Lion King - taking control and trying to spruce up the show.

The "new management" has been let go and the future of the Adventureland landmark is in the wings and wit of José, Fritz, Michael and Pierre - four crooning parrot hosts who ushered in sophisticated Audio-Animatronics technology at California's Disneyland in 1963 at The Enchanted Tiki Room.

In time for fall 2011 vacations, The Enchanted Tiki Room (as the Magic Kingdom attraction now will be called) is being prepared to reflect the show at Disneyland that represents a milestone in Disney theme park entertainment. While Walt Disney's creative team previously had produced movable figures, none had the sophistication of the bird-brained cast of the Tiki Room. José, Fritz, Michael and Pierre produce movements when solenoid coils hidden inside receive signals recorded onto magnetic tape and are regarded as the first "true" Audio-Animatronics figures.

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