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==Attraction History==
The genesis of what would one day become Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room began in 1950s, with Walt Disney himself. At the time, Walt and his Imagineers had been working on a way to animate three dimensional figures for use in Disneyland but had found minimal success as the technology that they developed (Audio Animatronic sAnimatronics) was still very crude and unreliable. Although they had been able to animate some of the creatures on Disneyland’s [[Jungle Cruise]], attempts at more complex Animatronics had proven unsuccessful. While on vacation in New Orleans, Walt came upon, and bought a mechanical toy bird that could sing, as well as move its beak and wings. Inspired by the technology, Walt decided that if toymakers could animate 3D objects, his Imagineers could too. After dissecting the bird and understanding the technology that made it work, Disney Imagineers were able to produce fluid, Audio Animatronic tropical birds (including toucans and macaws).
With this new technology in hand, Walt decided to revisit an old idea. Earlier in the 50s, Disney had planned on building a Chinese restaurant (complete with an Audio Animatronic Confucius) for Main Street USA. Although the human Audio Animatronic proved too difficult, Walt decided to retheme the restaurant as a Polynesian musical revue, featuring singing tropical birds. The restaurant was going to be called “The Tiki Hut”, and it was to be located in Disneyland’s Adventureland. Although Disney announced plans for the restaurant to the public, logistical concerns eventually derailed the idea. It was determined that a full course meal would take between 45 and 60 minutes on average, and thus a very limited number of guests would be able to see the musical show. Instead of creating a dinner show, Disney decided to create a 17 minute attraction. The show, called “Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room”, opened to guests in Disneyland on June 23 1963, and featured 225 Audio Animatronic characters as well as a new Sherman Brothers song, [[The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room]].
