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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 . So far, they had found minimal success as the technology that they developed (Audio Animatronics) 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, which called “Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room”, opened to guests in Disneyland on June 23 1963, and featured . Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room feature 225 Audio Animatronic characters as well as a new Sherman Brothers song, [[The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room]].

Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room proved to be a smash hit for Disneyland, and thus it was an obvious choice for inclusion in Walt Disney World. The Magic Kingdom’s version of the Tiki Room was renamed the “Tropical Serenade”, and the attraction opened with the rest of the park on October 1, 1971. Although the show itself was essentially a carbon copy of the Disneyland version, the queue and attraction building were quite different. Instead of having a large waiting lobby (as Disneyland did), the Tropical Serenade featured three separate covered lines, giving the queue more order. Also unlike Disneyland (which had limited space) Walt Disney World’s version of the Tiki Room was shown in a large theater topped with a large pagoda, making it much more noticeable.

The Tropical Serenade remained unchanged until 1997, when the show closed for renovations. Due to lack of popularity, Disney decided to retheme the show, adding popular the characters Zazu (from Disney’s The Lion King) and Iago (from Disney’s Aladdin). The attraction reopened as the “Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) on April 5, 1998. The premise of the new show featured Zazu and Iago as the new owners of the Tiki Room, and although the show briefly included the original shows show’s theme song, “The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room”, Under New Management featured an all new soundtrack. “Under Under New Management” Management quickly proved to be unpopular with guests however, and attendance problems once again plagued the attraction. In 2011 a small fire broke out in the attic of the theater, causing the sprinkler system to be activated. Although no one was injured in the fire, the Audio Animatronic Iago was badly damaged and the attraction suffered some water damage. Due to both the fire, and the increased popularity of a refurbished Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room in Disneyland, Disney decided to restore the attraction to a version of the original show. The attraction reopened as “Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room” on August 15 2011, in time for the Magic Kingdom’s 40th anniversary. The “new” show is six minutes shorter than the original 17 minute version, as the Offenbach number and some dialogue were removed.

Following “The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room” Jose directs guests guest’s attention to the center of the room. Here a “bird mobile” “Bird Mobile” full of female birds descends from the ceiling (although effect has ceased working recently). Pierre then introduces the girls by name as: Colette, Suzette, Mimi, Gigi, Fifi and Josephine, before he is interrupted by Jose who wonders aloud "I wonder what ever happened to Rosita". The girls then start singing the attraction's second song, "Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing"[[Image:tikigirls.jpg|thumb|The "bird mobileBird Mobile" girls performing "Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing"]]

At the conclusion of the Hawaiian War Chant, it a storm begins to storm brew outside of the Tiki Room and the lights briefly go out. After Pierre and Jose make jokes about the situation, Fritz warns them that all of the celebrating has angered the gods. Michael then tells guests that he hopes guests they will remember the amazing things they have seen in the Enchanted Tiki Room. The birds, tikis and flowers then briefly recap what has happened.

Hear them do the chant (totem poles chant on cue,)

After the group song has ended, Jose tells guests to give the birds a standing ovation. With everyone now standing, Fritz says that they are going to do a trick, “were gonna make you all, disappear!” As guests are ushered out of the room, the entire Tiki Room sings “Heigh Ho” from Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but albeit with alternate lyrics.

'''Lets All Sing Like the Birdies Sing'''- Written by Robert Hargreaves, Stanley J. Damerell and Tolchard Evans. Performed by the Birdmobile Chorous Bird Mobile Chorus (the girls) , Jose, Peirre, Fritz and Michael.

'''Hawaiian War Chant'''-Composed by Prince Leleiohoku and performed by the orchids and the Tiki Statuestiki statues.

'''Finale (Farewell and Aloha)'''-Composed by unknown, performed by the Tiki Room Birds, orchids and Tiki Statuestiki statues

*When the “Tropical Serenade” in the “Sunshine Pavilion” opened on October 1, 1971, it was sponsored by and closely tied into the The Florida Citrus Growers.