How I would improve Disneyland, part two

In my last post, I began to talk about the first of many updates I would do for Disneyland if given the chance. My first post was obviously on Main Street USA, but now, I will be moving into other sections of the park.

As you enter Adventureland, even before passing below the entrance sign, if you look directly to your left, you will see the waiting area for the Enchanted Tiki Room. This will be among the first of the many attractions to receive some improvements. Much of it will be just for show than for anything technical.

The preshow area with the Enchanted Tiki Garden will receive some new lighting, which lights up on each of the Tiki gods as they each take their turns speaking. This will be mostly the case at night, so you can see the Tikis better. Also, all the drum beats heard between each of the Tiki gods' monologues will be taken out, save for the long drumming at the very end as you enter the show building. Before entering the show building, part, but not all, of the safety spiel, which had been recently removed, is restored (the part on not carrying food and drink into the show is dropped), so that now it will be like this:

"Wahine makune mana, ladies and gentlemen, a small reminder before entering the Tiki Room: we ask you to refrain from smoking inside, and no flashbulbs, please. Our performers are temperamental and easily upset. Thank you for your cooperation. And now, ladies and gentlemen, come with us, to a world of joyous song and wondrous miracles: Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room."

And then you go into the show itself. It will remain the same, but with improved effects and more up-to-date technology. This means a new 3D sound system and new LED lighting arrangements will be implemented alongside tune-ups and complete remodels for every single animatronic to make them fluid, more realistic (while keeping their magical charm), and to rid of that clacking sound they make while singing. The windows are now redone to resemble the windows recently added to the Tiki Room in Florida with a brilliant thunderstorm effect to boot:

But the Disneyland show goes the WDW version one better with a new effect: from outside the window, the storm that happens at the end of the Hawaiian War Chant can be seen from outside the windows, gathering and intensifying (lightning and all) as the War Chant intensifies. As the music reaches its crescendo, the clouds finally obscure the sky outside and then the crash from the storm is heard. Then, as Michael says, "But, me buckos, every cloud has a silver line," the sky clears up. This effect should add a new dimension to the classic show and should be a new surprise to those who grew up on the old show.


The Jungle Cruise will be left alone, but the Indiana Jones Adventure (now sponsored by Siemens) will receive some slight modifications, even though it got some a while ago. In the Hall of Promise, all three doors leading into it will be reduced to one, and all three rewards - riches, eternal youth and knowledge - are merged into one.


A new screen effect in the Rat Room is used to better show off the ugly rodents. And in the tunnel with skeletons that spit darts at your troop transport, if at all possible, will be updated to be more like the scene in the Tokyo DisneySea version of the ride, with the skulls all sculpted.

Anyway, that's the end of Adventureland. Next time, it's on to New Orleans Square. Stay tuned.