Tiki Room Re-Restored to Original

Good. [Link]

"The Disney Parks blog has announced that the Walt Disney World Tiki Room (Under New Management) is going to be re-tooled again, bringing it more in line with the original theme of the show. Renovations are scheduled to be completed by this summer. No more Iago and Zazu!"

Regular readers will remember that the WDW Tiki Room caught fire earlier this year, burning out the revamped show (which was loathed by traditionalists, including me). Subsequent reports brought the news that the new, reviled animatronics had suffered the worst damage in the fire, which, in addition to being a kind of karmic justice, also led many of us to hope that the Tiki Room might be restored to its former glory. Hope blossoms anew!

Video sneak peek of Haunted Mansion waiting line

Pretty neat. [Link]

Today, Walt Disney Imagineering show producer Eric Goodman and show designer and art director Pete Carsillo are giving Disney Parks Blog readers a first video tour of the queue and a look at the amazing Decomposing Composer’s Crypt. The new Tomb has two sides of interactive instruments that sound as weird as they look. See for yourself.