Tiki Room Under New Management

The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) was an attraction located in the Magic Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. It was an updated version of Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room, which was previously known in the Florida park as Tropical Serenade, that featured the bird characters Iago and Zazu from the respective Walt Disney Animation Studios franchises Aladdin and The. The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) was an alternate version of Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

It opened on April 5, 1998 to negative reviews. The attraction was hosted by Iago and Zazu from the films: Aladdin and The Lion King, respectively. Throughout its run, the attraction was almost universally despised and was the object of scorn from.

The Enchanted Tiki Room Under New Management was closed on July 12, 2011 due to a fire. When it reopened in August 2011, it had undergone a revision that returned the ride to it's original format and was renamed Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room. The Enchanted Tiki Room-Under New Management opened April 5, 1998.

It was an attempt to make Tropical Serenade (as Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room was called in Florida) relevant and entertaining for audiences of the late 1990s. Photo by Chris Bales, 1996 Tropical Serenade, before going "Under New Management" Tropical Serenade, presented by the Florida Citrus Growers in the. Additional Facts The attraction ran for almost thirteen years from April 1998 until January 2011, when a small fire damaged the attraction, leading Disney to bring back the original Enchanted Tiki Room to Florida.

After the fire, the original attraction re-opened as Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room. Additionally, the sprinkler system damaged the animatronic goddess, Uh-Oa, located in the pillar at the center of the room. The attraction closed once again to be redone in the style of Walt's original Enchanted Tiki Room and (re)opened August 15, 2011.

The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) was Disney's ill. The Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management replaced Tropical Serenade in the spring of 1998 with hosts Zazu from The Lion King and Iago from Aladdin. It was meant to "refresh" the world's oldest.

The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management): By the 1990s, declining attendance led to a complete overhaul. The original show closed on September 1, 1997, and reopened as The Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) on April 5, 1998, featuring Iago (from Aladdin) and Zazu (from The Lion King) as hosts. Despite its limited popularity, the Enchanted Tiki Room (Under New Management) continued to run until January 12, 2011, when a small fire broke out in the Tiki Room's attic [5].

Although the fire was quickly extinguished, the sprinkler system had been activated and the attraction's main Iago Audio Animatronic suffered extensive damage.