Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki RoomThis Sunday, June 23, 2013, Disneyland® Park will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room attraction. Originally opened in 1963, it was the world’s first Audio‐Animatronics® show. The innovative revue, hosted by four colorful macaws, transports guests to the Seven Seas for a 15-minute show “where the birds sing words and the flowers croon.”  Half a century later, Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room is still a popular (and now nostalgic) attraction in Disneyland® Park’s Adventureland® area.

In celebration of 50 years of Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room, here are some facts you may not know about the attraction:

  • When the show premiered in 1963, it required a separate admission of 75 cents.
  • The cast of Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room is made up of 225 Audio‐Animatronics® that include singing birds, flowers, and tikis. The hosts – macaws named Jose, Michael, Pierre, and Fritz – were referred to as “MacAudios”
  • Original plans were for Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room to be a restaurant with the birds, flowers, and tikis performing an after dinner show. Decisions were made to turn it into strictly a show as it is now after realizing challenges with combining it with the operations of a restaurant.
  • Imagineers used the original audio source tapes to restore the soundtrack for the attraction back in 2005.