Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki RoomThis Sunday, June 23, 2013, DisneylandÂŽ 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‐AnimatronicsÂŽ 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 DisneylandÂŽ Park’s AdventurelandÂŽ 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‐AnimatronicsÂŽ 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.