Disney Crone/Kid
06-26-2002, 08:32 AM
A transplanted local girl's wish:
Maybe the powers-that-be will ride the LILO & STITCH wave all the way in and bring Hawai`i and Aloha back to the park...
I would love it if this revival of Disney's love affair with Hawai`i will help bring back a Hawaiian themed restaurant to Disneyland with dinner shows with REAL hula dancers from the Orange County and Los Angeles area ha~lau (hula schools) and REAL Hawaiian music artists.
Do any of you remember when there was live Hawaiian entertainment in Disneyland? It was da bes' !
I like this new Disney cultural sensitivity and enlightened mindset. Maybe they'll extend it to the park. They already have a template to follow with Tokyo Disney's Polynesian Terrace (http://www.jazzpiano.com/tdl/adventureland/restaurants/poly_terrace.htm).
The Tiki Room REALLY needs to be completely refurbished and updated. It lacks cultural accuracy and relevancy. As delightful and classic as it is, it is woefully lacking, bordering on being cheesy and in some ways, an insensitive travesty to Polynesian cultures and an embarassment in today's more enlightened world.
The 'Ohana theme would work well...it is, after all, a FAMILY park.
I can just see Lilo and Stitch mingling with their fans, along with the rest of the Disney characters `ohana. And they could have shave ice stands, too! Perfect for those hot summer days.
I see it! I see it! Can you? E `olu `olu (Please), would you kindly brainstorm with me by writing down your thoughts and ideas here and maybe, just maybe, it'll be a lu`au for thought for the Disney imagineers and brainiacs.
Would be SHAKA (http://www.ohanamagazine.com/janfeb2002/feature.html) !
For the guys, here's Miss America, 2001, Hawai`i's own Angela Baraquio flashing the SHAKA sign:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2000/Oct/15/image2/1015homepage_b.jpg from
The Honolulu Advertiser (http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/specials/missam/photos.html). While I'm at it, did you know Miss Universe, 1998, is Hawai`i's Brook Lee (http://www.geocities.com/Paris/7011/brook.html) ? Not bad representation for a teensy state. Like Nani, they are babes...and like Nani, plenty akamai (smart), too.
Beauties with brains, and nice inside, too.
Maybe the powers-that-be will ride the LILO & STITCH wave all the way in and bring Hawai`i and Aloha back to the park...
I would love it if this revival of Disney's love affair with Hawai`i will help bring back a Hawaiian themed restaurant to Disneyland with dinner shows with REAL hula dancers from the Orange County and Los Angeles area ha~lau (hula schools) and REAL Hawaiian music artists.
Do any of you remember when there was live Hawaiian entertainment in Disneyland? It was da bes' !
I like this new Disney cultural sensitivity and enlightened mindset. Maybe they'll extend it to the park. They already have a template to follow with Tokyo Disney's Polynesian Terrace (http://www.jazzpiano.com/tdl/adventureland/restaurants/poly_terrace.htm).
The Tiki Room REALLY needs to be completely refurbished and updated. It lacks cultural accuracy and relevancy. As delightful and classic as it is, it is woefully lacking, bordering on being cheesy and in some ways, an insensitive travesty to Polynesian cultures and an embarassment in today's more enlightened world.
The 'Ohana theme would work well...it is, after all, a FAMILY park.
I can just see Lilo and Stitch mingling with their fans, along with the rest of the Disney characters `ohana. And they could have shave ice stands, too! Perfect for those hot summer days.
I see it! I see it! Can you? E `olu `olu (Please), would you kindly brainstorm with me by writing down your thoughts and ideas here and maybe, just maybe, it'll be a lu`au for thought for the Disney imagineers and brainiacs.
Would be SHAKA (http://www.ohanamagazine.com/janfeb2002/feature.html) !
For the guys, here's Miss America, 2001, Hawai`i's own Angela Baraquio flashing the SHAKA sign:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2000/Oct/15/image2/1015homepage_b.jpg from
The Honolulu Advertiser (http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/specials/missam/photos.html). While I'm at it, did you know Miss Universe, 1998, is Hawai`i's Brook Lee (http://www.geocities.com/Paris/7011/brook.html) ? Not bad representation for a teensy state. Like Nani, they are babes...and like Nani, plenty akamai (smart), too.
Beauties with brains, and nice inside, too.