The attraction opened in 1963 with awe-inspiring Audio-Animatronics and was an instant hit. The following is a short excerpt from Los Angeles resident historian Chris Nichols’ new book Walt Disney’s ...

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from ...

A 62-year-old animated talking tree outside the Enchanted Tiki Room that hasn’t worked properly in years will be rebuilt during an extended refurbishment of the first Disneyland attraction to feature ...

Disneyland is considered hallowed ground for fans of Tiki culture who make annual pilgrimages in Hawaiian shirts, straw hats and puka shell necklaces to sip mai tais at Trader Sam’s and visit the ...

Tens of thousands of guests visit Disneyland Park every day, but only a fraction enter Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room — many for 12 minutes of air conditioning. Watching weary park guests take a ...

The Enchanted Tiki Room is one of the oldest attractions in Disneyland (and Disney World). The room features singing animatronic birds, flowers, tiki statues, and more — seriously, the whole room ...