Fun Find Friday
October 4, 2013
Location: Magic of Disney Animation, Disney's
Hollywood Studios
Last week we went over to the
line for the new Minnie Mouse meet and greet to
take a look at a poster for "The Jungle Cruise."
This week we are going to be heading back to the
line to once again look at a poster for an
attraction that has a tie in with Magic
Kingdom's Adventureland:

Mouse Pacific, a play on the film South
Pacific, pays several nods to The Enchanted Tiki Room. Much
like how The Jungle Cruise poster was an almost identical
copy of The African Queen's poster, Mouse Pacific
and South Pacific share several similarities as well as
seen below:

While the similarities are uncanny, the Mouse
Pacific poster definitely needs to be looked at closely to see
how it ties together with The Enchanted Tiki Room. First off, if you
take a look at the background you can find the building for The
Enchanted Tiki Room, along with Sunshine Tree Terrace. However, it
is the names on the poster that need to be looked at.

The film is presented by The Sherman Brothers who
wrote the famous title song for The Enchanted Tiki Room. While the
stars of the film are some familiar friends, Mickey, Minnie, Donald,
and Daisy, the Orange Bird needs to be given some special attention.
The Orange Bird was the only walk around character in the Magic
Kingdom during its first years that was actually not a Disney owned
character (even though the character was created by Disney). In
return for sponsorship of Tropical Serenade (The Enchanted Tiki
Room's original name), Disney created the character for the Florida
Citrus Commision.
Below you can find the names of the screenplay
writer, producer, etc. These names are nods to both the four lead
birds in the Enchanted Tiki Room and their voice actors. The four
birds are Michael Burley (Michael was voiced by Fulton Burley), Jose
Boag (Jose voiced by Wally Boag), Fritz Ravenscroft (Fritz voiced by
Thurl Ravenscroft), and Pierre Newton (Pierre voiced by Ernie
Newton).
So next time you are in the South Pacific make sure
to stop by The Enchanted Tiki Room. The staff is amazing and I hear
that they've been a hit and you're sure to adore them!
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