how scary is the new Tiki Room?

[Kitty-chan]

Thanks everybody for the advice about 50s Prime Time! You saved me from almost-certain disaster!

DS9 has mild Asperger's, including some sensory issues (sensitive to certain sounds and smells, with some degree of fear of the dark). As I result, I suppose he's got a bit of an atypical pattern of what's scary, and what's fine. For example, Star Tours is no problem, and he's ridden it dozens of times (partly because it plays into his special interest), but Gadget Go-Coaster or Goofy's Barnstormer is out of the question. Pirates of the Carribean and Haunted Mansion are pretty much his limit. Ellen's Energy Adventure and Cranium Command are both fine. He did fine on the Great Movie Ride, but I had him hide his head for the Aliens section. And you don't even want to know how he responded to Stitch's Great Escape!

A moderately scary moment here and there doesn't have to be a problem -- he can hide his head in my lap and get through it as long as there's nothing poking at him (he got through Honey I Shrunk the Kids okay, as I knew when the mice were coming and could warn him to lift up his legs, but I didn't take him to Tough to be a Bug because there's really no hiding from some of the scariness in that one).

I was reading in the UG about the new Tiki Room show. He's seen the old Tiki Room, which didn't scare him at all. I heard some of the dialogue from the new Tiki Room on TGM Radio, and it sounded great -- sarcastic irreverant humor, which he loves loves loves. But then I was reading that it's a lot scarier, with storming Tiki Gods, room in total darkness, shaking benches, etc. Reviews in the UG suggested that now this show is aimed at older kids.

So . . . reports please? How scary is the new Tiki Room show, really? What are the ways in which it's scary? And how long do the scary parts last?

 

[SueM in MN]

I was reading in the UG about the new Tiki Room show. He's seen the old Tiki Room, which didn't scare him at all. I heard some of the dialogue from the new Tiki Room on TGM Radio, and it sounded great -- sarcastic irreverant humor, which he loves loves loves. But then I was reading that it's a lot scarier, with storming Tiki Gods, room in total darkness, shaking benches, etc. Reviews in the UG suggested that now this show is aimed at older kids.

So . . . reports please? How scary is the new Tiki Room show, really? What are the ways in which it's scary? And how long do the scary parts last?

If he wasn't scared of the old one, I don't think he'll be scared of the new one. My niece's 4 yo DD wasn't scared and my nephew (who has ADD and is pretty well scared of anything - he was scaared of Pirates) were not scared of it.

First, the benches don't shake, so you don't have to worry about that.
I couldn't find a page with video, but did find a
page with pictures and the whole script.
There is a point in the show where you hear thunder and it goes darker (not totally dark), but I personally don't think it's as scary as before when there was an actual "tropical rain storm, because the characters are making sort of sarcastic jokes about it and it's followed very quickly by upbeat music. The Tiki goddess is more funny than scary because the other characters are complaining that Iago ticked her off. And, anything she does is aimed at Iago.
I remember seeing/hearing young kids cry at the old Tiki room when the "storms" started. But, we've been on the new version a number of times and I have not heard any scared kids.

 

[JenJen]

My kids were 5 and 7 1/2 when we went to WDW with them and they loved the New and improved tiki room and the one at Disneyland scared them at the time. Now they are only interested in going in the tiki room if Maynard is in it (he is an awesome cast member at Disneyland!)
I hope you have fun!
JenJen

 

[Kitty-chan]

Great -- thank you both very much! The UG had me worried, and now I'm relieved that I can take him. I do think he'll love the new one, given his sense of humor.

Once again,