By Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel
The birds are singing again at Walt Disney World. The Magic Kingdom's incarnation of the Enchanted Tiki Room officially reopened at the theme park on Monday. The attraction — now dubbed "Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room" — had been closed since a fire damaged the building and some winged animatronics in January.
The previous show, which touted "new management" and featured Disney characters Iago ("Aladdin") and Zazu ("The Lion King"), has been abandoned in favor of a retro approach.
"This is really a tribute show … to the original Tiki Room show that Walt Disney did in 1963 and which opened here in the Magic Kingdom as the Tropical Serenade in 1971," Imagineer Eric Jacobson said in a video on the Disney Parks Blog.
Disneyland's Tiki Room is considered to be the first creation that Walt Disney fashioned with full-blown animatronics.
The new/old Magic Kingdom version sports new show programming, lighting, remastered audio and a centerpiece with a smoke effect.
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