Trader Sam’s Tiki Juju – Adventureland Trading Company at Disneyland

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I was way late to the party on this, but since the beginning of August Disneyland had been doing a special promotion called Adventureland Trading Company at the Indiana Jones Adventure Outpost. It involved collecting “juju” charms by purchasing and solving puzzles or buying special food or drink items in that area of the park.

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They had posted about it on the Disney Parks Blog, but we didn’t discover this was a thing until we found this mysterious mention of JuJuJuice ($7.50) at Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar.

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Once we figured out what the missing ingredients were — a skipper helped enlighten us — we were able to order this nonalcoholic concoction of pineapple, guava and other fruit juices. It came adorned with this tiki juju.

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Another challenge involved “bird-watching” to get a red parrot juju from The Enchanted Tiki Room. The sad news is it sounds like Adventureland Trading Company has run out of supplies, however the resellers seem to be out in full force on ebay and Amazon, so all is not lost. Plus, this was such a popular promotion that perhaps Disney will bring it back in some form. (It happened with those Enchanted Tiki Room sipper cups!)

New “Adventureland” Tiki Merchandise at Disneyland

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Disneyland recently released a boatload of new Adventureland-themed merchandise that includes tons of tiki items. I found this trove of glasses, mugs, pillows and plates at the World of Disney store at Disneyland but all of these items (and still more that I haven’t shown here!) are available to purchase online at the Disney Store. Search for “Adventureland” and you should be able to find it all.

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It’s a bit odd that some of the items feature the tiki mascot from Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, which is a Disney World hotel and not part of Adventureland at all (or even the Magic Kingdom park). However, there is a precedent, as this little interloper also snuck in via the Polynesian Luau Party Bowl (by Kevin Kidney & Jody Daily) that was part of the Enchanted Tiki Room’s 50th Anniversary merchandise.

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I liked this Enchanted Tiki Room parrot plate ($14.95), but the lightweight bamboo material and raised screen print made it feel a bit cheap to me. (Same goes for the Poly plate above, which is the same material.)

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On the flip side, the Aloha appetizer plates ($12.95, available in red, blue and green in addition to yellow) are made with sturdier ceramic. (Though they’re still not dishwasher safe — aside from the coffee mug, none of this stuff is.)

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I was also pleased with the quality of the Enchanted Tiki Room appetizer tray and bowl set ($39.95), and I loved how it highlights each of the birds by name. That’s not something I’ve seen all that often.

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The purple scorpion bowl ($24.95) showed some promise but ultimately I was disappointed with how smudged the sculpt appeared in the finished product. I looked at a few other specimens to compare and they all had the same issue. (I’m guessing these weren’t manufactured by Tiki Farm, the company that’s previously produced several mugs and bowls for the park and Trader Sam’s. Their designs have nice, sharp details that these lacked.)

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This hefty green tiki mug ($16.95) features the graphics from the four shields that hang under the A-frame of the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland. Still, this one was also missing the “wow factor” for me for whatever reason.

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Much more to my liking were these glass tumblers ($12.95), which come in two designs: the Enchanted Tiki Room tikis and the parrot logo (based on the 1963 art for the attraction).

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Another distinctive Adventureland design is this collage of logos, which Disney has printed on coffee mugs and afghan throws. Like I said, there’s way more tiki merchandise where this came from so I suggest you go check it out!

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Enchanted Tiki Room Easter Egg at Disneyland

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From March 28-April 20, the Big Thunder Ranch area at Disneyland hosted the first-ever Springtime Roundup with Easter-inspired cookies, crafts, entertainment and more. There were also photo-ops available with the Easter Bunny and various Disney bunnies: the White Rabbit, Brer Rabbit, Roger Rabbit, Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh and Thumper.

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I always love to come see the intricate carved pumpkins displayed here during Halloween, so I was pleased to see they had a similar set-up for spring, but with painted eggs instead. (Although they admitted some of these larger ones weren’t real eggs.)

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It seems like Disney knows which films and attractions are my favorites, hence these eggs decorated like Sally and The Mayor from “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”

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Then there was an egg for The Enchanted Tiki Room, delicately painted with the parrots and tiki from the 1963 brochure.

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