Comments on: End is Near for Aku Tiki in Daytona Beach http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/02/01/end-is-near-for-aku-tiki-in-daytona-beach Reports from your intrepid tiki explorer, Humuhumu Fri, 24 May 2013 11:41:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Humuhumu http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/02/01/end-is-near-for-aku-tiki-in-daytona-beach/comment-page-1#comment-49002 Humuhumu Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:19:04 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/02/01/end-is-near-for-aku-tiki-in-daytona-beach#comment-49002 The whole neighborhood is kind of depressing. There are so many really neat little places, but the whole place is just dead. I spent some time walking all up and down that strip, and you could tell that once upon a time it was a real tourist center, but now, it’s just blah. No surprise that people are working to revitalize the area, but it’s a shame that it’s being done at the expense of the potential historic character of the area.

Are you at the Mai-Kai now? I’d love to know if I’ve seen you there.

]]> By: TikiMermaidMarina http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/02/01/end-is-near-for-aku-tiki-in-daytona-beach/comment-page-1#comment-48995 TikiMermaidMarina Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:06:04 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/02/01/end-is-near-for-aku-tiki-in-daytona-beach#comment-48995 A real sad bit of news, that is. Back in my Teauilla’s Hawaii dancing days (1996-2000), I used to live in a little apartment across and north from the Aku Tiki, with a great view of it’s Moai seen from the porch. Man, I loved that section of A1A. It sure was a drag to see so much changing in the area, that or watching great places get completely neglected, especially as the water park was added and Adams Mark hotel was being expanded. Often, I would go explore places like Julien’s or hotels like the Sahara (which actually had a show stage, concession stand,movie theater, and a bowling alley under the lobby floor!), and talk to old employees that would tell me some terrific storied of the strip in it’s heyday. One could see that storm of mainstream coming, pushing away the kitschy charm of the strip. When I moved away from Daytona to Fort Lauderdale to join the Mai-Kai, I knew it was going to be tough to return and see the completed changes- indeed it has, and continues to be.

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