Kahunaville Tropical Oasis Food & Fun Tokens

Kahunaville was a tropical-themed "eatertainment" restaurant chain founded in 1996 by David Tuttleman in Wilmington, Delaware and operated by Adventure Dining Inc. Inspired by Tuttleman's family travels through Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, and the South Pacific, the 400-plus-seat venues immersed guests in huts, palm trees, surfboards, waterfalls, caves, and shipwreck artifacts, with staff in colorful Hawaiian shirts. The signature entertainment was a synchronized water-fountain show paired with animated, talking tiki figures: rows of animatronic talking tiki poles and "talking idols" that bantered with guests above the flowing water, alongside a sophisticated sound system and an arcade. Through the late 1990s the chain spread to roughly a dozen U.S. shopping-mall locations plus an international foray into South Korea, peaking around 2002 at about 3,000 employees and $48 million in annual revenue, and even opening a flagship at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in 2001. The locations closed progressively over the following years, with the final Las Vegas Kahunaville shutting its doors in 2016.