Originally Posted By leobloom I wonder what he'll do while he's waiting for his Fastpass window to open.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Considering how much contentious chatter there is here about how WDW is a relic of its former self, and USF currently sporting the cape, crown, and scepter as the King of Orlando Theme Parks, it's a wonder that the President isn't speaking from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter™ instead of The Magic Kingdom.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^Rolls eyes. Anyway, apparently he's going to speak on changing visa policies in order to allow more Brazilian tourists to come. Fail.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Hokie I'm disappointed. Surely you can do better than roll your eyes. The POTUS visiting the Magic Kingdom and delivering an address on US tourism in front of Cinderella Castle is not just symbolic; it's huge PR coup for Disney.
Originally Posted By -em After surviving the security nightmare when Biden came to the 'temp I'm very glad that I will be safely at work for Obama's visit. Though I am thinking of hitting the Studios after to see the "announced 2 days out bet the pyro warehouse is getting cleaned out" firework show.. -em
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Not sure, but Reagan gave his second inauguration speech at EPCOT in 1984 due to inclement weather in DC at the time. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqB-wnsyfWA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...-wnsyfWA</a> I'm not sure if Bush Sr, Clinton, or Bush Jr. visited the resort while they held office.
Originally Posted By SuperDry And let's not forget that Nixon delivered his infamous "I am not a crook!" speech from a ballroom in the Contemporary.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I knew about Nixon at the Contemporary, but I didn't know about Reagan at Epcot. How many other times has a President been inagurated outside of DC (of course, not counting the ones prior to DC being the capitol)? I just assumed that they did it there, rain or shine. That's why William Henry Harrison only lasted 30 days in office, right?
Originally Posted By -em It was in what is currently known as 'Ballrooms of Americas' B right in front of the stage. The one claim to fame the Convention Center has -em
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Reagan was at EPCOT on the same day of his "Evil Empire" USSR speech. There's been a lot of sitting presidents at WDW, but most of them have been standing: <a href="http://lancearoundorlando.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/p1010857.jpg" target="_blank">http://lancearoundorlando.file...0857.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<it's huge PR coup for Disney.>> Not really. They partially bankrolled his campaign. It's not a coup at all.
Originally Posted By SeventyOne >>Anyway, apparently he's going to speak on changing visa policies in order to allow more Brazilian tourists to come. Fail.<< It's the future. Talked about this last night with a friend who's an analyst in the industry, he predicted that with this change, within 3 years WDW will have more Brazilians than visitors from any single US state (except Florida).
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^I already feel it's that way. It's unbearable as is. If they're dead set on this, they need to have plans in place to control them, because they are TERRIBLE for the park. Not only that, but I'm surprised Disney likes them so much. They spend very little money once inside the park.
Originally Posted By PotNoodle Disney needs to start tapping companies from BRIC economies for sponsorships. Let Petrobras sponsor UoE. Let Lenovo have SSE and finish the freaking descent all ready.
