"Sorry Folks, Park is closed."
Posted on 01/17/2012 11:27:52 AM PST by crosshairs
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will visit Walt Disney World during a planned trip to Orlando on Thursday, according to a White House aide. There, he will "unveil a strategy that will significantly help boost tourism and travel," the aide added. Details on that strategy were not disclosed. But it would be hard for Obama to pick a locale that's better known than Disney for a tourism announcement. The resort giant in Orlando has four theme parks that collectively draw more than 45 million visitors a year. It doesn't appear, however, that he'll get much love from local politicians. Aides to U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said the Florida Democrat was unlikely to attend because the office "got word too late" of the visit and had meetings planned in other parts of the state. And Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is scheduled to be in Washington that day for a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. While the details of the announcement are still unknown, there's one topic at the top of the political wish list for Central Florida's tourism industry: Visa reform. The tourism industry has been pushing Congress and Obama to make it easier for visitors from emerging nations such as Brazil, India and China to come to the U.S. as tourists. In Brazil, where citizens have a reputation for loving Orlando's theme parks, there are four consulate offices to conduct the required in-person interviews for people who want a visa to visit the U.S. That means families could have to travel several hundred miles before they are even approved to travel to the U.S. But a recent Congressional appropriations bill gave the Secretary of State the authority to develop a pilot program to use videoconferencing to conduct remote visa interviews for leisure and business visitors.
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He’s planning on meeting with his mentors Goofy and Mickey Mouse.
Maybe it’s gay day.
It’s part of the culture.
Use of office to “live large” at others’ expense is seen as a positive with his base.
He’s trying to spend as money as he can before he’s thrown back into the community.
LOL!
Too funny......love that song.
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Sounds like the theme for his presidency.
He should fit in with the fruits and nuts down there......
Why is he going there ?
He already has the mouse ears ....
"Sorry Folks, Park is closed."
When you wish upon a (red) star...
Makes no difference who you are...
Can’t we equip him with a drill and a charge to look for oil?
In other words, they are trash, in every socioeconomic meaning the term implies.
He's actually going to see if Mickey's ears are bigger than his.
I work at Disney and am so glad I’m off
Thursday. Just got a company alert that our free passes will not be accepted on that day. “Glad I didn’t have plans to visit the park”
Of course ABC-Disney is happy to have O visit and screw up everything.
I thought this was satire.
Well, there ARE some nice golf courses in that area....
ANOTHER FREAKING VACATION FOR MICHELLE AND THE GIRLS AND MICHELLE’S ENTOURAGE AT THE TAXPAYERS’ EXPENSE.
MEanwhile, I’m sporadically employed and budgeting my money.
Arsenio Hall had a line that he used...
something about “...you wouldn’t understand”.
Hmmmm....Disney Cruise Line is supposed to make a big announcement regarding their itineraries that same day in Miami. I wonder if they are connected?
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