Obama’s Going to Disney World
EmailPresident Obama will travel to the battleground state of Florida Thursday to unveil a new “strategy that will significantly help boost tourism and travel” at the place where “dreams come true”: Disney World.
With the iconic Cinderella Castle reportedly as his backdrop, the president will unveil the latest installment in his “We Can’t Wait” (for Congress) campaign. The series of executive actions are intended to show the president is taking charge on the economy while his jobs bill remains stalled on Capitol Hill.
Although the White House has not announced the details of the president’s plan, the tourism industry is eager for the administration to make it easier for visitors from emerging nations, such as Brazil, India and China, to receive tourism visas.
The symbolism of announcing a new tourism initiative at the mega-resort is clear: Disney World welcomes about 45 million visitors a year.
The Florida theme park is part of the Walt Disney Co., as is ABC.
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Posted by: Erica | January 17, 2012, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm
So we’re going to pay for him to do some little speech he could do from the Whitehouse. Unbelievable.
Posted by: Ann | January 17, 2012, 4:03 pm 4:03 pm
here we go again ….another Obama vacation at taxpayers expense! Will this fairy tale nightmare ever end? Hopefully so in November 2012!
Posted by: Michael M | January 17, 2012, 4:08 pm 4:08 pm
Again a vacation? When is he ever going to work? Even us dems are sick of this! What happened to change? Hope?
“Michelle, I ‘hope’ we are going to ‘change’ the way we do things and begin to take a lot more time off of work.”
What a bum!
Posted by: mike | January 17, 2012, 4:25 pm 4:25 pm
Whats this! Another Obama vacation so soon!!!
Know wonder the country is in such bad shape, Obama is always on a family vacation spending millions of your dollars! He acts more like a King than a President!
Every time he gos on vacation Air Force One and its identical back-up aircraft and all his support staff must follow along, all of that cost millions! Thanks Obama for Bankrupting America!
Posted by: BIG JIMMY | January 17, 2012, 4:26 pm 4:26 pm
If Obama wants to boost tourism he should instruct the TSA to knock off the Gate Rape that they sadistically engage in. I’ll bet a lot more people would be willing to get on an airplane if they weren’t fearful of being groped by some otherwise unemployable miscreant.
Posted by: Albert Krasnik | January 17, 2012, 4:40 pm 4:40 pm
Vacation Vacation Vacation. I guess two weeks back from the new year and Christmass was devastating and nerve racking. The american libs and poor are being taken for stupid depend on Obama politics. Your hurting and trying to make ends meet and he goes off on our nickel and wants to raise taxes to help pay for it. Thanks libs and lefties for showing America how not to elect a person running for president who promises salvation to all.
Posted by: Jim Rod | January 17, 2012, 4:51 pm 4:51 pm
Where is everyone getting the idea that a vacation is involved or even mentioned? A better heading would be “Obama to launch intiative at Walt Disney World”
Posted by: C. M-Eds | January 17, 2012, 4:56 pm 4:56 pm
He is working.He burns the midnight oil staying up late for all of us.This is another chance to give another great speech which should help Florida’s tourist industry.Mr Obama was a brilliant law student who was named President of the Harvard Law Review,a position reserved only for the top student. Mitt Romney never made it to the Ivy League; unlike President Obama he didn’t work his way through college, his father paid for it.Mr Obama can empathize with the poor as he grew up in poverty-something that the republicans can never understand.Unlike Romney, Mr Obama has released his records,including tax returns and all of his very personal health records.He is not ashamed of his past-is Govenor Romney?
Posted by: gobama | January 17, 2012, 5:04 pm 5:04 pm
GOBAMA, for somebody not ashamed of his past he sure does keep it secret. He won’t even go visit his illegal aunt and his drunken uncle living off the tax payers.
Posted by: specialty57 | January 17, 2012, 5:15 pm 5:15 pm
This trip is because he knows he is in deep trouble in Florida in the polls and he wants to campaign on our dime to improve himself all in the name of business.
Posted by: specialty57 | January 17, 2012, 5:17 pm 5:17 pm
Mickey Mouse meets Stupid Mouse!
Posted by: Mickey Mouse | January 17, 2012, 5:29 pm 5:29 pm
He is a lazy guy using our tax money to push his crap ideas
He is not even a us citizen
Posted by: Mike | January 17, 2012, 7:18 pm 7:18 pm
Going to film his new campaign commercial and new theme song….
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Posted by: Alo E. Vera | January 17, 2012, 8:32 pm 8:32 pm
Millions of dollars? Really? When was the last time it cost your family millions of dollars to visit Disney World? Get over it. If you had a chance to work from Disney World, you’d take it, too!!
Posted by: Elizabeth | January 18, 2012, 7:59 am 7:59 am
Seeing how only the president and his cloest aides/friends fly Air Force One, your question is off point. Just rolling Air Force One out of the hangar is going to cost millions of dollars for what is undoubtedly a campaign trip.
Posted by: Douglas | January 18, 2012, 9:50 am 9:50 am
OBAMA CLOSING DOWN MAIN STREETS ACROSS COUNTRY. ADDS DISNEY WORLD TO LIST.
Wesh,com Orlando reports:
Disney advises that Main Street, U.S.A., including shops like the Emporium, will be closed to guests from park opening through late afternoon.
When park guests arrive, they will be directed through “alternate routes” to enjoy other areas of the park, Disney said. Main Street, U.S.A. will open later in the day, in time for the “Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade” at 3:30 p.m.
The president’s remarks are not open to guests, Disney said in the memo. Invitations are being handled by the White House. Park guests will not be able to attend without a White House invitation.”
Posted by: whersmymoney | January 18, 2012, 11:12 am 11:12 am
I recently was in Disney World as of 2 weeks ago. I could barely find anyone that even spoke English. Tourism certainly is not a problem there. Tourism is not a problem in this country, if you do not have a record or a criminal problem anything that would bar you from entering the country, you can easily get a tourist visa to come here. This Obama “initiative” is bunk.
Posted by: sharky | January 18, 2012, 8:16 pm 8:16 pm
I’m a lifelong Democrat sick of this moocher’s dog and pony speeches at taxpayer expense. Disney, which owns ABC News, is a rather obvious suck-up to Obama, as anyone watching the Disney Channel or visiting Disney World would know. Can you imagine how it would feel to have paid for a full day in the resort and have 3 hours of it stolen by the same person who gives you the middle finger every time he bypasses the Constitution or takes your money to give to someone else as they see fit? There are at least 5 Democrats I would rather see in the White House than this Occupier.
Posted by: dt63944 | January 18, 2012, 8:20 pm 8:20 pm
This sorry excuse for a president does’nt care that thousands of people have made plans months in advance to attend Disneyland and now at the last minute we’re finding out Main Street will be closed, no Magic Kindom, he’s putting thousands out, all because he wants yet another vacation. wow,
Posted by: Juan | January 18, 2012, 8:27 pm 8:27 pm
I hear they’re going to be closing down Main St. For this bafoon. Yeah no damn pun intended. That’s Wuts been happening all round the country.
Posted by: Ac58 | January 18, 2012, 11:17 pm 11:17 pm
AC58,
You are right on about what’s been happening around the country. He flies Air Force One at taxpayer expense to give a short meaningless speech as an excuse to go to a fundraiser, so that he can bill that to the taxpayer as well. It never gets reported, what a shock; people might think this isn’t a vacation, but I would love to see where the money really goes after these love-fests. I can’t imagine someone who truly loved America doing all the things he’s done since acting as if he took the oath of office. This pipeline refusal is just the latest example.
Posted by: dt63944 | January 19, 2012, 12:04 am 12:04 am
Although people think that Orlando is huge just because we are a big tourism and attraction place they seam to think that this is no big deal, well it is Orlando only has one major road to get wherever u want wich is i4 I’m a Disney employe wich doesn even know how I’m getting to work tomorrow or if I’m going to be able to pick my son from school after they block everything here for what to speech to tourist that really don’t care they’re here for fun they don’t care good luck mr president
Posted by: Pepe | January 19, 2012, 2:22 am 2:22 am
Why Disney World? They already have Goofy!
Posted by: Ted Copeland | January 19, 2012, 7:22 pm 7:22 pm