Obama Disney: President Heading To Disney World To Talk U.S. Travel

Aren't Sasha and Malia going to be jealous. President Barack Obama will be visiting Walt Disney World Thursday to deliver a speech outlining plans to boost the economy by promoting travel and tourism in the U.S., reports CBS News.

The president will deliver his speech from the Magic Kingdom, the most famous of the Central Florida parks. For park guests, a feed of the presentation will be shown, appropriately enough, in the Hall of Presidents.

According to Reuters, "the event is styled as the president’s latest effort to push his 'We Can’t Wait' jobs growth initiative."

In the speech, Obama is expected to address visa reform as well as reveal plans to make permanent the Global Entry program, which will slash wait times at U.S. customs checkpoints for pre-approved travelers.

"We understand that he [Obama] is going to trumpet the value of travel generally and improve facilitation for international travel, especially from China and Brazil," Blain Rethmeier, senior vice president of public affairs at the U.S. Travel Association told the Orlando Sentinel.

It's also expected that the President will highlight new hires for consulates in China and Brazil. That move could exponentially increase the number of visas processed annually in those countries.

The president's visit will have some impact on park guests. Boats, monorails and parking lots will operate normally. Though, after bag screenings at the park's entrance, visitors will be routed through a backstage gate usually reserved for high volume days, reports local Channel 6. They will not be allowed along Main Street USA.

The inconvenience won't be for long, though. President Obama is only expected to be in Orlando fewer than three hours.

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Comments

[Eenkling]

03:10 PM on 01/19/2012

Tourism seems to be the only thing this country markets anymore, and this government has allowed US companies, (through NAFTA), to take their employment to foreign countries so they can afford to come here. How's that plan working out?

[Huffpo user71]

11:50 AM on 01/19/2012

Maybe he'll deliver the speech in Fantasyland, the only place where his policies actually work.

[fuddhouz]

08:56 AM on 01/19/2012

Why not? The last three years has been a "Mickey Mouse" operation presided over by Goofy!

[njbeach205]

07:54 AM on 01/19/2012

this guy is unbelievable! He needs to stay in Washington and start working! Such a waste

[aeonblueau8008]

07:17 AM on 01/19/2012

This guy B.O. is just a mess. Sometime I wonder what the heck is he thinking? Drum up votes in Fla ? .. most likely drummed out of Fla.

[mimsycat]

06:33 AM on 01/19/2012

He's going to the right place-fantasyland , if he thinks he will be re-elected, much less get our precious Florida electoral votes. He is going to ruin a lot of vacations for everyone except those who live in fantasyland every day of their lives thinking he is their god on earth.

[lindamom]

09:32 PM on 01/18/2012

I'm confused. I can't even pay for all the meds I need to survive and yet I'm supposed to go to Disney World? My reality is way different than the President's...

[lcovert]

08:53 PM on 01/19/2012

He's promoting the US as a vacation destination for tourists from OTHER COUNTRIES. And if we had national health care like all other civilized industrialized nations, you wouldn't have to worry about paying for your meds.

[lindamom]

09:19 PM on 01/19/2012

I know, I was being facetious and truthful. Thanks for your post.

[Dusto]

09:15 PM on 01/18/2012

Only in town 3 hours? The average round of golf is 4 1/2 hrs!
Yep, increased tourism is key in our nation's economic recovery. Actually, I think Mickey Mouse is just going home for a family reunion.

[BlueBelly]

07:44 PM on 01/18/2012

President Obama is twisting the GOP in knots. The back drop of the happiest place in the world as his prop will only make it harder for the GOP to counter this blow. The GOP was warned that this President may be wounded but, that just ups his game. Game on 2012!

[dt63944]

11:55 PM on 01/18/2012

And that says a lot about you that props are a significant reason for deciding who to vote for. Pathetic.

[dt63944]

07:11 PM on 01/18/2012

Oh, sure, no big inconvenience to guests who have been planning expensive trips to Disney World. If they stay in a Disney Hotel, they'll be entertained by a steady dose of liberal news and entertainment. Screw the public so that Disney (whose former director now works for Obama) can continue their shameless suck-up to anything Obama. Once the park reopens to the people who paid for a full day, they can go to the Obama tribute in the Hall of President (the other ones were just experiments until the Great One appeared).

[callie34677]

11:21 PM on 01/18/2012

What part of "most things will be running normally" did you NOT understand?

[dt63944]

11:53 PM on 01/18/2012

What part of the "president's visit will have some impact on park guests" don't you understand? It may be fine for you, and certainly Disney is all too happy to surround you with their expensive liberal version of reality, but there are people who don't appreciate having the Moocher in Chief giving people the middle finger when they pay their earned money (that is, people with a work ethic who believe in earning money) for what they thought what their ticket gave them access to. The odds are virtually certain he'll be going to another fund-raiser after screwing taxpayers for a brief dog and pony show (that is, working people who earn money and pay taxes) and then sticking them with the bill for his fundraiser, too. If those are the people you want to be surrounded by, that says a lot more about you than them.

[People are crazy]

11:12 AM on 01/19/2012

They dont read, so they cant understand. LOL