Are there any records or reports of any visits by Heads of State to Disney parks?
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Heads of State visits
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RScottyL
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http://www./2012/01/president-obama...world-on-thursday-to-discuss-economy-tourism/
http://www./2012/01/live-video-pres...sm-inside-magic-kingdom-at-walt-disney-world/
Obama is not the first United States President to visit the Walt Disney World Resort. In the past, Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. Bush all visited for various occasions, shown in the historical B-roll footage below, released by Disney this week:
http://www./2012/01/live-video-pres...sm-inside-magic-kingdom-at-walt-disney-world/
Obama is not the first United States President to visit the Walt Disney World Resort. In the past, Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. Bush all visited for various occasions, shown in the historical B-roll footage below, released by Disney this week:
Mouse_Trap
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Nikita Khrushchev was desperate to visit Disneyland when he visited California with his family in 1959.
I read the only reason he didn't was because the Police Chief couldn't make adequate security arrangements in Aneheim (as it not being under his jurisdiction).
He was supposed to have said the following after being told by the State department that they could not guarantee his security there:
"What do you have there – rocket launching pads? Is there a cholera epidemic down there? Have gangsters taken control of the place? Your police are strong enough to lift up a bull; surely they are strong enough to take care of gangsters?" But no, the State Department could not possibly promise to "guard my security......This situation is inconceivable, I thought I could come to this country in peace, not sit in a closed car in the smothering heat under the sun. I thought I could come as a free man."
I read the only reason he didn't was because the Police Chief couldn't make adequate security arrangements in Aneheim (as it not being under his jurisdiction).
He was supposed to have said the following after being told by the State department that they could not guarantee his security there:
"What do you have there – rocket launching pads? Is there a cholera epidemic down there? Have gangsters taken control of the place? Your police are strong enough to lift up a bull; surely they are strong enough to take care of gangsters?" But no, the State Department could not possibly promise to "guard my security......This situation is inconceivable, I thought I could come to this country in peace, not sit in a closed car in the smothering heat under the sun. I thought I could come as a free man."
Nixon, as VP, was at Disneyland for the launch of the Monorail. If I remember correctly, the monorail took off with he and his family, minus his Secret Service detail.
That I didn't know.
That I didn't know.
HolleBolleGijs
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Supposedly, the Imagineers couldn't get the monorail to work leading up to the launch, so they just stuck a random CM with no monorail-driving expertise (because he looked good in the costume) in the driver's seat. Walt, who didn't know about the monorail problems, made the "driver" try to operate the monorail. So, the CM pressed some buttons and it started moving. The Secret Service were not happy.
This is what I was told on the Undiscovered Future World Tour, so I honestly don't know how true it is (some of the details seem a little fishy).
Tom
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Cmdr_Crimson
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Regan's Inauguration Parade in Epcot..I still get a kick at the first lines you hear that Mickey & Minnie never been here to Epcot.....Thanks Eisner and your Shoehorning..
Matt_Black
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Not a head of state, certainly, but I know Princess Di visited WDW with Princes William and Harry. I know this because it coincided with one of my visits and all the guests were abuzz with talk and keeping a keen eye out. Didn't spot them though.