Obama wants more...

[The MadHatter]

i don't think he said he wanted more brazillian visitors, i think he said he wanted a brazillion more visitors.

:roflol:

 

[Tom Morrow]

I knew he would slip and call it Disneyland. Knew it.

 

[menamechris]

I rolled my eyes at first at the reference to bringing more Brazilians to Florida. But - if you think about it - if it is easier for them to come to the US, there may not be the need for the large tour groups. I am sure a reason those tour companies are so popular is because they handle all the red tape and logistics of getting into the United States. So maybe....just maybe....there will be more Brazilians - but not necessarily in the herds of people that we are used to seeing...

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I rolled my eyes at first at the reference to bringing more Brazilians to Florida. But - if you think about it - if it is easier for them to come to the US, there may not be the need for the large tour groups. I am sure a reason those tour companies are so popular is because they handle all the red tape and logistics of getting into the United States. So maybe....just maybe....there will be more Brazilians - but not necessarily in the herds of people that we are used to seeing...

You might be onto something there!

The problem is not Brazilians (so long as they aren't being overly loud), the problem is Tour Groups. Sixty people uniformly clad will be a pest regardless of where they are from. Wait 'till you see sixty Britons with matching football shirts...

 

[Scuttle]

You might be onto something there!

The problem is not Brazilians (so long as they aren't being overly loud), the problem is Tour Groups. Sixty people uniformly clad will be a pest regardless of where they are from. Wait 'till you see sixty Britons with matching football shirts...

Exactly it is because there are nearly 100 people in those tour groups sometimes. Any Human that gets with 60-70 other people in a tour group in a theme park is going to act different.

 

[Tom Morrow]

^ especially when those groups are teenagers, which is what most of the tour groups are. I'll tell you what, I have at least not seen a Brazilian tour group steal and destroy props from an attraction like the American cheerleader brats do.

 

[rct247]

Disney did such a great job today trying to steer guests into other parks that it was dead at Magic Kingdom. Funny thing is that I can honestly say that I think there were more guests that spoke Portuguese at MK today than guests that spoke English. At least it seemed that way.

 

[Tom Morrow]

You know, while we're on this topic, I have a legitimate question that I don't feel like starting my own thread for:

Have the crowds at WDW always been so vastly foreign? Maybe I'm just remembering wrong from being young, but in the mid 90's, when I first started visiting, there weren't that many foreigners, and tour groups seemed more scarce.

Today there are periods of the year where you will almost feel that you are not in the United States.

 

[captainkidd]

You know, while we're on this topic, I have a legitimate question that I don't feel like starting my own thread for:

Have the crowds at WDW always been so vastly foreign? Maybe I'm just remembering wrong from being young, but in the mid 90's, when I first started visiting, there weren't that many foreigners, and tour groups seemed more scarce.

Today there are periods of the year where you will almost feel that you are not in the United States.

That's what I found ironic about his speech. I'd say the majority of guests already are from other countries.

 

[menamechris]

You know, while we're on this topic, I have a legitimate question that I don't feel like starting my own thread for:

Have the crowds at WDW always been so vastly foreign? Maybe I'm just remembering wrong from being young, but in the mid 90's, when I first started visiting, there weren't that many foreigners, and tour groups seemed more scarce.

Today there are periods of the year where you will almost feel that you are not in the United States.

Amazingly enough, back in the 80's I remember there being an incredible number of Asians. They seemed to be everywhere. I think Tokyo and Hong Kong have significantly reduced the number of visitors from that part of the globe...

 

[graphite1326]

You know, while we're on this topic, I have a legitimate question that I don't feel like starting my own thread for:

Have the crowds at WDW always been so vastly foreign? Maybe I'm just remembering wrong from being young, but in the mid 90's, when I first started visiting, there weren't that many foreigners, and tour groups seemed more scarce.

Today there are periods of the year where you will almost feel that you are not in the United States.

I don't know. When we first started going in the 90's it seemed like there were alot of Asains. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I would rather have them than the Brazin tour groups.

 

[graphite1326]

I did not watch Obama's speech. Did he use a teleprompter?

 

[captainkidd]

I did not watch Obama's speech. Did he use a teleprompter?

Didn't appear so.

 

[Mr Wizard]

Then it must have been the AA from Hall of Presidents. :ROFLOL:
They threw in the Disneyland flub to make it look real.

 

[GoochDSA]

Then it must have been the AA from Hall of Presidents. :ROFLOL:
They threw in the Disneyland flub to make it look real.

Nah. The AA from Hall of Presidents knows better than to encourage more Brazillians. From where he is on that stage, in a dark theater, I'm sure he has seen worse than anyone else.

 

[Minnie1976]

In December I thought I was in a foreign country there were so many foreigners. Also women in those robes and with only their eyes showing. I had NEVER seen people dressed like that in the parks before. It was really kind of scary. I can't go around with my face covered. I don't think they would let me in the parks with my face covered.

 

[Florida_is_hot]

What does it mater if people come from other countries Brazil, China?

I heard them talk all the way through every attraction I been it, find it rude but just because they happen to be from Brazil they have no monopoly on being rude.

IT IS A TOURIST ATTRACTION PEOPLE DO LIVE OUT SIDE OF THE US.

 

[fosse76]

And exactly what part of this statement is untrue? Main Street *is* the area centrally located in the park that is also the most heavily congested with (nothing but) food and retail locations.

Nowhere in your Fox quote is it suggested that Main Street is the "only" location for food and shopping that is not otherwise available elsewhere in the park.

While it may be factually correct, the phrasing and context imply that it is more difficult to find food and souvenirs elsewhere in the park, as if Main Street is where most food and souvenirs CAN be bought.

 

[Jakester]

Did anyone notice the amount of times he said Umm?

 

[preludevtec01]

I'd say the majority of guests already are from other countries.

I am with you. Almost half I would say....