Ok...WITHOUT Getting Political...The Hall of Presidents Update

SMS55

SMS55

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Maybe have Washington and or Lincoln give a speech and then the current President get up and say something as the current Commander in Chief.
 
SMS55

SMS55

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Goofyernmost said:
So you're saying... don't change anything? New President, new speech. Sounds good to me.
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Pretty much. I haven't been in there in a couple of years. I usually skip it early on to do rides that will have longer lines early. As the day goes on, the wife and kids get tired and we end up going back to the room. If it's still the way it was, I'm fine with it.
 
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thomas998

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Seabasealpha1 said:
So...

Let's try this...very carefully...please, don't get too political...keep your affiliation and fervor outside the attraction's sake to yourself!

What kinds of scenarios do we potentially see for the Hall of Presidents? Would they revert back to a show where Lincoln is the primary speaker? Would they have a new figure for the attraction and have that figure give a speech? Would it be much like the current incarnation?

It's true that we have some further historical candidates up for the spot...(first female, first Jewish, oldest elected, probably the first billionaire...etc.)

So...would they take that road and have them speak with their first-ness being of primary reason for some kind of stirring speech or revert back to older scripts or formats?

And just for kicks...sans getting into political debate (it'd be a party foul!): who would be the most fun to see up there? What AA figure would be awesome to you?

Let's attempt to keep this somewhat good-natured here...

OK, go!
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I don't see any reason to keep this attraction at all... Sorry but the people are more sophisticated now, while the AA figures were a wow factor 30 years ago, today the only wow factor is like, "Wow I can't believe people thought that was ever cool."

Time to use the space for something more useful.

As for the political side... the other change you have today vs. the past is that now we don't look at a President in total awe of all the good he did, instead we have been shown them warts and all and to be quite honest I don't think I can think of a single one that I would say was a good role model through and through, they all seem to have had some moral defect somewhere that leaves them flawed. But to avoid being political we won't get into each flaw they had individually.
 
Tinkwings

Tinkwings

Pfizered Fairy
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In the Parks
No
I would prefer to have Abe returned to the speaking role.....and keep it that way....ad a figure for continuity but give us Lincoln! May help to remind us to respect the office...and it's of one of our most beloved presidents. Walt picked him for the NY Worlds Fair after all!
(otherwise I might have to avoid it for 4 years or so.....) ;)
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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TINKWINGS said:
I would prefer to have Abe returned to the speaking role.....and keep it that way....ad a figure for continuity but give us Lincoln! May help to remind us to respect the office...and it's of one of our most beloved presidents. Walt picked him for the NY Worlds Fair after all!
(otherwise I might have to avoid it for 4 years or so.....) ;)
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Lincoln has a prominent speaking role...
 
Phroobar

Phroobar

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How about reducing the number of presidents and just include ones that talk about their time's struggles and issues faced in office and how they were resolved? We really don't need a new AA figure of the future president.

Better yet, just put Sam Eagle in and do a wacky look at American history performed by the Muppets!
 
Princess Leia

Princess Leia

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Here's how I see the whole 'I don't want to go because ____ was elected and has a speaking part': Hall of Presidents is literally one of the few attractions that is updated every 4-8 years. How many other attractions can say that? Unless you watch it on YouTube, it will only be there in that version for a limited time. George and Abe will probably always have a major role. The sitting president probably won't (though they might have Obama have a smaller role that isn't just him being acknowledged in the roll call). 12 years from now (depending on what happens with this dumpster fire of an election), I can see the speakers still being Washington, Lincoln, and Obama (first African American president), Hillary (if she's elected, that's historic for being the first female president), and then whoever has the job in 2028.

Will people still be complaining? Probably. But I'm sure there were complaints with both Clinton and Bush. Life goes on.
 
Tinkwings

Tinkwings

Pfizered Fairy
Premium Member
In the Parks
No
lazyboy97o said:
Kids today don't like learning. They have the internet, they want the Pokémon Go and their favorite cartoons...
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SOME kids don't like learning....some do if there are boundaries around access to time burners and they have time to be BORED, enough to think and imagine and create....and had not thought about Pokémon in the parks.....I am bothered enough by seeing people riding bikes and walking without a care in the world about the world about them. It was bad before, but never have I observed so many people absolutely glued to their phones out in public. I know young people who put themselves in very risky situations to play the game with not a thought about consequences....sigh. I never had to battle my children with phones in the park, they just were left in the room...they didn't want to bother with them while at the parks....I did not pay all that money to have them play games and non Disney games at that...ha....tell me its not a problem in the parks....o_O;):bored:
 
Tinkwings

Tinkwings

Pfizered Fairy
Premium Member
In the Parks
No
AND I do so love Sam Eagle, but don't think I want to see him in Hall of Presidents....even though I had to giggle at the thought of it. :)
 
World_Showcase_Lover007

World_Showcase_Lover007

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FigmentPigments said:
I think that they eventually have to stop introducing all of the presidents individually. The introductions could end up taking 20 minutes.
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I completely see the point that you are trying to make here. But unfortunately, this may be the only opportunity for some of the younger members of our society to ever, at least, hear the names of our past presidents. I hope they don't end this tradition, but I can see how over time the process could drag on to no end.
 
FigmentPigments

FigmentPigments

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World_Showcase_Lover007 said:
I completely see the point that you are trying to make here. But unfortunately, this may be the only opportunity for some of the younger members of our society to ever, at least, hear the names of our past presidents. I hope they don't end this tradition, but I can see how over time the process could drag on to no end.
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Oh, I agree. I doubt a lot of people could name more than a handful of presidents off the top of their heads.
 
World_Showcase_Lover007

World_Showcase_Lover007

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FigmentPigments said:
Oh, I agree. I doubt a lot of people could name more than a handful of presidents off the top of their heads.
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I doubt they can either. Who doesn't love a good story about James K. Polk, or the mystique of Grover Cleveland being both the 22nd and 24th President lol?

Well, a month or so ago on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, they did their street question segment asking about this when one of the Marvel comic movies came out...and of course everybody could name a ton of the DC/Marvel superheroes, but not hardly any of the US presidents!
 

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