jbolen2
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Those poor CMs that have to stand in front of it. The things they probably hear every day
They had an older lady there all day, I felt bad thinking of what all she has to probably deal with standing there.
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The Hall of Presidents to reopen before Christmas
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They had an older lady there all day, I felt bad thinking of what all she has to probably deal with standing there.
EricsBiscuit
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Just repeating the same line over and over again.
I wonder if they've given her a scripted line to repeat, or if she has some freedom to vary it...
"We expect to have the Hall of Presidents open by the end of the year."
"The end of the year is when we plan to have the Hall of Presidents open by."
"The Hall of Presidents is projected to be open before the end of the year."
"The opening for the Hall of Presidents is projected to be before the end of the year."
"The end of the year will also end the closing of the Hall of Presidents."
"The Hall of Presidents should be open before New Years Day."
"By the end of the year open should the Hall of Presidents be."
"Open by the end of the year should be the Hall of Presidents."
"You should be able to see the Hall of Presidents before the end of the year."
"If you're here on New Years Day, you should be able to see the Hall of Presidents."
"If today was New Years Day, the Hall of Presidents would already be open."
"Do I look like Esmerelda the Fortune Teller?"
You forgot “The Hall of Presidents will open hopefully before ESPN drags the company down.”
Cmdr_Crimson
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Kind of like that attraction where kids sing the same song over and over and over and over and over...
Next Big Thing
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That's a stock answer.
All the CM was saying was that once the HoP opens, all Presidents will appear, which was obvious based on the sign out front of the attraction anyway.
KBLovedDisney
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They need to bring out one of those old time-y phones (I've seen in some MK stores) and put it in front of the attraction. Whenever someone sees HoP closed, and want an answer for a timeline, all they would have to do is pick up the phone and listen to Eagle Sam give his answers.
Cousin Huet
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It won’t take this long to install the next one. They had Obama in by the end of June after he was elected but they took their sweet time with W and Trump with Trump getting the extra long treatment. This took an extra 6 months compared to Obama’s which tells me that they were either dragging their feet or they are going to do something to soften the blow for those still screaming at the sky and keep Obama in there speaking in some form.
mitchk
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I thought they had reopened the other day when I was there. 2 older cast members were standing there, but as I approached I saw the sign. The good thing was I got to see great moments in history. I think that is a great show. I noticed they got rid of the town cryer though, or maybe it was just for the show I saw. The Paul Rever one..
Butter
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Way to not be political.
So, Hall of Presidents closed in October 2008, and didn't reopen until July 4, 2009 with Obama. An 8 month refurbishment which included a re-working of the show.
With Bush, it closed in July and re-opened in "late Fall", a less than 5 month refurbishment, depending on your definition of "late Fall". So, a shorter closure. But that's taking "their sweet time".
Finally, the rumor has been that there was some kind of disagreement about the speech that Trump would make within the attraction, which led Disney to re-think the whole show itself and whether or not it made sense in the increasingly divided nation to even have current or recent Presidents speak at all. They ultimately reached an agreement with Trump about what the speech would be and decided to keep the show as-is. So I don't think that qualifies as "feet dragging" so much as re-thinking whether or not a reminder of today's political climate belongs in "The Happiest Place on Earth". It's a valid concern.
Princess Leia
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Only the Declaration of Independence show uses the Town Crier.
21stamps
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Rumor being the key word in that entire post. One which has been directly denied by Disney.
I think people are projecting their concerns onto a business who most likely doesn’t see it as “valid”.
peter11435
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Disney intended to reopen the hall of presidents 6 months ago.
aladdin2007
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yes and I think this had to do with getting new security features/measures in place, more so than just Trumps speech etc.
JustInTime
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Really?
BwanaBob
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Less than 4 hrs.Can you say very cryptic post...
Lots of dignitaries in the park
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