Obama coming to WDW Thursday?

[kurtisnelson]

I'm hearing rumblings and rumors that Obama will be visiting the Magic Kingdom Thursday night. DHS has fireworks scheduled, and there are dual evening EMHs at Epcot and DHS, yet it's a super empty week. Apparently some strange note is on the hub also.

Any insight?

[darph nader]

I'm sure there will be a 'lot' of MiBs. ;)

[glendalais]

It is indeed true that President Obama will be visiting WDW on Thursday.

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/oba ... day/nGPDX/

[kurtisnelson]

Apparently he is speaking around 12:20PM somewhere on main st, and main st will be closed all day until he departs.

Have fun with that Main St ops...

[Zazu]

I'm sure there will be a 'lot' of MiBs. ;)

It's not all that complex to organize. You just pull the records from Michael Eisner's last visit, then drop the parts the Secret Service says are unnecessary.

[Darksin]

That's going to be a mess, not so much for Magic Kingdom but everything else.
Parking and access will be chaos. The highways will be shut down for a time.
When Bush went threw many years ago, it was pure chaos. They had 528 and 4 completely shut down both directions for nearly and hour so the president could "Travel". I remember thinking to myself "Let 'em sit in traffic like everyone else, maybe they'll finally pay attention to the traffic issue if the 'president' had to sit in it too!"

I don't envy anyone trying to get ANYPLACE that day!

Their used to be a running joke, anytime we knew Eisner was coming their was a rush for "Time Off Requests" and "PTO" because no one wanted to deal with the mess it created :D:

[hobie16]

"Let 'em sit in traffic like everyone else, maybe they'll finally pay attention to the traffic issue if the 'president' had to sit in it too!"

Bill Clinton still owes me five pounds. He was paraded by in London as I watched the meter in my cab continue to tick over.

[Shorty82]

The FAA has issued Temporary Flight Restrictions and No-Fly Zones for President Obama's visit.

During his visit there will be two 30 NM radius TFRs, one centered over KMCO and the other over WDW (there's a lot of overlap in the two) and two 10 NM radius No-Fly Zones centered over the same points. All are surface to 17,999 feet.

Just in case you're curious, there's a permanent flight restricted area over WDW, it is 3 NM radius and surface to 3000 feet. It is centered in between Epcot and the MK. DLR has a similar flight restriction in place.

[kurtisnelson]

That's going to be a mess, not so much for Magic Kingdom but everything else.
Parking and access will be chaos.

My bet is they would at least drive him in via Reams, if not just chopper him straight to park 3.

[avengador1]

I heard that Michelle Obama will be visiting WDW this Friday now.