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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBiden's inauguration shut down this Walt Disney World attraction
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-e2-80-99s-inauguration-shut-down-this-walt-disney-world-attraction/ar-BB1cWxsqWhen Walt Disney Worlds Magic Kingdom opened for the day on Jan. 20, before Trump left office and Joe Biden took the oath as the 46th president of the United States, it opened without the Hall of Presidents, which closed indefinitely as of today.
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As of today, the show that had been running in Hall of Presidents for the last four years is outdated. That show, which ended yesterday, featured Donald Trump in his featured role as acting president. While every president since Franklin D. Roosevelt has a speaking role in the show, the current president has the most prominent role except for Abraham Lincoln, also featured at length, who was a personal favorite for the late Walt Disney.
During Trumps administration, the Hall of Presidents had become increasingly contentious over the years. Left- and right-wing petitions on Change.org alternately called for Trump to be removed from the show, Trumps speech to be re-recorded to include more positive language and for Trumps animatronic to be removed so that a more flattering likeness could be added.
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Whether Disney will choose to continue the tradition in the same way, simply adding an animatronic of Joe Biden with a recording of his own voice, is anyones guess. The same is true of how long the closure will be. When Obama was elected, the show closed from from November 2008 to July 2009, and reopened with a totally revamped show. When Trump was elected, the show closed from January to December 2017. Many speculated that the delay came from Trumps refusal to record a speech. That new show debuted with security guards and decorative spikes between the audience and the stage, perhaps to prevent people from getting too close.
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Biden's inauguration shut down this Walt Disney World attraction (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Jan 2021
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Gothmog
(145,631 posts)1. As soon as I get my second shot, I may try to head to WDW
Auggie
(31,204 posts)2. If Trump is convicted by the Senate, should his figure be removed?
They could revamp the whole thing IMO. How about a leadership theme featuring a few select Presidents, and civil rights leaders like Susan B Anthony, Alice Paul, Frederick Douglass, Medgar Evers, and Martin Luther King for example.
global1
(25,278 posts)3. Maybe Trump Could Get A Job In The Hall Of Presidents....
It would be his fantasy. He would play himself and he would have a Trump rally audience every day. It would give him something to keep him occupied. He'd just have to move from Mar-A-Lago to Orlando.