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spinbaby

(15,088 posts)
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 02:39 PM Jan 2018

I went to see The Hall of Presidents this morning

At Disney World, featuring the newly-installed Trump animatronic. The last time I’d visited this attraction was shortly after Obama’s was installed. There was new and highly visible security this time with a uniformed security officer stationed on each side of the stage and another pair in the lobby. Obama had once gotten applause and a couple of cheers when he appeared giving a speech in the current-president role; Trump was met with dead silence. Oh, and I think the rumors are true—they really did repurpose the Hillary animatronic by putting a wig and a suit on it.

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I went to see The Hall of Presidents this morning (Original Post) spinbaby Jan 2018 OP
We were there oh 5 years ago underpants Jan 2018 #1
Its hard to judge the security spinbaby Jan 2018 #3
yup... side by side... hlthe2b Jan 2018 #2
The figure isnt the Hillary one Roland99 Jan 2018 #4
I refuse to set foot in any Disney associated park...and neither should any DUer... sdfernando Jan 2018 #5

underpants

(182,763 posts)
1. We were there oh 5 years ago
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 02:49 PM
Jan 2018

That was actually the first place we went - the last was the "It's a Small World After All" ride.

I don't remember seeing ANY security at the Hall.

spinbaby

(15,088 posts)
3. Its hard to judge the security
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 03:05 PM
Jan 2018

There’s more security EVERYWHERE here than there used to be. Still, Hall of Presidents seems to be the only attraction with its own security.

sdfernando

(4,930 posts)
5. I refuse to set foot in any Disney associated park...and neither should any DUer...
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 03:16 PM
Jan 2018

Not only is it prohibitively expensive...but in 2015 they laid off 250 IT staff at Disney World and replaced them with H-B1 visa holders...AND required the laid off staff to train their replacements as a requirement for receiving severance pay. Link to NY Times article from 2015:

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/us/last-task-after-layoff-at-disney-train-foreign-replacements.html

DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR HARD EARNED $$$.

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