Do Pardoned Turkeys Still Go to Walt Disney World?
For many years pardoned turkeys got to visit the Happiest Place on Earth after enduring a televised White House event packed with political puns.
From 2005 - 2009 Mickey Mouse played host to pardoned turkeys at Walt Disney World Resort.
From 2005 to 2009 the turkeys served as the Grand Marshals of the Walt Disney World Thanksgiving Day Parade on Main Street USA. It’s not clear where they went from there, perhaps they became permanent residents of Disney’s Ft. Wilderness Campground.
Disney no longer invites the turkeys to the parade. I suppose if you’re a turkey, you probably want to keep a low profile on Thanksgiving Day, presidential pardon and all.
Happy Thanksgiving!
~Darren