Christopher Boyd | Jason Garcia and Scott Powers, Sentinel Staff Writers
November 19, 2007
This year, when the president pardons the official national Thanksgiving turkey, it's going to get more than just a reprieve from the White House holiday menu.
It's going to Walt Disney World.
On Tuesday, President Bush will perform the 60th annual "pardoning of the turkey" ritual. The winning bird will then get a first-class flight to Orlando on a United Airlines jet, and a red-carpet entry to Disney World.
Visitors to the Magic Kingdom will get to see the bird on Thanksgiving Day, when it will serve as grand marshal of the holiday parade before joining the resort's permanent live-animal collection. In the past, two pardoned turkeys have gone to Disneyland, but this is the first one sent to Disney World.
Disney spokesman Duncan Wardle said the effort plays off the company's successful "What's next?" advertising campaign, most famously featuring a star football player after each Super Bowl.
"I think, if the turkey could speak, he'd say he's 'going to Disney World,' " Wardle said. _________________ When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
--Walt Disney
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