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"Welcome: Portraits of America" Video Totally Boring, Inaccurate

October 29, 2007 at 1:30 PM | 2 Comments


Isn't Canada America great?

And we thought it was tough enough visiting the US, getting strip searched by customs and waiting in endless passport control lines. Now you can also be bored to tears by the new video Disney has donated to US Customs and Border Protection! (They've disabled video embedding on YouTube, which explains the still above.)

The idea is to introduce visitors to the United States with something a bit more lighthearted than getting fingerprinted and photographed. The video is on view at George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Washington Dulles, which together served almost 11 million international arrivals and departures in 2005.

There's plenty to poke fun at, but watch for the smirking guy in a suit at the 1:20 mark; he's like a low-rent Gordon Gekko. Visitors from more conservative cultures will surely appreciate the Vegas showgirl in her dressing room and the shots of babes in bikinis. And the panorama of Niagara Falls is a true classic. (You know, since the falls are in Canada.)

Also, everyone in the video speaks English--just like in the States!

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· The Welcome to America Video [Budget Travel]
· Welcome: Portraits of America Video [YouTube]
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· United States Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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  1. allocent

    Jaunted Member
    October 30, 2007 at 9:54 AM




    Welcome...

    I disagree... I think it's a great video and definitely better than anything else that the government alone is doing to make standing in the long lines bearable.

    If anything, we need more initiatives like this! Take a look at what the Discover America Partnership is doing with the Travel Promotion Act...  www.poweroftravel.org

    You can see the whole welcome video at www.discoveramerica.com

  1. buggedknot

    Jaunted Member
    October 30, 2007 at 2:10 PM




    Welcome Portrait

    heh. Funny about the waterfall thing.

    But yea, this video is actually pretty awesome. Makes me feel like American's aren't fat slobs, and in fact, diverse, happy, and scenically placed.

    Overall, I'd say it's much better than what the airports got going on now! It made me smile at least.

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