Disney offers passport help to Canadians

[Tom Morrow]

Disney offers passport help to Canadians


Disney dreams up a solution to new passport deadline
Canada NewsWire

Effective January 23rd, a new law created by the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) will require all Canadians to have a valid passport to enter the United States by air travel. Since its announcement, this passport mandate has been the topic of much debate by the Canadian travel industry, but to date, few organizations have seized upon this challenge as an opportunity to help to educate Canadians about passport requirements.

The Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and the Disneyland Resort in Southern California are the first major U.S. tourist destinations to address the new passport requirements with the creation of Disney's "Passport to Dreams" booklet - an added incentive for Canadians to visit in 2007.
Disney worked closely with Passport Canada to create the booklet which is filled with relevant information that Canadians need to help them get a passport. Specific items of interest in the "Passport to Dreams" booklet include:

• Clarification on how/where to obtain Canadian Passport application forms
• What you need to know about passport photos
• Ease of online application.

"The Canadian market is very important to Disney Parks and we strongly believe that dream vacations should not be put on hold or be interrupted by these new requirements. That is why Disney is rolling out the welcome mat to the Canada market with the Passport to Dreams Program which will help to clear up passport confusion and provide some very special offers to visit this year during The Year of a Million Dreams Celebration," said Bruno Jauernig, Director, Marketing Strategy, (US & Canada), Walt Disney World.

Disney's "Passport to Dreams" booklets are available online at www.disneyparks.ca or available across Canada at CAA locations.

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