Disneyland and Walt Disney World Presidents Celebrate NBA Finals with Friendly Wager

Everyone has heard of friendly wagers during big sporting events, usually between governors or mayors where the teams are from, but have you herd of one between divisions of the same company? Today Ed Grier, President of the Disneyland Resort, and Meg Crofton, President of the Walt Disney World Resort, made a friendly wager involving custom Mickey ears and walking down the middle of Main Street USA.


“The Lakers are going to make your team very Grumpy this week,” predicted Grier to Crofton.

“But we have ‘Magic’ on our side,” countered Crofton. “And isn’t that what Disney is all about?”


If the Magic win, Grier will walk down Main Street, U.S.A., at Disneyland park wearing a pair of specially made Mickey Mouse ears in Magic blue and silver. If the Lakers win, Crofton will don a pair of Lakers’ purple and gold mouse ears and walk down Main Street, U.S.A. at Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom.

The park presidents even pledged to turn the lights of their respective castles to their team colors in celebration of the historic pairing.