I feel totally rude saying this....but oh well

I know alot of you like different music and such...but just think about it....you really can't like dance to rock music....ska ya you can....but they are going to play like hip hop/pop/techno...because people want to dance....ya know?? so thats why they play it...and I highly doubt it will change....cause thats what you can dance too, ya know? I hope that didn't sound to rude

It was decent..
 

I'm a freshman this year, so I had heard that last years team party at nationals was just awesome, but this year seems way different than last years. Nothing was really open in Epcot cept for the Honey I Shrunk the Audience thing (which was cool). But I've never been to disney before so it was cool just seeing stuff ^o^ ..and the food.. eh... lol.
Mandy Moore was unexpected! That was cool... I guess.. next year Blink 182 should show up that would be awesome!The Amazon.com guy is awesome Bezos or whatever his name is. I thought there could've been less techno at the competition... I still have those crazy drum beats going through my head and the sounds of peoples' voices in 1 second intrevals. All in all, I'd give it a 7/10 because you can never have too many doves flying out of cages having no idea where to go :).What was up with they 'hey' thing? I must've missed something..... the big fight over the giant ball was funny and the wave!! The Wave was cool! Can't wait till next year!

Hey, I didn't know our Team 48 kids were so avant garde....they were all doing the "Eeeeeeeeyyyyy" thing last year. Such great young innovators we have here at Delphi E.L.I.T.E. :-)

As far as the party goes, I echo the sentiment of my good student friend "The Paco". The awards ceremony was way too long (although it was great to see the crowd make the most of their time in the stands - the "slow" wave was GREAT), and the Mandy Moore concert seemed out of place. Once the party finally started, I was shocked to see how crowded the party area was once they closed "The Land". I personally felt unsafe in that crowded atmosphere. If I remember correctly, Disney left The Land open for dancing until the end of the party last year, so I assume they closed it early this year to prepare for the fireworks (which were yet another disappointment - the Cleveland Indians put on far better fireworks displays at Jacobs Field than Disney did for FIRST, and the Indians do it multiple times a year - I was prepared for something way more special than I witnessed). If they are going to continue to close parts of the party area early in future years, Disney should definitely open up more areas of the park to allow the people to spread out more and ease the congestion.

To sum up, the party was way too short and crowded for my liking. Many people paid a lot of money to gain entrance to this event, and I feel all of us deserved much better. In my opinion, Disney and FIRST took a step backward with their party planning this year, as last year's party was far more memorable. Fortunately, we know that FIRST usually listens to the concerns we all have regarding the program, so keep providing constructive feedback to them, and you can hopefully expect a much improved experience next season.

One more thing - regardless of the quality of the party, this year's Championship Event rocked! Congratulations to all the people and teams who made the competition so great!

I hope I do not offend anybody with this (Not that I don't mean it to be frank and critical of many people, more that i hope none of you have a reason to feel criticized)

Last time i checked FIRST doesn't stand for "For Indulgence and Recognition of Sexual Tendencies". I saw a lot of crude and vulgar dancing that quite frankly disgusted me. Last year Dean came out and renounced a music video they played during some of the off time at nationals. The dancing i saw went way past the point of vulgarity that Dean himself said did not line up with the purposes and Spirit of FIRST. And, quite frankly, the music they play now fosters that kind of dancing. Perhaps it is just me in my naiveness, but I really thought participants in FIRST were above that kind of ludeness.

Ska, on the other hand, is an upbeat high - energy (not unlike many FIRST participants) music that fosters none of the previously mentioned dancing. It's a music that I believe many more people in FIRST would dance to according to this thread What music do you listen to? (nearly two / thirds like Punk, Ska, or Alternative compared to only 8% who liked Rap or Pop in case you like I are too lazy to click on the link).

Although Pop and Rap (They were definitely not playing hip-hop) are popular in mainstream society, the simple fact is that we are not mainstream, we are "one in a million" according to Dean. Thusly we have our own genre of music that is not mainstream that we enjoy and can dance to(anyone who has been to a show can attest to the dancing part). I have no objection to techno however they did not play any techno at the party.

I feel like many of the FIRSTers out there feel alienated at the parties. At the Western Michigan Party for every one person on the dance floor there was at least three people sitting on the bleachers doing a whole lot of nothing. At nationals there was probably a hundred people at most on the dance floor i was by, and probably twice that on the grass surrounding it doing again a whole lot of nothing. I Understand that there is no way to please everyone, but perhaps FIRST could take in to consideration the majority of FIRSTers that are not part of the mainstream.

Raul~ in case you missed the memo, El and I got pooped on by those doves!!!! They were a nice touch, but getting bird crap in your hair isn't a nice way to start the day!

have you already forgotten that i got crapped on too? cause i was with you guys. it was soooo nasty. i kept finding more on my clothes as the day went on. i also wiped it all over you CT:p


-there were later more conversations over this subject and they prolly aren't appropiate for the Chief so i'm not going to say much about them.

well well...
 

Although there are enough posts saying that te party was bad, I hvae to say it again: THE PARTY wAS REALLY BAD! Just in case that someone important should care enough to read this and tries to make it better the next time...

We found empty trays of food everywhere, so we were like: "let's wait here till tey bring more"

After only 10 minutes some disney people showed up to tell us that it was too crowded to bring more food to the middle of the party place, we should try it on the ends. We did. After 10 more wagons with empty trays we found some food. We weren't completely done eating when a lady from disney showed up, telling us that we had to move, because it was already 9:15 and the fireworks would start at 10:00 right behind us and it would be dangerous to sit there (huh???, we got 45 minutes, but anyways we ended up moving)

and yeah, it was too crowded in general...
It was the most fun, to just yell acros the party place a "hey" and to hope to get a response from a lot of people

And yeah, the fireworks, could have been more. And what was that symbolism that the FIRST logo fell apart at the end????

The party was bad but i got on test track so it was good until i got off. The music sucked, okay they don't get that most of us aren't fans of pop or rap. I hate night club music its terrible, rock, punk, ska is so much better, sure moshing can get people hurt but if you actually do it right nobody gets hurt. Besides its more fun to jump to some good punk than suffer through some bad pop.

i don't understand why so many people took offense to the "AAAA!!!" chant. We got many replies of "GAAYY!!!" or "go AWAAAYY!!!" or "ehhhhhh shut up we hate you". We are just having fun and i guess i just don't understand why people hate it so much? it's just a letter for pete's sake! Half the teams seemed to embrace it while the other half seemed to think it was the reincarnation of the devil or something. any comments?

my thoughts.

it was funny at first but after a while it got really annoying. it's like the thing with steeling the balls that were getting thrown in the stands during the closing ceremonies. people would chase each other up the stands from the complete other side of the stands and take the ball. it was getting redicious. at one point it looked like a fight was going to break out. nobody was paying attention to the ceromoney and i thought it was rude. i'm surprised dean or woddie didn't say anything because i'm sure they noticed how bad it was. i'm sure part of it was because we were sitting there for 3 hours and getting restless. they need to revert back to sending up 2 team represenatives because it took less time.

im proud to say the whole AAAYYYY thing was started by delphi ELITE last year. it continued this year in honor of the canadians and thier famous phrase.
some rock/punk/ska music wouldve been much better than that rap/pop stuff that they played but all in all there was not enough time. all i did was eat and go on honey i shrunk the audience with some of the engeneers from our team.
the food and the fireworks left some to be desired.
i just hope its better next year!

3 words david~ LEARN TO SPELL!!!! :)

ELITE, you guys rock :)

"AAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!"
"What does that spell??"
"AAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!"

"....."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"

Ok about the Epcot party: WHY DID THEY CLOSE ALL THE BUILDINGS??

Last year there were a number more rides and stuff open - people weren't forced to walk around in a circle if they weren't dancing.

Also as a result of closing all the other attractions, "Honey I Shrunk the Audience" became backed up like a crappy toilet.......

Did you guys know that Crystal Method was there friday Night at the House of Blues?? I mean that would have been awesome to see them in concert! But that's just me.. I mean we should just have a concert of different music, like: Ska/Punk, Techno, and something else.. But it would be cool.. What do ya think?