Holy cow!! 50 people?! Wow. Last year (on 271) we had about 20 people go. And then, we didn't use the FIRST package. We stayed off Disney property and bought our tickets separately and of course, paid for our own meals. This year (on 810) we're bringing as many people that want to go, and can afford it. And we will be using the FIRST package. But we're starting to plan all of that now (like flights and stuff). We want to be able to get good flights. I remember last year team 263 (my other old team
whew...I'm starting to lose count
) didn't come in until Thursday morning. Their engineer had taken a flight the day before and was setting things up in their pit. He had to go pick up the 5 members that were driving and such at the airport, and they made their first practice round by less than 10 minutes (and they were lucky they had a late round). So, after seeing that, and seeing what happens if you wait too long (which doesn't make me envy the teams that will be coming after winning a regional), we're starting to get everything together now.
~Christina