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Re: Atlanta: The Wrap Up and Grading

I heard a lot of people wanting badly to go back to Disney----well now, I remember people saying that Disney was too small (no place to sit in stands to watch matches) too hot (the last year there they passed out water, and the awards ceremony was 3 hours long in the hot afternoon sun) and not to mention difficult to get back to hotels, and VERY EXPENSIVE. So, in summary, there are going to be pros and cons to every venue.

Atlanta has far to many panhandlers and bums for my kids to go do anything in the evening. If your hotel didn't have a swimming pool, then there was basically nothing to do. Our adult engineers were threatened to be cut by a woman 3pm in afternoon while they were walking to Underground Atlanta thru a plaza.

The transporation is a nightmare. If you weren't staying at the Omni, then you had to forgo the bums to get anywhere. There needs to be a bus shuttle for FIRST people to get to and from hotels to competition.

Load in/out was a nightmare. Who ever heard of pushing tool benches thru the lobby of a convention hall??????

The THS company really messed us around! The Super 8 hotel was a flea bag---I had students with bug bites on them from their mattress and the soap from the towels and sheets gave everyone rashes, so we moved. THey had to split us up between the Holiday Inn and the Hampton Inn. Then the hotel got a fax from THS in which they wouldn't pay for one of our rooms, they got some of our team members names wrong and refused to house them, and they wouldn't return any of my phone calls. We ended up having to pay $124 for a hotel room after paying THS $6600. They promised to refund us for the 2 nights at the Super 8, but they lied about delivering a $1000 check to our hotel, so we ended up having to pay.

I enjoyed the team party and the dollars coupons, but I have serious doubts about THS. My school attorney is currently trying to contact them.

Did anyone else have such a horrible time with THS or did we just land on some bad luck????? I would really like to know.

The venue was closer(arena--pits), and the temperature was comfortable. The load in and out could have been better. Since it was the first year---things will hopefully be worked out next year.

How did everyone like the Conferences???

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