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Re: Atlanta: The Wrap Up and Grading
This is my second year with the team so I also do not know what Disney was like but I must say that Alanta was far better then Houston if just for the sheer fact it was less walking. I was able to walk from my pits to the hotel and back in about 20 minutes to a half an hour.
The only real problem I had as far as travel went was the escaltors. At random times during the day they would suddenly be out or not working. I was on one of them when it stopped, sending me forward into people and then back which landed me a lovely cut on the back of my legs.
I was truly displeased with the Omni hotel in general. While the rooms were nice, there wasn't much to do. The pool was outside and freezing cold. The hot tub was warmer but small and if the wind was blowing, oh god...look out. The only channels you got on the tv were basically CNN and if it wasn't CNN...it wasn't worth watching. The Turner Store closed earlier it seemed and because my team had most of wednesday with nothing to do, I was extremely bored for about seven hours. The hotel seemed to be alot of wasted open space. Since I am on video team, I had two cameras that had to be plugged in at night to charge batteries. I was also sharing a room with two other girls. We soon learned that the room had very few eletrical outlets and we ended up having to charge one girl's cell phone in the bathroom along with one camera at one point. The walls were paper thin and anything you said could be heard by your neighbors. God forbid you were a light sleeper because you'd never fall asleep. Myself and another girl know that for a fact because I spent one night up until 3:30 in the morning, unable to sleep due to our neigherbors.
The Underground was unimpressive and I had been expecting more then that. The Coca-Cola factory was interesting but had there not been a tasting area at the end I do believe I would have been saying it sucked. It was basically a history of advertising.
The city held no real attraction for myself and unless you were an adult, there wasn't much to do in the hotel either. I think I ended up in bed early one night just for the fact I was bored.
As for the competition, I enjoyed it and thought the venue was great for it. I just wish there had been more for the students to do.
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