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Re: Championship Event 2004 - Rate your hotels!!

Name of your hotel and Location
Marriot Marquis, downtown

Price per room: If known.
I don't know.

Ammenities: Details - Internet Access (charged for or free?), Breakfast?
Pool, and the fact that the entire 50 floor building was open in the middle. That was cool beyond all reason. I think there was internet for $10 a day.

Suprise Charges: If any.
I don't think there were any.

Transportation to and from the Georgia Dome - We walked

Relative closeness to food, and restaurants?
You could walk just about anywhere.

Any additional Comments?
How the inside of the hotel is totally open was great. You can talk to people on other floors near you, or test the parachute action figures from the robodawgs. One night, at about 11:30, some FIRSTers shout "HEEEEY!" like they always do, so the entire hotel was filled with people shouting "Heey!" back. The manager must've hated us. Plus there were at least 10 of those parachute guys the robodawgs gave out that got thrown from the top at some point. Those were cool.



Would you reccomend this hotel for FIRST teams next year?
Yes, it's a lot of fun to calculate the velocity of an object dropped off the 47th floor as it hits the ground. Plus, it would've been more fun with more teams. I think there were about 20, but you don't really meet up with them when you're in a 50 floor hotel.

Would you stay at the same hotel Next year?
Definantly.

And just for fun, What floor did you stay on?
30th and 31st. Sounds like a good combination, but one set of elevators went 18-30, another 31-something. So to quickly meet up with the other members of our team, we had to use the stairs. Oh well, took longer for mentors to get to you
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