[Gary Fields]

Having been involved with FIRST since the early days, and having survived all the CMP venues, Disney is still the best experience.

One of the things that I have noticed since we left Disney is how rushed things are today. At Disney teams and FIRST staff all planned on spending at least an extra day enjoying everything that Disney has to offer. A lot of friendships were made and built upon at the pool at various Disney hotels. One of my best memories of FIRST was being at the restaurant at Disney's Wilderness Lodge and watching some FIRST Directors (Snowman & Bob) riding around the restaurant on broomstick horses, yelping like children, and waving kid's sized cowboy hats.

We all have our memories of each venue, both good and bad. But the excitement of having the CMP at Disney (IMHO) is not the same as it is today.

And I have to agree with Jessica, it needs to be warm for all us Yankee's!