Jane,
Welcome to you and the "new" VRC 418. Having Rick's crew port over to a single number will better able event folks to target, errrrr "assist" his teams
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As for the packages, they're pretty exciting to me for sure. When I learned a few weeks ago that this event was a possibility, I immediately thought of my first two years in FIRST with FRC103. I was in Disney with them in 01 and 02 ... great times indeed.
The way our team runs, we won't be able to plan for it this year, but now that we know the All-Star Challenge exists in the fall, I'm sure 1712 will have discussions early in the school year about planning for fall 2010.
If you've never been a part of a Disney/robotics competition experience I'd encourage you all to give it a go. Even if you don't currently have a VRC team, the entrance fees, etc are very affordable, this year's game is already out with lots of design ideas, and an active Q&A over on the VEX Forum already. From what I hear though, you may need to act fairly soon for 2009.