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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley
Talk about a throwback!
There was definitely a magical appeal to having the champs at Disney. However, they feel much more professional now, and I think the venue has a lot to do with it.
Thanks for posting it!
-Brando
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I hope you do not mean to imply that Disney was a Mickey Mouse operation.
The logistics for the Championship were quite challenging and they always did that well.
I agree that the move away from Disney has been a good thing overall. While the Disney organization did a good job and are quite technically competent in what they do, they do not have the image of serious business. I think it was the year before last that ASME had their big convention at Disney. But if you didn't know that the resort was a Disney property you would not have been able to figure it out from the ASME literature. There was a reason for that. Similarly another professional organization I was associated with had their lowest turnout in years when they held their big conference in Reno, NV.