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Unread 13-10-2002, 18:39
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Disney is having Grad Night the last weekend in April and the first 2 weekends in May...that could be part of the problem with getting the championship booked.
Cool! What's Grad Night? For Seniors? Is it open to all seniors, or is it a special event?
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Basically Grad Night is when seniors go to the parks and have a big party. There are performances, thats probably why who ever that was who performed at closing cerimoines was(the name slips my mind) was there performing. Supposedly its like our parties but much crazier. Im pretty sure any senior can go but has to with a school, because i know that they have them over a certain number of weeks and schools go at different times. Our school goes to them and it was after AP tests they went i think. Im ready to go this year as long as it doesnt interfere with any of my things.
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There are many many wild seniors running around late at night. Many CM's HATE doing this shift and many schools have been banned from this event.

One such case is some jerks throwing Mickey, costum and all, into the Rivers of America. He almost drowned.

Also, Mandy Moore has a good contract with Disney and was probably shooting something in one of the MGM soundstages or soemthing and was here durring FIRST.
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logically? it has to be at epcot. disney california and universal florida do not have the hotel facilities to accommodate 16-20k students. the problem is that the last weekend in april and first weekend in may are booked to a dental conference. (my wife is a dental hygienist, so i know this, first hand) don't panic. disney will come through, even if it is the middle of april and only a week after some of the regionals.
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A dental conference in DISNEY? that is odd.
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dentists are wonderful people (with an abnormal suicide rate), though I wonder if any of them have built robots


/me is getting his root canal started today
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A dental conference in DISNEY? that is odd.
It actually isn't that odd. Conferences are scheduled year round at Disney. Last year there was actually a Solidworks Users Group conference scheduled to be at the Coronado in Disney the week after we left the place for Nats.
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logically? it has to be at epcot. disney california and universal florida do not have the hotel facilities to accommodate 16-20k students. the problem is that the last weekend in april and first weekend in may are booked to a dental conference. (my wife is a dental hygienist, so i know this, first hand) don't panic. disney will come through, even if it is the middle of april and only a week after some of the regionals.
Not necessarily. There are many other places that *could* hold the amount of people that Epcot does. Really, no one knows (or at least no one is saying!) where Nationals will be. We're just going to have to trust FIRST on this one.

Again, if Nationals is held in mid-April or a week after a the last of the regionals, teams competing at those regionals who qualify for Nationals will face horrible air-fare rates and have a hard time getting hotel reservations. There are a million arguements we can throw out here as to why or why not Nationals should be held at Disney but ...

We're just going to have to wait and see

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You know what, I just thoght of something.... What if Epcot is good to go but it's just the dates that they are deciding on. Isn't there the fomalized testing factor during April???? Maybe FIRST finally got the hint to try to schedule the Competition around those tests. As for the venue area not being filled in, maybe they just want to make sure they have all the information before they write anything in.. All or nothing I say!!

Bottom Line, Don't fret, cause "It's all good" We shall overcome changes, we are an adaptable breed!! We build robots in 6 weeks for gods sake, if we can overcome changes in design at the drop of a hat, we can overcome a change in a venue.

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Does anyone know if the change in place could be related to the conflict with AP exams? Also, any clues as to what they'll do if they get as hideous a date as they had before (the weekend before the start of APs)?
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my opinion is that it all has to do with money. disney was gonna raise the prices again so FIRST decided to pull out because the cant afford it. and as we already know FIRST has a budget chrisis right now and this is part of it.
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my opinion is that it all has to do with money. disney was gonna raise the prices again so FIRST decided to pull out because the cant afford it. and as we already know FIRST has a budget chrisis right now and this is part of it.
That was my opinion too all the time. Disney is probably relaying to FIRST that they cannot host this event without either serious cutbacks, or asking an insane amount ($200+) for everyone. I'm sure that Disney is not pleased with this situation either, because they have had a long standing relationship with FIRST.

I'm sure that FIRST has a plan B, an alternative location just in-case they cannot reach a settlement with Disney. Personally I think FIRST should look for a place where the economy is really in dire need for tourism. For example, (THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE) the Macworld conference was moved from New York to Boston because New York just becoming too expensive. Boston welcomed the conference with open arms, and offered special discounts with low hotel fairs, access to their best and newest facilities, and other perks. Especially with the economy in this uncertain stage, I believe that this is best possibility for nationals.

Florida is cool, and it is good motivating factor to get new students, but if Disney can’t do it, I am not going to cry over it.
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Actually with Boston teams might be able to go and do demos at the Science museum or maybe even figure out some way to hold the event there. That would be neat.
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Greetings Teams:

Please be reminded that as of today October 17th, FIRST is still actively engaged in the final site selection, timing and negotiation of the 2003 Robotics Championship.

We apologize for the unforseeable delay and we will keep you informed as planning progresses. We strongly recommend against making travel arrangements until FIRST has finalized a location and dates for the Championship.

Thank you.

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sounds like FIRST is still trying to narrow down the choices for the site let alone a date
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I wonder...

OK here's my theory,

Disney is too expensive so FIRST looked for an alternative venue.
In the interest in getting maximum exposure from "important people" they decided to move it to Washington D.C.
But, now with the sniper situation, even though as of this morning it looks like it's over, they seriously reconsidered and/or are reconsidering Washington D.C.

Of course this is only a theory now.
What do you think??
Make sense??
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