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Re: Nationals at Disney - Positives

Posted by Lewis Sussman.

Coach on team #95, Lebanon Robotics Team, from Lebanon, NH, Hanover, NH & Hartford, VT and CRREL & CREARE.

Posted on 4/19/2000 6:52 AM MST


In Reply to: Nationals at Disney - Positives posted by Andy Baker on 4/18/2000 11:12 PM MST:



As a first timer at the Nationals, I'll give you my impressions. Whatever else you might say about Disney, NOBODY manages the logistics of large crowds of people better than they do. I doubt you will find a better venue for such an event anywhere else. For example, at the wrap party, despite the fact that something like fourteen thousand people descended on Epcot en mass, I was eating chicken and drinking lemonade less than fifteen minutes after walking through the gates. This was much better service than any restauraunt in Orlando I had eaten in. Amazing. Aside from the fine logistics, I see nothing wrong in having Disney's (and Florida's) glamour associated with the Nationals as an added incentive for kids to get involved. Every time I told someone about it, teen or adult, the reaction was 'wow, what a great idea, and it's wonderful that anyone can get to go!' As far as the expense is concerned, unless you can drive, the cost is about the same no matter where you go. It cost us the same to stay in New Brunswick as it did to stay in Orlando, off site, except for transportation, which would be the same anywhere. Airfare to Florida tends to be cheaper than most other places in the US because of the high traffic. It would cost us more, probably, to go to Atlanta. The weather is definitely a pleasant addition, not to be underestimated, especially for those of us from the far North, facing another month of miserable weather in April. The only changes I'd like to see at the competition itself would be more reasonably priced drinks (2.50 for a cup of frozen soda half of which is CO2 seems excessive), and perhaps more seating at the smaller arenas.


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