2012 Lonestar Regional

[Andrew Y.]

Originally Posted by sdcantrell56

Excited to play with some of our buddies from down south! Hopefully we dont suck this time.

yea...not sucking would be the goal to shoot for.

[TheMadCADer]

Originally Posted by waialua359

I wonder if our whole group will even make it?
Now Dallas gets hit by tornadoes and half our group makes landing at some other unknown place.
It's too bad we got robot parts on that flight!

Ouch, I know how it can be... FedEx-ing a Triathlon bike to Kona and trying to get it in a reasonable amount of time, all while getting used to a huge time and climate change. It's rough. I really hope your team is able to get here in time and compete to its fullest!

Edit: I guess I should probably add that I was not the one participating in this particular Hawaiian race , simply managing, coaching, and cheering. Not that I don't ever want to do it myself or anything.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by waialua359

I wonder if our whole group will even make it?
Now Dallas gets hit by tornadoes and half our group makes landing at some other unknown place.
It's too bad we got robot parts on that flight!

Are you guys in that mess? Keep us posted.

Jane

[James Tonthat]

Originally Posted by waialua359

I wonder if our whole group will even make it?
Now Dallas gets hit by tornadoes and half our group makes landing at some other unknown place.
It's too bad we got robot parts on that flight!

If you need any help uncrating, tools, etc. let us know.

Good luck!

[rwood359]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Are you guys in that mess? Keep us posted.

Jane

There are four of us spending the night in the AA Admirals Club at DFW. Two adults and two students. We were having a very very rough approach when the pilot announce that she was diverting to Love field because she could see tornadoes over DFW. They had us on a flight out tomorrow morning to Killian (sp?) then to Houston. Just got a call that the first flight is canceled. As of now they say that they MAY be able to to get 2 of us to Houston tomorrow. I was going to drive, but the lady at the Admirals Club desk said that there are no cars.
PS,
I am the CSA that Glenn volunteered.

Originally Posted by couvillion

We could pick them up on our way by!

If AA doesn't have a better answer in the morning, that may be a very appreciated option.

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by couvillion

If anyone who is coming has spare 775, please bring them. We fear that our extras are not going to get shipped in time.

We'll definitely have spare available if you need one. I know because there's 4 sitting in my car outside right now, heh. So drop by whoever's pit is closest.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by rwood359

There are four of us spending the night in the AA Admirals Club at DFW. Two adults and two students. We were having a very very rough approach when the pilot announce that she was diverting to Love field because she could see tornadoes over DFW. They had us on a flight out tomorrow morning to Killian (sp?) then to Houston. Just got a call that the first flight is canceled. As of now they say that they MAY be able to to get 2 of us to Houston tomorrow. I was going to drive, but the lady at the Admirals Club desk said that there are no cars.
PS,
I am the CSA that Glenn volunteered.

If AA doesn't have a better answer in the morning, that may be a very appreciated option.

You have luggage for 4 plus the robot parts?
We have enough teams traveling to Houston that we should be able to figure something out, if nothing else but get you guys far enough down the road to be able to get you guys a rental car.

Have you got the RD's e-mail? Send her an e-mail... maybe she could contact the Dallas RD and figure something out to help.

Jane

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by rwood359

There are four of us spending the night in the AA Admirals Club at DFW. Two adults and two students. We were having a very very rough approach when the pilot announce that she was diverting to Love field because she could see tornadoes over DFW. They had us on a flight out tomorrow morning to Killian (sp?) then to Houston. Just got a call that the first flight is canceled. As of now they say that they MAY be able to to get 2 of us to Houston tomorrow. I was going to drive, but the lady at the Admirals Club desk said that there are no cars.
PS,
I am the CSA that Glenn volunteered.

If AA doesn't have a better answer in the morning, that may be a very appreciated option.

Are you guys still stuck at Love? AA really says they can't get you any flights to Houston? I say complain to the high heavens, and if they can't come through, tell them you want your luggage so you can book a flight on Southwest to complete your trip. Southwest has flights from Love to Houston Hobby with seats available, starting at 6:15am. Yes, they're $183 tickets, which is a bit painful, but if AA wants to strand you and make you miss the regional, I say go with with a one-way Southwest ticket just to get you here.

Then write a letter to AA explaining how you had to book a flight on Southwest to get you to your destination on-time because AA wouldn't.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by rwood359

There are four of us spending the night in the AA Admirals Club at DFW. Two adults and two students. We were having a very very rough approach when the pilot announce that she was diverting to Love field because she could see tornadoes over DFW. They had us on a flight out tomorrow morning to Killian (sp?) then to Houston. Just got a call that the first flight is canceled. As of now they say that they MAY be able to to get 2 of us to Houston tomorrow. I was going to drive, but the lady at the Admirals Club desk said that there are no cars.
PS,
I am the CSA that Glenn volunteered.

If AA doesn't have a better answer in the morning, that may be a very appreciated option.

If you guys are still stuck, let me know, I have a van and no place to be till around 4pm tomorrow for field setup (I'm taking my students over after school). Dallas and back seems like a fun all night adventure to me.

This really shouldn't be problem and I am serious in my offer to drive up and get you, it wouldn't be the first time I did a trip that long booth ways in a day. And it would be cheaper than 4 southwest tickets.

[waialua359]

Thanks everyone for the help.
Randy, call me anytime if you have any updates.

Our hotel is near the airport and we can pick up whoever makes it.

The worst part of it all is none of us were supposed to go thru Dallas and we were oh so close to diverting ALL of us thru there!

[LightWaves1636]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Thanks everyone for the help.
Randy, call me anytime if you have any updates.

Our hotel is near the airport and we can pick up whoever makes it.

The worst part of it all is none of us were supposed to go thru Dallas and we were oh so close to diverting ALL of us thru there!

Another option is look into Greyhound....I think I only paid $35 to get up to Dallas when I couldn't find a ride last week for Dallas East and most of the time there are plenty of seats....

[rwood359]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Thanks everyone for the help.
Randy, call me anytime if you have any updates.

Our hotel is near the airport and we can pick up whoever makes it.

The worst part of it all is none of us were supposed to go thru Dallas and we were oh so close to diverting ALL of us thru there!

Hi Glenn,
My phone's dead and the charger is in my checked bag - not good planning.

First, thanks for all the offers of rides! After further consideration, I don't dare differ from our parent approved travel plans that much. Private car travel requires additional documents.


AA has this very frustrating policy. If you don't use one part of a ticket, they will cancel the remaining reservation. If you try to rebook it, they try to turn it into a one-way fare. I know, I got caught once without notice. I asked the Admirals Club people and they confirmed that if we drove or flew SWA, we'd lose our flight home. I called the Gold desk (Glenn makes me fly so much) and they said that they would wave that policy in this case. After listening to my sad, sad tale, she spent half an hour getting us all on a 4:20 flight out of DFW to Houston Hobby airport. Not where we want to be, but closer. We can standby on the earlier flights to Bush airport and hope, but are on the flight that arrives in Houston Hobby at 5:30 worst case. Although our bags are going to Bush first thing in the morning.



Again, thanks for all the ride offers and I look forward to seeing all the teams on Thursday.

3:30AM
The Admirals Club lady kept working the system and got us 4 seats on the flight arriving at Houston Bush airport at 1:30PM.
We'll still check standby on the earlier flights

[lynca]

I know everyone is working really hard this week, but let's remember that we are trying to change culture and impact on the city !

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[steverk]

Randy, I work just around the corner from Hobby airport and I have my 7 passenger van with me today. If you need a ride to your hotel or the convention center, I'd be happy to help you out.

[ahartnet]

Thanks for mentioning us AllenGregoryIV! We're pretty excited about this regional. This is the second regional for (I believe 24 teams) and most were in the elimination rounds at their previous competition(s). 5 regional winners by my count - and that doesn't count 118 who is likely just some bad luck away from winning at least 1 of their 2 previous regionals, if not both. It's going to be a tough crowd for sure!

After some adjustments to our shooter on Thurs, I think we should have a very competitive robot! As long as we don't have to spend 8 hours Friday trying to get the laptop to recognize the robot to reprogram it again...

So you all in the pits!