Houston or EPCOT?

[gumby]

Epcot for sure... I only went to Epcot once, but last years competition was much more fun for my team and I. I think that while Reliant Stadium was a good place given the time frame that FIRST had to deal with, it was not the best place to have the competition. It's just too big. I remember last years playoff rounds were so intense, with all the teams inside the tents, and everyone packed together. The atmosphere was amazing. Reliant Stadium was too cavernous, and the noise just wasn't the same. I know for a fact that it wasn't the teams or anything, because the Canadian Regional was just as good for atmosphere as Florida was last year. There also MUST be a better way to deal with the robots than this years set up. We ended up having to rotate pushers because the guys who were doing it in the morning were so exhausted by the afternoon, and the golf carts were deemed a "safety hazard" (how is a controllable golf cart better than a bunch to people running pushing their robot??).

On top of the venue issues, the setup for entertainment was better at Disney. Six Flags wasn't open for much of the competition, which left a lot of people bored on Wednesday and Thursday, and once it was open, the lines were so long that it was almost pointless.

So, Houston did a decent job with what they had, but I think that the Disney setup was better, and more fun.