Cost of attending wrap party

[KevinB]

If the cost was less than $90, there'd be no incentive to use the THS-provided hotels.

[meaubry]

Mike,
I believe that Dave is right about the extensive services required to pull off an event as large as this wrap party. The wrap parties at Disney sort of hid the services, as they were already in place. Those type of businesses are already capable of dealing with a crowd larger than the wrap party every day. We often only see the stuff that we want to see - remember, to others the wrap party is much, much more than what you described.
I agree that FIRST could have been clearer as to what you get for the $90/person. Does this implies that the teams using THS have $90 of the package price/person going towards the wrap party? I know that if I were heading a team on a shoestring budget I would be tempted to go "offsite", but now with the $90/person wrap party it might swing my planning make to using THS (if going to wrap party was a team agreed MUST do event) Just my thoughts for what they are worth

[Mike Martus]

I am hearing from many teams that they are on a very tight budget. Teams that are trying to figure out how to get to Atlanta now that they are going. The cost of the THS packages in some respects are reasonable ( compared to Epcot and on par as compared to Houston ). At the regional level the prices and services are quite good.

Each team will have to choose, and Yes teams did ask for the information to plan fundraising. What still needs to be clarified is what the event will actually be like. This will lead to an informed decision, however timing is tough at this point for teams.

There is tremendous overhead at any event of this scale to be sure, especially if the event is not part of an already structure ( Six Flags or Epcot ) that is set up for the most part as their normal public operation.

Some tough decision will need to be made by teams.