Disney Extortion!

[ReijiH]

The thing is though, the $75 fee is for people that DO NOT stay at Disney hotel, so that makes the argument about Nationals participants taking up space pretty nill. It's true that some buses and large chunk of parking rooms are taken up for the purpose of FIRST competition, but exactly how many people go to Disney World via rental cars/personal cars and take advantage of that parking space? If I remember correctly, large traffic of busses at earlier in the morning (when most of the pit crews attend the pit area) aren't used that much by ordinary tourist, and also the set-up fee for the competition itself is paid by FIRST. (This is not an accurate info, just stuff i got from word of mouth). The only thing that leaves is the cost for the after-competition team party that take place exclusively for the FIRST attendants, but again, not all teams participate in that event.
$75 may not seem like a lot of money, but there are teams participating out of not-so-financially lucky places, and those team's team members along with the team itself might not have the budget to pay those $75 per member fee. From my perspective, that $75 should be covered by Disney as a form of Disney sponcership.