Disney Extortion!

[Perseus]

[quote]If a team is not staying at the Disney hotels and not buying park passes, the $75 per person is a bargain. How much does it cost to build the stadiums, pit tents, etc? How much does it cost to run the busses that all teams use? How much does it cost to put on the show at the closing ceremony and do the 'wrap party'? I don't know the answer, but it is plenty. This cost of the competition site is subsidized by the hotel/park pass/meal ticket packages, and it's only fair that teams who don't buy the packages should pay their share of the cost.[quote]


i know his is probably repeating someone else but this is in response to Kit. FIRST pays Disney to rent out EPCOT and also to pitch up the tents. Parking is also paid for, s Disney is competely compensated. do not think of them as some poor company that is just trying to make ends meet. They are a multi national, multi million dollar company that proabably makes a crap load without teh $75/person(or else they wouldnt let FIRST keep having the competition.). Disney is just trying to exploit more money out of FIRST and the teams because it knows the teams will pay.


Although my team is burdened by this, i am sure for some smaller, less sponsered teams, this 75 dollars a day is a killer. Trying to come up with the other fees must be near impossible and then to habe to pay 75 dollars a day or 400 a day to stay at a Disney hotel is outrageous