Will nationals ever be back in Disney?

[Kit Gerhart]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

Epcot was horrible for nationals. the Field is outside. the turf got wet, the ac Couldn't handle the amount of people in the pits. not to mention Disney has complete control over that area It's not the kind of place made for high school students to hang out Houston was Kay except the air tasted like gasoline. ATL Is The Shiz!!! everything is there and its an awesome stadium and the pits are in the perfect place. for drivers and coaches its a nice underground walk to the Fields. and the omni is the most awesome place to hang. no shortness of things to do in ATL.

Epcot was not the best place for watching matches, but the atmosphere was fantastic. OK, it was sometimes hot at the outside stadium and too cold in the pit tents early in the morning. The fact remains, though, that if you stay at an on-site hotel, Disney is the best place in the world to turn 15,000 teenagers free to safely have fun and not get into trouble, and it wasn't THAT bad for the competition itself. I went to six Championships at Epcot, and, to use Disney terminology, it was magic, really.

For watching matches, Atlanta, and even Houston are better, unless you want to get from the pits to the playing field. In that case, Atlanta is not good. For the drive teams, it is an easy walk back and forth, but the drive teams make up fewer than 10% of the people at the event. Also, the "food nazi" situation where you can't take food bought at the pits into the arena is crazy. In most ways, though, Atlanta works well for the competition itself, and the "wrap party" was a lot of fun.

From what I've said, it is obvious that I liked Disney for the Championship, but as others have said, it is not likely to return there, at least with the very expensive and less-than-optimum temporary facilities. Still, to me at least, it was fun while it was there.