How does your team travel to the championship?

[Alex Burman]

Last year I remember seeing one team, whom I can't remember, with a custom Hummer, as well as we saw another team in the airport. So I was just curious how teams from across the globe travel to the Big Dance.

This year team 75 is flying down via Air Tran in 2 groups to save money on rooms. Core group leaves Wednesday, the rest leave Thursday. Then we are taking the MARTA system to get anywhere we need to.

[Nuttyman54]

We're flying out of SFO on Wednesday and flying back on sunday.

[Pat Fairbank]

Coach bus. It's about 22 hours, including breaks, from Montreal to Atlanta.

[Manoel]

We thought of a road trip, but then figured we'd have to leave just after kickoff and build the robot on our way to make it in time. Panama gets a bit crowded that time of year, it seems.

Apparently we're flying Delta straight to Atlanta ("shorter" flight, just under ten hours plus one and a half hour flight from our hometown to the major hub) and arriving on Tuesday - before most of you guys, I believe.

Looking forward to it!

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

Although the thread was started in 2005, most of the replies seem to be 2006 .

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...anta+bus+hours

That might be a useful reference in finding info on other teams. To repeat from that thread, 461 will leave Wednesday at 1 PM and travel by bus, and then leave ATL right after closing ceremonies Saturday and travel back to Indiana.

[akshar]

121 and 1568 are sharing a coach down to atlanta from newport, ri leaving tuesday aprozimately at 6pm, the trip takes about 18-20 hrs i believe

[Pat McCarthy]

67 will be traveling down via coach bus as we have the previous two years. 14 hours with stops!

Originally Posted by Grayswandir-75

Last year I remember seeing one team, whom I can't remember, with a custom Hummer...

I believe that would be my team's Hummer, but only a few of the mentors ride down in that.
Was this it?

[Freddy Schurr]

Cool hummer!

[JackN]

The Martians usually send a group of people, it used to be a family, this year it is two mentors, really early on Wednesday morning with our trailer full of tools and all of the teams luggage. Then the rest of the team flies down that night and we meet the group with our luggage at our hotel.

[Rick TYler]

Just for fun, I went into Mapquest and did a "driving directions" from Sammamish Washington to Atlanta. It's 2,668 miles, and they estimate just about 39 hours of driving. I think if we ever go to Championships it will be by plane. Or, more to the point, even if the team goes by bus, I'm going by plane.

I still think Denver would be better...

[Freddy Schurr]

The ERVs will leave Wed, around 2:30 and arrive in Atlanta around 5:30!

Not bad, not bad at all!

[Quantum Giant]

We're riding to Atlanta on a sleeper bus (which is really nice, there are booths with tables that change into bunks)-it's about 14 hours from Austin to Atlanta. We went to nationals two years ago, and our hotel was downtown, so the bus had to be parked about a mile away from the hotel. I'm curious to see how that plays out this year.

[Jon Jack]

The Holy Cows will be departing San Diego late Tuesday, stopping in Chicago for a couple hours and then arriving in Atlanta Wednesday morning. The luggage will be loaded into a Chevy van that we're renting for the trip and the team will go to the hotel via MARTA. After resting, we'll do some sight seeing and send our advanced crew in Wednesday night.

We'll be leaving Atlanta 7:30 AM Sunday, stopping in Denver and arriving in San Diego around Noon or 1PM.

[Miss Summer]

We're from San Diego, so we're going by plane. We're leaving Tuesday to get in Wednesday and then relax until Thursday. But I'm going to have to fly home on Sunday because of AP Testing on Monday morning. >.<

I'm kind of bummed because last year a lot more from our team got to go and then we also got to take the MARTA. But we're renting vans this year to get to the Georgia Dome. I'm going to miss taking the MARTA, it's so fun, haha.

[artdutra04]

Most of Team 228 is flying out of LaGuardia on Wednesday afternoon. However, since one of the students on our team cannot fly, he is taking Amtrak from the train station in our hometown to Atlanta. Once at the airport in Atlanta, we are going to take MARTA to the hotel, as well as for general travel around the city.