Look at FIRST’s event listing page…
http://www.usfirst.org/frc/public/FMPro?-db=team%20events.fp5&-lay=web&-format=event_stats.htm&-findany
Enough said…
holy cow, i did hear last night from a very reliable source that Disney was raising the prices of the already rediculious packages that they try to make every team purchase. maybe FIRST has finally decided to dump disney and go with a more financially suitable venue. i think this is could be a positive. we’ll just have to wait and see.
Okay, okay, I’ll spill the beans.
The championshps are being held in my barn as soon as certain Members of teams 151 and 237 get up here and take out all of the old tools and metal junk they want.
Accomodation will be B.Y.O.T. (Bring your own tent). Teams will be assigned camping areas devided evenly over the ten acre wooded area.
Please! no defecating in the stream!
Oh yeah, bring lots of bug repellant.
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The championshps are being held in my barn as soon as certain Members of teams 151 and 237 get up here and take out all of the old tools and metal junk they want.**
I would but I have no idea how to get to your barn. PM your Address to me and then I’ll be there with a huge trailer and take it all away.
Eeep! Could it really be the end of the FIRST/Epcot love affair? Dare we hope…? Not like it matters to me. Only way i’ll end up at nats this year is if they decide to have them at Disneyland instead.
Nate,
Thanks for that update… to bad it’s not good news. As a team that has to travel across the nation to get to Florida we were hoping for a date today, not a possible relocation, so we could make travel arrangements.
With offical sign ups for your 1st regional and the championship event starting Tuesday (thats four days from now)hopefully it will be resolved soon.
Its hard to get the school district to approve taking students to an undisclosed location, at a undecided date.
Will be watching all weekend for updates…
…they put the nyc regional back same weekend as the long island…why, why…
at least FIRST still has the championship listed as being in the USA…thats a good sign 
*Originally posted by Clark Gilbert *
**at least FIRST still has the championship listed as being in the USA…thats a good sign
Well, that eliminates Dean’s island, then.
*Originally posted by Miss Tree *
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Please! no defecating in the stream!**
Ewwwwwww.
Maybe they’re moving us to the Magic Kingdom? 
I’d be really surprised if things with Disney went south (rimshot?), but it’s not outside the realm of possibility. Is Greg Hale working between Disney and FIRST still, or was he ‘promoted’ out of that position?
In the end, though, I think losing Disney wouldn’t be a very good thing for FIRST, at all, ever. Yes, I’m biased, but that’s not why I’m saying that.
I hope things get worked out. If they want to raise the prices of the package, that’s okay, I guess, but maybe they can make other provisions that’ll allow for flexibility in team travel arrangements.
Holy cow, thats crazy. I hope they find some other place to do it which is just as entertaining though. Although it being held in some isolated place would eliminate the motivation for students to work just for the trip, it just wouldn’t be fun. Aside from that, where could it possibly be held? I’m at a loss for ideas besides Disney Land. I mean, theres really no place else in the us that could be equivalent to Disney World. It’s Disney World!
@!#@!#@!#@!#…If they’re going to raise the price of the package that really sucks for us with budget cuts and all…
Mabye in Miami? There is no city…or state for that matter! Mabye it will be in Michigan!! YEA!..
I gotta stop dreaming…:rolleyes:
*Originally posted by Michael Krass *
**Ewwwwwww.
Maybe they’re moving us to the Magic Kingdom?
I’d be really surprised if things with Disney went south (rimshot?), but it’s not outside the realm of possibility. Is Greg Hale working between Disney and FIRST still, or was he ‘promoted’ out of that position?
In the end, though, I think losing Disney wouldn’t be a very good thing for FIRST, at all, ever. Yes, I’m biased, but that’s not why I’m saying that.
I hope things get worked out. If they want to raise the prices of the package, that’s okay, I guess, but maybe they can make other provisions that’ll allow for flexibility in team travel arrangements. **
The Magic Kingdom? They’re having it at Dean’s house?
maybe they are gonna move it to disney in ca, that would be pretty cool
*Originally posted by Nataku *
**maybe they are gonna move it to disney in ca, that would be pretty cool **
Ive been told multiple times that Disneyland in California does not have the capacity to hold that many people and they dont have a venue that was as good as epcot…
Time to revive the alternate championship location thread??
In the middle of Arizona desert. With scorpions. Mmmmm, scorpions.
I for one truly want the championship moved elsewhere. This really had to be a no-brainer for FIRST, since as costs of attending the national increase, the number of teams that can attend decrease. That simple fact stands against FIRST’s mission to reach all students. While you could argue that a team can attend just a regional, I think all teams should have the opportunity to participate in the excitement of the national.
That being said, where could this year’s championship wind up. The way i see it, there’s two requirements, a giant empty parking lot and a lot of hotels nearby. The latter of the two requirements lead me to believe it would have to be in a major city. While I’d love to have a hometown national in NYC, having an outdoor field here would be tough, since April can still be a little chilly here. But I have this strange feeling we might end up in Washington DC. Theres a lot more media centered in DC, then in the swampland of FL, so I think media coverage would be greater, which seems to be a big concern to FIRST in all their writings as of late.
Now’s the time for FIRST to say goodbye
To all our company
M-I-C - See ya never again!
K-E-Y - Why? Because you’re so expensive!
M-O-U-S-E!!
-Mike 375
Its funny you should mention DC as this was my first thought when seeing the ‘Orlando’ location removed from the website. I’m ready for a change… Can’t wait to see the Smithsonian…
*Originally posted by D.J. Fluck *
**Ive been told multiple times that Disneyland in California does not have the capacity to hold that many people and they dont have a venue that was as good as epcot…
Time to revive the alternate championship location thread?? **
Disneyland does not have any room at all. DJ’s right.
Disneyland’s former parking lot is now Disney’s California Adventure, The Grand Californian Hotel, and and Downtown Disney. Parking is handled by several smaller satellite lots and a large “Mickey & Friends” parking structure.
However, the Anaheim Convention Center is across the street.
Again, I’ll restate that I strongly believe that moving the Championship Event to any generic city, arena, or site will be severely detrimental to FIRST’s ‘mission’.
To involve as many students as possible, and especially as FIRST continues to grow, the organization needs as much exposure and support as possible. The scope of this isn’t entirely evident to most everyone I’ve ever spoken to, and I’d anticipate that to be the case throughout the rest of the population. You can throw around numbers all you’d like, but there’s very, very little that paints a clear picture of the true scope of the competition.
When you say, however, that FIRST is the largest event housed at Walt Disney World, you send that message loud and clear. Everybody knows where Walt Disney World is, everyone knows what it looks like, and everyone knows of the reputation (albeit faltering) for high quality, family-oriented entertainment and programming.
When you say that 450 teams from high schools across the nation (or world, for that matter), gather at RFK Stadium for a Championship event, it doesn’t hold the same impact. Silverdome what? The Phoenix Convention center? Woop-dee-doo. There aren’t many names that you can drop that are bigger than Walt Disney World.
Name alone is good. I had a chance to go to DL and let me tell you that 10,000 kids there would mean utter gridlock. All of Disneyland Resort can fit neatly on the MK, Contempoaray, and the Seven Seas Lagoon.