[nabs-l] A Few Convention Questions

[Diane]

My reservations are from July 1-11 with the convention rate, as I have a 
very ill cousin in Miami.
Your reservations can always be changed!
Diane
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerri Kosten" <kerrik2006 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 10:15 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] A Few Convention Questions


> Hi All!
>
> I have a couple of questions about national convention this summer in 
> Orlando.
>
> I was originally planning to room with a friend and her mother, and
> was only going to stay from July 2 to the 9th.
>
> However, after speaking with a few people from my state, it seems like
> a lot of people are either meeting up with family either after or
> before convention or just staying with friends and such for an extra
> vacation after convention.
>
> I would kind of like to stay a few extra days to go to Disney and
> such. Are most of you just staying the week of convention or are you
> staying extra?
>
> If I don't end up finding a group or my family members who live in
> Florida to stay with, is there enough to do at the various parks that
> I could enjoy them by myself?
>
> If I am planning to stay extra, do I need to reserve and make my plans
> ASAP? I know rooms for the convention week are going very fast and
> have to be reserved ASAP but if I want to try to plan to stay extra
> what is my time frame? Is it the same as convention week?
>
> I know my friend and her mother are not staying extra so I assume I'd
> have to reserve my own room if I want to stay extra.
>
> I hope it's okay that I ask these questions;like I said I was going to
> just stay the week but it seems a lot of other people are staying
> extra and I don't have any urgent reason I would have to be back for
> so thought I'd get a feel for my options and see what others on this
> list are planning to do.
>
> I've never been to Disney, or Orlando for that matter so want to try
> to enjoy it if I can and I know that I will be too busy during
> convention week to do anything else besides just convention things.
>
> Thanks,
> Kerri
>
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