[Nfbf-l] Get Ready NFBF!!! National Convention Orlandomanyyearsto come!!!

[Sherri]

Bill, I agree with you. President Clinton stayed in the Shingle Creek hotel 
when he was in Orlando, as have other dignitaries. The price of food is 
high, but International Drive with eating places in all price ranges is just 
minutes away. For some reason, my two children and I ate in the hotel quite 
a bit even though we had a car and could go to I drive any time we wanted 
to. The food was good though. Publix is also right across the street and we 
did take advantage of that as well. There are things that can be done. 
Certainly got a lot of walking in. Sorry we didn't get to meet.

Sherri

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Kociaba" <williamkociaba at comcast.net>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Get Ready NFBF!!! National Convention 
Orlandomanyyearsto come!!!


> Overall the hotel is a very impressive place.  Not really hard to get 
> around other than the lobby.  I found when the lobby was quiet my dog and 
> I did pretty well but during rush hour with a thousand kains tapping it 
> was pretty diffacult to be sure of where I was.  Very easy to get turned 
> around.  Once one is out of the lobby either in the area headed to the 
> convention center or the lower lobby its pretty clear.
> I have to put in my two cents about the comments that were made about the 
> high cost of food.  This is a very high end resort and if we were paying 
> the normal room rate I am going to guess many of us would not be staying 
> there. The food and drink pricing was very high when you are talking about 
> a place with $63.00 rooms but pretty much in line with a resort taht 
> normally would charge $150.00-$200.00++ per night.It wasn't cheap but I 
> can't complain about the quality of anything I had.  Food was good, drinks 
> were strong and the staff was as helpful as you choose to let them be.
> I would think with a group as large as the NFB there are members spread 
> all over the US and it would probably be nicer for many if it did 
> alternate between the east and west coasts.  However since I am in south 
> Fl. the likelyhood of me returning in the future is much higher with it 
> being up the road in Orlando.
>
>
> Bill Kociaba
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> Bill at Ycruise.com
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> 7600 Wiles Rd, Coral Springs, FL 33067
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Holly" <hbeanie at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 12:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Get Ready NFBF!!! National Convention Orlandomany 
> yearsto come!!!
>
>
>>I spoke to a lot of people at this convention, many were telling me, that
>> the price of the hotel and airline tickets determine if they go to the
>> convention or not.  Not so much as to where it is held. Many don't leave 
>> the
>> hotel.
>> It will all work out. Several people, this morning were asking me if the
>> conventions would be held in this hotel each year. Overall, the member 
>> ship
>> seemed to like it here. We have 2 years to look at this convention and 
>> see
>> what worked and what would have worked better before we have to do it 
>> again.
>>
>>
>> Holly
>>
>> On Jul 9, 2011 12:18 PM, "Jim Ellsworth" <jellsworth1 at tampabay.rr.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Denise,
>>
>> I was okay with the original schedule of 2011, 13, 15 and 17 and 
>> hopefully
>> going to different states in between.  We haven't been out to the Pacific
>> coast since 1996.  People really like going to new places.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jim
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Of Denise Valkema
>> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 12:03 PM
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>> yearsto come!!!
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