Is nationals worth the money, and bother? or is TV best seat?

CoyoteChris

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OK, back to the question. Is nats worth the money? I enjoy it cause you get to see one heck of a lot of skating...as much as you can stand.....I have never gone to a skating event...even Cleveland, where I left saying, "Boy, that was a mistake".
It gets you away from winter and into the bright lights and music and dancing people...with your friends you see every year....its pretty special....special enough to budget all year and skip the smart phone, cable tv, and lattes for...but that Is me....I am still trying to figure out why I want to go to Boston for a week instead of Hawaii, which would be much cheeper!!!!! Note to USFSA...please hold Nats in Hawaii, Phoenix or Orlando soon....(and you wonder why people don't show up....St. Paul? ST PAUL?????)

 

Tonichelle

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CoyoteChris said:

Note to USFSA...please hold Nats in Hawaii, Phoenix or Orlando soon....(and you wonder why people don't show up....St. Paul? ST PAUL?????)

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If they hold Nationals in Orlando I'll be there in a heartbeat (no Hawaii for me... the volcanic compounds make me a walking boil).

Nationals IS expensive to do the whole shebang. It's why I stopped going and decided Disney was more affordable... though Disney is doing it's best to outprice itself at the moment :no:

though I don't think cold is what keeps folks away, Chris... I mean didn't they just go to San Diego not too long ago?

 

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Is Nationals worth it? Yes.

Is TV just as good? No.

 

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Tonichelle said:

The more I read about you guys already talking up Greensboro, the more I want to go! Airfare is what would kill me, though... :-/

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AA offers ANC-GSO for ~$670 Round trip year round.
Quite expensive, but at least if weather interrupts your travel, AA will protect you on later flight.

 

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I think Nats is worth the money. You'll see a lot that you don't see on TV.

Nats in MSP in the middle of winter is definitely not worth the money. Nothing to see.

 

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FlattFan said:

I think Nats is worth the money. You'll see a lot that you don't see on TV.

Nats in MSP in the middle of winter is definitely not worth the money. Nothing to see.

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I had a great time in 2008!

 

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The arena was nice..they had a real coffee stand....it was 20 below, and someone broke out a window in my car and took a $10 pair of shoes....

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I had a great time in 2008!

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bum deal! I met some great people - former skaters from way back - ate some great food at the hotel... shot a ton of pictures... spent time with some of my most fun friends... yeah... oh and I got to go to the Mall of America!