So far 24 people have voted and half of those people (12) prefer Winter Park, with second place going to Kissimmee and Orlando with 5 votes each. I think WPK should be declared the "winner" for the location.
With regard to the month preference, January came in first with 10 votes and October came in a distant second with 3 votes. (apparently not everyone who voted, selected a month preference). I think January should be declared the "winner" for the month of the mini gathering.
The results are too close to call with regard to whether participants prefer lunch only, lunch and dinner, or lunch, dinner and overnight. I think we can plan something for group lunch and if enough people are interested (if they are spending the night in the area), we can plan a group dinner. If anyone else has a different suggestion, please post it.
It looks like more people prefer weekends to weekdays and no one prefers Sunday. I think we should plan on having lunch and maybe dinner on a Saturday in January in Winter Park.
Below are the Saturdays in January:
January 7th (weekend of the Disney marathon - hotels in the tourist area will be crowded - I do not know about WPK)
January 14th (3 day weekend for Martin Luther King Day celebrated on Monday 1/16 - trains might be crowded or at a higher bucket - or maybe more people will attend from other parts of the country if they are taking a long weekend
)
January 21st
January 28th
I checked the AGR blackout dates for January. The only blackout date is January 2nd.
I went on-line to try to determine if any other events will occur in Orlando during January and could not find anything other than a football game on New Year's Day and the Disney Marathon.
According to weather.com, January is our coldest month, with our average high of 72 and average low of 50 (frankly, that sounds perfect to me, although I have been in Orlando when it has been in the 20's
). By way of comparison, I checked the January average temperatures for Kingston, Rhode Island - average high 38 and average low 19 (also their coldest month of the year). I cannot understand why ANYONE would endure those temperatures. :lol: :lol:
Of the 24 people that responded, 8 stated that they would attend if the date is convenient; with 4 voting probably and 4 voting maybe. (according to my calculator, that only adds up to 16 - maybe some votes were "lost" - Florida does not have a good reputation with regard to voting issues).
Those of you who are interested in attending or may be interested in attending, please post with your date preference. If you do not want to post, please PM me with your preference.
Thank you for your responses.
