Fall Disney HOF Tournament

[artomatic]

From myh past experience entering this tournament, there is a HUGE corporate presence from Disney and ASA.
Umpires felt they were being videotaped by ASA, which in some cases they were, and most did not like it.
We had to fill out more forms than when we bought our first house.
We had to deal with snotty ticket brokers, which maybe has changed.
We had to show that damn ASA card, which was a real struggle to get so early in the season from players, at every point, almost from the time we got out of our cars in the parking lot.
We had to go through a team check in that was more involved than nationals.
Did I mention the asa card?

[Under the Radar]

We did it last year & it was not that bad at all. The players had to line up & sign a roster, which was no big deal. If you ever been to La Bonita Park everything is right there. The only tough part was having everyone register with ASA that early. Blues were good tournament was ran smooth. We did our end of Fall party at Disneyland worked out great. As to who gets the tickets I say give em to the coach.

BTW; we did go to OK Hall of Fame & it was a great time & worth all the effort. Thant being said once is enough.

[artomatic]

We did it last year & it was not that bad at all. The players had to line up & sign a roster, which was no big deal. If you ever been to La Bonita Park everything is right there. The only tough part was having everyone register with ASA that early. Blues were good tournament was ran smooth. We did our end of Fall party at Disneyland worked out great. As to who gets the tickets I say give em to the coach.

We entered in the 14's in the fall of 2008.
So hopefully they have made adjustments from the complaints and improved the experience.

[jefe]

Challenge another team signed up HTH for thier tickets (the weekend before in a "friendly") so one has a block of 12..... Tell the girls and see how that goes on the field, as a "friendly".

[PDad]

Good point.....BUT.....They know that you will be FORCED to buy tickets for not only the remaining 6 or 7 or 8 kids on your team that will be broken-hearted at the thought of not seeing Pluto.....Plus the coaches and possibly 1 or 2 parents....Now, we're talking an additional $800 to $1,000 including the $800 you already spent just to get in.....Just a lot of $$$....I'm sure the teams will be great and all that is good BUT nearly $2,000 for a Winter tournament with a trip to see Mickey and Pluto is a lot of $$...

It's better than previous years when they FORCED teams to buy tickets for EVERY PLAYER AND COACH that didn't prove they already had a season pass.

As discussed last year, the Disney qualifier is really good for SoCal teams that are interested in playing HOF because you have a chance to get a berth 8 months in advance instead of just 3 weeks. Also, the regular qualifier for HOF may not be local (e.g. Las Vegas), in which case the Disney tickets are cheaper than traveling to qualify.

[twinsmom]

I have a question. We are looking to go next year and called regarding this touranment. I was told that we had to purchase for each player a $330 "pass". This included hotel rooms (4 to a room) in the Sports complex as well as a 2 day pass to Disney (one park each day). Am I being told wrong? We figured $4000 total for the girls to include the hotel rooms etc? We didn't think that was a bad deal. Granted, we have to get there, but since most families make a "mini-vacation" out of it, that was no big issue. Please tell me if we have been told incorrectly.......

[access2]

Don't all of us in south cal have disney passes already?

I hope that they do not have expiration dates or stamped as "non-transferrable" or something.

I'd raffle two tickets in next fundraiser.

The rest, I'd donate them to the schools and programs serving the homeless children living in the hotels and shelters across the street from disney.

Just sayin'-

[PDad]

Don't all of us in south cal have disney passes already?

I hope that they do not have expiration dates or stamped as "non-transferrable" or something.

I'd raffle two tickets in next fundraiser.

The rest, I'd donate them to the schools and programs serving the homeless children living in the hotels and shelters across the street from disney.

Just sayin'-

When they did this in the past the tickets had to be used by early December, or some time around there, I believe

That was the case 2 years ago when we played in it. The tickets were transferrable because some moms used tickets we had to buy for coaches.

Some of the kids had passes, so we had to buy 8-10 tickets for 13 players and 3-4 coaches.

[PDad]

I have a question. We are looking to go next year and called regarding this touranment. I was told that we had to purchase for each player a $330 "pass". This included hotel rooms (4 to a room) in the Sports complex as well as a 2 day pass to Disney (one park each day). Am I being told wrong? We figured $4000 total for the girls to include the hotel rooms etc? We didn't think that was a bad deal. Granted, we have to get there, but since most families make a "mini-vacation" out of it, that was no big issue. Please tell me if we have been told incorrectly.......

Most of the people posting on this thread live local to the Pacific Citrus Classic in SoCal. Its entry fee is higher, $795 vs $425, because it includes 6 tickets to Disneyland. Only teams from out of the area are required to purchase the participant travel package for its players and coaches.

The Atlantic Citrus Classic in Florida looks like it is very different since everything is within the Disney Resort. Whether it is a good deal or not depends on the total cost for each family after adding in the spectator packages and how much you will be able to use the Disney passes while playing a tournament.

[twinsmom]

Thank you. That helps. We were thinking about the one in Florida, not realizing that there was one in California too.