We decided to stay @ Excalibur this time. Why? Because everyone is going to be so damned spread out with this year's show that I figured why the hell not. Didn't want to deal with all the show crowds and Expo bullshit so we stayed a couple doors down.
Hoping that Mandalay at least has some decent stopping points to be able to see folks and get some networking done. From what I remember of the layout though, it won't be as advantageous as the Venetian was. For all the bitching that was done, the Venetian became "home base" for many of us over the years - we knew where everyone would be (Circle Bar or Grand Lux) and where to go to find everything.
Oh well... hopefully the change will be good.
Not holding my breath.
