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Why Boston Moved to Orlando

We're Boston for Orlando in 2001, and we're bidding to hold the 2001 Worldcon in a beautiful and convenient facility in Orlando, Florida: the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resorts. You've known us as Noreascon this and that, and as Boston in 2001, the folks with the starry vests, but that was before Boston's hotel industry priced us out of our favorite city in the world.

We believe that fandom deserves the best possible choice, and we've found it in Orlando, with facilities and location as good as Boston's. Orlando and other Florida fans are enthusiastic about having another Worldcon in their back yard, and they had two great possible sites: one, the site of MagiCon in 1992; the other, a site on the grounds of Disney World.

We asked our supporters where they'd like to be in 2001. Hundreds of our friends and supporters overwhelmingly chose the Dolphin (a Sheraton) and the Swan (a Westin). Their facilities offer all the space of an impersonal convention center plus the comforts of a hotel: carpeted exhibit halls, comfortable meeting rooms, professional media technology, and more.

Because it's in Disney World, there are special features for children, many dining options (17 choices just in the two hotels!), discounts to the parks, free transportation within Disney World, and completely free entry and parking on site.

At $119 single/double and $129 triple/quad, our hotels are affordable, convenient, and will allow the Worldcon to be completely situated in two adjacent hotels. Add to this inexpensive and frequent flights to Orlando, a large and low-priced rental car fleet, and budget-priced hotels on and off of Disney property, and this would be one of the most economical Worldcons in years.

The cheapest option in the city of Boston in 2001 would have cost fans more than $190 a night in 2001. The great facilities that we used for the Worldcons in 1980 and 1989 would be higher than that (over $200 for rooms, with catering guarantees of more than $150,000). We tried every option to would allow us to hold another excellent Boston Worldcon—but fandom can't afford our city for a while.

We can afford Orlando, and we believe we can offer fandom an incredible Worldcon in a fabulous location near Cape Canaveral, the Everglades, theme parks and other vacation highlights.

You can learn more about our bid on our web site (http://www.mcfi.org) or by writing us at MCFI/Orlando in 2001, Box 1010, Framingham, MA 01701-1010 or info@mcfi.org. Every Worldcon needs a bit of magic!