January Disney Showcase- Tix or no tix? U 19 players

[Anonymous]

Looking for families with previous experience with this tournament. Should we include tickets to Disney parks or not? Players might be worn out before games. U19 players too old for Disney parks? Don’t want to waste $$!

[Anonymous]

Enjoy the vacation, go to the parks

[Anonymous]

Are the list of accepted teams out yet? I checked the event website and didn't see it but maybe they've notified clubs/teams and just haven't made it public yet.

[Anonymous]

You can get Disney tickets last minute. They don’t sell out and even if you do buy tickets, they are good for a year. I recommend the four seasons or JW in orlando if you don’t want to stay on the resort. If you want to stay on the resort, I recommend staying at an Animal kingdom resort. Netjets to orl is only $25k each way for 9+ seats. This will make the trip easier and more enjoyable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can get Disney tickets last minute. They don’t sell out and even if you do buy tickets, they are good for a year. I recommend the four seasons or JW in orlando if you don’t want to stay on the resort. If you want to stay on the resort, I recommend staying at an Animal kingdom resort. Netjets to orl is only $25k each way for 9+ seats. This will make the trip easier and more enjoyable

Lol

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand why U19 players go to Disney, it’s too late for seniors to get recruited. I guess it’s fun, but the point of the tournament is to get seen by coaches.

[Anonymous]

there is a lot of down time between games, go to the parks, go to the beach.

[Anonymous]

Visiting Disney during the tournament doesn’t seem like a good idea. Disney is exhausting. If you want to visit the parks, I would stay a day or two after the tournament to do that.

[Anonymous]

A couple of helpful facts:

1. Parents are charged to watch their child pay if the team age group is over 16 for the stadium venue.

2. The park is jammed packed and the kids that did go on the day off went on 3 rides in 8 hours.

3. We went twice and stuck playing teams we had faced already a couple of times.

4. Everything is expensive.\

5. Hit the beaches and the outside park attractions. Much cheaper and better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why U19 players go to Disney, it’s too late for seniors to get recruited. I guess it’s fun, but the point of the tournament is to get seen by coaches.

It is not too late for seniors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why U19 players go to Disney, it’s too late for seniors to get recruited. I guess it’s fun, but the point of the tournament is to get seen by coaches.

It's a money grabbing event for sure. We had our U17, U18, U19s teams (pre covid/pre-MLSNext) and we were sold on this huge event, blah, blah, etc.

Not one single player got "picked" there. Sure it is fun... $2,000 bucks worth of fun!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why U19 players go to Disney, it’s too late for seniors to get recruited. I guess it’s fun, but the point of the tournament is to get seen by coaches.

It's a money grabbing event for sure. We had our U17, U18, U19s teams (pre covid/pre-MLSNext) and we were sold on this huge event, blah, blah, etc.

Not one single player got "picked" there. Sure it is fun... $2,000 bucks worth of fun!

It does not have to be too expensive, drive down, find a reasonably priced hotel. College coaches always attend the event.
Seniors need to have as many eyes on them as possible at this point.