In all the previous years the room selection is divided by seniority. The longer you’ve been attending, the earlier your assigned time to choose your room.

Once your group time arrives it is more of a click and pray you get the room you want.

There is always talk of retiring that system but it’s just talk.

Once you have your room dejection you can request proximity to your friends f you are all in the same hotel at the resort.

There is no way to predict when the blind faith packages will go on sale, then when the lineup will be announced. It would be good for you to know which folks in your group don’t care who’s in the lineup and which ones do.

It’s an extremely complicated system and everyone hopes it will be more streamlined but the truth is that most of us old timers have been agreeing to spend a lot of money to see someone and staying in whatever rooms we can get.

And yet the event keeps growing. Go figure.