Wow! You know how sometimes an idea just doesn’t work out the way you think it will? Well, consider me out-played.
I was planning to take today off and let you guys vote to your heart’s content, and I still could, but I don’t know that it would do any good. It’s just a simple fact. I mis-fired on the execution of this one. My idea to allow unlimited voting has ended up in, what I will call, a melt-down.
Ladies and gentlemen, winning the category of “WDW deluxe resort who gets the most support in an unlimited voting poll” is Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa.
So, yesterday, I said things like, “Call it an experiment,” and “… we’ll probably have to toy with the process.” Yeah. I’m glad I used the word “experiment”. And, toy with the process? Uh, how about back to the drawing board, Bob?
I totally respect the fact that Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa is a fine Walt Disney World deluxe resort option. I’m very impressed with its epic vote total. I even admire the fact that one of our family of readers loves it so much that they packed the ballot box full. Geez, I think the All in WDW super-computer overheated as it counted all the votes!
I also know that I created the playing field. Hey, I was the knucklehead that said, “Vote as much as you like”. The rules were followed. The rule-maker, however, should be banished to Universal Studios.
So, if we aimed for a Top 10, we got one. In the free-for-all forum I created yesterday, our Top 10 deluxe resorts are:
- Saratoga Springs
- Polynesian
- BoardWalk Villas
- Beach Club Villas
- Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani
- BoardWalk Inn
- Animal Kingdom Lodge
- Old Key West
- Yacht Club
- Beach Club
Now, I have had all day and night to think about this long and hard. How can we recover from my folly?
Well, first, as promised, I “crown” Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa as the All in WDW Favorite Deluxe Resort. Honestly, I can’t bear to call it “Readers’ Favorite” because I don’t think that it really is. I do, however, think that it is a reader’s favorite.
Quick! Push the button!
Having acknowledged this, I have decided to “reboot” the process. I am going to take us back to basics and stop messing around with things that aren’t broken. Foolishly, I started us down a poorly-lit path, and now I’m going to return to the tournament-style process that we all know works very well. This is the same way we did it a year ago. It’s the same way I should have started it yesterday.
There are six (6) groups below. Vote for one (1) in each group. The Top 2 in each group move on to the second round. Jump in and vote!
Oh, thanks for having my back, my friends! I don’t want to go to Universal! Please don’t make me! Please VOTE!
