Things we'd like to know when Palooza Planning
Looking ahead to the year 2025 or 2026, which will mark Cast B's 45th Anniversary, organizers would like to know your thoughts around planning a Palooza that would take place in Belgium.
Name
Would you be interested in attending a Cast B Palooza event in Belgium if it were to take place in June or July of 2025 (our 45th Anniversary as a Cast) or in 2026?
YES!
No
MAYBE (Depends on Cost)
MAYBE (Depends on Health)
MAYBE (Depends on who else is attending)
If attending a Palooza in Belgium, which reunion format would you prefer:
Single location home-based event, such as Patti-Palooza and Laura-Palooza
Multi host event, such as Kiki-Palooza in Denver with events at the homes of Inge-Lise, Kathy and Kim or the MiKenSi Palooza in Vancouver at the homes of Michael, Ken and Simon...(well, we never went to Simon's house because he lived too far from downtown)
Moving event that includes group travel by charter bus or train between familiar Belgian cities like Brussels, Oostende, Brugge, Antwerp, Huy, Charleroi, Leuven
Hotel-based event like the main UWP reunions in Tucson, Phoenix, Orlando
I don't have a preference
Given that for North Americans, a reunion in Belgium would be more expensive than the regular reunions in the USA, would you feel that the cost to travel to Brussels would be:
Something I could plan and budget for
Cost prohibitive
Too expensive to bring my "significant other" along so I would attend solo
Not a concern, because any chance to get together with Cast B Mates is priceless
If you think you would attend Belga-Palooza, would you also plan to bring your "significant other(s)" with you? Please enter the total number of Palooza participants in your anticipated party, including yourself.
If we were to plan a 3-4 day charter bus excursion with hotel overnights or group travel by train to give us the opportunity to travel together to revisit some of the best cities and towns in Belgium, what extra price (above the cost to fly to and from Brussels) per person would you be willing and able to pay to participate in a travelling Palooza?
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
Whatever it costs
Would you use Belga-Palooza as an opportunity to extend travel to see other European cities before or after the cast event?
YES, Likely
NO, Probably not
POSSIBLY
Will need to wait until closer to the Palooza to decide
Please select and rank which of these Belgian cities/towns you would most like to spend time in and see included on the cast travel excursion portion of the Palooza
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1st Choice
2nd Choice
3rd Choice
4th Choice
5th Choice
6th Choice
Brussels
Gent
Antwerp
Oostende
Brugge
Huy
Charleroi
Namur
Leuven
Namur
Vise
Virton
Knokke-Heist
If any of you have kept in touch with any of your Belgian host families, would you want to make time to see or involve any of them during this Palooza?
YES
NO
UNDECIDED
As there are a large number of Belgian alumni from other casts and years, (some of whom we would have interviewed and recommended for UWP acceptance) would you be interested in an activity that invites other UWP alumni?
YES, but limit to one central event (Brussels or Antwerp) so that it doesn't interfere too much with "our time" together
NO, I just want to see our cast members
Possibly, as airport transfer drivers, potential host families, tour guides or designated drivers (after some of us consume too much Belgian beer!)
I would be open to considering other unique ways other Alumni could participate, like arranging a flash-mob of Pays de Coeur/Hartelijik Land in the Grote Markt
As Belga-Palooza will likely require more planning and a stronger advance commitment to attend than a regular Palooza, especially if we are including the excursion component, would you be willing to lock in your attendance by paying a Palooza deposit by December 31, 2024 or if held in 2026, by December 31, 2025?
YES
NO, life is too unpredictable and I just can't commit six months in advance
If this survey reveals half the participants in favor of an excursion component and the other half is not interested, would you consider attending a hybrid Palooza where main events happen in a central location, say Brussels, before the travel excursion component begins as a Palooza Spin-Off, so you could opt out?
YES
NO, I want to do it all or nothing!
POSSIBLY, if the excursion component turns out to be too expensive.
Brenda Davis-Miraglia and her husband Frank are planning a Viva-Palooza in Las Vegas in 2024. As this will occur a year prior to Belga-Palooza, please indicate your preference(s):
I would probably attend Las Vegas only, because it will be cheaper
I would plan to DO BOTH Paloozas
I would prefer Belga-Palooza be moved to 2026 (Still our 45th Anniversary)
I don't think I would be able to attend either Palooza
Is there a question or idea we haven't asked or should be considered?
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