I went past the hotel from last year and found it is indeed a Days Inn. \\; Good news is that the manager from last year is still the manager of the hotel this year. Allison Mellinger is her name and she is on duty Mon thru Fri only so she was not there for me to speak to today (Sat). \\; Her phone is 352-236-2575. I spoke to the folks there today and they said the entire hotel is well underway at being refurbished. \\; The hotel is being painted inside and out. New carpets were going down and ALL of the beds in the hotel have already been replaced with new ones. \\; Just a little first hand FYI.
That's good news Barry, Thanks. Since we there has been no additional input this last week that out votes Nov. 7th - Nov. 9th dates I say we cast it in stone.
I had planed to update the OP at the top with the info. as things developed but, as usual lately, the forum problems screwed my plans and wont let me update my original post.