May I make a suggestion so that all players are on the same page. This was a float competition. For all who tried to build a float, many found how hard it was to build in such a small space. When you make a contest, please let people know what you want them to build. There is much confusion now, as we can see some rooms won that to the normal definition of what a float should be, are not a float. This confusion need not be if you are up front at the beginning of the competition that a float is a float. Or a float is anything that floats, etc.
Also what you look at in a room. Like how is it designed, are the parts clean and neat, colourful, use of unique objects, new idea, type of room, how complicated, was they a ride or other sepcial feature, effort and time, were new items used from this year, it is what you asked for. for example holiday, theme Float, etc. Yes some of those rooms are beautiful but to most of the players they are not a float. Why tell people to build a float and it no be the case. Did you go with anything with water too?
Please really work on communicating with the players. Then when the contest is over there is less confusion and upset. Each competition I see less and less good builders building because they just give up. Also, having staff vote anonymous is not a good thing either. Why? Because we all know that much of the staff are friends. How can you as a group tell if something does not look right and hold each other accountable. We do not need to know what staff voted for each float. That would be wrong. But you as the leadership of the game need to hold each person to integrity and transparency. If you loose this the game has no hope.