It was like the good old timesonly more so. Florida's hotel operators, who have been doing a lot of wall-to-wall wailing in recent seasons (too many rooms, not enough people), suddenly found they were swamped with customers.
At Miami Beach's Roney Plaza, overflow customers were checked into beachside cabanas. Said the Roney Plaza's general manager, Jack Mitchell: "The nearest toilets are halfway down the promenade, so we've equipped each cabana with other arrangements. We're calling it 'The Cot 'n Pot Club.'" The Fontainebleau was embarrassedly forced to house Peace Corpsman Sargent Shriver...
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