Florida Meetup Scheduled !

Hi all. I"ve finally broken down and decided to schedule a Florida meetup for SL. Of course, because I live near Orlando, Central Florida will be highly represented amongst Floridians. I think Friday, October 27th would be a good date, giving everyone about 60 days to plan and decide. Orlando has many hotel rooms, so lodging is not really an issue here. They come in all price ranges also.

Before I schedule meeting space, I need semi-firm RSVP's. Obviously, if 100 or more are showing up, I need a large hall, as opposed to maybe 20. Shoot those RSVP's to me ASAP in game. If I need a large hall, I may need deposit money to secure it. At any rate, the date is set, let's get planning

Steve Mahfouz
(Orlando area SLer)

i know several from the tampa area, but you snagged halloween time. sorry but i know some of us wont be there.

I'm in Lakeland, keep us posted on your plans.

I just need to get some idea of attendance. I'd hate for our meeting space to be totally overwhelmed.

Next suggestion: Friday, 11-3-06 ?

A few of us in the Melbourne area may be interested in coming. 11/03 sounds good. I'll check around with some friends and see what they think.

I may be able to pop in if it's not on a week day. I'll get my Spock ears ready!

couple of us from daytona beach.. myself, kalik stork, maitai bauer to name a few

Perfect timing..what's your agenda gonna look like? Plan on getting a group deal for Universal Studios Island of Adventure? I'd say Disney but I'm all Disney'd out LOL

I think from planning events there that you might be able to get a great deal on a minimum of 25 people if you can get 25 firm responses.

I will IM you asap. Universal Studios is cool. I'm flexible.

Does it cost anything to come? I live right near to Orlando.

Elinah

If we end up at Universal or Disney, that might cost a few.

More than a few!

A one-day pass to Walt Disney World with a Park Hopper option (so you can go from park to park during the day) is $75 for Florida residents. Three days is $120. A single-day, single-park pass for Universal is $67 (two days/both parks is $114.95). Add sales tax to those prices as well, plus the cost of parking (somewhere around $9 or $10 last I checked unless you park at Downtown Disney or Disney's Boardwalk and take the free busses in or walk from Boardwalk into EPCOT next door).

If you're just interested in partying, Pleasure Island is $21.95 for the night, which gives you all access. Universal CityWalk is free to get in and either $5 cover charge for each of the clubs or buy an all-club pass for $9.95. For $13.47 you get to see a movie at the Cineplex and all-club access. Parking at PI (being in Downtown Disney) is free; parking at Universal is free after 6 PM. All of these prices are "plus tax" (add 6%). I've not been to Pleasure Island during the night but I've enjoyed the atmosphere at CityWalk a few times that I've taken day rides out to Orlando (I personally like the jazz club and The Groove; now if only I could dance as well in real life as I can in Second Life…).

Now wouldn't that be interesting if a group of us SL'ers formed a line and started doing those dances ...

October 27th is also in the middle of Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights if you want to get the prims scared outta you, but the weekends tend to get sold out quickly so you'd want to order online early.

If you're travelling to Orlando, keep in mind that you'll usually find much cheaper (as in price, not quality) hotel rooms in places like Kissimmee and St. Cloud along US-192, and most of those hotels will offer shuttle service to the theme parks. Some of those hotels also throw in theme park tickets as part of the package, or offer them at dramatically reduced prices. Depending on the time of year the Disney hotels will also offer reduced-rate room packages (I just saw one for $59 a night on their web site) when things get slow.

What exactly is the purpose of this meeting? Is there an agenda, or is it strictly fun in the sun?

-Kepster(djkepi@comcast.net)

keep checking back at this board for more details

Spirit Airlines has been having some sweet deals to Orlando.

Be sure we've firmed up the date before you make plans

clearwater...but I just started :/

i need a reason to get away...so when where and how much?

I would love to attend the gathering... sounds like it can be a load of fun. Used to do BBS get togethers back in the day and this is a modern version of that. Sometimes for the G2G we would have picnics at Wakiva and such; that was fun swimming in that cold water.

Count me in for attendance please and I might be able to take my boyfriend with me also so you might want to count me for two spots. Even though he is not on SL he still likes me to ask him to go with me when I do things like this.

Oh, I live in Lake Mary/Sanford area.

I would like to attend, I live in the Flagler Beach area...

I might be new to the SL BUT I'd love to meet some of yall I live in Orlando as well.... and a friend of mine works at Disney.....

I can have em check to see if he can get discounts for admission to Disney....

At the moment everything is free. I do not know what we are doing yet. It may be very simple (sharing a meal) or go to a nightly expedition, etc. Lodging is up to you. Reserve early. This is ALL I know at this point folks. If I do not get enough RSVP's, then a very simple event will be held. Thanks !

Steve

We need exact counts soon. I'm counting 13 ? 11-3-06 maybe to go to Universal for the day ? Also, we now have an IM group, Florida Meetup. Feel free to join to aid in planning and communication.