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Just to give you guys the heads up early...

Daunte lines up at home against his former 'mates, and makes Rick Spielman look like the little bitch he is.

November 19th, 2006.  Dolphins vs. Vikings.

Sunday game at 1:00 - Tailgate party beforehand, and maybe Saturday night get-together...?

Dolphin-UK is likely coming across the pond for this game.  I'd like to see Lil B and Frimp and Philly and other out-of-towners make the trip as well.

Of course, everyone on these boards is invited.  I think Dave and Fau and CF and I are already shoe-ins for this...

Y'all have lots of time to plan - Who thinks they can make it?

It'd be nice if you named a game!

stop posting while I'm editing, jackass.

I'll be there with Ms Frimp and Tommy, and the turkey fryer.

Question...could we be closer to the stadium this time?

count me out!

Loser!

We can sure try.  We have until November to get a parking pass, I guess.

I'll definitely be there...one of my goals this season is to not miss any officially sanctioned TDMMC tailgate parties. I just have too much damned fun at the ones I do attend...

hey i gotta get airfare, a place to stay, and a ticket....too much hassle...and you're a loser for not coming up to NYC for the jets/fins game

Word. You guys should come to new york and see how tailgating is done.

I need to line up a ticket, but would love to come down for this one.

WORD....jets fans are the best tailgaters in the NFL, w/ g-men fans a close 2nd

speaking of which, DENVER, you should come down for the jets/fins game on oct 15th....me and philly went last year and are gonna do it again

But you cant get fresh fried hot wings at a Jets game.  ;D

Message from Carnage:

Bring me his head on a silver platter.

I'm definitely in. Question to the parents on this board... would it be too early to bring the wife and a four month old baby? I figure taking the baby into the game would be unwise, but what about just to the tailgate?

May not be bad to bring the kid to a tailgate but just be prepared to have less fun with the baby there.  Get the kid a sitter - grandma or someone - and you guys come out alone.  By then you'll need a break, and Mrs Scar_man can go to the game and y'all can have some babyless fun.

Well looks like the gauntlet is thrown down, I'm still working on this one but I'll try and make it, it depends on my cash flow situation :-)

Don't worry about the cash flow situation at all...I'll buy your first beer. ;)

you have like 6 months to save up :)

and I'll buy your second beer!

Message from who?

I'll buy your third beer!

Fourth beer is on me.

if this keeps up, Dolphin-UK is gonna be trashed by kickoff!

I wouldn't say that..... those Brits can really put em away. 

If NBC snatches this game and makes it primetime, will we be able to tailgate all day?

Then we'll be too drunk to walk in. 

Why not?  What does TV coverage have to do with tailgating?  We'll be able to tailgate from 10 AM to kickoff, regardless of when kickoff is.

Although, the Vikings are going to be so terrible, I can't imagine NBC making it prime time...

I really wasn't sure what game I was going to try to attend...But Brian pretty much made up my mind for me a while back,when  Phinatic,was offering his package.... ;D

I don't have my Funding yet,and I'm getting a little nervous...So I'm not going to commit one,way or another...

BUT....

This is what I've found in my research...
I'm Keeping tabs,on airline tickets...I've found a package for $400 round trip ($248 to St.Pete then $141 to Ft Lauderdale)....I thought I lost it for awhile...that's for Spending pretty much all day traveling Thursday Nov. 16,then Leaving Tues. Nov. 21....(spending all day traveling)

Now,I'm off to scour that Hotel/motel for that time period that was like $300-$400

I've taken in to consideration,I could get Bumped from a flight,Delays,Possible Hurricanes,If they Move the Game to Sunday night...Stuff like that....

I've also added in $200 for food,$300 walking around cash,and $200 for emergency fund...

I've not looked into a ticket for the game,and Possibly having to rent a car.

So I'm doing my research.....

I've also considered...
I've thought about Driving it...I have a few friends that have drove o wlat disney world...They said it was just over a 24 hour drive...So how many hours to Miami from Orlando? If I had a signifgant other,I'd definately be driving....

Orlando to Miami is about 3 hours.

I'm offering a free shuttle pickup from the airport to your hotel for out of town guests.

As for getting closer to the stadium -- not really.  Since we want to be together, we have to use the cash lot, unless we'll be buying a parking pass for every car that's coming through.  Another option is parking wherever and then all meeting a the one car that's parked close.

OK guys, here's the deal.....

My flight is going to cost me around $900 SO I'm thinking that if I'm doing this I want to make it worthwhile.

What my plan is currently is, to travel out arounf the 10th, go to the KC game, spend a week in Miami, Tailgate with you guys and see the Vikes game, then travel home two days later.

What I need to know is:

Is there stuff to keep me amused during the week bearing in mind I might be on my own.
Can you recommend a hotel which is suitable location bearing in mind I will not be hiring a car.

Other questions as i think of them

Cheers.

Rides around shouldn't be a problem. This is a very generous and out going bunch.

actually, you CAN get fresh fried hot wings at the JETS games

^^^

But not made by ME.  ;D ;D

But not with Frimp's Red Death sauce

Jets fans don't deserve my Red Death sauce.  ;D

There's all kinds of stuff to do, but I'd recommend renting a car, since in south florida, alot of the "stuff to do" is spread out.  There's beaches, there's some attractions, we can easily kill a week for you depending on what you're into.

As for hotel, the Rennaissance Hotel is popular for others that come to town for games, and its the team hotel on game day.  There are cheaper places out on the beach, though, closer to "stuff to do".

If you decide you wanna do this, we can collectively as a group set up an itinerary for you...

Seeing as he is coming from the cold and chilly confines of Great Britan, let's put together something Miami-ish for him. 

A day on the beach...... followed by great Cuban cuisine and a couple of rum runners, mojitos, or sangria (Miami's signature drinks)

I am in. I was going to sign up for the Phinatics one..but it was cancelled.

I am in with 3 others..Looking forward to it!

I have an orange parking pass and that gets you about 2 zip codes closer to the stadium from where you guys parked last time. Of course there are many cash lots that are closer as well!  ;D Orange passes are pretty easy to get.

Lil B ... if it is easier for you to fly in and out of Orlando we can work something out as I go down every weekend.  You can stay at my house for a night or two to make things work... as long as the chain saw noise and the hanging meat doesn't bother you!  ;)

I like the sound of this, if I'm going to do this thing it may not happen again for a while so I may as well do it right....

I'm struggling to find any sort of links to the hotel you name though, I can't find one called specifically that name, even if I spell the name differently, any one help me out?

Thanks CF...My thinking orginally was to fly into Orlando,see my family in Orlando,then fly down to Mami like the day before the game.It's like $441 to fly from here to Orlando.That's how I found flying into St. Pete for $248....

Right now I'm just keeping Tabs on what's available,making sure I can get these flights...as soon as my funding comes in,My options open up immensely....So I'm not goona say for sure if I'm gonna make it or not...

Try this link...

http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/FLLRP

I was just ready to post that! I have this saved in my favorites.

The team hotel is going to be around $219 a night during that weekend.

Some folks could park in the orange lot and others in the cash lot, but it would still make sense to put the tailgate in the orange so you are closer to the stadium IMO.

Sorry mcduff about the canceled event, but the interest wasn't getting to the level I wanted fast enough.  Oddly enough, the Bills game event is on fire and was sold out until a few minutes ago when I acquired 5 more tickets.  I thought the Vikes would be the one, but a lot of people had issues with it being too close to Thanksgiving.  I still haven't completely ruled out something for the Vikes game and have held on to all my tix.  I'll definitely see you guys then because I'm going to the game no matter what!  Can't wait to see Culpep get revenge!

So I have noticed......that's a little bit out of my price range...

I never said it was cheap.  They don't put the players in Days Inn.

There are alot of cheap hotels down here from about $40 a night or maybe even less.  It all depends on what you want and where.

http://www.clarionbeachresort.com/rooms%20&%20rates.htm

Here is where we will be staying...just North of Fort Lauderdale. Pretty inexpensive by beach standards.

Checking the pulse on something.  Would any of you be interested in group tix from the Dolphins?  You need 20 minimum.  Last time I checked they could do an upper corner on the home side row 22 I think.  It was section 450 I believe.  That's the shaded corner.

Maybe the others, Doug, but I doubt Dave, Fau, and I will give up our upper corner row 1 seats to move up 22 rows to sit with everyone else.

If we can get 20 others, then it'd be cool - better than having everyone spread all over....

Thanks for the tip.  If anyone from Phinatics wants to join the group, maybe we can get 20 people together...

A lot of my group have tickets like you guys do already.  I thought maybe there would be some who needed tix that might be interested.  Just an idea.  Probably a bad one  ;).

GO PHINS!

At the Dolphins-Bucs game in Tampa I stayed at Extended Stay America for $29.99 a night, and was right around the corner from the team hotel. 

I might be interested in going in on group tickets, but I'd rather stay in a Days Inn than the player's hotel.

The Rennaissance is worth every penny.

I got some bad news today...I'm out... >:( :'(

Sorry to hear, dude - you OK?

Yeah...I'm fine...The Sum of Money I'm going to get,Which I thought I'd already have at this time...Isn't going to come tll mid August at the earliest.Everytime we've gotten a date...Like April 28th...it's been two weeks,to a month later before we hear anything, or anything happens.That money's priority is to Buy a house.I've been looking at houses for the past month,month and a half.If I'd had the money,or an exact date,I'd already boought a house.I had 2 that we had a tenitive agreement,Price,Down payment,interest,etc....

I feel that with,moving into a new house,I'm probably going to be changing jobs real soon...I'm not going to be able to get time off. can't take 2- 2-1/2 weeks off in less than a month....

I've not tottally Ruled out the possibility,But the more I think about it..the less optimistic I get...I'd rather say...I'm not gonna make it..and a Week before the game find away to go.

good idea.  always better to decrease expectations and please rather than promise and disappoint.

Can't speak for Thundergod, but I'm in.  I'll try to drag his scrawny ass in with me.   ;D

Hey, awesome! :)

That sucks Lil B.  Hopefully some things will work out for you that you didn't expect.

Group tickets would be great. I'll be down with 4 people, so getting a group of twenty together should not be difficult..

Can we get a sign-up sheet going here?
Name - have tickets?
1 - Dave - yes
2 - Brian - yes
3 - Fau - yes
4 - Ms. Dave? - yes
5 - Frimp
6 - Ms. Frimp
7 - Tommy?
8 - Phishfan
9 - Crazy Scar Man
10 - Crazy Scar Woman?
11 - Sunstroke
12 - Dolphin-UK?
13 - Philly?
14 - Mrs. Philly?
15 - mcduff
16 - mcduff friend 1
17 - mcduff friend 2
18 - mcduff friend 3
19 - CF Dolfan - yes
20 - Mrs. CF? - yes
21 - The_Phinatic? - yes
22 - JVides
23 - Thundergod?

If you have a question mark next to your name, please confirm your status.  This is shaping up to be one hell of an event if all these people show up.  Looks like we'll have enough for group tickets if this list is accurate.

Can we get a sign-up sheet going here?
Name - have tickets?
1 - Dave - yes
2 - Brian - yes
3 - Fau - yes
4 - Ms. Dave? - yes
5 - Frimp
6 - Ms. Frimp
7 - Tommy?
8 - Phishfan
9 - Crazy Scar Man
10 - Crazy Scar Woman?
11 - Sunstroke
12 - Dolphin-UK?
13 - Philly?
14 - Mrs. Philly?
15 - mcduff-need ticket
16 - mcduff friend 1-need ticket
17 - mcduff friend 2-need ticket
18 - mcduff friend 3-need ticket
19 - CF Dolfan - yes
20 - Mrs. CF? - yes
21 - The_Phinatic? - yes
22 - JVides
23 - Thundergod?

Name - have tickets?

1 - Dave - yes
2 - Brian - yes
3 - Fau - yes
4 - Ms. Dave? - yes
5 - Frimp
6 - Ms. Frimp
7 - Tommy?
8 - Phishfan
9 - Crazy Scar Man
10 - Crazy Scar Woman?
11 - Sunstroke - yes
12 - Dolphin-UK?
13 - Philly?
14 - Mrs. Philly?
15 - mcduff-need ticket
16 - mcduff friend 1-need ticket
17 - mcduff friend 2-need ticket
18 - mcduff friend 3-need ticket
19 - CF Dolfan - yes
20 - Mrs. CF? - yes
21 - The_Phinatic? - yes
22 - JVides
23 - Thundergod?

Thanks for including me in that list, Brian.  ::)

I'm in.

I didn't see myself on that list earlier...sorry for the duplication there. Although, at my current level of mass, I could possibly take up two seats at the game.  ;)

You have not once added your name in this thread.  I'm not in the business of assuming or mind-reading.

Add yourself, you lazy bum.

1 - Dave - yes
2 - Brian - yes
3 - Fau - yes
4 - Ms. Dave? - yes
5 - Frimp
6 - Ms. Frimp
7 - Tommy?
8 - Phishfan
9 - Crazy Scar Man
10 - Crazy Scar Woman?
11 - Sunstroke - yes
12 - Dolphin-UK?
13 - Philly?
14 - Mrs. Philly?
15 - mcduff - need ticket
16 - mcduff friend 1 - need ticket
17 - mcduff friend 2 - need ticket
18 - mcduff friend 3 - need ticket
19 - CF Dolfan - yes
20 - Mrs. CF? - yes
21 - The_Phinatic? - yes
22 - JVides - need ticket
23 - Ms. JVides - need ticket
24 - Thundergod  - need ticket
25 - Househead
26 - Ms. Househead?

Need ticket for me and the Mrs.  If there's a group rate thing going, that would be great.  Thundergod's in, too.  He needs a ticket as well.

So far, there's 7 "need tickets" and 11 unknowns.

I'll see what I can find out about group tickets, and we can "get rid of" the extras if need be.

I would be in need of at least a ticket. If we are going to have enough for the group package that would be cool.

You need a minimum of 20 to do group tix.  The best value I found was some upper home side corners for around $62 each if I remember correctly.  Rows were 22 and 23.  I can see what the latest is if you want.  They have upper sidelines too, but the price difference isn't worth it IMO.  I'll get back to you ASAP.

Bad news from my end guys,

The main reason for this trip for me was so that my brother and I could come over here together and see a game featuring both our teams.  My brother won't be able to make it now which kind of kills the point of going other than to meet the cool TDMMC people.

The cash I had hoped to have is not coming as quickly as I had hoped (it's going to take 4 months of savings to get enough together to make it worthwhile) and I need to look more carefully at how I'm going to use that cash when I get it.

Sorry to disappoint, but have to look long term for the moment.

I'll be over as soon as I think I'm settled financially.

Bloody Hell!

That sucks.  You were gonna be the "guest of honor"

Basically I'm managing expectation, I'd rather say I can't come for now and see if something develops, than say i am coming and realise its unrealistic in the future.

I know, its cool - same theory as Lil B...

I guess its unrealistic to ask people to fly halfway around the world for a football game. 

This may be a sign that we should get those group tix

http://www.thedolphinsmakemecry.com/forums/index.php/topic,9914.0.html

I might be going to this game if my hookup comes through. It'd be nice to see the TDMMC crew in person. We'll see...