bigfoote Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 OK, since we know the time and place for WM28, thought I would start looking into potential for a holiday in Miami (hypothetically around Mania). Any advice, tips or just plain knowledge from the well-travelled and greatly knowledgeable UKFF??? Â EDIT: Kept this in Off Topic, it's only very tentatively linked to wrestling, much like the WWE *tumbleweed* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Quentin Posted April 6, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 I spent ten nights there last November. Can't wait to go back for Mania. Â I will definitely be staying on Ocean Drive on South Beach again. The nightlife there is awesome and worth checking out. Lincoln Road is also buzzing round the clock. Â There are plenty of tour groups over there but we booked in advance with these good folks. It is on a nice big air conditioned bus and includes a tour of South Beach (Miami Ink, Ocean Drive, Versace Mansion, Holocaust memorial, Scarface locations,) Star Island/Coco Beach(Just seeing swanky star homes really like Stallone, Shaq and the big ass house from Scarface) and Little Havana where you can buy some amazing coffee and enourmous cigars. Â The Everglades bit is the highlight though. The one on this was an airboat ride (a lot closer to the water than I expected) that goes very slowly through the middle of a load of a wild Alligators (only little ones really - still pretty humbling. And the babies are really cool!). Then it kicks up a notch and goes at speed in right out into the open swamps. I never felt so isolated as when I was way out there. There were no man made structures in sight. If the engine had failed to start I really would have panicked. When we got back to land there was a wildlife show with some Steve Irwin style nutter. He had a 14 gator that had me a touch unsettled being so close to. Â We did a tour the first time we went called the Duck Tour. It's on an amphibian bus which is cool for about 5 minutes when it drives off the road and into the sea. Other than that, avoid it. Â The Dolphin Mall is pretty cool. Lots of designer outlets selling brand names reeeaaally cheap. Â Lots of great places to eat and shop and plenty of nightlife. If I was going to move abroad I would go to Miami Beach. Â Oh, be prepared for lots of war veterans hassling you for change and lots of smalltime rappers hard-selling their CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydy122 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Any idea how much flights to Miami will be cos my mate wants to go to Wrestlemania 28 next year & he is bugging me to find out how much flights will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Dammer Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Any idea how much flights to Miami will be cos my mate wants to go to Wrestlemania 28 next year & he is bugging me to find out how much flights will be. Â No offence, but that's such a simple thing to look up in 30 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoote Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 Cheers Quentin. Have looked in the usual place (WikiTravel etc.) and just wanted a real person's opinion and tips. And from a wrestling forum, you all understand why I'm asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapnut Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 What flight companies would people recommend as far as being cheap goes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted April 6, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 There's a massive food and wine festival held on South Beach around that time each year. Unfortunately, it looks like it's taking place the last weekend in February in 2012, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matbro1984 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 What flight companies would people recommend as far as being cheap goes? Delta are cheap, but are also utter shit. Flew to Atlanta and back with them and I regret that decision very much. Pay the hundred or two extra and go with BA or Virgin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVM Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Already started saving for this. I'm losing interest in wrestling, well I have over the past five years or so but the whole experience sounds ace. It's a good excuse to get out to Miami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig The Hunter Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Party in the city where the heat is on, all night on the beach til the break of dawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matbro1984 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Already forming a Miami-Orlando itinerary for next year  Fri - fly London-Miami Sat - Hall of Fame Sun - Wrestlemania Mon - Everglades tour followed by Raw in the evening Tue - Travel Miami-Orlando Wed/Thu - Disney parks Fri - Kennedy Space Center (unless there's a launch in which case we'll switch days) Sat/Sun/Mon/Tue - Disney Parks Wed - Universal Thu - Universal Islands of Adventure Fri - Sea World Sat - fly home  REALLY looking forward to it... shame theres a year to wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapnut Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 What flight companies would people recommend as far as being cheap goes? Delta are cheap, but are also utter shit. Flew to Atlanta and back with them and I regret that decision very much. Pay the hundred or two extra and go with BA or Virgin. Â What was so bad about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra Kid Mark Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 This is of interest to those of you who are not into the normal conventional ways of getting sex, pimps and hookers walk the streets very casually offering you "what ever you want." Some of you will love it. Miami is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matbro1984 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 What flight companies would people recommend as far as being cheap goes? Delta are cheap, but are also utter shit. Flew to Atlanta and back with them and I regret that decision very much. Pay the hundred or two extra and go with BA or Virgin. Â What was so bad about it? Â The food - utterly awful. Airline food is never good but it's something edible that fills a gap. The food with Delta was, in my opinion, barely even edible. In particular they served up a "four cheese pizza slice" that was tooth-chippingly tough and tasted dreadful. Â The seats - hardly any recline whatsoever and very firm, making sleep damn near impossible. Â Legroom - nonexistent. There were big metal boxes underneath the seats nearest the window which meant you couldn't fully extend your leg nearest the window. Very uncomfortable on such a long flight. Â The worst thing was the turbulence but this is beyond the control of the pilots. The only upside is that the food was so awful, I had nothing to throw up due to the turbulence... Â I believe some other UKFFers were on the same flight, or the Delta flight a few minutes behind us. Perhaps they can offer their own experience of the flight to persuade/dissuade you from flying with them. I flew Continental last year and they were far better, yet still at the lower end of the price range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazz Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Honestly, the food was pretty bad. Â Though the pizza was ok! Â THe conditions on board delta were a bit rubbish too, but, I can't really fault the flight too much. I'd use them again. The on plane entertainment was excellent. Any one else play Trivia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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