TripSmarter.Com Travel Forums http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/ TripSmarter.Com travel community. Discuss your trips and travels. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:22:06 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/images/misc/rss.jpg TripSmarter.Com Travel Forums http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/ Go For the Gold Rate - Hilton Worldwide http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/messages-our-friends/8938-go-gold-rate-hilton-worldwide.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:43:29 GMT Hey guys - I'm working with Hilton on a promotion that's going on right now that you should know about:

Book online with any participating Hilton Worldwide hotel online at the exclusive Go For The Gold rate before December 31st and you will be entered to win a VIP trip for four to the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

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Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! ]]> Messages from Our Friends fsderek09 http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/messages-our-friends/8938-go-gold-rate-hilton-worldwide.html Video: Winterfest - Pensacola, FL http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pensacola-general-discussion/8937-video-winterfest-pensacola-fl.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:16:34 GMT Winterfest is Pensacola's favorite holiday celebration. Winterfest tours and performances light up beautiful Downtown Pensacola from Historic Seville to the Palafox Business District.

This year, Winterfest is offering four exciting holiday memory tours for the entire family, including a special Santa's Express Tour the week before Christmas that's great for young children, and their flagship Performance Tour which features 14 fun stops with your favorite holiday characters.


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Winterfest in Pensacola, FL

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Boat Parade of Lights - Panama City Beach, FL ]]> PCB-General Discussion ShawnS323 http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-general-discussion/8936-video-boat-parade-lights-panama-city-beach-fl.html <![CDATA[Video: New Year's Eve in Key West - Key West, FL]]> http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/key-west-general-discussion/8935-video-new-years-eve-key-west-key-west-fl.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:11:23 GMT New York has the Ball Drop in Time's Square, Atlanta the Peach Drop at Underground Atlanta... but leave it to Key West to do it just right in several entertaining ways... a conch shell drop at Sloppy Joe’s Bar… the Red High Heel Drop with drag queen Sushi at Bourbon St. Pub/New Orleans House and… Schooner Wharf Bar lowers a "Pirate Wench" from the mast of the Schooner Liberty Clipper, accompanied with a cannon blast to be sure!

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New Year's Eve in Key West - Key West, FL ]]> Key West-General Discussion ShawnS323 http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/key-west-general-discussion/8935-video-new-years-eve-key-west-key-west-fl.html <![CDATA[Video: New Year's Eve at Baytowne Wharf - Destin, FL]]> http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/destin-general-discussion/8934-video-new-years-eve-baytowne-wharf-destin-fl.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:08:53 GMT Enjoy live music in the Events Plaza from all night long leading up to the annual fireworks extravaganza over the lagoon at midnight during the New Year's Eve celebration.

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Baytowne Wharf New Year's Eve - Destin, FL ]]> Destin-General Discussion ShawnS323 http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/destin-general-discussion/8934-video-new-years-eve-baytowne-wharf-destin-fl.html <![CDATA[Video: New Year's Eve Peach Drop - Atlanta, GA]]> http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/atlanta-general-discussion/8933-video-new-years-eve-peach-drop-atlanta-ga.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:05:32 GMT Ring in the New Year at the 21st Annual Peach Drop at Underground Atlanta with family fun and Atlanta's own 800 lb. peach! Peach Drop is the largest New Year's Eve Countdown celebration in the entire southeast and this year's celebration is set to be the best one yet!


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New Year's Eve Peach Drop - Atlanta, GA ]]> Atlanta-General Discussion ShawnS323 http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/atlanta-general-discussion/8933-video-new-years-eve-peach-drop-atlanta-ga.html Boondocks Website? http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-where-eat/8932-boondocks-website.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:22 GMT Does Boondocks have a website? I was wanting to show my wife a menu, but I can't find a website anywhere. If they don't have a website they need one! ]]> PCB-Where To Eat? Xi Bowhunter http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-where-eat/8932-boondocks-website.html vrbo and condo rental http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-spring-break/8930-vrbo-condo-rental.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:07:06 GMT I don't know if its just me or not. But i'm trying to book a condo, boardwalk or summit, prob summit. but i run into the fact that some of these people do not use credit cards or debit cards. They use money orders or cashiers check. we have the cash but it seems a little sketchy to just send a check like that. what do you guys think. I have never done a condo rental before usually just get a hotel. I figure they want that becuse of tax reasons but just do not kno if i should trust it ]]> PCB-Spring Break TampaMike http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-spring-break/8930-vrbo-condo-rental.html summit or boardwalk? http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-spring-break/8929-summit-boardwalk.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:54:33 GMT i have 8-10 guys coming with me this year and summit has bigger rooms but i heard there pretty strick. so am i better off getting two rooms at boardwalk or is summit not as bad as i hear it is i have 8-10 guys coming with me this year and summit has bigger rooms but i heard there pretty strick. so am i better off getting two rooms at boardwalk or is summit not as bad as i hear it is ]]> PCB-Spring Break urio2122 http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-spring-break/8929-summit-boardwalk.html Room share http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-spring-break/8928-room-share.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:53:39 GMT I need to go on spring break but im really struggling to find friends that want to go from uk. Anyone who i know looking for room shares? i want to go for 2 weeks but i dont think people are going this long so i could have one week with someone and then someone else anouther week. I need to go on spring break but im really struggling to find friends that want to go from uk.
Anyone who i know looking for room shares? i want to go for 2 weeks but i dont think people are going this long so i could have one week with someone and then someone else anouther week. ]]> PCB-Spring Break Trigger http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-spring-break/8928-room-share.html the History of Spring Break http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-spring-break/8927-history-spring-break.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:06:30 GMT *found this article and thought it was facinating* *Spring Break History - Panama City Beach, FL (http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelinfo/panama-city-beach/spring-break-history)* *Panama City Beach, FL - *Like so much in our world, Spring Break originated with the ancient Greeks. As winter... found this article and thought it was facinating

Spring Break History - Panama City Beach, FL

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Like so much in our world, Spring Break originated with the ancient Greeks. As winter would lessen its chill, and thoughts turned to regeneration, rejuvenation, and new birth, Athens's elders noticed that the young people became particularly frolicsome.
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Socrates then proposed, and the Greeks adopted, a wild rite to welcome Spring and allow young people to vent their ingrained urges… and Spring Break was born. Immediately thereafter were heard the first complaints that these strange new rites were destructive of morals and caused undue hardship upon the local residents of the seaside towns in which the festivals were held.

Those making these complaints were quickly rounded up and stoned. A variation of this practice occurs to this day.
In the Middle Ages, after Christianity's triumph over paganism, it was determined that Spring Break should end. There followed many years of turmoil.
Every Spring it would take armed bands of monks and papal legates to stop young people from partying like it was 999.
Then, in 1237, St. Adledkopf proposed a solution- what if the Church co-opted Spring Break? Taking the uninhibited, riotous celebration that Spring Break had become, and turning it into something mannered and decent, alas, turned out to be a pipe-dream.
All attempts at substituting good fellowship and worship for drunken bonhomie and cheap thrills failed.
Other than Mardi Gras in New Orleans, America never really caught the Spring Break bug… until the First World War, when American Doughboys serving in France watched, wide-eyed with wonder, as the Europeans would temporarily halt Spring Offensives, and instead, party.
Miraculously, scantily clad women would appear over the trenches, dancing and prancing about like nymphs… unfortunately, it was discovered that many, if not most, of these "ladies" were in fact men. America's farm boys and day laborers were horrified, and therefore made the phrase "Show us your ****!" a Spring Break staple (which has since been adopted by Mardi Gras).
From 1929 to 1959 America was too busy with a Great Depression, another World War, and the reconstruction of much of the world to seriously party during Spring Break.
It wasn't until the 1960's became "the swinging Sixties" that America truly took to Spring Break. Baby Boomers flocked to the beach in Detroit steel, eager to forget the War, social progress, and exams… and get drunk and get laid. Spring Break was back!


Florida became the focus of Spring Break in the 1970's. Warm weather, beautiful beaches, and alcohol meant that somebody was going to get naked. Soon Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Panama City Beach were famous for drink and debauchery.
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It was during this heyday that a particularly bad Spring Break ritual was begun. Locals called it "balcony diving." Drunk Spring Breakers would climb and swing from balcony to balcony on multi-storied hotel towers, looking for a party or a partner. Many fell to their deaths. Unfortunately, every year or two, some student finds the idea appealing and makes a terrible mistake.
Spring Break improved dramatically in the Eighties. In a decade that glorified over-consumption, a yearly event that reveled in sex, drugs and drink was a sure-fire hit.
More students than ever broke the bank, or their parents pocketbooks, and hustled a ride south. Moralists countered by offering planned activities- sporting events, dive trips, scavenger hunts, even church services. No one noticed.
Breakers in the Nineties eased up a bit on the over-indulgence, but just a bit. Superclubs, MTV, and corporate sponsors livened things up with concerts, shows, and give-aways.. but the Breaker's focus remained the same- get drunk and get laid.
The presence of so many television and video cameras during Spring Break meant two things… somebody was going to get naked, and somebody else would ***** about it.
A few nationally spotlighted cases, and Panama City Beach and Spring Break were savaged in the media. Savvy locals knew what that meant… even more Breakers next year!
And there you have it, the history of Spring Break. An honorable rite of ancient origin, one that you should proudly proclaim your part in, and whose traditions you should do your utmost to uphold. Click the image to open in full size. ]]> PCB-Spring Break lakeland_FL http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-spring-break/8927-history-spring-break.html Get forum updates on your phones RSS reader http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-spring-break/8926-get-forum-updates-your-phones-rss-reader.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:58:44 GMT add the following feed to your phone's RSS reader to get instant updates when someone posts on the pcb spring break forum

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]]> PCB-Spring Break lakeland_FL http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-spring-break/8926-get-forum-updates-your-phones-rss-reader.html Music of 2010 http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-spring-break/8925-music-2010-a.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:09:32 GMT It's about that time again...when everyone starts coming back on the forums, loading up the iPods, and getting booked / pumped / mentally ready for the best week(s) of their lives.

Every time I hear a song, first thing I think of whether I could see it being big on spring break. Here's what I've got on my hip hop playlist so far - next time I have time, I'll prob update with some country, alternative, etc. (which obv won't be played in the clubs, but will definitely be in my room)


Hip Hop
Gucci Mane - Wasted (ft Plies)
David Guetta - Sexy ***** (ft Akon)
F.L.Y. - Swag Surfin
LMFAO - Shots (ft Lil Jon)
Hollywood Undead - Everywhere I Go (not technically hip hop, but it'd fit in a hip hop playlist)
Jay Sean - Down
Pitbull - Shut It Down (ft Akon)
Chamillionaire - Good Morning
Shakira - Give It Up to Me (ft Lil Wayne and Timbaland)
Chris Brown - I Can Transform Ya (ft Lil Wayne and Swiss Beatz)
Birdman - Written on Her (ft Jay Sean)
Maino - Million Bucks
Yo Gotti - Five Star *****
Dorrough Music - Ice Cream Paint Job
Far East Movement - Girls on the Dance Floor
Plies - Becky
Mickey Avalon - What Do You Say? (from the Hangover)
Three 6 Mafia - Shake My ***
Baby Bash - Outta Control (ft Pitbull)


Let's get a nice list going, like we have the last few years... ]]> PCB-Spring Break WestCoastDave http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-spring-break/8925-music-2010-a.html Post a picture and Introduce yourself for Spring Break 2010! http://www.tripsmarter.com/travelcommunity/pcb-spring-break/8924-post-picture-introduce-yourself-spring-break-2010-a.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:40:49 GMT lets make it interesting this year.

my name is craig
i'm definately not from lakeland, florida.
this will be my 5th year of spring break
i'll be staying at boardwalk condos

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