Registered Participant
Your first stop is the Registration Desk... to register if you haven't, and to pick up your Registration Packet if you are pre-registered. The packet contains many things, but the three main items are your:
- Schedule of Events - so you will know what is going on and where.
- Windshield Sticker - so you can go to each Site as many times as you like.
- Window ID Card - so you can participate in the $15,000.00 drawing. You will take the Window ID Card to each site and have it stamped. Then you will turn the card in on Sunday between 8:30 A.M. and 9:30 A.M. to go into the drawing. We give away thirty $500.00 cash prizes. (5 for pre-registered participants and 25 for window ID cards drawn.)
Location of Sites
Registration Desk - TBA (Previously, it was held in Gulfport)
To the East of Gulfport:
-Mississippi Coast Coliseum, where our Swap Meet and Auction are held.
-D'Iberville at City Hall
-Ocean Springs in the Downtown area
-Edgewater Mall parking area on the West side of the Mall
To the West of Gulfport:
-Bay St. Louis Old Town Area
-Long Beach Harbor - This is not a stamping Site, it is a Comfort Station. Monday evening Long Beach will be the Site of our Parade & Welcome Cruise and Kickoff Party.
The run is about 35 miles long and mostly on Hwy 90. Four of the 35 miles go north on I-110 to D'Iberville, which is on the Back Bay.
Site Hours of Operation
Registration Desk
-Open Monday & Tuesday from 1 P.M. to 5 P.M.
-Open Wednesday to Saturday from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
-Saturday 9 A.M.-11 A.M. for 2004 registration and Noon-5 P.M. for 2005 registration
-Sunday from 8 A.M. to Noon (for 2005 registration only)
All the other Sites are open Thursday to Saturday from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
Pre-registration Confirmation Cards
If you pre-registered before August 15th, you will have receive a Confirmation Card in the mail. Turn this card in at the Registration Desk to pick up your Registration Packet and the card will go into a drawing to be held on Sunday. You MUST bring this card to be in the drawing. (We are not responsible for lost, stolen or forgotten cards.)
Getting Your Window ID Card Stamped
Go to each Site when they are open. The first time you enter the Site, someone will stamp your ID card for you. You can stay as long as you like and go to that site as many times as you wish. Check your Schedule of Events card to see when you want to go to each site.
Drawings and Awards
Sunday morning starting at 8 A.M. (not necessarily in this order)
- Pre-registration Confirmation Card Drawing
- Drag Racing Awards
- All other announcements and Awards
- Window ID Card Drawing
We finish about 11 A.M. or Noon.
You do not have to be present to win. You can turn in your window ID card on the Saturday from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. at the registration desk in Gulfport or Edgewater Mall Site. If you wish to keep it until Sunday morning, you turn it in from 8 to 10 A.M.
Spectators
For anyone that does not have a vehicle registered for Cruisin' The Coast®: You may park outside the Sites and walk in free of charge. Look at the vehicles, enjoy the music and have fun. Please do not touch the vehicles without the owner's permission.
Overview
Each Site is a festival all unto its own, with live 50's & 60's music, food & beverage vendors, restroom facilities and of course, the vehicles. Each site has parking for registered participants and is within walking distance for spectators.
In addition to the required stamping, we feature many controlled events including, but not limited to, the following:
-Swap Meet
-Drag Racing
-Sock Hop
-Automobile Auction
After the Cruisin' The Coast® Sites close each day, there will be evening activities at different locations. The Casinos will have big-name entertainers.
There will be Drag Races at the Gulfport Dragway and an Automobile Auction at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.
Keep checking back to the event page of our website for updates on the entertainment and events that will be held during Cruisin' The Coast®.
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