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 $20,000.00 drawing. You will take
the Window ID Card to each site and have it stamped. Then you
will turn the card in for the Sunday Drawing.
Location of Sites
Registration Desk: Gulfport-West end of Jones Park (the old Rice Pavilion area)
•Mississippi Coast Coliseum,
where our Swap Meet is held. (Not a stamping
site.)
•D'Iberville at City Hall
•Ocean Springs in the Downtown
area
•Edgewater Mall parking area
on the West side of the Mall
•Bay St. Louis Train Depot
•Pascagoula (Not a stamping site.)
•Silver Slipper Casino (Not a stamping site.)
Site Hours of Operation
Registration Desk:
•Open Monday from
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
•Open Tuesday to Saturday from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
•Saturday 9 a.m.-11 a.m. for 2007 registration and 9 a.m.-5 p.m.. for 2008 registration
•Sunday from 8 a.m. to Noon (for 2008 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 (Thursday, Friday and Saturday). 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
to see when you want to visit each site.
Drawings and Awards
Sunday morning starting at 8 a.m. (not necessarily
in this order)
• Pre-registration Confirmation
Card Drawing
• All other announcements and
Awards
• Window ID Card Drawing
Raffle Car - 1932 Ford Rat Rod
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 Thursday 1 p.m.-5 p.m., Friday and Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Registration Desk. If you wish to keep it until Sunday morning,
you turn it in at the stage between 8 to 9 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
•Tuesday night Concert in Pass Christian and Wednesday night Concert in Pascagoula-FREE
•Automobile Auction
•After the Cruisin' The Coast® Sites
close each day, there will be evening activities at different
locations.
•There will be Drag Races at
the Gulfport Dragway and an Automobile Auction at the Mississippi
Coast Coliseum.
Keep checking back to the events page of our website
for updates on the entertainment and events that will be held
during Cruisin' The Coast®.
