AMAZING NEWS - SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH FROM CAPE CANAVERAL, COCOA BEACH ON THE SATURDAY OF THE RALLY !! A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIANCE !!!!!!!!!!
Cocoa beach in sunny Florida has now replaced las vegas as the bi-annual joint US/UK scooter rally. Set in the shadow of Cape Canaveral it is Florida's widest beach and the centre of the Florida surf scene. It is a really chilled out beach town with many bars and restaurants. It is also the home of the biggest surf shop in the world and was the town were the classic after school program “I dream of jeanie” was set.
We have managed to do a deal with the Cocoa Beach Comfort Inn a 170 room hotel right by the beach based around a central courtyard complete with swimming pool, palm trees, banana trees ect. It has a pub and large ballroom so both evening do’s, custom show, dealers market and daytime events will be based around the hotel with rideouts to various places including a Kennedy space centre ride on Saturday. We are hoping to take over the whole hotel.
Cocoa Beach is the closest beach to orlando with all its parks and attractions but Florida has an amazing array of things to do and see from Miami, the Everglades and the Florida Keys down south, Disney, Universal etc in the central region and the sun baked beaches of both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Flights are available from all over the UK to both Orlando (45 miles) and Miami (190 miles) both within driving distance or take a shuttle from Orlando airport to hotel. Driving in Florida is the easiest in the US as the whole place is set up with tourism in mind. Transatlantic flights tend to come down in price at about 3 months before departure date.
Latest news - The Pietasters have been confirmed to headline the rally Saturday evening Click on logo below to link to their website
Rally Hotel
You can book the hotel in two ways —
From today you can go to www.comfortinncocoabeach.com and click on “group bookings” at the bottom of check rates and availability box on right hand side of page. Put in code “11scooter” and a list of various types of rooms and prices will come up. If you book before 23/12/2010 you will get the early bird rates which go from $83 a night for a standard room to $123 for an ocean view suite. From 24/12/2010 until 25/1/2011 rates range from $87 to $128 after those dates if any rooms are left standard rates apply.From February 25th 2010 you can ring the hotel on (001) 321 783 2221 and quote above code to get the same deals.
To book a room you just hold the room on a credit card so no up front costs, we advise that you book straight away. Rates do not include local state taxes.
CLICK HERE TO GO DIRECT TO HOTEL WEBSITE
Flights From UK
Sites that may be usefull for booking flights - www.kayak.co.uk // www.expedia.co.uk // www.travelsupermarket.co.uk // www.virgin-atlantic.com // Again best time to be looking at flights is 3 months before departure but saying that every so often good deals come up earlier so keep an eye on the above sites.
Schedule of events so far -- Thursday, February 24th, 2011.
For all the early arrivals, in the afternoon & evening, we will be meeting up at Coconuts on the Beach, a great beach front bar in downtown Cocoa Beach. Coconuts on the Beach - Friday, February 25th, 2011
In the afternoon we'll be doing the meet and greet at the hotel, poolside. You can pick up your rally packs here. There will also be a ride.
Friday evening will be a scooterist "do" in the hotel's ballroom, with both American and British DJs. - Saturday, February 26th
During the day the custom show, and vendor meet will be going on, with rides leaving at different times, the main ride taking in the Space Center at Cape Canaveral.
During the evening will be another "do" in the ballroom. We have booked The Pietasters to play, along with British and American DJs spinning the best scooterist tunes.
- Sunday, February 27th
Poker run/treasure hunt and raffle. The grand prize for the raffle is a vintage scooter. A Vespa 50 Special, with an upgraded 125cc engine, donated by Scooters Originali.
