This is crazy.
My spring break is the week of March 23-27 plus the weekends on both ends, and I'm travelling to Clearwater with my dad and my gf to visit my uncle (I'm from Chicago). It made me think of the WMC, which I know is in Miami every year, and how badly I want to visit there someday and experience it. I've been such a huge EDM since I was about 16 and I was salivating thinking about going there. I just turned 21 a month ago (and my GF has been 21 for a while) so we want to start experiencing the club scene for real now as opposed to just dreaming of being at all the livesets I've heard over the years.

Well, the crazy thing is I log on here with the intentions of asking you lucky Florida party people if there are any good clubs near Clearwater without knowing when the WMC is, and I see the mu' f**in thread pinned at the top at it's the goddamn week I'm coming down! CRAZY!!

So, now, here's my question: If there are clubs near Clearwater, should I go to them? Or would you recommend travelling to Miami and getting a hotel and experiencing the WMC? How long does it take to get from Clearwater to Miami (I have access to a car the whole week) and how much would a hotel be for an overnight stay (or are they all booked?) I won't have a TON of cash, but I suppose if need be I can borrow some. What is worth it? I really want to make use of this time because I get to travel to Florida for free and have a place to stay for free all week, so any extra cash I have can go to these types of things. So I'm just asking... what the hell should I do guys? Help me out!

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Class Tunes:

Hardfloor - Don't Trust Chief Wiggum
The Black Dog - Train by the Autobahn (Part 2)
Luke Solomon - Space Invaders (Andromat 3000 Remix)
Shed - Well Done (033472 Edit)
Shlomi Aber feat. Lemon - Moods

Fucking clearwater? hahahahahahah are you serious?!

Fuck do yourself a favor and come to miami.

Dude, I don't think there's anything in Clearwater worth mentioning. There's Hyde Park Cafe in Tampa which is fuckin' great, but trust me, the week of WMC, all EDM clubs in Florida outside of Miami will be pretty much dead.

Hotels, provided you can still find them will be pretty expensive at this point. We're in the $260/night range and we booked in December.

Is it worth it? If you go for at least a couple of days, you will have the best time of your life thus far, guaranteed.

Bring some tanning lotion. Clearwater beach is a beautiful place

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Start saving and come to Miami that week for WMC!

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How clear is the water in clearwater

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Originally posted by chach Fucking clearwater? hahahahahahah are you serious?! Fuck do yourself a favor and come to miami.

I know nothing about Florida, dude. I can't help where my uncle lives.

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Originally posted by SLR722 Dude, I don't think there's anything in Clearwater worth mentioning. There's Hyde Park Cafe in Tampa which is fuckin' great, but trust me, the week of WMC, all EDM clubs in Florida outside of Miami will be pretty much dead. Hotels, provided you can still find them will be pretty expensive at this point. We're in the $260/night range and we booked in December. Is it worth it? If you go for at least a couple of days, you will have the best time of your life thus far, guaranteed.

Thanks for responding. Yeah I guess Clearwater is pretty small, and I know Tampa is the next biggest thing, so I suppose I should have asked about clubs in Tampa. Anyways... thanks for your input.

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Class Tunes:

Hardfloor - Don't Trust Chief Wiggum
The Black Dog - Train by the Autobahn (Part 2)
Luke Solomon - Space Invaders (Andromat 3000 Remix)
Shed - Well Done (033472 Edit)
Shlomi Aber feat. Lemon - Moods

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Originally posted by snatonsb Start saving and come to Miami that week for WMC!

Sounds like I should!

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Class Tunes:

Hardfloor - Don't Trust Chief Wiggum
The Black Dog - Train by the Autobahn (Part 2)
Luke Solomon - Space Invaders (Andromat 3000 Remix)
Shed - Well Done (033472 Edit)
Shlomi Aber feat. Lemon - Moods

You can do a Miami trip on a budget if you have to. We've done WMC in years past for around $500/person. And that's 5 nights. If you want to save some scratch I'd recommend getting a hotel in downtown or near the airport and driving to the events you want to see. South Beach is obviously where a lot of the action is but there are some amazing clubs downtown too.

I've made many Miami trips (from Tampa) with plans of passing out on South Beach/pulling an all nighter and driving back the next day. Even if you have to do this to experience WMC, DO IT. The clubs will run 'til 5 on the beach and you can conveniently grab a beach towel from your car and head right to the beach. Pass out for a few hours and wake up to the sun rising over the ocean. The 4 hour drive back to Clearwater isn't so bad the next day.

I remember my first WMC. It blew my fucking mind. I'll leave it at that.

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Originally posted by epdarks You can do a Miami trip on a budget if you have to. We've done WMC in years past for around $500/person. And that's 5 nights. If you want to save some scratch I'd recommend getting a hotel in downtown or near the airport and driving to the events you want to see. South Beach is obviously where a lot of the action is but there are some amazing clubs downtown too. I've made many Miami trips (from Tampa) with plans of passing out on South Beach/pulling an all nighter and driving back the next day. Even if you have to do this to experience WMC, DO IT. The clubs will run 'til 5 on the beach and you can conveniently grab a beach towel from your car and head right to the beach. Pass out for a few hours and wake up to the sun rising over the ocean. The 4 hour drive back to Clearwater isn't so bad the next day. I remember my first WMC. It blew my fucking mind. I'll leave it at that.

Alright...wow. The allnighter might be more of a thing I plan on doing, just to save money, plus I can't be there all week. Say I do this, and leave from Clearwater during the morning or something. What kind of budget would cushion getting into the clubs, getting drinks, plus food of course, for a whole night, plus the car ride home? And when you pass out on the beach.... nobody fucks with you? Is it that good of an area where you can trustfully fall asleep on the beach with others around?

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Class Tunes:

Hardfloor - Don't Trust Chief Wiggum
The Black Dog - Train by the Autobahn (Part 2)
Luke Solomon - Space Invaders (Andromat 3000 Remix)
Shed - Well Done (033472 Edit)
Shlomi Aber feat. Lemon - Moods

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Originally posted by orTofønChiLd How clear is the water in clearwater

about as green as the country of greenland.

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Originally posted by digitalEyes Alright...wow. The allnighter might be more of a thing I plan on doing, just to save money, plus I can't be there all week. Say I do this, and leave from Clearwater during the morning or something. What kind of budget would cushion getting into the clubs, getting drinks, plus food of course, for a whole night, plus the car ride home? And when you pass out on the beach.... nobody fucks with you? Is it that good of an area where you can trustfully fall asleep on the beach with others around?

+10000 what everyone else has said so far. i recommend chillin with your folks or whoever in clearwater for at least a few days, then head down like wednesday or thursday. get a cheap hotel/motel just outside miami city limits, somewhere cheap. OR be an adventurous indiana jones style clubber and do what edparks suggests which is what i did which is sleep on south beach on a blanket. yes being fucked with by bums while you sleep is a possibility, if you're sleeping there at night (happened to me).

i recommend taking your pill at around 10pm, stay till club closes at 5am, then watch the sunrise on the beach with your gurly as your pill wears off and you fall asleep and wake up sometime in the afternoon. (wear sunscreen or get some shade). OR option B, at 5am take taxi to club space terrace for 5am-? (however long you can handle it), then sleep on beach while getting a tan. btw being from chicago, your skin is most likely whiter than the divine holy spirit, the thickest sunblock will only work for so long, the sun in miami is the most intense sun you will ever experience, it is seriously fucking briiiight and cookin. so really spackle that shit on. that sun down there is no joke.

the only problem with sleeping on the beach is, that's all it is, a place to sleep. I quickly discovered doing this causes you to be really smelly and greasy and dirty by the 2nd or 3rd day being down there. that's the problem is finding a shower. i made friends with someone at the club and offered them money to use their shower.