Pretty much every type of firework you could want...buy one get one deals....private lot…read moreparking...gets crazy busy 'round the 4th! Check-in with ID required. $15 min for credit purchases.

If it goes up, blows up or can remove parts of your body they have it here. Just don't go there…read moreright before July 4th or New Years as it is a mad house and they have to hire off-duty police just to handle the massive traffic jam it causes.

I have been watching the parade on TV for many years and I always wanted to see it in person…read more This year I ventured to view the boat parade from the Main Viewing area. The park had enough seats for everyone with pretty good view. The venue had some food trucks - pizza, bar, tables set up for a separate eating area. It had some vendors selling items,,, somewhat like a farmers market. A stage with live band music. Fake snow being blown out to the viewing area. So that was cute. Once the parade began the band or music stopped. Everything sounds great but here's my reason for the 3. I felt like you get a better view on all the boat details from the TV. It would have been nice a big screen and being able to actually hear the music from the boats. I felt as I could barely hear the person speaking announcing the boats or what boat they were talking about. Some Christmas music during the parade would have been nice. I kinda felt a little boring. I felt it could have been a bit more lively. Maybe I expected more since it seems like so much fun viewing on Tv. I did like the funds received would go to a good cause. I think next year I'll watch at home or maybe make better plans to watch at a restaurant. I will watch it on TV for Christmas to get the full experience. I do recommend Uber but the. Expect to go somewhere else till bridge opens up and able to catch an uber back home.

I've been reviewing the Boat Parade for over a decade. It's always been wonderfully entertaining…read morewith the beautiful boats all decorated and lighted up in a glorious Christmas way. This year, 2025, was good too but not as good as in the past. The distance between the parading boats was too great, tending to make the whole thing too long and boring. It may be done for safety concerns, but even if so, to my eye overdone.

Mixed feelings about this place simply because there's sometimes quite a few drunk people around…read morewho ruin it. The splash area is good for children but there's also parents who aren't watching their children and go to the beach instead which makes it a nightmare. Location Is great though

Really unique park with a fun workout station. Would be nice to also have a kid mini park there…read more(but there's one about .4 away south). There's a little water park too.

This was an amazing event, never experience this kind of setting before love the lights with the…read moredecorations the Asians knows how to entertain. The concessions stands was awesome I ate until I was fulled I love this so much..I even went to china..which was a trip of a lifetime (bucket list) ...I love this and hopefully you will enjoy this as well.

The Chinese Lantern Festival in China has unimaginable HUGE light displays, children running around…read morewith lanterns on a stick, and of course FIREWORKS. With a huge opportunity to bring culture to the South Florida community, it was largely missed. Checking in seemed disorganized but once in you walk through a tunnel of dolphins. Spitting you out to the craft section. Prices were as low as 2.00 all the way up to 500.00 with oriental rug stitching. The craft section also serves as the they're for the puppet show. This I thought was charming especially since the team of actors have been putting on shadow puppet shows for over 50 years. Than there's a small beer and wine stall along with an off brand food vendor ran by event staff and Chan's restaurant. All vendors were serving generic Chinese food. Which is a shame for such a rich culinary culture. The loop than puts you to small playgrounds and the King Fu theatre and over to a dinosaur ride section that has nothing to do with the Chinese Lantern Festival. Than it's to the light displays that wraps around the lake. All displays were cute but no where near the displays that could be accomplished. At 20.00 a person the Kung Fu show and Shadow Puppet Show ended up being the two small options worth any time or resources spent at this event.

I have attended Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens for two summers in a row for Rolling Loud music…read morefestival, and each time I have been enthralled and incredibly impressed with the stadium's surrounding landscape, and complete attention to detail in the festival's functionality and decor. I have never been inside the actual stadium structure, only the area surrounding the building, just to be clear. But it is a truly impressive piece of real estate. The bathrooms are great, there are water stations at every corner, medics always in sight, and as a regular festival-goer, there is not really much else I can ask for that Rolling Loud at Hard Rock Stadium does not already provide. The times I have had here have been unbelieveabely amazing and high in energy. The place is quite vast and it can be easy to get confused directionally, so a map is essential. The only notably bothersome thing is the process of getting to-and-from the stadium. There are no public transportation options that take you anywhere near the stadium grounds, as Miami Gardens is located more inland from the coast in a random section of town. Getting to the area via taxi includes to-be-expected traffic and at least $20 in your pocket if you're coming from the east. But getting home is a complete nightmare. Your only options are Uber, Lyft, or a taxi that will charge you $200 to take you 15 miles to Dania Beach. Every night of the festival, when 12 a.m. hit and everyone would rush to get out and call their Ubers, the Uber and Lyft apps were successful in getting absolutely nobody home. For hours it would be like this. The apps didn't work because of so many people using them all at once. On one of the nights I was in attendance, the show ended and my friend and I walked over 3 miles away (hoping our odds of finding a ride would increase the further away we were from the place) from the stadium on 2-foot wide sidewalks past 12 at night, searching high and low for a taxi sitting stationary in the surrounding neighborhood traffic that would be willing to take us to our hotel in Hollywood Beach for a price lower than $180. Once we were in the car, it was standstill traffic for miles until we got home. All of the taxis we came across before this either already had passengers in the car or were simply unwilling to take anybody at all unless we would pay an absurd amount of money. There isn't much advice I can give regarding this issue, because unless you are okay with leaving the event you paid for early in order to beat the congestion, there's not a lot you can do except hope you win the rideshare lottery for the night. Expect to pay a pretty penny and have your patience tested, while also carrying home some amazing memories.

OK I'm giving Hard Rock Stadium 5 stars for the actual venue and sporting experience. Getting into…read morethe stadium for the College Football Championship was challenging due to high security, but they had it under control. Watching the Indiana Hoosiers win their first national championship was priceless and the empty ladies rooms were incredible!! What needs serious work is leaving the facility and Lot 44 rideshare. OMG it was a total nightmare. Someone has to do something as there were hundreds and hundreds of people just waiting at 1am for rides.... and that's after walking for a looong time just to get to the lot. Something is very broken with that!! We were stranded and traffic was horrible. We wound up leaving the lot and finding our uber driver on the main road. The ride share part of this stadium is broken. Fix it, Miami!!

I've been coming to this beach for years and I have such a good time interacting with all the dogs…read morethat I always forget to take pictures. All of the people that bring their dogs there have friendly dogs. I've never encountered an aggressive dog. It's a great place to go on a sunny day to get a tan, swim or if you want to play with some dogs without the responsibility of taking them home!

Having to take your dog on the beach or almost anywhere else is almost always a hassle, so to have…read morea place to take your dog to play in the sand and the waves is a super plus. A dog friendly place for our relative's dog to play is very cool. Parking is very easy and the pay stations are easily located and actually take cash. Not cheap though- $1 gets you 20 minutes. Beaches are beautiful with soft white sand and plenty of space to spread out your towel. Thanks, Florida for being pet friendly.

In the last 20 years, the Miami Dolphins have made the playoffs only three times: 2001, 2008, and…read more2016, all as wild-card qualifiers. These appearances, few and far between, have been a far cry from the franchise's heyday in the 1970s and 1980s under legendary head coach Don Shula. Shula led the Dolphins to all five of their Super Bowl appearances to date. Those appearances included two victories: Super Bowl VII in 1972 and Super Bowl VIII in 1973. In 1972, the Dolphins went a perfect 17-0. To this day, the '72 Dolphins are the only team in NFL history to go undefeated. Shula coached the Dolphins from 1970 to 1995 (26 seasons). The Dolphins were originally an American Football League (AFL) team. The AFL merged with the NFL in 1970 and became the American Football Conference (AFC). As a member of the NFL, the Dolphins' first coach was Shula. It didn't take long for him to start winning. Miami made the playoffs in each of Shula's first five seasons, advancing to the Super Bowl three times and winning twice. Shula holds the NFL record for most wins as a head coach with 328 wins. To give modern-day NFL fans a sense for where Shula stands all-time, at the time of writing this review, Bill Belichick is in 3rd place with 287 wins and Andy Reid is in 6th place with 235. Source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/. Since Shula's last season with the Dolphins in 1995, the team has had 11 different head coaches in 25 seasons. Notable head coaches over that time include Jimmy Johnson (1996-1999), Dave Wannstedt (2000-2004), and Nick Saban (2005-2006). A few of the Dolphins' greatest players include Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterbacks Bob Griese (1967-1980) and Dan Marino (1983-1999) and fullback Larry Csonka (1968-1974). Griese and Csonka were teammates and won back-to-back Super Bowls together. Griese was the NFL MVP in 1971 (the season before the team's first league championship) and Csonka was MVP of Super Bowl VIII (1973). Csonka leads the Dolphins all-time in rushing yards (6,737) and rushing touchdowns (53). Marino was NFL MVP in 1984. Both Griese and Marino played their entire professional careers for the Dolphins. Marino played under Shula for the first 13 of his 17 seasons. One of the most popular NFL players of his era, Marino played in only one Super Bowl (Super Bowl XIX in 1985) and is still the winningest quarterback to never win a Super Bowl. Another Dolphin great, defensive end Jason Taylor (1997-2007, 2009, 2011), was a six-time Pro Bowler and the NFL's all-time leader in touchdowns (9) among defensive linemen. He finished runner-up to Olympic champion figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi in Dancing with the Stars season 6 in 2008. I thought the DWTS Finals that season were unfair considering Yamaguchi's professional career gave her an edge over Taylor. Then again, it could be argued that Taylor's profession as an athlete gave him an edge against other contestants that season like Penn Jillette, Steve Guttenberg, and Adam Carolla. Haha.

Many years our Miami Dolphins have been the pride and joy of not only South Florida, but of all…read morefans of the NFL sport. Getting off to a great start this 2023 season at 3 - 0 in preseason and after beating a strong Buffalo Bill's team fans are very optimistic. Games are exciting to attend as teams has become a mater of presentation by adding pregame venue and many activities at stadium prior to game. Over all an awesome entertainment experience for local fans and many tourist that go to games during their vacations. Highly recommend live game!

The food at the event was ok. The worst part was they kept mixing up orders. So I ordered a burger…read moreand they gave me the wrong one. I had already walked away to sit down and eat before I realized it. Oh well. Food selection was good but they tend to run out of items by the end of the night. I had a turkey leg, a burger, empanadas and fries. All were good. There isn't much respite from the sun. I would recommend a sun shirt or a towel to cover up or stay in the shade as best as you can. Definitely use sunblock. We saw some severely burned concert goers. The Nashville stage was the only one with shade. It had up and coming artists. It was fun. No VIP area. The Sunset stage was the secondary stage. It had Ice Cube, Dustin Lynch, the Wheeland Brothers, The Fray, and Sons of Legion, among others. The main stage had Russell Dickerson, Colbie Caillat, Kenny Chesney, post Malone, Riley green, uncle cracker etc. As VIP, I had no issues with lines for food, drink or bathrooms. However, getting from one stage to another was a challenge. All the ticket types mix together and there was really only one walkway which made it slow and annoying to go back and forth. There has been mention that they need to have a separate walkway to super vip. I would buy the super vip ticket if they did that. There was one fight that broke out in VIP. I don't notice any other fights. It's crazy- you spend all that money and you still can't get away from the riff raff. I would go to this concert again. Next time I will do the SVIP so I can have a shaded area to view the concert and so that all my food is included that way if I get the wrong burger, ir some too g that I don't really like, I can go again and get something else. They also have an air conditioned tent to get away from the heat a bit. We shared the pool area but that "pool" is more like a bowl of water. I didn't see any filtration system so it's probably full of urine. I never saw them empty or refill it so by Sunday I'm sure it's a cesspool. Yuck. Getting to the concert was easy. We walked from our hotel. At the end of the night they close the Main Street there to let everyone walk out. It was very safe. I don't get any merchandise. Things seemed a bit overpriced and I did not want to hang on to it all day. They have lockers that are expensive. SVIP gets a locker included and they got a concert style insulated mug. I would admit the SVIP isn't much better than the VIP and of course I'd never bet my moneys worth of food and drink, but I would do it for comfort. We shall see about next year. Hopefully I'll be on the early presale list because we went this year. Tickets go up over time so it's cheaper to buy early.

Eight years straight and still one of the best weekends of my year…read more Take a perfect South Florida beach day. Blue water, sand in your shoes, that salty breeze you can't bottle. Now layer in live music from names like Post Malone and Kenny Chesney, plus a crowd that somehow feels massive and tight knit at the same time. That's Tortuga Music Festival. Here's the simplest way to put it If happiness had a ZIP code, it would be the Tortuga beach. Or this one Three days, zero worries, and just enough sunscreen regret to remind you it was real. But what really separates Tortuga is the purpose behind the party. Between sets, you're surrounded by ocean conservation efforts and real education around protecting marine life, especially our sea turtles. You come for the music and leave knowing you accidentally did something good for the planet. Not a bad trade. This year, one honest knock. The main stage sound felt low and at times it was tough to fully catch the performances. You could see the energy, just not always hear it the way you wanted to. A little more volume and this thing goes from very good to elite. Even with that, this is still a five star experience without hesitation. Because it's bigger than just the music. It's friends, family, sun, sand, and moments you end up talking about all year. And the people watching... just WOW! Tortuga isn't just an event. It's a tradition. And I'm already counting down to year nine.