Zippy

Anyone know how many have pre registered for the Cruise In?

87 Ragtop

Sadly I think it's just right around 100. I saw that number in another thread. My girlfriend and I are 2 of them though

mikeerbC6

if its 100 thats still a good number

FLY LOW

Pics of said girlfriend??

Donna and I are in, between me and you it was a race to sign up last in line. We signed up at 9 PM on the 16th. See ya down there

MVR 155

I missed pre-registration but I will be going and registering on site so you have 101

FrankTank

I think I saw right around 100 as well. It should still be a good time...just will be different this year. Keep the CI spirit alive

talon90

Zippy, just talked to the museum. As of two minutes ago the total pre-registered is 116. They said this is down significantly from last year which had a total pre-registration of 257.

Zippy

Thanks for the update info. Are you going?

Tony

talon90

Yes, I'll be dropping by the Hampton tomorrow night and Friday and around the NCM on Saturday.

Paul

Mr Mojo

Stopped over at the Hampton last night, only about 16 cars and maybe twice as many people.
Today is the first "official" day, but in years past, we usually had well over 100 on Wednesday.
Headed to the NCM in a bit, we'll see who's there.

cmb396

Glad you made it down Frank!! Too bad you were the NE caravan this year. I just could not work it in this year, had to stay on the good side of my preggo wife!!

XtremeVette

WOW!!!!!!!
I expected it to be low but....damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Hopefully when Iam there tomorrow it will pick up a little.

Frank ya still got the same cell number? I'll give ya a buzz tomorrow when I get there. I plan on hitting the NCM seminar in the morning about the track update. Then participating in the car show but other then that have no plans. Not sure if I'll be coming back on saturday totally depends on the vibe of people around and if the weather is cooperating.

Mr Mojo

Yeah, we thought about you as we cruised down 64 to 79, hopefully next year we can get a bigger crowd.

Same number Jeff. As of this afternoon, there were only two walk up registrations and a lot of the pre reg's hadn't shown yet.

Me, ZR_DON and Roscoe are the only ones of the people who have made all of them, that are here. I hear Snowman can't make it and of course since Adam works and lives here, he counts, but it would be hard for him to miss it. Although I haven't seen him yet.

talon90

I swung by the Hampton last night about 8:00pm with a few friends and it was very quiet. I'd say maybe 30 people broken off in to small groups in chairs hanging around outside. I was kind of suprised based on threads and photos from years past.

Paul

cmb396

That really sucks!! I don't think you can base anything on years past!! The first CI I went to, which was CI6, the BAymont and Hampton were completely booked, everyparking space b/t the two had a vette in it, and there must have been over a 1000 folks standing around socializing, drinking, and having a good time!!

XtremeVette

Yep this years event was really an embarrassment. I was down at the NCM all day today. Maybe 20 vettes total down there. The inside was just as bad, not a soul around. It was so bad this year that in the 10 years of this tradition, they broke it this year and didn't even do the dash placards. Quite honestly I am surprised they even decided to have held it.

I think that NCM staff came out to do the group photo with us just to fill in people cause it was so bad. I did bump into my good friend Mr. Mojo and talked for a while with him along with meeting a new face on the forum. I believe he said he went by the name DJ vette. He had an awesome cool C3 with custom radio molded into the dash.

I then shot over to the Baymont/Hampton Inn. Middle of the day around 4. Not a soul around. Same thing maybe 20 vettes outside parked. I decided after seeing that, that there really was no point to stick around so I came home.

We really have something to shoot for next year to do something to majorly turn this event around. I already started talking to people today and already have some ideas that will be be talking to Roc and the NCM staff about.

Mr Mojo

I still had a great time despite the low turnout.
The Barren River road tour was awesome. We actually had 4 C4's out there, I think that's a new record.
On the way back to the NCM, me and HP Bushrod had some fun cruising the backroads, made it in record time and never really went much over 60 mph, of course when you have people towing boats and other farm equipment in front of you and no room to pass, it's hard to go any faster.

Good to see my ol' buddy Jeff(Xtreme Vette), sorry couldn't spend more time chatting.

We hit the road at 6:00am this morning and rolled in the driveway about 10:00pm.
Very tired, I'll post pics tomorrow.

XtremeVette

Was good seeing you too Frank! and it was cool this year we actually did have time to talk lol. I remember the year prior I was catching you just as you were heading out.

Stay in touch, I'll see ya next year if ya take the trip like you always do man.

Black94LT1

Hey, I was one of those C4s Pic of us staged and ready to roll out.



We had a great time too, it was only our second Cruise in, but the road tours (Barren river and Heaven Hill) were great, the weather was good, and the company was great.

Big Fish

Attendance certainly was low this year, maybe just a casualty of the economy. I think things will improve with time. Wifey and I had a great time, did the Barren Lake tour and another free tour on saturday. Weather was good, very minimal rain, just enough on thursday to wash the bugs off.

I felt sorry for the Hampton Inn, seems like most of the people I saw on the Barren Lake tour were not staying at the Hampton. I don't know where most were staying, and failed to ask. Hampton staff was fantastic as usual and went way above and beyond with trying to meet our needs. They even had arranged for a food vendor, but he left, apparently not able to sell enough to make expenses. I hope attendance rebounds or this event will have a difficult time finding a decent base facility to host it.