We’re halfway through the summer season in Panama City Beach, but we still have months of warm weather and plenty of time to enjoy Miracle Strip @ Pier Park.
You may remember a few months back, when Teddy and Jenny Meeks finally brought their vision to fruition by opening the much appraised and anticipated Miracle Strip @ Pier Park. It all started with the original Carousel they purchased, restored and opened in Pier Park early 2009. People came from all around to relive childhood memories of their carousel adventures of yesteryear.
Today, three original rides from Miracle Strip and an exact replica of the ferris wheel entertain thousands every week and light up the summer nights at Pier Park. Beautifully landscaped and adorned with a cheerful staff, Miracle Strip @ Pier Park is a really fun place to hang with your kids.
Here’s what we’re gonna do. We are giving away one Annual Pass to Miracle Strip @ Pier Park. This comes with a buddy pass, meaning that if you win it, you can take your kiddo on a ride and not have to send him/her alone.
All you have to do to enter for a chance to win is post a comment below telling us about what you are looking forward to about going to Miracle Strip @ Pier Park.
When the contest is over, we’ll pick one winner from all the comments posted on this post.
Here are the official rules:
- Each entrant can enter once and only once (we can verify this by ip AND cookies) and must use a valid first name and email address.
- Contest begins when this post is published and ends on Wednesday July 28, 2010 at 12 noon CST. We’ll do the drawing later that day.
- We will be doing the drawing regardless of how many people enter.
- There will be 1 winner total.
- By entering you are opting in to receive future newsletters and emails from PCBDaily and CYber SYtes and you are opening yourself up to the greatest resource for news and information Panama City Beach has to offer.
- If you are selected and you do not respond to our email notifying you of winning within 7 calendar days of the close of the contest, then we reserve the right to award the prize to another entrant.
- This giveaway is open to anyone in the continental United States. If you win, you will be solely responsible for making arrangements with CYber SYtes to redeem your prize.
- Read full rules here.
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Love PCB!!!! we go every year
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It’s great to have lots of things to do at the beach. I have fond memories of going to Miracle Strip while in high school.
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Loved the rides! Especially the ferris wheel!!!
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Hi I’ve been coming to panama city since I was a baby and I am now married and have a child of my own and I’m bringing my in laws down the first week of august. We are super excited. It’d be awsome to win this or win anything thanks
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Hello there! I love Miracle Strip @ Pier Park in THE Panama city beach Florida, I have my annual PCB vactaion booked for August if I won the best part about Miracle strip for me would be the beautiful lights flickering on the rides at night time and the ferris wheel, getting to ride up with my honey and feel the ocean’s breeze is like heaven 4 us<3
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Miracle Strip @ Pier Park sounds awesome! I remember riding the log ride at the original Miracle Strip about 20 years ago…
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My mother has taken us to PCB every year since I was 6, I am 42. It was her favorite place. We visited Miracle Strip many, many times. Mom passed on Mother’s Day last year and we released her ashes at St. Andrews State Park on June 6, 2009. PCB will forever and always be in my heart and will be a permanent reminder of my mom, great times, fun and the beach. I want to keep the same tradition with my two small children.
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We are so looking forward to coming to Miracle Strip @ Pier Park because it has been so long since i have been to Panama City Beach and really miss the old Miracle Strip Park.We had so much fun. Bringing the whole family Labor Day and would love to win the pass.Pier Park looks like the place to be.
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As a little girl my parents took me to Miracle Strip park for my 10th birthday,which is July 29th! I was so very sad about the big park being torn down,I cried for days! When I married 15 years Later,we took our Honeymoon in PC beach,and that was the next time I visited there! ( Pretty sad It was my last!)I would Love to Bring my 10 year old Granddaughter to Pier Park to share some of those Memories! All of us From Alabama says”THANKS” for doing a great Job with All of our Memories! God Bless!
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I grew up thinking of Miracle Strip and the beach as the same thing…. We were not rich but went more times than I can remember… As I grew and became a teenager…. again… you had not went to the beach unless you went to Miracle Strip. Now I’m a middle age woman and have been to Pier Park and again in life I can say .. yes we went to Miracle Strip and folks will know Ive been to P.C. and the beach…. what a great cycle of life…thanks……..
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Pier park rules. I was just there for the 1st time last week. didnt get to miracle strip though.
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We are leaving out to come there tomorrow. We are stoked. Can’t wait! 🙂
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I’m looking forward to hitting the pier with my boys when the sun goes down with all the rides lit up… Riding the Ferris Wheel and checking out PCB at night! We arrive on Saturday – can’t wait!
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Please 🙂
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We love the rides at Miracle Strip, after seeing ferris wheels in various cartoons and movies, my 3 year old was so excited to finally get to ride one himself 🙂
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My fondest childhood memories all include trips to PCB and our annual visit to Miracle Strip Park. I married a man from PCB and we made this our home. I was very pregnant with our first child the last season Miracle Strip was open. As I walked around in the park the last week before it closed for good, I was so saddened that my child would not be able to experience the magic of the Carousel, the thrill of the Snowman and the sound of the Starliner as it headed up that first hill. Our daughter is now 5 and enjoys every moment she gets to spend enjoying your rides at Miracle Strip at Pier Park. As a parent, I am so pleased to get to share the adventure with her all over again. Your Annual Pass would be such a blessing to our family because we could bring our sweetie much more often. Thanks for the chance to win!!
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Was just there last week! We had a great time! 🙂 Can’t wait to come back!
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We LOVE visiting PCB and are lucky to get to come quite often as my parents have a condo at Calypso. It is so nice to be able to walk to Pier Park and both of my kiddos love all of the games and rides that are there. We have to watch from our balcony every time we leave the condo to see what is going on. I am so glad they were able to restore some of the rides from Miracle Strip as I remember many trips there as a child and teenager.
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Love PCB and Miracle Strip! We were just there this past weekend but were unable to ride anything at Miracle Strip (two babies)! I hope to get the free year pass so maybe we can enjoy Pier Park more than just eating and window shopping.
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I just got back from my vacation to PCB. It was my first ever, and I am planning a trip for September and November to Aqua condos. I took my kids on the ferris wheel and would do anything to hear their sweet laughter and see the utter amazement on their faces again!
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I wanna win! Love PCB Daily!
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Enjoy the beauty & fun that Mircle Strip has to offer. Spending quality time wiht my grandchild at MS makes special memories.
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I love Panama city Beach. We go every year and sometimes twice a year. Could not have a better place to go… 🙂
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I would love to win the pass to Miracle Strip @Pier Park. We are looking forward to spending our vacation@PCB this year. Vacation 2010 isextra special because we will be bringing our two foster children. (Ages 2 1/2 and 16 months.) we are planning and praying that we can adopt these two precious babies! Hopefully we will know somerhing soon. The pass would really be a great bonus for us ! Thanks for all the updates !
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If I won there would be twitpic’s and FB updates galore each time we rode the rides. Lily Grace (my 18mo old) would have a ball on all the rides!
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The last year I visited Miracle Strip amusement park I was eleven years old and my mom was losing her battle with breast cancer. We rode the musical express and her wig blew off to bare her bald head. Her and I laughed so very hard, my laughter turning to tears. I was so very proud of my mom for not being embarrassed by the whole ordeal but at the same time, it broke my heart. A young guy found the wig after the ride and returned it to her being so very polite. That would be her last vacation with me.
I now live in Panama City with my three daughters and wonderful husband and we would love to be a part of the new Miracle Strip to create memories to last a lifetime. Thanks so much.
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Hi, I am a single mom of 3 kids and to win a pass to the new Miracle Strip would be awesome. My kids would love the rides and enjoy them as much as I did when I was a child. Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this drawing.
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We can’t wait to get to PCB, it is the kids first trip & I am so excited for the kids they have seen pictures of the rides @ miracle strip & are always asking “mama can we ride that”,”mama can we do that.”
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We just got back three days ago and the kids had a blast partaking in everything that Pier Park had to offer. We haven’t been to PCB in about 6 years. Pier Park is one big motivator for us to come back!!!! Thanks for all the hard work!!
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We love Pier Park, were there a month ago and were there every night!!! Thanks for building a great place right near were we stay at Sterling Breeze, love it!!!
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I hope this old grandma wins for her grands!
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Love Miracle Strip!! Glad my kids get to enjoy it too!!
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It makes me remember all the summers in Panama City! We love Pier Park!
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We go to PCB every year, but boy, I’ll tell you what, we drove over to Destin this year and they sure have alot more to offer than PCB. We might stay there next year. Seems like their beaches are bigger, whiter, cleaner. I hate to say that because I grew up going to PCB, but…
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Hi!
My Mom, Dad and I came to Pensacola Beach every June from 1958 until my parents’ health failed in the mid 1990’s and I have SO many fond memories from there! We always stayed at Surf-N-Sand Cottages on the Gulf side. In fact, once at 2 AM the Coast Guard came around and evacuated the Sound because of an incoming Hurricane/ I was about 14 at the time and I can’t remember which one it was, but my friend (that came with us) and I were devastated! We both cried all the way back to Arkansas! That was in the 70’s-maybe Agnes? Anyway, when I look back on my life those are the most fond memories of all of my time growing up. When I turned 17 my parents gave me the money to come to Surf & Sand for a high school graduation present so 4 of us came and had a BLAST! Of course my parents had already talked with the resident manager to make sure that he kept an eye on us! LOL!!! (times were sure different then when traveling!)
Well, I have rambled long enough but will go to sleep dreaming of the greatest place on earth! Thanks for listening!-Leslie
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What wonderful childhood memories I have of PC and Miracle Strip- so wonderful that I have been bringing my own family here every single summer for the past 33 years. There is something for everyone to do regardless of what age you are. How lucky I am to be close enough to PC beach and that my parents treasured as much as my family and I do now!
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What a great place to hang out and let the kids enjoy!! My husband’s family has been coming to the beach since his Mom was a little girl, he since he was a baby and we are carrying that on with our sons. Glad we have such great things to share with our family such as the Miracle Strip!!
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It was awesome to find out that Miracle Strip was coming to Pier Park! As a child of the 80’s, Miracle Strip/Shipwreck Island are such great memories I have of visiting Panama City as a kid with my family! I can even still remember the commercial for it back then! Years later, now that I live here, I look foward to more fun memories with my family there at Pier Park. My nephew LOVES the rides and if I won a free annual pass,it would be yet another reason for him to visit his favorite and very cool aunt all the time!
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I have always loved riding the Carrousel at any amusement park we visited. Since I’m afraid of heights I could only ride things at ground level (Carrousel, trains, bumper cars, etc.) and the Carrousel quickly became my favorite! I was so happy to see the Carrousel go up at Pier Park last year and was able to take our grandson 1 1/2. He loved it as much or more than I. I bought a season pass for myself and and took him almost weekly to ride it. When he turned 2 last July we bought him a season pass so that he and I could continue to ride it two or three times each week. I am happy that Pier Park has added additional rides, but so far we have not visited the new park since all that I can ride is the Carrousel. I would love to win a season pass so that I could once again take our grandson to ride the Carrousel that he loves so much!
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PCB was the ONLY destination for us when I was a child. Every year, multiple times a year, we would come down and enjoy the beautiful beaches and of course the fantastic rides at Miracle Strip Amusement Park. It was not only a regular event, but a rich part of our family history. As I now have begun my own family. I would LOVE to have the opportunity to introduce my family to the fun I grew up having at the wonderfully amazing Panama City Beach!
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Miracle Strip Amusement Park is just to put it frankly a great and entertaining place to take the family young and old. This is what our country is, a place where our families can go and enjoy doing things with each other. I hope my grandchildren will always be able to know they can have this to enjoy along with the beautiful beaches of Panama City.
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Just started working in PCB and want to get to know the city & beach better! I want to WIN!
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LOVE PCB…go several times a year. Looking forward to Miracle Strip and bringing out the child in my hubby and I.
Pick me!! 🙂
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I love PCB and Pier Park!
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I’m anxious to see the new rides at Pier Park. We’ll see you saturday hopefully with a new pass to Miracle Strip!
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We live here & my son loves to go ride the rides, but we cannot always afford it. Would be great if we could go ‘at will’!
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The first time my then-boyfriend/now husband and I came to Panama City Beach on vacation we went to the Miracle Strip Park. He was so excited to take me there that he spent most of the three-hour drive down describing each and every ride. He is so excited that it is coming back to life. He can’t wait for the doors to open.
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We’re coming to PCB the week of 8/21, and I love free things!
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Love Pier Park!
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I grew up in Panama City Beach and I have great memories of Miracle Strip. I hated to see it close. I was excited to hear about it opening up again in Pier Park. I would love for my kids to be able to have as much fun as I did as a child at Miracle Strip.
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