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.
PCBDaily 
Got back from Panama Beach bout week and half ago. Still can’t beleive how great a time we had. The water was crystal/clear and the beach was sugar white sand. Pineapple willys was great!!!! We hit Shell island too! Sister & laws headed down Friday. Sterling Reef Condo was auwsom/we will be back next year for sure.
Tim from Kentucky
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I love Pier Park and WOULD LOVE to ride some rides in Miracle Strip!!!!!!!!
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When we moved here Miracle Strip was already gone, but my daughters friends told her how much fun that it was to go there. She told me she wished it was still here for her to enjoy, now with the new Miracle Strip at Pier Park she will be able to go and see what all her friends were talking about and have tons of fun!
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we have been going to pc with our children for over 30 years. we now take our 4 grandchildren. they did not get to experience the miracle strip. now we go to pier park and they really enjoy the rides and the experience.
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Yea!!! We’ve really missed Miracle Strip. Didn’t even know they had something else opened at Pier Park. We will have to go by and check it out. There are alot of things around town I wouldn’t know about if not for you. Thanks for the great work.
Connie
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My mother grew up on the Petticoat Junction rides, then we grew up with Petticoat Junction and Miracle Strip. It would be awesome to share those memories and experiences with my nephew and grand neice who are both locals. We really needed this amusement park for the rides. It is nice to see some of my past on site today.
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Cawabunga!! More fun in Paradise!! Thanks Miracle Strip.
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I grew up in Panama City Beach as a child. I have great memories of going to Miracle Strip. I hated to see it close but was excited to hear about it opening up in Pier Park. I would love for my kids to be able to enjoy Miracle Strip like I did as a child.
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Would LOVE to win this! We own a condo at Calypso and spend a TON of time at Pier Park eating and riding the rides with out little ones. This would be so awesome to have! Our favorite is the big jumper ride! My kids could stay on it all night!
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Panama City Beach and Miracle Strip, here we come.
We are coming to Panama City Beach on August 6 for the first time. With 3 teenage girls, I’m ready to be blown away by Miracle Strip. I’ve heard so many good things about the mall and the strip, I’m expecting a great time to be had by all!!
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great place to go
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I was so excited to hear that they were bringing back part of Miracle Strip to Pier Park. Miracle Strip was the first place my husband and I went on a date, great memories!
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We have been vacationing in PCB since my son was 7. Now… he has a 4 and 7 year old and we are all vacationing there annually. It is our home away from home. We all LOVE PCB!
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Im a local, and my son has been longing to be able to go as often as he can before school starts back up; it would mean I would have to pay for two extras but thats ok!
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Nice marketing…
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When I was newly divorced 40 years ago, I brought my 2 small children and 3 nieces and nephews (all under the age of 12 — brave thing to do back in the day) to Panama City Beach — might I add, on a wing and a prayer. We found a motel room across Front Beach Road from the beach for only $12.00 a night so we could afford to stay a whole week! That was the most magical time for the kids — pretty hectic at times for me. We enjoyed the beach, a wild west show (where Wal-Mart now stands) and most of all, the Miracle Strip Amusement Park. Needless to say, we spent what little money we had doing fun things. Now, I have two grandchildren, all the nieces and nephews are married with kids of their own, but I still love PCB and enjoy going to the new Miracle Strip at Pier Park.
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We love going there.
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WOULD LOVE TO WIN THIS!!!!!!!!!! WE HAVE 10 GRANDCHILDREN THAT VISIT US AT DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. PIER PARK AND MIRACLE STRIP ARE ALWAYS ON THEIR LIST OF THINGS TO DO. PLEASE PICK ME!!!!!!!!!
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Panama City Beach has not been the same since MSAP closed! So glad that a part of it is back.
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We live here and this is the perfect place to take the whole family no matter what and a winner for our guests ! There’s so much to do for all ages, so it’s a “one stop entertainment” for everyone. It always gets the “vote’ and we love it !
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I can’t say enough “wonderful” things about PCB…….
My Father & Mother took me & my brother there 100’s of times from birth to teens. What memories we have of the beach, Miracle Strip & the amusement park. I still remember riding the train (where Wal-Mart is located) back & seeing an Old West Show shoot out! Hahahaaaa Long time wonderful memories!!!
Thank you PCB for this!!
As adults we have now taken our family there, and our grandsons! Yes… still coming to PCB “The Most Beautiful Beach in the World” to us! In fact my husband & I got re-married just last Sept. 21st on the beach….. that’s how much we LOVE PCB.
If I win this yes….. I will enjoy it but… if I do not: I am a winner anyway each time I visit the place that is most dear to my heart… PCB.
Thank you for keeping PCB beautiful & full of wonderful things for families, which matter the most in life!
Cathy Henson/Pleasant View, Tennessee
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It is great to take ones mind off of everyday burdens and spend time at pier Prak and Miracle strip and really have fun!
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I have many fond childhood memories of Miracle Strip Amusement Park. I think its great that some of PCB history remains alive and well at Pier Park, our future.
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My two granddaughters love Panama City Beach and especially MIracle Strip @ Pier Park!! Grace the 4 year old can’t wait to return for an all day pass!! Madie is 18 months and Grace will be showing her the ropes. Wonderful to pass on the carousel that I rode as a kid!
Thanks
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Love the ferris wheel. Best ride, view, and moments of peace at the beach. Thanks!!
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I look forward to going to Miracle Strip mostly to ride the ferris wheel. It’s that one moment when the ferris wheel stops you on top and you can see forever. In that moment I can be anywhere I want, be any age I want and my mind is free to become. It revitalizes me and reminds me of good times. Thanks for giving us a little piece of another time and place.
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I always enjoyed taking my grandkids to Miracle Strip park and was really upset when it was torn down. I am so happy to see that so much of it has been brought back to Pier Park. I live here and everytime I go to Pier Park I go by and watch all the kids having so much fun. I remember when I was a kid and Pier Park was Wayside Park. Now, that was a long time ago! I am proud that they have made such a great place for families to go and enjoy themselves there. I still have a granddaughter that loves to go and ride all the rides. So, winning a year pass would be great for us to enjoy!
Thanks so much, God Bless America!
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I just wana say thanks to the Meeks for being back some the the fun of Miracle Strip Amusement Park to PCB. It really makes Pier Park a fun place for all and is a welcome addidtion. THANKS!….
My grandaughter loves the rides and we stop by every ime we go to the Movides at the Grand or Pier Park.
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Just turn 65 a few months back and found it great to think of the old days, befor all the ooplahs in PCB. Part of the fun was Miracle Strip, and I want to thank all responsible for bringing it back…….Now lets work on the Treasure Ship.
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Love this place!
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Have loved Miracle strip since we were kids and our kids were kids. Hope to have my grandkids loving it as much as the rest of our family has!
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I look forward to the smile on my granddaughters face as she enjoys the fun atmosphere of the Miracle Strip at Pier Park. She calls the Miracle Strip a “fun” place and she is correct about that and I love the fact it is a safe, fun place in PCB.
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Enjoyed taking my son & daughter to MSAP, now looking forward to bringing my grandsons Gavin & Hudson to see the rebirth of some great rides! Thanks for restoring some nostalgia. Ed Eicj – Miramar Beach
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Please pick me. the buddy thing is perfect for my husband and I! We love those kinds of things and it would get us to peir park so much more often!
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I am a local living within walking distance to Pier Park. All of my children grew up enjoying Miracle Strip Park and all the rides that were offered. Now when they and the grandkids come to visit we enjoy the nostalgia at the new Park.
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Miracle Strip was always a summer staple in our childhood. Now than I am an adult, still living in the community, I still love reinstatement of the iconic landmark in our city. The swings that allow a peak at the beach view were always my favorite!
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We moved out to the West end this past year, and are so glad we did. Pier Park is the new ‘Center’ of activity in PCB. We are there almost every day! The Meeks sure put the cherry on top by adding Miracle Strip!!!
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I HOPE I WIN…I LOVE PCB AND PIER PARK !
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We are heading to PCB next week and as always will visit the Miracle Strip just as my parents did when I was a kid!
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Even though it is a little late in the season, this might be a good perk for summer guests for those who rent their units.
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Spending 6 years as a single parent was challenging at best and included very little “real” entertainment other than the free things; although those times are full of memories. My daughter won a pass to the old Miracle Strip and she chose me as her friend to bring along. We had a great time and really appreciated the opportunity to have an outing. I would love to win this pass and return the treat by choosing her as my buddy to bring along and relive some memories as well as make new ones.
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Pier Park is one of the best things to ever happen to Panama City Beach! I absolutely love to go there. There are so many shops, so many wonderful restaurants, movies, amusement park rides, a pier, and now a Beach! It is really, really great!
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Love PCBDaily also!
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I love the rides, the beach and the fun!
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Way to get great comments Jason! If I won this my nephew would think I was the coolest Aunt on the planet the next time we have our family vacation on the beach! He could ride every night of the week! Woohoo! Nowhere in the world like PC Beach at Pier Park for family vaca time!
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I love the new “old” rides. They are great.
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17 years ago my boyfriend took me there on a trip, 2 years later he took me there on our honeymoon and every year after we’ve gone and taken our children. our children love it there so much that it’s all they talk about…we’re actually considering buying a condo and moving there, so we can “play” all the time!
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Experiencing Pier Park evolution from the old sand/palm tree lot to the multi-level experience venue, has been heart-warming for a permanent Panama City resident. This attraction has continued to improve beyond the ‘money-gimick’ that riddled the old PCB attractions in the past. Thanks for taking the high road and making this a family friendly, safe and valuable activity for kids of all ages!! ….. do think you should add an ‘old-world’ themed concession place- for the stand-bys of funnel cakes, corn dogs, cotton candy and lemonade!!
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My daughter worked the last year Miracle Strip was open and when I told her they opened up some of the original rides at Pier Park, she was elated!!! I am hoping to share rides with her and all my grandchildren this year. I have already been on one ride with 2 of my granddaughters and look forward to more!
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Can’t wait to show my 12 and 10 year old boys the Miracle Strip @ Pier Park for their first ever trip to PCB! Arriving in August from NC after too many years on the West Coast and trying to ‘make do’ with the Atlantic. Yipee!
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What a great renovation and attraction for Pier Park!
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