2nd "bi" Annual Root Beer Cruise Attandance List. V2.0

[Vovchandr]

@kromwell

Hey guys… I’m new to this forum, but I used to live in Albany… prolly have met a few of you. My name is Kornel and I drove a 98 Eclipse GSX… like I said, few of you have probably seen it. I live in Little Falls now and I’m between “toys” right now because I’m buying a house.

We’re in the planning process of our 2nd (possibly bi-) Annual Root Beer Cruise. Last year we held it on the 14th of July and had about 30+ cars make it to the cruise!! The clubs involved were CNY Concepts, NADS, and Overboostn. An M3 from Utica showed up with a Magna charged LS6 swap, a 10 second 1st gen DSM showed, as well as a bunch of other notable cars. Everyone had a great time!

The way we set it up was, the first group met in Herkimer at a certain time, then we drove out to Utica and met up with the next group, then on to Rome to meet with the rest of the people. The name “root beer cruise” came from us finally meeting at the A&W Restaurant in Oneida.

It ended up being a great time and people said that wanted to do something like this again, so we are starting the planning process again.

As of right now, here is what we have…

Current involved clubs:
CNY Concepts (www.cnyconcepts.com)
NADS (www.nadsny.com)
Overboostn / V8 Smokers (www.overboostn.com)
Full Tilt Crew - Bike club (FTC NY (cnyfulltiltcrew) on Myspace)

Current meeting locations: No solid dates and times set

1. Herkimer Walmart
2. Utica Riverside Mall or Big Lots parking lot
3. Rome Lowes
4. FINISH - either Delta Lake or Verona Beach State Park

Last year all we did was meet up at the locations, hung out for a bit, took pictures, then drove to the next spot. We finished up at the A&W restaurant in Oneida, then went back to Rome to hang out with the muscle car guys that have their weekly car show there.

This year sounds way better so far. Since their was so much interest last year, and even more of an interest to do it again because everyone heard how much of a good time it was, we decided to make it a little bigger. Rather than going to a restaurant, we are going to end up at one of those state parks and have a big BBQ, with Root Beer, on ice! lol

As of right now, we have about 30+ bikes and that, or more cars pretty much ready to go.

So I’m basically extending out the invitation to everyone down in Albany to try and make it out to our cruise. It was a great time last year, but would be WAY more fun with more people.

If you would like more information, so far www.nadsny.com seems to be the place where most of the planning is going on.

Anyway, thanks for reading, and hopefully I’ll hear from some of you about attending!!

~Kornel~

@kromwell

So here’s what we came up with:

You guys from Coby/Albany will have to find a time that works for you guys that will let you get to Herkimer at noon.

We left enough time for people to show up late, as well as to hang out for a big and hand out maps.

1. Herkimer, Walmart: 12:00
2. Utica, Big Lots: 1:00
3. Rome, Staples Lot: 2:00
4. Verona Beach Park: 3:00

Each location is roughly 15-20 miles away from each other, so it will definitely be a lot of cruising time together!!

We came up with some numbers just to see how many cars it will take to cover the cost of the pavilion when we get there too.

Each car, no matter what, will be $7 to enter the park. On top of that, it is $110 to rent out the pavilion, which holds like 300 people plus $20 for trash removal (if we don’t pay that, we have to take our own garbage home… I’m thinkin a NO on that one!). So in order to cover that, like we were saying before, we’d have them charge us $10 at the gate per car/bike.

So by our calculations: $130 / $3 (difference between $7 and $10 to cover the pavilion) = 43.3 cars. Which is the minimum mount of cars it would take to cover the costs. Any money made over and above that will be put towards next years (or later this year) cruise to help cover these costs, if we decide to do the same exact cruise again.

Jason (B18CEJ8) also put together a cruise map, which will be printed out for each car/bike so that just in case someone gets too far behind, or separated at lights, so everyone knows where they’re going.

Here is the link to the map: Google Maps

Latest Update.

@b18c_ej8

Well here’s the deal… Since the track day is 24 hours prior to our event, we decided to change the date. I know most people aren’t made of money, and people attending probably won’t want to drop more cash the very next day. The problem with changing the date beyond June 21st is that we’d be in close proximity to July 4th weekend.

I’m going to call the parks tomorrow, and see which dates are available, if any.

I actually drove the route yesterday on the way to Syracuse, and found a couple of possible locations, so I’ll make some calls tomorrow.

I did, however, have a conversation with a restaurant owner in New Hartford on Friday, who is very interested in hosting a cruise, and having it end there. He’ll give us a group discount, and his food rocks… I’m trying to map out some possible routes to make a cruise like that fun, but there’s not much to do/see in that area.

So… I’m working on it.

Old thread link.

http://shift518.com/index.php?topic=916.0#quickreply

If you’re planning on attending, copy and paste your list and add your name on the bottom.

Attending

1. Vovchandr
2. b18c_ej8
3. kromwell

[Hooked_on_240]

im going

[b18c_ej8]

Just got off the phone with the kind people at Verona Beach State Park.

Our original date of June 21st was taken, and all of the large pavillions with BBQ pits were taken for July.

However, June 28th was open, so I booked it.

Official Date is Saturday, June 28th, 2008.

The only issue I had was that they want the $110 fee up front when I return the registration packet. I have no problem putting up the cashola to get the ball rolling.

[Vovchandr]

Glad to see it happening, should be a good time :thumb

Hooked, way to follow the rules :tong

[b18c_ej8]

Also, if when you add your name to the list, could you also indicate +1, +2 +? so we can have an idea how many total people will be attending?

[Hooked_on_240]

@Vovchandr

Glad to see it happening, should be a good time :thumb

Hooked, way to follow the rules :tong

lol me and benny are special, we both dont know how to follow even the simplest of rules… but June 28th FTW day after my b-day

Hooked on 240 (jeff) plus 1 girlfriend (heather) in my 240 or my stepdads, 08 zo6 vette

[b18c_ej8]

Woo Hoo! Up to 8 confirmed people so far! ;D

[kromwell]

haha… thanks for the v.2.0 of this thread!

Also, if you could put if you’re riding with someone, or if you’re driving that would be great too, that way, since you have to pay “per car load” at the gates, it would give us a better dollar amount in our heads of what to expect.

Kromwell (Kornel) +1 (wife - Leah) = 2 Total

[kromwell]

also… last year we had a huge turnout of girlfriends/wives… so if you’re married… bring the wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend with ya!!

[Swifty]

@b18c_ej8

Woo Hoo! Up to 8 confirmed people so far! ;D

Attending

1. Vovchandr
2. b18c_ej8
3. kromwell
4. Swifty

i duno who the other people are, you should revise this list… i added myself to it but i duno where your other 8 are

[big_red]

im down ill have to follow swifty tho idk where any of that crap is lol :crackup

[b18c_ej8]

^^ Nice!

:banana

[big_red]

@big red

im down ill have to follow swifty tho idk where any of that crap is lol :crackup

edit, i am a maybe, i work sat mornings so i will have to let you know was it gets closer

[b18c_ej8]

Plenty of time to put your time off request in, sir. ;D

[Vovchandr]

They counted people attending that are members on other sites.

[b18c_ej8]

@Vovchandr

They counted people attending that are members on other sites.

Correct. Just trying to get an idea of how many people to expect.

[bennyfizzle]

I might be down depending on the ACTUAL date…

[b18c_ej8]

As stated above, the ACTUAL date is Saturday, June 28th, 2008.

Park is reserved & pavillion has been rented.

[bennyfizzle]

Oh, my bad…Yeah I’m off that weekend sooo sign me up

[b18c_ej8]

Roger that. :nod