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Originally posted by pbc A12? You'll get good WiFi. Look for my crew in H1 and H2. Philip

Will do!... A11 & A12 are my favorite spots,... Tent price with electric and water hook up!!

JI campground is really pretty awesome, great price, great community, great amenities... See you guys there!!!!!!!!

Kite fort is cleared for the approach with JIA.

Registrations are rolling in- thanks everybody.

Preliminary T-shirt design is in- Thanks Davis!

Can't wait for the cookies!

any motel better than the others to stay at? probably need to get a room now than wait till later:puzzled:

On the island, there is nothing bad. Buildings are old but renovated and kept up, so shop by price. Days Inn, Oceanside. Hampton Inn very nice but more $$ I think. They are breaking ground on two new properties new the convention center but they will be for 2014. Same with Holiday Inn taking over the old Clarion property to the north. This kind of development will be welcome

Mainland at I-95 exit 29 there are several inexpensive but decent offerings. Over the years many of my guests have used MicroTel Suites with good reviews but Philip seems to have had a bad experience there. Others have used Econolodge and Super 8 with no complaints. "Clean and decent" are comments I hear a lot. All fifteen minutes from the beach.

The new Toll Plaza, located about halfway out the Jekyll Island Causeway, is now operational. The machines take credit cards as well as cash, and their is usually an attendant for assistance.

Fee is $6 a day or $28 for a weekly pass.

If you feel you might visit Jekyll a few times a year, the annual pass for $45 is a good deal. It gets you a bar-coded sticker for your back right window that is laser read in the far right lane, and the gate opens with no waiting.

Im staying here from the 8th thru the 11th........................ocean view/spare bed available................$67.50 a night......................let me know...............

pre registered.................. ready for some surf and turf sessions............................

http://www.oceansideinnandsuites.com/

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Originally posted by soliver I have officially reserved my campsite for JIBE,... Kevin and I will be in site A12 in the JI campground,... My wife and kids will join the fun Friday and Saturday,... Hey Frank and Chris,... Save some cookies for my girls!!!!!:bouncy:

You might get any cookie leftovers (good luck) on Saturday night--I'm booked at the campground on site B2 , near you Sat night.

HOLY SCHNIEKIES BATMAN!!!!!!

ONLY 5 1/2 MORE WEEKS TO GO :singing::singing::singing: !!!!!!!!!

I'm kinda excited.

JI winds starting to blow more onshore..........lookin good.......what's the water temp?

Agree.......I've stayed out at exit 29 for the last few years but decided to treat myself to a bit o beach front property........the hotels at 29 are clean with a few good food joints available...........can't go wrong

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Originally posted by acampbell On the island, there is nothing bad. Buildings are old but renovated and kept up, so shop by price. Days Inn, Oceanside. Hampton Inn very nice but more $$ I think. They are breaking ground on two new properties new the convention center but they will be for 2014. Same with Holiday Inn taking over the old Clarion property to the north. This kind of development will be welcome Mainland at I-95 exit 29 there are several inexpensive but decent offerings. Over the years many of my guests have used MicroTel Suites with good reviews but Philip seems to have had a bad experience there. Others have used Econolodge and Super 8 with no complaints. "Clean and decent" are comments I hear a lot. All fifteen minutes from the beach.

:wow:

On the matter of food, last fall, Nick and I did a buggy weekend at Jekyll Island and ate at Tuptim Thai on the northeast side of Brunswick on US 25. The food there is great.

At the time they said they were going to open a new restaurant on Jekyll. It was supposed to be open by JIBE. Unfortunately I don't see mention of the new restaurant on their web site or Google maps. Even if you have to drive into Brunswick, they are worth the drive.

Philip

Tuptim Thai is a great restaurant with generous servings, great prices and great service. They have another location in JAX and I think that is how they get their authentic ingredients (ya won't find that stuff in Brunswick).

If they were talking about opening a place on Jekyll Island ( I had not heard that but this is good news) then they were caught up in the construction delays for the two new hotels on the Island. That had been something of a chicken-egg conundrum, since the development of the retail village near the convention site in front of the new round-about was predicated on the new hotels to be built there. Financing for the hotels had fallen through last year but that has now been resolved and ground is being broken for them to open in 2014. That will generate the foot traffic needed to make new shops and restaurants economically viable. Convention center bookings have already exceeded expectations and budgets, so the hotels and related construction looks promising.

Many visitors commented last year that the new convention center looked good but the back end of it, facing the round-about when you first get on to the island, looked like the ugly back end of a shopping mall. All that space will be filled in with shops, restaurants and hotels, complete with landscaping and aesthetic details consistent with the rest of the development that people have liked.

This is not over-development. By law, any new construction must happen only on the site of old construction and the ratio of 35% development and 65% natural environment and nature preserve will be maintained.

You will find Tuptim Thai on Route 341, just north of I-95 exit 36, on the north end of the Winn Dixie shopping Center. Highly recommended. Thanks Philip.

Tuptim Thia is a favorite of ours as well, we always eat there at least once a visit. Very good and worth the drive off the island in my book.