Children of all ages are welcome aboard the Santa Showboat –
General Admission tickets are only $75.00 and the showboat has a cash bar.
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Boaters – We Need YOU!
Please consider joining our volunteer force on water if you do not want to enter your boat for only $35. As a control boater, you are the eyes and ears of the Parade. Your participation is vital to keeping the Parade safe and our waterways secure.
Please fill out the control boat form to get the best anchoring spot while defining parade perimeters along our waterways. We need your help during this great community event!
All participants get to attend a Thank you Party.
Mandatory control boat meeting where you will receive a well-stocked goodie bag at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce.
Click: 2025 Control Boat Form
#WinterfestFL Call Today: 954-767-0686 or visit winterfestparade.com
Family Fun Day – Where to Park?
Planning on attending this Sunday’s November 22nd Winterfest Family Fun Day with the City of Fort Lauderdale’s Open Streets? Click on the link to find the best locations to park. Remember Las Olas will be closed during the day and the event is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. City lots will have a flat rate of $5.
Roving Reporter – Lisa Pirro Captures Winterfest White Party
see her other videos www.lisapirro.com / like her page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LisaPirro315
Below Deck Star to Sail in Winterfest
#StudoftheSea Bravo Star Capt Lee of Below Deck will be a celebrity in Winterfest on December 12, 2015. Capt Lee and his lovely wife, Maryanne, recently joined Winterfest board member Kim Bokamper, President & CEO Lisa Scott-Founds and David Founds for dinner to discuss details (Runway’s Vinnie also shown in photo). Cannot wait to see#CaptLR #RockTheWaterways #WinterfestSoFlo15
Welcome Winterfest 2015 Theme – Board & Advisory Team
With visions of sugar plum fairies, mermaids, gingerbread houses, princesses, talking animals, dragons and so much more, Winterfest announced the 2015 Boat Parade theme of “Fairy Tales Afloat.” Winterfest, a Florida not-for-profit organization known as the producers of “The World’s Most Watched Boat Parade,” also announced their 2015-2016 Chairman of the Board and new board members. Beauty & the Feast Restaurant on Fort Lauderdale Beach was the perfect setting for the new board installation and announcement of this year’s theme. Past Chairman of the Board, Ken Ortner, President of Kenneth A. Ortner, P.A., handed over the gavel to Jim Dunn, Vice President of JM Lexus, dressed in a “Beauty and the Beast” costume. “The 2015-2016 Winterfest Board has a fresh new direction,” said Lisa Scott-Founds, Winterfest President & CEO. “As we embark on our 44th Parade year, Winterfest continues to look for a fresh look and a twist of the unexpected. Many committees are already working on ideas with our fairy tale theme for the 2015 Parade and other events during the Winterfest Celebration.”
FOR COMPLETE LIST OF BOARD/ADVISORY: http://winterfestparade.com/?p=14
FOR COMPLETE PRESS RELEASE: https://db.tt/Ok04ic6N
#WinterfestSoFlo15
Coolest Lights in the Country
Thank you Woman’s World for acknowledging Winterfest as “The Coolest Lights in the Country” – We couldn’t agree more!
Download and Track Santa!
Download the Winterfest App for Winterfest Event Updates, Track Santa and a few of the boats in the Parade including the Grand Marshal Showboat presented by Fifth Third Bank. You can also VOTE for your favorite boat in the Parade! One random voter will win tickets from Spirit Airlines.
Color, shake and play holiday tunes and track Santa on the night of the Parade – Special thank you to Visit Florida.
Winterfest TV – watch and vote
Missed the Winterfest Special? You can watch Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and EVERYDAY on the Internet!
- SOUTH FLORIDA: Watch the Winterfest® Television Special on WSVN 7 on December 25 and January 1 (5 a.m. and 1 p.m.).
- STATE OF FLORIDA: Winterfest® Television Special is shared around the state through network partnership with WSVN and Fox Sun Sports. December 24 (7 p.m.), December 26 (1 p.m.), December 27 (11 p.m.), December 28 (5 p.m.), December 29 (11 p.m.), December 30 (6 p.m.), December 31 (9:30 a.m.), January 1 (10 a.m. and 1 p.m.), January 2 (1 p.m.), January 3 (11 p.m.) and January 4 (11 p.m.).
- BOSTON: WSVN sister stations will air the Parade December 24 at 1 a.m. (WHDH) and December 21 at 2 p.m. and December 27 at noon. (WLVI).
- AROUND THE WORLD: EyeOnSouthFlorida.com has the live version on their site with a link on Winterfestparade.com
ROCK THE VOTE: VOTE for Your Favorite Parade Entry and WIN a Chance to Fly Away!
There are a variety of ways to vote:
- Text your favorite boat’s number to “23000” (example – Boat100)
- Visit www.winterfestparade.com and click “People’s Choice” under “Contests”
- Visit the Big 105.9 website http://bit.ly/1wepStr.
Can you smell the coffee?
It is #BlackFriday – Did you start your day with coffee? A Keurig 2.0?
During the Holiday Season, Keurig would like to spread the Love. Couples will have the opportunity to be in the Parade and renew their vows aboard the Keurig 2.0 Showboat. Enter to win by clicking on the link –
Share a cup and say “I DO” to the improved powerful Keurig 2.0.