Unfortunately because of my work schedule that weekend, we won't be able to make it there until very late Friday night. But we'll definitely be doing the parade on Saturday morning. If you're there for the parades on Thursday and Friday, I highly recommend doing them. It's really cool to drive down the entire boardwalk to the inlet parking lot. A couple of photographers take pictures of every car that is in the parade, and for a reasonable fee, you can get an 8 x 10 copy of it.

The parades on Thursday and Friday are open to anyone that is registered in the show. Saturday's parade works a little differently. They only allow a limited number of cars for the parade that day. You have to drive to the inlet parking lot VERY early Saturday morning (usually around 6:00 am or so) and pick up a ticket if you want to participate.

As far as a meeting place goes, we could meet at the Convention Center before the parades. Or just about anywhere else, for that matter. This will be the fifth year in a row that we've gone to this show. I'm bummed out that we won't be there every day this year, but I'm sure we'll have a great time nonetheless!