Didn't party too much compared from last year but still had a amazing time!
Thursday-Anjunabeats party was awesome!!
Friday day-Hung out in South Beach a little. Food,drinks,beach,etc
Friday night-Future Sound of Breaks party was not as good from last year's. Only stayed for 4 hours.
Saturday morning/day/night-Finally got some sleep 5 hours maybe. I went to Ultra day 2 and really enjoyed it! 2 years since last Ultra festival. After Ultra had a little after jammer in the condo.
Sunday-Checked out and headed out to South Beach for the famous Mojito's and food. Drove home 4 hours. Sleeppp

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Originally posted by PatMcGroin dont be mad. there was plenty of warnings here. if you didnt follow the advice of vertans, its your fucking bad. so please, stop bitching because you only stayed for an hour. anything for $10 and theres an automatic 'you cant complain' clause. its miami... people pay off the bouncers... get used to it. again there were plenty of warnings about this kinda shit. sorry you suck at doing research. try again next year.

Pat.............PLEASE forgive me for how much I "suck at doing research", as you so eloquently put it. It was my first ever time at WMC to begin with, and not only that, I don't visit this site nearly as often as you do. So if you can kindly show me where I should have looked for all the "warnings" you had talked about, I would GREATLY appreciate it.

Thanks.

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My review of WMC 2009 so sad its over...

Tuesday:
Got in at around 1pm and quickly found the nearest place to get drunk which my friend and I did. Went down to Lincoln for some grub then off to Aero Bar for Toronto Meets Miami. Aero Bar was a good first club to experience in Miami. Met a lot of cool people, got to hang out with Markus and Bossi for awhile. Glenn Morrison tore it up as did Markus! Can't remember til how late we stayed, but was til after Markus' set. Only bummer of the night was that my friend lost her camera... boo!!!

Wednesday:
Picked up my friend from the airport in the afternoon then went down and just walked around Lincoln & Washington Ave. Love that area! Had dinner at Sushi Samba (wikkid place, overpriced, but cool) then off to Space for Sci+Tec. The club wasn't busy when we first got there but it filled up. We met the rest of our Canadian friends there and got BOMBED!! Dubfire was really really good, unlike the previous few times I saw him.

Thursday:
Went down Collins to get food and explore. Ended up at the Sagamore at some pool party which was fun, but we wanted to rest up for our biggest night to date. One friend went to Anjuna whereas me and my other friend went to FERRY CORSTEN!!! ATB was really good for first time seeing him and Ferry tore the place apart!! Got to chat with Ferry beforehand too. I have seen him in 5 different countries now and he always remembers me, which is funny. Nicest guy ever. Afterwards, went to Pacha to catch what was left of the TranceAddict party. Place wasn't busy at all, which really sucked, but got to hang out with CG, Blake Jarrell and some other DJs and TAs. Had a great great night!

Friday:
Pete Tong's pool party!!! At this point I haven't slept yet and needed some booze to fuel me up! The party was amazing, just wish it was broadcasted and Tongy played earlier. Gervais was alright, but I went there for Tong. Left around 6 to get ready for Ultra.
Ultra was cool to experience but I wouldn't do it again. Got there when SHM was in the house room and BEP was on mainstage. Went to mainstage for Guetta but I was so tired, I had to stand near the back for Deadmau5 and Tiesto. The sound wasn't very good but both DJs played really well. Back to the hotel to change for...
PAUL VAN DYK!!! Best set of the trip by far! Took me on a journey and was so cool to see him so into it, I've never seen that side of him before. His new track Home I just love! After his set, went to the Terrace for Morillo until about 8am! He was good, but I've seen him better.. must be because it was so late.

Saturday:
Didn't get up til late and missed the pool AGAIN but went to Armin. I didn't like Jerome's set at all really, but whatever. Armin was banging hard at the beginning which I was not into as much but near the middle part, he got really good. Met some super rude ****** on the dancefloor that I wanted to punch out (only loser I met all trip). Armin finished about 6 and then Jerome came back on... only good track he played was Tracking Treasure Down Vs Chakalaka. After Armin's set, my friends and I got to hang out with him until the end of the night which was cool. He was quite drunk and tired haha!

Sunday:
Woke up very late again (shame I missed the MMC Closing Pool Party), just in time to make it out for one last dinner down on Lincoln and then to Nocturnal. Was really awesome that the terraces in Miami aren't covered like in Ibiza. Ronski Speed was really rocking it, but we decided to pop over to Space to use the last of our free drink bands up came back at around 4 and I think Tom Colontonio was on... good stuff, but I was waiting for Giuseppe! He rocked it and nearly broke my legs when he played Through Your Eyes then Cosmic Gate destroyed the terrace and when they finished, I said goodbye to all the great TAs I met (especially you drEamer) and went back home around 8 since we had to be at the airport by 11am Monday.

All in all, one of the best weeks of my life... great introduction to WMC. You can be sure I will be back next year again!!!

Cheers,
Terry

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December 19 - DJ Dan @ Flow Lounge, Edmonton
December 26 - MARKUS SCHULZ @ Edmonton Event Centre
December 31 - Hatiras @ Flow Lounge, Edmonton
January 1, 2010 - DAVID GUETTA @ Edmonton Event Centre
February 14, 2010 - FREQUENCY w/PAUL VAN DYK, FERRY CORSTEN, MARCO V & more @ Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton
March 23-27, 2010 - WINTER MUSIC CONFERENCE, Miami
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awesome!!!! and soooo hot! LOL

Ok, I'll join in...... just so I have some future recollection of the debauchery that took place.

Great Music
Great People
Great Week


Wed: Arrived, DJ Mag party - Good time but pool parties aren't all that. Howells @BED - Snoozefest for a bit, but last couple hours were awesome.

Thu: Pretty successful TA Lunch @Chili's, Sander K/Desyn yacht - Drunk!, Anjunabeats was great, stayed until end and caught a few minutes of M_Nus before feeling ill.... damnit, next year I will make it thru the Minus party!! Good times still.

Fri&Sat: Strolled around city, ate some food, relax, then PVD @Space was terrific. Planned on checking out terrace for just a little bit, but that f'n place reeled me in like none other. Ended up limping out at noon on saturday. Shower, then ultra for the rest of the day/night. Left Ultra after PVD for another shower followed by Gatecrasher @Voyage, great party until premature end at 5am Strolled around weighing options before much needed sleep Sunday morning.

Sun&Mon: Bummed around SoBe, got some lunch and ended up at beatport for the last couple sets. Back to condo to shower and head to Nocturnal Terrace for Global Addictive. Nine hours of trance later stumbled back to condo for shower and over to beach for the only time. After lunch and nap on beach (very sunburnned following this) relax and shower at condo and one final dinner over in South Beach. The wine and food made for an early bedtime.

Tue: Fly, fly away

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Originally posted by drEamer i didnt see any fresh fruit, which they have had in the past....nothing more refreshing than drinking the water straight out of a coconut

hahah i was looking for the coconut vendor too! i remebered getting one last year, and wanted to share one with my girlfriend this time! overall i'd say i probably dropped about $100 on food and water both days at ultra...yikes! :s

overall i'd say WMC 09 was definately an amazing time. it was my second trip, but my girlfriend's first, and aside from a little drunken drama, it was a great week for both of us. we stayed at the miami beach resort and spa for 4 nights (beautiful) and stayed w/friends the other 2 nights (not so beautiful!)

Started the week of strong w/Markus @ aero bar, which i thought was a great opening party. To who ever said it sucked in this thread earlier, you must've been in the back! i was up front as close to the dj booth as i could get and everyone there was really into it and having a great time!

wednesday we hit up the dj mag pool party, and honestly, it felt it was good but not great. waaaaay too crowded, and while the line up was good, i didn't think anyone really brought their best stuff to that party. I do regret getting there late and missing gui boratto and only hearing the end of way out west's last song!

wednesday night was Danny howells @ bed. this for me was probably the biggest disappoinment of the night, but not for danny's set. we ended up getting there 3 and a half hours into his set, cause my girlfriend took FOREVER to get ready after the pool party! i really wanted to hear him craft that 7 hour journey from start to finish, and to top it off, we left early cause the gf got too tired! i should've just pumped her full of red bull lol. and actually the venue kinda disappointed me. i expected bed to be a lot cooler! it reminded me of a bar back home, except with some snobby vip beds along the back and sides. when i'm in miami i don't want to be reminded of home!

thursday we did the sander k. and desyn yacht party, and that was easily the highlight of our week! it was such an amazing experience to be out there in the open air and the open water with such great music! sander really laid down those nice groovy, funky house tracks to start us off and desyn... well i was too wasted to remember most of what he played, but from the videos i took it was good! i think the crowd was good there too, we met some cool people on the boat, and we were planted directly infront of the dj booth almost the whole time! great, great party and would love to do it again next year!

thursday night i went to space for viva vs. cadenza, but unfortunately my gf was too drunk from the boat to come along. but i met my buddies up @ space and we enjoyed the terrace till about 9am when we decided to get some sleep before ultra.

ultra friday, it was fun, but the mainstage was complete garbage. i'm sorry but shit like black eyed peas, santogold and other assorted crap have no business being at ultra. it makes me sad to think of all the great dj's they could've brought instead of those lame ass indie rock acts! highlight of friday was definately sweedish house mafia and rabbit in the moon. always an amazingly beautiful and eerie experience with bunny and co! oh and by the way tiesto sucks so much balls. i will never pay money to see him again. his sets are so hackneyed and old, he lacks creativity and just relies on the same old shit.

we were going to go AM only, the gf and i were pretty tired so we opted to return to the hotel for some alone time i really wish we had've gone to k&y for a little bit though, i regret missing that party! and i still haven't been to that venue yet, so next year will have to be the year for karu and y!

saturday ultra rocked, had a much better time than friday. mainstage trance acts were great, from markus, to atb, to above and beyond and armin! booka shade was good, but having just seen them back home the week before, it wasn't as special as it could've been i think. carl cox and friends tent was just off the hook that day though. tong, morillo and the man carl cox himself were frickin amazing! too bad we missed moby though

saturday we were going to sasha and when we arrived, they told us it was sold out! but we have badges we said! too bad, they said! come back at 4am! pshhh, fuck that, so we walked around sobe for awhile, went to the beach at night, helped a drunk girl find her phone, and bumped into a friend from back home @ walgreens at 3am, looking for munchies!

sunday we just missed the badge cut off time for tenaglia's pool party by like 20 minutes, and the dicks tried to charge us 50 each. no way, so we walked around sobe some more and went to the beach. didn't even think of hitting up beatport pool party till it was too late! but we ended the night good back @ shine w/sander k and he killed it once more! armin van buuren was chilling there and i got some pics of him texting! too funny!

monday was the day for R and R, but it was so weird to sobe so quiet! i really felt sad knowing that wmc was over! oh well, it was a great time, not everything went according to plan, but does it ever??? anyway, we had a week of fun and great partying and music that we won't soon forget! can't wait till next year!!!

ps. any TA's here plan on going out to LA for electric daisy carnival???? if you haven't been to a cali massive, its great fun! i'd say it definately rivals ultra... theres nothing like the los angeles Colosseum jam packed with 50,000+ crazy ass people!

quote:

Originally posted by first in space overall i'd say WMC 09 was definately an amazing time. it was my second trip, but my girlfriend's first, and aside from a little drunken drama, it was a great week for both of us. we stayed at the miami beach resort and spa for 4 nights (beautiful) and stayed w/friends the other 2 nights (not so beautiful!) Started the week of strong w/Markus @ aero bar, which i thought was a great opening party. To who ever said it sucked in this thread earlier, you must've been in the back! i was up front as close to the dj booth as i could get and everyone there was really into it and having a great time! wednesday we hit up the dj mag pool party, and honestly, it felt it was good but not great. waaaaay too crowded, and while the line up was good, i didn't think anyone really brought their best stuff to that party. I do regret getting there late and missing gui boratto and only hearing the end of way out west's last song! wednesday night was Danny howells @ bed. this for me was probably the biggest disappoinment of the night, but not for danny's set. we ended up getting there 3 and a half hours into his set, cause my girlfriend took FOREVER to get ready after the pool party! i really wanted to hear him craft that 7 hour journey from start to finish, and to top it off, we left early cause the gf got too tired! i should've just pumped her full of red bull lol. and actually the venue kinda disappointed me. i expected bed to be a lot cooler! it reminded me of a bar back home, except with some snobby vip beds along the back and sides. when i'm in miami i don't want to be reminded of home! thursday we did the sander k. and desyn yacht party, and that was easily the highlight of our week! it was such an amazing experience to be out there in the open air and the open water with such great music! sander really laid down those nice groovy, funky house tracks to start us off and desyn... well i was too wasted to remember most of what he played, but from the videos i took it was good! i think the crowd was good there too, we met some cool people on the boat, and we were planted directly infront of the dj booth almost the whole time! great, great party and would love to do it again next year! thursday night i went to space for viva vs. cadenza, but unfortunately my gf was too drunk from the boat to come along. but i met my buddies up @ space and we enjoyed the terrace till about 9am when we decided to get some sleep before ultra. ultra friday, it was fun, but the mainstage was complete garbage. i'm sorry but shit like black eyed peas, santogold and other assorted crap have no business being at ultra. it makes me sad to think of all the great dj's they could've brought instead of those lame ass indie rock acts! highlight of friday was definately sweedish house mafia and rabbit in the moon. always an amazingly beautiful and eerie experience with bunny and co! oh and by the way tiesto sucks so much balls. i will never pay money to see him again. his sets are so hackneyed and old, he lacks creativity and just relies on the same old shit. we were going to go AM only, the gf and i were pretty tired so we opted to return to the hotel for some alone time i really wish we had've gone to k&y for a little bit though, i regret missing that party! and i still haven't been to that venue yet, so next year will have to be the year for karu and y! saturday ultra rocked, had a much better time than friday. mainstage trance acts were great, from markus, to atb, to above and beyond and armin! booka shade was good, but having just seen them back home the week before, it wasn't as special as it could've been i think. carl cox and friends tent was just off the hook that day though. tong, morillo and the man carl cox himself were frickin amazing! too bad we missed moby though saturday we were going to sasha and when we arrived, they told us it was sold out! but we have badges we said! too bad, they said! come back at 4am! pshhh, fuck that, so we walked around sobe for awhile, went to the beach at night, helped a drunk girl find her phone, and bumped into a friend from back home @ walgreens at 3am, looking for munchies! sunday we just missed the badge cut off time for tenaglia's pool party by like 20 minutes, and the dicks tried to charge us 50 each. no way, so we walked around sobe some more and went to the beach. didn't even think of hitting up beatport pool party till it was too late! but we ended the night good back @ shine w/sander k and he killed it once more! armin van buuren was chilling there and i got some pics of him texting! too funny! monday was the day for R and R, but it was so weird to sobe so quiet! i really felt sad knowing that wmc was over! oh well, it was a great time, not everything went according to plan, but does it ever??? anyway, we had a week of fun and great partying and music that we won't soon forget! can't wait till next year!!! ps. any TA's here plan on going out to LA for electric daisy carnival???? if you haven't been to a cali massive, its great fun! i'd say it definately rivals ultra... theres nothing like the los angeles Colosseum jam packed with 50,000+ crazy ass people!

ill be out there pending the final lineup....we should hook up

fo' sho! i love EDC, its probably my favorite single event of the year! i've been to the last 3 (and i don't even live in cali!) this year the initial line up looks only so-so, but i'm sure it'll round out nicely. and its two days this year which should be double the fun! i would love for them to add above and beyond again... they rocked it in 07, it was amazing!!!

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Originally posted by first in space fo' sho! i love EDC, its probably my favorite single event of the year! i've been to the last 3 (and i don't even live in cali!) this year the initial line up looks only so-so, but i'm sure it'll round out nicely. and its two days this year which should be double the fun! i would love for them to add above and beyond again... they rocked it in 07, it was amazing!!!

SVD! but it is shaping up to be a very nice lineup.....where u from?

i'm from el paso, texas. i've made the trip out to LA for EDC the last three years with buddies... its a 12 hour drive just to get down there, but its been worth it everytime!!! i also usually go to nocturnal in september and either giant maximus or together as one for new years eve. although this time i'm strongly considering just flying out for EDC since it's two days. i can't take friday off from work (since i just took a week for WMC!) and if we drove we'd miss friday night. so if i make it, it'll probably be flying! road trips are fun, but damn, sometimes you wanna just get there and back quick!