★ MEGAMEET 11 ★ - Fri 18th - Sun 20th September *
 

Announcing Megameet 11!

Megameet 11 - will be held in the dramatic coastline of Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Comprising of the Causeway Coast and Antrim Glens, it promises some fantastic roads and scenery.
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It is your opportunity to join other passionate S2000 owners to:

• Drive some fantastic roads, in a number of groups on Saturday
• Many chances for pictureqsue photographs
• Competitions and prizes for S2000s and their owners
• Saturday night S2000 Party - Charity dinner, raffle prizes, auctions and entertainment
• Sunday activities - On Sunday you can spend the day at your leisure. The area has many attractions; Giants Causeway, Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge, Dunluce Castle, Glenariff Forest Park, White Rocks Beach and Londonderry, Torr Head, Slemish Mountain, Rathlin Island, Benone Beach, Cushendun and Binevenagh Mountain.
  
  The Old Bushmills Distillery, the oldest whiskey distillery in the world, complete with guided tours. The Dark Hedges famous from the Game of Thrones (which is filmed in Northern Ireland). Both of these lie close to the route of this years MM. In County Down, Castle Ward (Game of Thrones is based in this National Trust estate) and Killyleagh Castle are worthy of time as is the Coastline in and around Strangford Lough, or simply rest and relax in the Hotel’s luxury spa

Costs
Total costs (excluding your petrol and incidentals) for the whole weekend including accommodation, breakfast every morning, dinner every night, Saturday lunch and coffee stop and Saturday night gala dinner, are shown in the table below.

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FULL DETAILS AND REGISTRATION CLICK HERE

To book extended stay at the hotel at discount rates please contact:

Suzanne McCutcheon at the hotel.
Her email is Suzanne.McCutcheon@Hilton.com

Hijacked post (sorry Sam). thought it would be nice to post up sailing times for those we know...

OUTBOUND:
SoupDragon - Mon 14/09
Minvo - Thu 17/09 @ 17:15
senninha1994 - Fri 18/09 @ 08:00
AquilaEagle - Fri 18/09 @ 08:55
Red Ibiza Convoy (x6) - Fri 18/09 @ 11.50
Diamond Geezer - Fri 18/09 @ 11.50
Spanner_monkey - Fri 18/09 @ 11:50



RETURN:
AquilaEagle - Mon 21/09 @ 08:20
SoupDragon - Mon 21/09 @ 14:30
Red Ibiza Convoy (x6) - Mon 21/09 @ 14:30
Minvo - Wed 23/09 @ 08:45
Diamond Geezer - Wed 30/9 @ 14.30




Please post up yours if you wish.

Steve

reserved

I'm in

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I can see an EPIC convoy coming !!!

Minvo

PS: This has got to beat my record(s) of posting up about meets months in advance!

Ah ha.. s2ks worst kept secret goes public.

We're definitely in...

Plus probably stay longer to explore the emerald isle...

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I'm in...and defo an extended holiday required... :) :) :)

Oh cripes, going to have to "buy" more holiday again for next year...at least had plenty of notice!

Count us in.
Should be a great meet.

Never been to Ireland - I may have to put it in the diary :)

Minvo, sorry for beating your record of advance notice. The idea being to help folks get the time booked far enough in advance to take more days and allow for an extended stay. For once us Paddys wont have a ferry as part of a Megameet!! (sorry Haye, you've no 2 to get) :D

Sam, do you think that there will be any chance of discounts on ferries if there are enough of us coming over?

Martin,

Im sure by the time the numbers are in there will be a good likelyhood of a group discount on the ferry. There are several nferry options but Holyhead-Dublin might be the preferred route.

Martin - I think this is where we as the UK Owners club need to go and talk to and try and negotiate with the ferry companies......watch this space !

This is one reason for posting the dates so early so we know what we need to go knocking on the door with!!

In the diary!!! Looking forward to it already,

Good man Sam for getting the thread up :thumbup:

Great!!.....Count us in :drive:

Lorraine and Steve

We're in :thumbup: :thumbup: :tipwink: :wine: :drive:

Very interested in this.
Don't have next year's shift rota yet but it's likely I'll have to organise swaps.
Keen to know more details!

I've allready been asking for info at Stenaline in Fishguard.
I think I'm going to make a longer vacation out of it. With round trip of the Emerald Isle.
At the moment I only see Rosslare-Limerick-Rosslare or Rosslare-Limerick-Dublin :LOL: .
I've been walking some small roads in Ireland , S might have to go up for Ireland :eek:
Big(ger) roads seem to be good enough most of the time.

Haye, you are welcome to stop at our place in North Wales & then come over with me via holyhead to Dublin

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We're in :burnrubr:

Thanks Martin :thumbup:

Theresa and myself will be there. Our plans are week before rent a house in NI then week after rent a house in Ireland, two week holiday with mega in middle any one interested?

If anyone wants some pointers to make up a break, local knowledge etc etc, feel free to give me a shout.

Costs will be very similar to Megameet 10, just a tiny bit more...

Ferry deals being worked on by MBC :thumbup:

Full registration details will be posted within this week :)

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As Ian mentions....currently in discussions with ferry companies to see what discounts we can negotiate.....

However...its perhaps worth pointing out at this early stage that both Irish Ferries and Stena do ferry bookings using Tesco vouchers...a £10 voucher = £30 in ferry booking terms.

An approx. cost of crossing from Holyhead to Dublin return is £270...

Just in case anyone wonders what to do with any Tesco vouchers (that is if you shop there!!) !!!!!!!!

More info when we have it!

Note: Ferry bookings will be down to your good selves to arrange as we have a funny feeling that people may travel at different times to perhaps have an extended holiday!

Hotel accommodation, Gala Dinner, Route with stops as per normal MegaMeets will be arrange for you on registration :) :) :)

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Looks like my trip may be dependent on whether I can find a passenger to share the cost!

Registration now open!

If only July or August :(

Agreed as there is no way that my wife can attend with the colleges only going back 2 weeks or so earlier.

Looks like I am going to need to find a passenger too :(

Booked!!

My first Megameet without the need for a ferry!! (the ferry rate negotiated for the group is actually very good, so that should help lessen the burden)

I'm sure there will be some people looking to save costs with Ferry etc, so may well be worth hooking up together to bring 2 people in one car in some cases :) One great reason for threads like this :thumbup:

I'm booked......woohoo......

Think my ferry is going to get paid with Tesco vouchers....been wondering what to do with them!

Mind you, think I've managed to negotiate a good price for Irish Ferry crossings and still working on Stena ......so that helps.

And I'm definitely making more of a holiday out of the trip....should be nice and quiet on the roads in September with all the kids being back at school :)


Well done Sam / Tom etal for getting this Irish MegaMeet off the ground :) :thumbup:

Woo hoo! We're registered & deposit paid by bank transfer. Really looking forward to this & the "mini" mega meet in May!

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OK. After much discussion with the wife.
We could not decide between California in September or MM11 in September.
California or MM11??? California or MM11??? California or MM11???

So we have decided on MM11 in September and Florida MEXICO in November.

So....
What days are people intending on travelling? (as we don't have much holiday days left!)

I was thinking of travelling up on the 17th and 18th and maybe spending a week afterwards somewhere in Ireland.

Does anyone else have any ideas (who would like some company) ???
I really would love to organise a convoy with a group of us on the same ferry over!

Minvo

Only risk with this one is that you might agree on a discounted price and then have ppl dropping out at the very last moment.
Unless upon reservation everyone pays and then negotiated/discounted ferry fee!

Never been to Ireland, always wanted to go, have a couple of good friends there as well; but my job does not allow me to plan that far ahead! Want to come badly though! :)

Only risk with this one is that you might agree on a discounted price and then have ppl dropping out at the very last moment.
Unless upon reservation everyone pays and then negotiated/discounted ferry fee!

Never been to Ireland, always wanted to go, have a couple of good friends there as well; but my job does not allow me to plan that far ahead! Want to come badly though! :)
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Everyone has to book and pay for their own ferries so our negotiations with ferry companies are for the benefit of MM11 attendees....make the most of it and enjoy a trip to a great place with like minded and sociable car enthusiasts.

Details of ferry discounts will be on club website registration details page very soon.....

Would suggest folk take out your own travel insurance as if you choose to drop out the club will not be making refunds on deposits, ferries etc.....

Details of how to book extended stay at discount rates now in Second Post

I have pulled together various driving routes for those wishing to make extended stays at Megameet 11 in Northern Ireland. The routes include points of interest, dining recommendations, and of course some great driving roads and views. Tom is drawing up some similar recommendations for Southern Ireland.

PM me your email address and I will forward these on to anyone interested.

Just registered. Looking forward to our first MM and then Derry, Donegal and Connemara. Hope the Irish weather doesn't live up to its reputation.

Just paid deposit for three nights.....can't wait for another Mega Meet

:wine: :drive: :photo:

Lorraine & Steve

Finally got my holiday approved.
So - just paid the £400 - we are coming to MM11. Wwwwwwooooooot

Now to sort out the ferries...

S

Turned out ....my boss wasn't just being an ar*s?

:)

Just paid our £100 deposit..... Hope the weather is as good as Mid Wales MM10 last year!

Need you to fill the registration form too Paul - I have emailed you :)

Dont forget....ferry deals negotiated with Irish Ferries and they work out around £100 cheaper than viewed online....let me know if you have any probs with them as its a email/book direct with their office.

Instructions with your registration email or PM me!

Be good to see a few more people signing up!

It will be a great trip!

Wonder how many of the Irish contingent will be coming out to play ???? :D :D :D

We will hopefully have a good few of us there.... :drive:

Woohoo.....be great to see Y'all......and enjoy the craic...!

Anyone up for sharing a room? The money we would save would cover the cost of the ferry :thumbup:

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John, any word on your hotel offers for Megameeters?

I can't come to MegaMeet 11 :cry: . I'm not getting time of from work. Only the weeks before the MegaMeet and not the one after the MegaMeet. Not even 1 or 2 days to get home.

:( but I don't need to pack waterproof clothing so :)

Haye, that's a shame, it would have been good to see you there. Who is going to take over the responsibility of bringing Belgian beer to a Megameet? :-)

I will bring the beer to someone :) .I'm not going to give it to Guy Weemaels because he will drink it all Martin.

And someone will have to throw water over soupdragon :)

Another sign up today... You Irish boys should get signed up!

Who...????? :scratch:

Ger!

Guys we need to be getting numbers accurate so require sign ups ASAP please :)

Anyone up for this otherwise it's going to be an expensive weekend? :crycry:

Embrace yourselfs, Belgians & Dutch are coming to Northern Ireland !

Just did registration for our group, 6 cars.
Not as much as previous years, we'll definitly miss Haye :( And some others can't make it this year.

But anyway, we bring the beer for the raffle!

Booked my Ferry today.

Outbound: 17/09 @ 17:15
Inbound: 23/09 @ 08:45

Would be nice to see some more S2000's on the ferry!

Also staying in at the DoubleTree, Dublin on the 17/09 and again for two nights on the way home 21/09 & 22/09.

Steve

We're going out on the 14th and back on the 21st I'm afraid and staying in letterkenny for the week

Anyone thinking about this trip....we are getting some pressure from the hotel to make some arrangements in respect of numbers.....so please can you get signed up.....

Many thanks :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

ESPECIALLY all the locals - it is NOT OK just to turn up, there are implications for us and unless your name is registered you will not be able to participate on the drive. YOU MUST REGISTER

How many cars are going to this at the moment?

23 are registered

We registered our ferry journey for the BE/NL group coming to N-Ireland MegaMeet

Going, friday 18/sept at 11.50 AM
Return, monday 21/sept at 2.30PM

So anybody taking same ferry crossovers?

We'll be staying on the evening of thursday 17th sept at Carreg Bran hotel in Llanfairpwll, North Wales, about 20-30minutes from Holyhead
On our journey back home, we'll be staying in a hotel near Shrewsbury on monday evening 21st sept

Total of our trip is 6 days starting thursday 17th and returning tuesday 22nd september, across 5 countries: BE/NL -> FR -> UK - > WALES -> IRELAND -> N-IRELAND and back :)

cheers,
Laurent

We are on the 11.50 Irish Ferries fron Holyhead to Dublin on the Friday morning - is this the same ferry? If so we'll see you then. Not booked the night before yet - will check out the hotel you're at.