Haven't been to a game since pre-Covid. And this will be the first time I'm taking my son to a Marlins game, he just turned 6 and he's jacked about it. I picked the perfect time to see them, right? (haha) This will also be the first time I'm utilizing the Brightline. I live in Orlando, so that's a pretty harrowing drive, the price was fairly reasonable, so we decided what the hey. Got a hotel, we're going to see both Saturday and Sunday's games.

Anybody have any experience using Brightline to get to games?

Edited July 21Jul 21 by farmer_fran

2 hours ago, farmer_fran said:

Haven't been to a game since pre-Covid. And this will be the first time I'm taking my son to a Marlins game, he just turned 6 and he's jacked about it. I picked the perfect time to see them, right? (haha) This will also be the first time I'm utilizing the Brightline. I live in Orlando, so that's a pretty harrowing drive, the price was fairly reasonable, so we decided what the hey. Got a hotel, we're going to see both Saturday and Sunday's games.

Anybody have any experience using Brightline to get to games?

Do they have a shuttle from the station to the park (and back)? Or I guess if you're staying the weekend, maybe you don't care about that?

I've only taken Brightline once on a one-way from FTL to Orlando, and enjoyed the trip on the train itself as you can just sit there and chit-chat or whatever, but it was too expensive to take regularly, IMO. I also haven't found the math to work well in that you need transportation once you get there (Orlando especially since it dumps you at the airport). If they have a shuttle, it'll work for you.

1 hour ago, rmc523 said:

Do they have a shuttle from the station to the park (and back)? Or I guess if you're staying the weekend, maybe you don't care about that?

I've only taken Brightline once on a one-way from FTL to Orlando, and enjoyed the trip on the train itself as you can just sit there and chit-chat or whatever, but it was too expensive to take regularly, IMO. I also haven't found the math to work well in that you need transportation once you get there (Orlando especially since it dumps you at the airport). If they have a shuttle, it'll work for you.

I noticed they did have a shuttle going from the stadium back to the Miami Brightline station, but the timing didn't make sense to me, the train was to leave at 4:45, the games starts at 1:40. That seemed to be cutting it super close if we were going to see the whole game. So I picked a train leaving a couple hours later. We'll be Ubering back and forth from our hotel and the stadium. We'll see how it goes. Should be fun, the team has 3 games and 4 days to turn this shit around.

that is awesome, hope you have a great time. lifelong memories & all that. hoping one of these days Brightline extends all the way up to Jax but not holding my breath.

I have impeccable timing don’t I? Well we still had a great time, the boy left with a lot of swag:

Sanoja Bobblehead

Alex Gonzales WS Game 4 pin

Met Alex Gonzalez, some stranger gave my son a baseball card of his and Sea Bass signed it.

Got pictures with Gonzo, Mr. Marlin, Graham Pauley and Billy.

He loved being all decked out in teal on Sunday.

Oh and he ran the bases after the game.

Awesome and hope your kid enjoyed it.