{"id":182894,"date":"2026-03-08T06:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T06:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182894\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T06:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T06:01:06","slug":"spring-break-returns-to-south-beach-with-crowds-fitness-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182894\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring break returns to South Beach with crowds, fitness focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Spring break is back in South Beach, and the sidewalks are full of people and restaurant tables are nearly full.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The city has eased some of its strict rules from previous years, encouraging a mix of fun and fitness activities. Officials say the change appears to be working.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI think it\u2019s great,\u201d said Joey Gutierrez. \u201cI think it\u2019s great for the community actually. You see a lot of the turnaround. You see a lot more people every so often. I think more people are getting into the health and fitness instead of the party life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Visitors are noticing the changes too. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Danielle Schreader, visiting from Pennsylvania, said, \u201cI\u2019ve been coming to South Beach for years, and I was actually telling my husband I will bring my teenagers here now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Restaurant managers, who saw low foot traffic last year, say the spring break weekend is off to a strong start. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Even with relaxed restrictions, some measures remain in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">License plate readers, DUI enforcement, high parking rates, security checkpoints, and a ban on golf carts will continue. Volunteers wearing pink Goodwill Ambassador T-shirts are also out reminding visitors of safety rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The mix of crowds, safety measures, and fitness-focused activities signals a new approach to spring break in South Beach.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Spring break is back in South Beach, and the sidewalks are full of people&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-182894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}