{"id":200985,"date":"2026-03-22T02:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T02:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200985\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T02:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T02:51:16","slug":"spring-break-crowds-return-to-miami-beach-with-mix-of-parties-and-precautions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200985\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring break crowds return to Miami Beach with mix of parties and precautions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0March 21, 2026 at 10:25 PM<\/p>\n<p>Spring break crowds pack Miami Beach as parties continue under tighter oversight <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI BEACH, Fla. \u2014 It\u2019s a spring break party in Miami Beach, where music blasted along Ocean Drive and crowds filled the streets Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s good to see everyone mixing around, shuffling together and having a good time,\u201d one tourist said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Visitors from Kansas City said the trip has lived up to expectations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cSo far it\u2019s been awesome,\u201d the tourist said. \u201cEverybody\u2019s so funny, everybody honks at each other, but hey, it\u2019s pretty nice people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In recent years, city leaders have tried to curb the chaos associated with spring break after several violent seasons. In 2024, Miami Beach launched a \u201cbreak up with spring break\u201d campaign, which included higher parking rates for non-residents and earlier beach closures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Now, some restrictions have been relaxed &#8212; but crowds remain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cNot as bad as it could be. It\u2019s crowded, no question,\u201d another visitor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A Cutler Bay resident said the scene has only grown busier over time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cDefinitely more crowdd. But Miami\u2019s a place for excitement you know? Who doesn\u2019t like more people?\u201d they said.<\/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<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Byron Tollefson\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/b58c08f2-f400-4245-95df-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Byron Tollefson<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Byron Tollefson joined Local 10 News as a reporter in July 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0March 21, 2026 at 10:25 PM Spring break crowds pack Miami Beach as parties continue under tighter oversight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-200985","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\/200985","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=200985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}