[WCUgirl]

YBOR YBOR YBOR!!!

You haven't experienced anything like it...I promise!!! I love going home and going out in Ybor. Bar Tampa is where it's at!!!!

There are tons of restaurants in the area...the obligatory chain restaurants (like Carrabba's, etc.), and of course there are tiny little "Mom & Pop" Cuban restaurants. There is this one place (and of course I can't remember the name of it at the moment because I haven't been there in like 10 years...hell, they may not even be there anymore) that had THE BEST Cuban sandwiches in the world. If you haven't had a Cuban, you have to try one while you're there. These are authentic Cubans.

Of course, you could always go to Orlando for the night...there's a lot more stuff to do over there on weekend nights than there is in Tampa...you have Disney's nighttime stuff (what's it called...not Baywalk, but Citywalk?), Hard Rock usually has something going on, and Orlando is really only a little over an hour from Tampa...I would almost recommend you stay there the night before the cruise!

But you HAVE to go to Ybor!!!!!!

ETA: Since you'll have Friday afternoon to hang out, you should head over to Clearwater beach - Sand Key beach is there and it's consistently ranked one of the top 10 beaches in America. It's only about a 20 minute drive from Tampa.