Growing up in a small Florida town, I spent many nights out in the woods slinging mud and climbing hills in trucks of all sizes with some of the craziest high school friends. I always had fun, so much fun that my Grand Am had its share of car washes before parking in my parents’ driveway.
Growing up this way you’d think that I would have experienced a Monster Jam and would have grown up a fan. Well, I am sad to say that I wasn’t. I had no idea what I had been missing, until I was invited to experience Monster Jam in Tampa. What I am about to share will give you a glimpse of my time at the Monster Jam event that marked their 30th year, as well as Tampa declaring January 18th Monster Jam Day!
Monster Jam
When I received my invitation from Feld Entertainment, I couldn’t think of anyone better to bring than my significant other of course, but his brother, race car driver, adrenaline junkie and HUGE Monster Jam fan, Steve. Upon receiving the invite, I was told NOT to miss the Monster Jam Pit Party which is like a carnival style area where you get to meet the drivers and take photos with the Monster Trucks.
I wasn’t sure what to expect, but being at the Pit Party I felt like I wasn’t a big enough fan to be walking around amongst the fans of all fans, gathering autographs and photos of their favorite trucks and drivers. Steve excitedly shared fun facts about how they make their vehicles from scratch, the names of the drivers, even pointing out some local ones that are fun to watch. You have to be a true fan to stand in line and fight the crowd, but even not knowing the who’s who of this industry, I couldn’t help but be intrigued by the size of the trucks and the excitement of the fans in the area. When I came upon the Marvel trucks, I got excited. Iron Man, Spider-Man and Captain America were there to join in the action. Needless to say, this gave me a new found “Fan Girl” interest!
They did have some fun entertainment to get the adrenaline going for all ages, as if the super size trucks and drivers just wasn’t enough. There was a jammin’ rock band, a fun area for kids to play on some inflatable slides and even Death Defying Lorenzo, who set himself on fire, then fell into an airbag from about 5 stories in the air.
Here is an up-close shot of Stone Crusher and THE Grave Digger – hanging high in the air.
So needless to say, the Pit Party was fun and got me excited for what was to come! And it didn’t take long to see what Monster Jam was all about. Walking into Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was a huge treat. It was my first visit there and the stadium is capable of holding just over 65,000 people. It wasn’t sold out, but it was very full, with my guess being at least 45,000. That’s a lot of fans. And it was easy to feel the energy as the National Anthem finished and the intro of the trucks began to start.
I took over 100 photos and took an embarrassing amount of videos, so I put this together to give you a taste of just how amazing and exciting a Monster Jam is!
Monster Jam Orlando Florida
I went to Monster Jam not sure of what to expect. I left there a bonafide fan. I had a fantastic time. Now, this is the exciting thing for anyone who is wanting to check out this action for themselves! Monster Jam is heading to Orlando at the Florida Citrus Bowl on Saturday, Jan. 26th. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster!
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You can learn more about Monster Jam, their Monster Trucks and drivers on their website!
*Thank you to Feld Entertainment for providing me tickets to enjoy the Monster Jam experience for review purposes. As you can read by my excitement, all opinions, as always are my own. All images and video on this post are mine, with the exception of the collage where the photos were obtained from Monster Jam’s Facebook page and put together for my promotional collage.
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My husband would love this. He’s a huge Monster truck fan.
I’ve never been to one either. It looks like a lot of fun, though. My husband and daughter would love it.
Monster Jam is so much fun. My kids are begging to go again.
My cousin’s son Loves Grave Digger, and I have wanted to go to one of the shows to see, cause they sound like fun!!!
We would love to go. My husband would love it!
This looks like so much fun- I really want to go, but not sure how my 4-year old would there
When my son was little we went to every Monster Jam show that rolled into town. Fun times!
WOW my husband would love this and I my nephews too. Looks like tons of fun!
Sounds like an adrenaline pumping good time! I have never been to a monster truck rally, but it looks as though my boys have been missing out! I will have to see if they come to Chicago.
What fun! My son would love this.
This looks like a lot of fun. my son would love to do this sometime.
Looks like such a fun event to attend! I bet my son would love it!
If my son saw this he would never leave me in peace until we would go to see the Monster Jam, lol. Looks like loads of fun, I must say…
This is so flipping cool. We need to have one in Chicago!!! My hubs would just love this.
My son would absolutely love this, looks like so much fun!
I can’t say I’ve ever been to a Monster Jam and I don’t know if it’s exactly my ‘cup of tea’, however it really does look like an interesting time! Those trucks are so big and bad looking!
looks like fun. i’ve had my share of off road parties myself, living in the new hampshire woods in high school
I love Monster Jam. I can not wait for the show to come back to my area.
It looks like complete chaos, and therefore a total blast! I imagine it’s a wee bit noisy in there, huh?
So much fun! I love that they had an outdoor pit party. Monster Jam will be here next month. We look forward to going each year.
How fun! I haven’t been to a monster truck show since I was a kid and they did them at the county fair. They were always a good time; I’ll have to take Bubbles to one when she gets a little older, as she really loves trucks, trains, planes – basically anything with a motor.
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I’ve never been, but I’m dying to go!
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