Stop the press!!! me and my fam are visiting the USA next year, have family in Connecticut so that will be our base for 4 weeks or so. How far to Minny?Drive?Fly? never been b4 so all new to this ish...

Question - whats the deal with Paisley Park? is it open for visitors? what other Princeley things can we/i do..Mrs and kids aint to excited but i wanna do as many Prince things as possible.

I've never heard of Paisley Park having visitors...

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good luck doing Princely things.

Your best bet is to fly to Minneapolis from Conneticut, rather than drive as it would take u at least 4 or 5 days to get there by car, depending if u stop for nights or not!!!

Also, the only thing u can do at Paisley Park is just stand outside the peremeter fence and view it!!! Theres no tours!!

U can go and visit First Avenue Night Club, which is in downtown(Uptown???LOL) Minneapolis, which is directly opposite the Target Center!!

A little way up the road and down a dead-end street on the left you can see a club called The Quest, which used to be Princes' old Glam Slam Club

Really, in Minneapolis, theres not that many Prince landmarks left!!!

U could also take a trip to Lake Minnetonka!!!!

awww, my bad, for some reason i thought it was open to tours...Whats the American laws on Aussies jumpin fences and having a look around the Park of Paisley:-D

4 or 5 days to Minny??? there goes my idea of going coast to coast...by car!!!

First ave would be a defo stop in i think, like to check it out. and ill try and get the Mrs to re enact apples in the lake, dont think she will go 4 it though, lol....

love to catch up with orgers while im over there!

jonty1975 said:

awww, my bad, for some reason i thought it was open to tours...Whats the American laws on Aussies jumpin fences and having a look around the Park of Paisley:-D

4 or 5 days to Minny??? there goes my idea of going coast to coast...by car!!!

First ave would be a defo stop in i think, like to check it out. and ill try and get the Mrs to re enact apples in the lake, dont think she will go 4 it though, lol....

love to catch up with orgers while im over there!

True, you won't be able to get into Paisley Park - you can peer from outside the gates, but the trip by car isn't that long. With piss breaks and food stops, you can go East coast to Minnie in 24-hours. The house from Purple Rain is still there and First Ave hasn't changed much, plus, there's a Hard Rock Cafe across the street from First Ave that has a Prince display.

Oh, and don't come to Minnesota during the winter. We're closed.

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Great jonty! Don't let anything stop you from seeing what you can in Minnesota. I took my trip in April of '87 and we had light snow a few of the days we were there, but I'd ask advice from squirrel about the four weeks you'll be visiting. Well have a safe trip. Who knows what might happen or who you might run into on your journey?

i heard its cold as a mofo over there in Winter, think we will be coming in August, that the end of ur summer yeah?

So much we want to do over there, New York, Cali,Minny, Florida Las vegas, all the touristy places with Minny just being for my own self indulgence

squirrelgrease said:

jonty1975 said:

awww, my bad, for some reason i thought it was open to tours...Whats the American laws on Aussies jumpin fences and having a look around the Park of Paisley:-D

4 or 5 days to Minny??? there goes my idea of going coast to coast...by car!!!

First ave would be a defo stop in i think, like to check it out. and ill try and get the Mrs to re enact apples in the lake, dont think she will go 4 it though, lol....

love to catch up with orgers while im over there!

True, you won't be able to get into Paisley Park - you can peer from outside the gates, but the trip by car isn't that long. With piss breaks and food stops, you can go East coast to Minnie in 24-hours. The house from Purple Rain is still there and First Ave hasn't changed much, plus, there's a Hard Rock Cafe across the street from First Ave that has a Prince display.

Oh, and don't come to Minnesota during the winter. We're closed.

squirrelgrease said:

True, you won't be able to get into Paisley Park - you can peer from outside the gates

I was in Minneapolis earlier this month (I'm from the UK) so I took a swing past Chanhassen to see Paisley Park. The gates were open so I drove into the (empty) car park and took a couple of snaps. I was half expecting to be chased off by a security guard, but there was no-one around. Doesn't seem like much goes on there these days. Still, worth a drive past if you're going to be that close (it's about 18 miles from Minneapolis, IIRC).

Minneapolis itself is a very nice city. Very clean and friendly. Also quite compact, so once you're there you can pretty much ditch the car and go everywhere by foot. I'd recommend a trip over to St Paul (you'd need the bus for that). The Cathedral and State Capitol Building are stunning, and worth the trip on their own.

Have a great time jonty

jonty1975 said:

awww, my bad, for some reason i thought it was open to tours...Whats the American laws on Aussies jumpin fences and having a look around the Park of Paisley:-D

4 or 5 days to Minny??? there goes my idea of going coast to coast...by car!!!

First ave would be a defo stop in i think, like to check it out. and ill try and get the Mrs to re enact apples in the lake, dont think she will go 4 it though, lol....

love to catch up with orgers while im over there!

You can still go coast to coast, why not? You can pass Minn on the way.

But it won't harm you do do some preparation. I would advise you to start with Google Earth

(you know you can plan your trip with that tool?

remko said:

jonty1975 said:

awww, my bad, for some reason i thought it was open to tours...Whats the American laws on Aussies jumpin fences and having a look around the Park of Paisley:-D

4 or 5 days to Minny??? there goes my idea of going coast to coast...by car!!!

First ave would be a defo stop in i think, like to check it out. and ill try and get the Mrs to re enact apples in the lake, dont think she will go 4 it though, lol....

love to catch up with orgers while im over there!

You can still go coast to coast, why not? You can pass Minn on the way.

But it won't harm you do do some preparation. I would advise you to start with Google Earth

(you know you can plan your trip with that tool?

Coast to coast with 3 kids will be a nightmare, youngest one will only be one and a half by then...unless we had one of them big ass RV's

Have a nice visit.

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jonty1975 said:

remko said:

You can still go coast to coast, why not? You can pass Minn on the way.

But it won't harm you do do some preparation. I would advise you to start with Google Earth

(you know you can plan your trip with that tool?

Coast to coast with 3 kids will be a nightmare, youngest one will only be one and a half by then...unless we had one of them big ass RV's

euhhh you mentioned going coast to coast right?

remko said:

jonty1975 said:

Coast to coast with 3 kids will be a nightmare, youngest one will only be one and a half by then...unless we had one of them big ass RV's

euhhh you mentioned going coast to coast right?

hmmm, yes? does that mean something else over there???

jonty1975 said:

remko said:

euhhh you mentioned going coast to coast right?

hmmm, yes? does that mean something else over there???

No, it means what is says. But you said "4 or 5 days to Minny??? there goes my idea of going coast to coast...by car!!!"

so i wonder: when exactly did your idea go? when you heard of the 4/5 days or when you realized you have young kids?

remko said:

jonty1975 said:

hmmm, yes? does that mean something else over there???

No, it means what is says. But you said "4 or 5 days to Minny??? there goes my idea of going coast to coast...by car!!!"

so i wonder: when exactly did your idea go? when you heard of the 4/5 days or when you realized you have young kids?

oh.got ya, it went when act of god said 4-5 days to Minny by car, i judged it will take a shit load longer to go coast to coast but damn it would be fun to do... defo not a trip u would want to do with kids though...