Golf Cart Registration 2024

Are you ready to FLY on a Golf Cart?! Join us this year for the 7th Annual Witches Ride of Ocean Springs in downtown Ocean Springs, October 26th at 5:30PM! This FUNdraiser helps to raise money for local animal welfare organizations all while having a Witchin' good time! Due to safety limitations, there are a limited number of golf cart and participant registrations available, and in 2023, the event sold out in 3 weeks! Once tickets are gone, they won’t be back until the next year’s event!

Dress in your witchiest attire, decorate your broom, and get ready for a ride! All participants are encouraged to load their brooms with plenty of treats to toss (NO hard candy allowed per City of Ocean Springs) to all the good boys and girls lining the downtown streets of Ocean Springs!

Witches will check-in at Freedom Field for "The Gathering" beginning at 2:30PM on Oct. 26th (27th rain make-up). All registered participants MUST check in by 5PM when registration closes. Following the judging and mandatory safety briefing, witches will then will fly to the beginning of the route at Pershing Ave and Government St. They will head West to Washington Ave and South to end less than 1 mile away, near the Ocean Springs Community Center. All registrants will receive their choice of an official Witches Ride of Ocean Springs T-shirt or tank.

This year we will include walkers, cyclists, and a VERY limited number of golf carts! **Please note, children are not allowed to join or participate in the official ride even if they are in strollers, wagons, or walking. The ride is only for registered adults aged 18+.  Due to safety limitations, scooters, one-wheels, motorized scooters, skateboards and riders on wagons are not allowed. ECV Scooters and wheelchairs are welcome.

IMPORTANT: The Witches Ride of Ocean Springs is a RAIN OR SHINE event! The only way the event will not be held is if local officials prevent it from happening due to occurrences such as lightning, natural disasters, pandemics, or catastrophe. In case of cancellation due to weather, there is a rain make-up date of October 27th at 5:30PM.

Please note, this event is a fundraiser for local animal welfare agencies and there is NOT an option for refunds. Monies collected will go to local animal welfare groups regardless.

GOLF CART RULES

1. PLEASE NOTE: This registration is for a golf cart only! All drivers/passengers/riders in the golf cart MUST purchase Witches Ride Participant registrations separately from this Golf Cart registration. They must also wear their Participant wristband, and all participants MUST be 18+ .
2. We would like to treat golf carts like parade floats, and we would like you to be a part of the festivities by decorating your golf cart! The bigger and more elaborate the decorations, the more joy it will bring and a better chance at being the winner of Best Cart!
3. Each registered Golf Cart will receive 1 temporary window decal to display on their windshield in order to participate.
4. This year, each type of participant will be grouped together by type, in the following order: golf carts, then tricycles/bicycles and lastly walkers. For safety, walkers will not be able to walk next to golf carts or bicycles, they each must stay in their own group.
5. Golf carts must have current and up to date liability insurance, and provide a copy to the Witches Ride no later than October 18th or they will not be allowed to participate on a golf cart. We will contact you (at the above contact email) after registration for the needed documentation.
6. Golf carts must be legally registered/permitted for use with the city of Ocean Springs.
7. Drivers must have a valid license to operate motorized vehicles.
8. Drivers are prohibited from consuming alcoholic beverages while participating in the Witches Ride of Ocean Springs.
9. The number of riders must not exceed the number of safety belts on the golf cart.
10. Rules of the road must be observed while on the ride route such as seat belts, proper following distance, speed limit, etc.
11. No pets are allowed on golf carts.
12. By registering, you agree to the 2024 Golf Cart Waiver.

WITCHES RIDE PARTICIPANT RULES

1. Please help us be good neighbors to the city of Ocean Springs and its workers: *NO HARD CANDY IS ALLOWED* per City of Ocean Springs rules. Please help keep our streets clean!
2. All registered participants must wear an official Witches Ride wristband, which will be included with their registration and will be picked up during check-in at "The Gathering"
3. WITCHES FLY! Witches must keep moving along the route, as the roads need to reopen quickly. Witches who stop along the route may be left behind and asked to step off of the route. Please note: All walkers must be able to keep a steady walking pace.
4. The Witches Ride is ONLY for registered adults aged 18+. Children are NOT allowed to join or participate in the official ride even if they are in a cart, strollers, wagons, or walking. Families are instead invited to spectate all along our route!
5. Pets are not allowed in the Witches Ride.
6. Due to safety limitations, witches are not permitted to use scooters, one-wheels, motorized scooters, homemade floats or skateboards and riders in/on wagons are not allowed.
7. The Witches Ride only allows walkers, those riding bicycles and tricycles, and those riding in golf carts. This year, each type of participant will be grouped together by type, in the following order: golf carts, then tricycles/bicycles and lastly walkers. For safety, walkers will not be able to walk next to golf carts or bicycles, they each must stay in their own group. For witches with mobility concerns, you are welcome to use a manual or power wheelchair or scooter, or a manually-powered mobility aid such as a walker, crutches, or cane.
8. By registering as a participant, you agree to the 2024 Witches Ride Liability Waiver