My dad has been taking me since I was 10, so Daytona is full of good memories for me. It's always been safe except for last year, but you don't have to worry about the shit that happened last year anymore. In case you didn't know, an all black biker gang SWARMED Florida last Octoberfest. I mean, I saw them in every town for a few weeks straight. They shot and stabbed a few people(Including some of their own members), causing a riot and shit on a few streets. Law enforcement came with an armored tank along with the SWAT team etc. After all was settled, they were escorted by state troopers to the Georgia state line and banned from Florida. I don't know to what extreme, but that's what it said in the papers. I can't remember their fucking name, though..... OH YEAH, it was "Cool Running(s)" lol. Anyway, you should hit it up, it's simply amazing. Almost all of it is on the beach =D.