It's that time of the year again where people (mostly college kids) take their partying talents to Panama City Beach (PCB). With each new year, PCB gets bigger and wilder than the year before.

Spring break has drawn tens of thousands of young people to Panama City Beach each year for decades, with the number of students flocking to the island peaking during the MTV Spring Break era and again in 2015.

People will admit it's a fun time, but things get out of control when you're down there. Crimes such as robbery, rape, and assault go up tremendously according to neighborhood website. It's gotten so out of control the local authority and city officials have put a drinking ban throughout the city in hopes to reduce violent crimes. Due to these actions, college spring breakers say that PCB is now dead.

The impacts of the measure have been two-pronged. On one hand, it has significantly reduced the violence, crime and danger at the annual event. At the same time, it has driven many people to go elsewhere for spring break, taking their money with them and leaving the hotels, bars, restaurants and beaches far emptier than they were in 2015.

So far, Spring Break 2016 has proven to be a far tamer and less profitable beast than the crime-ridden bacchanalia that shocked the nation in March 2015. Panama City native Shekinah Washington said that a new ban on drinking on the beach in PCB has taken the fun out of spring break, according to Alabama media group webiste. It's a sentiment that people would express again and again over the past few days.

"Honestly, Spring Break is no more," Washington said. "There's no more Spring Break in Panama City, so I would suggest no one come."

This is evident this spring break as the number of college students in PCB is a small fraction of the visiting population last March, according to USA Today.

Locals and officials have been conflicted for years over Panama City Beach's reputation as being a wild college spring break destination, but for many, those feelings are reaching new heights. Panama City Beach Police called the spring break scene on the beaches "a war zone," saying that spring break crowds are bigger than ever and that more of the spring breakers are armed.

For most college students, spring break is about partying, and Panama City Beach has put a halt to the alcohol-fueled beach parties many kids are most attracted to when selecting a March destination.

So where will they go next?