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^ That plan looks solid. You guys are going to have a great time. Have fun on your East Coast coaster adventure!

Here is my contest-size friendly entry:

Upon waking up Sunday morning, Catrina and I had no plans and were trying to figure out our plan for the day. Since we had not yet gone to Kennywood together yet this summer, it became the plan. Here is a quick rundown of the day: We didn't arrive at Kennywood till almost 2pm, so we had to park at Level 3. This allowed an opportunity to take a couple pictures. The sky-lift wasn't running yet, so it looks like we will have to make a nice little hike to get to the entrance. Kennywood's new entrance in all of it's Carousel glory. To further add to the beauty of their new entrance, Kennywood also added a fountain. Not to be confused with this "interesting" fountain that can be found at the entrance to Kiddieland. To show it's gratitude for our first joint visit of the year, The Phantom's Revenge treated us to a 45 minute wait before adding the second train just as we got to the station. What is a visit to Kennywood without their famous potato patch fries. Catrina opted for the less-messy cheese on the side approach. Hey, look kids! It's the Thunderbolt. Here is another one for all you right-turn fanatics. Since I am the kind soul and let Catrina sit on the right, I really let her have it on the rides lone left turn. Funnel Cakes anyone? Kennywood is home to all sorts of unique buildings including this Pagoda. Here is a another shot of one of Arrow's finest moments. The first drop of Phantom's Revenge. The Phantom was running great (as usual) and remains on of the greatest hypers on the planet. Here is a shot of Phantom interacting with the Turtle and Thunderbolt. Catrina has become some sort of carousel nut over the past year, and Kennywood was happy to offer a fully refurbished carousel for our enjoyment. Now if we could just do something about those creepy Dentzel characters. Over the winter, the Kennywood carousel was completely renovated from head to toe. This tedious process saw it's entire structure disassembled and put back together. King Kahuna's nasty water effects were livving up to their reputation. People coming off "Kahuna" looked worse than the people exiting Raging Rapids. All you have to do to understand why Kennywood is such a great park is to just walk around. Here is a perfect example. This might look like any regular basketball game, but there is one thing that really seperates this one from the rest ... This sign says it all! I just felt like throwing a picture of George in there for all you Revolutionary War buffs. now for my tribute to Julie (USRoadTripper). It looks like Kennywood is following in the footsteps of Holiday World and offering up the latest in "Bling Bling" accesories. Yay! New Ride. New Ride. Kennywood is already getting a head start for 2006. The new screaming swing footers have already been dug. Can you dig it? Another picture of a big hole. now I am just trying to embarass Catrina as I go into total nerd mode. The dotted red line must mark the location of the grease lines for the potato patch. For the love of good, please don't dig there. Warning: More nerd photos. OK, last nerd photo. Well, since we are over here, how about another shot of Phantom's Revenge. Someone got a little too excited on the Wave Swinger, so the HazMat team was called in. I had not rode the Enterpr .... I mean Volcano for many years, so I gave it a whirl. The world's smallest picture of me. In all my years I have never parked at Level 3 (usually sneak a spot in the main lot), so I got a new credit today on the way out. Kenny's Parkway! Kenny's parkway offers some great views including .... The Parking lot, and .... The parking lot. All in all it was a great day at one of my favorite amusement parks. I leave you with this great shot of the ski-lift dropping into oblivion. Thanks for reading.

^ My feelings exactly. How could you ever expect the rest of the trip to live up to the All Powerful Williams Grove. You haven't lived until you rode the Cyclone, and then you wonder if you are going to.

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I will agree with Rob. If you can get a credit for switching to Philly, I would say go for it. It will make Sunday a lot easier if you did Dorney that morning.

Remember that Friday traffic is going to suck around DC. If I was traveling from Cali and only had 2 days, I would probably do the following: Friday: DC (National Gallery, Smithsonian, Capital, Monument, Etc) Get a nice dinner Do some shopping Drive to Elysburg Saturday Knoebels all day Sunday Stop in Dorney for a couple hours in the morning and get the credits With the time change and everything; Driving down to BGW, sitting in traffic, and then doing DC doesn't sound that appealing. Just my thoughts.

"You are the Best and everybody knows it" // ... in bed

Weir High School Weirton, WV Graduated 1993 // yes, it is pronounced "We're High!"

My best recommendation is to let your parents actually meet the people that you will be meeting up with. They will feel a lot more comfortable knowing that you are with "Sane" people.

^ If you want to make a stop halfway, I would stop in either Frederick or Harrisburg. You should be able to get a pretty good room rate at either. Too bad that Williams Grove will be closed. You won't be far from it at all.

I would consider any park that divides itself into different "themed" areas to ba Theme Park. In my opinion: Theme Parks Universal Parks Disney Parks Holiday World Knott's Berry Farm Paramount Parks etc Amusement Parks Knoebels Kennywood Williams Grove Dorney Park Cedar Point (Only has one themed area) etc

I have one of those storys. You drive that route enough times and it is bound to happen.

While the people my be respected in coaster circles, I doubt that the GP has any idea who they are. // I post to RRC. Am I a celebrity

^ Correct. It was Al Gore.

^ Counting flumes and rapids would be WORSE than credit whoring!

Right on. This would be my exact same recommendation. If you show up at Dorney at open you will fly through the coasters.

^ The problem with going to SFGAdv on Sunday is that if you have a flight at 6pm there just isn't time. With 3+ hr trip, you would have to leave at 1:30pm.

I would scrap SFGAdv. It would be nice to able to do all the parks, but if you throw it out the trip is very doable. With it in there, it will nearly impossible (and not much fun).

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This is going to keep me up at night .... so scary!

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