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SFGAdv, Hershey and Dorney are all easily doable over 3 days. It's about 1 1/2 hours from SFGADv to Dorney, and then about the same to Hershey from there.

I got stuck on Spaceship Earth a couple of weeks ago, and after several attempts to restart the ride unsucessfully and 20 minutes of listening to the same crappy recording, they finally decided to walk us down. It's a long walk down the ramp... ...past cheesy scenery made worse under flourescent lights... ...(it's a really long walk!)... ...with views of the sloppy workmanship too!

If it's really crowded, yes go for the gold. Gold cuts the wait time to 1/4 of what regular Q-Bots get as a wait time. With gold, you could get multiple rides on KK, Nitro, SUF, etc.

Kingda Ka...I can almost see it from my apartment! I've been following it since the planning board meeting when it was approved... http://amusementpics.com/SFGAdv%202005%20Construction.htm My 2004 construction pictures are here 8) http://amusementpics.com/SFGAdv%202005%20Coaster.htm and my 2005 opening pictures will go here!

Hulk- IOA January 24, 2005

No question, IOA...best combination of theme and thrills ever built! Duelling Dragons, January 2005

I may be going to the UK on business, so I'll have to try to hit a park or two while I'm there! Any ideas on parks between London and Chippenham (where my company's UK office is)?

January- Orlando/Tampa March- BGW, PKD, SFGAdv (and all Summer since I live 15 miles away) May- DP, HP, SFNE, PKI June- BGW, PKD, SFA July- DL (50th), DCA, KBF, SFMM August- KW, GL, CP, SFGAm September- SFOG October- SFGAdv, DP, HP, BGW, PKD, SFA December- Orlando/Tampa parks

With the crowds that Kingda Ka is expected to draw this season, get to the park early (especially on a weekend), because the line to rent a Q-Bot gets as long as a ride line on some days. And they sometimes sell out of Q-Bots on the busiest days. Visit on a weekday (like a Tuesday) and you may not need a Q-Bot except for Kingda Ka (so while Q-Bot holds your place for KK, you can ride everything else while you wait virtually). 8)

SFGAdv is 15 minutes from me, and Dorney is 45 minutes from my office.

As a rule, I found all the woodies of California (with the exception of Ghost Rider) pretty horrible. And Ghost rider wasn't much better.