rocketmark

I'm out in LA for work and stuck down by LAX. I've decided to stick around for the long weekend and goof off, but I don't really want to stay at this hotel since it's just far from everything. I don't really have any specific criteria for things I want to see, otherwise I'd use that to find a hotel. I'm hoping to hit a park one of the days, but I don't think that should inform my hotel choice. Is there a good hotel in a fun, social neighborhood? Suggestions would be appreciated.

PKD is about 1 1/2 hours south of DC. If you're leaving from downtown, and not one of the suburbs, add another 15/20 minutes to get to the highway.

Thanks again for the input. It's helping turn a hazy idea into a more concrete plan. Some of those I had already planned as day trips or half day trips. Anything that is sub 3 hours from DC will be a day trip, unless it makes sense in context with the route to Cedar Point. I'll post a proposed itinerary if any other TPR folks want to meet at any of the parks. The more the merrier.

Thanks for that list. I really appreciate it. I guess the next step is to scatter plot them and see what route makes the most sense. I don't mind a round about path. I was actually wondering if making a really wide pass through Ohio to hit Kings Island would be worth it. It seems like it has more than a few rides in common with Kings Dominion. If there aren't enough other parks to warrant the detour then I'll save it for another trip.

Any suggestions on doing a circuit from DC to Cedar Point? What's a good route, ie. which parks should I hit in which order? What parks are worth going to, and what are a waste of time? We can assume the trip would be early in the season, maybe the first week of June. In the past I've just done one off trips to parks. I have a ton of vacation time to burn up, and a few days built around getting to Cedar Point (it's only 6 hours away) and back seems like a fine way to take that vacation time.