AmyUD06

Seconding this suggestion.

Makes sense. You should know there's a defensive way to ride Magnum that should stop any sort of leg injuries: 1. When you get in, slide your butt forward and push your belly out as far as you can to pass the restraint check. 2. After the train leaves the station, slide all the way back. There should now be plenty of gap between the lap bar and your body. 3. While you climb the lift, tighten the seat belt as much as humanly possible. Then tighten it some more. You should have no room to move your hips at all. 4. Now, when you go over the triangle-shaped hills, the seat belt will hold your body in place stop your thighs from slamming up into the lap bar. Sitting in a non-wheel-seat (middle row of any car) also helps. I do this exact procedure on any Arrow with those kind of restraints (Gemini, some of their mine trains). I also do the "slide forward during restraint checks" on most coasters with lap bars to avoid stapling (where the ride attendant pushes the lap bar as far down as possible), which it sounds like you probably got on SV.

Great first report! It's a shame you skipped Iron Dragon (with 4 days there, like, why?), since Arrow suspendeds are a dying breed.

I'm sorry that another member of the community is treating you this way. For one, I appreciate your enthusiasm for the hobby, so please keep posting your updates.

What I usually end up doing is do the TR as comments in my planning thread, then go back and edit the tile of the original post and link to the new comment. Otherwise, starting a new thread should be fine, or posting it in the CP thread.

Unfortunately (or is it fortunately) the City of DC has no say over anything that happens outside of its city limits, which SFA is by like eight and a half miles.

Seems like a fun trip you have planned there, and you've got a lot covered. Here's some additional pointers: Waldameer has not only a Pirate's Cove walk through fun house, but also a Wacky Shack dark ride. Both Bill Tracy creations. Neither are to be missed. Comet is also a classic and should not be missed just for history, but you're right that Ravine Flyer II is really the star of this park and arguably the only reason to visit. (EDIT: Here's my TR from 2021) At Indiana Beach, do NOT sleep on Dr. Frankenstein's Castle. Yes, it's a minor upcharge, but is easily one of the best walk-through fun houses I've ever done. Lots of great props, physical gags, and actual maze-like areas. It was honestly the star of the park for me when I visited (before All-American Triple Loop). There's also the 1998 shooting-dark-ride Den of Lost Thieves, which predates a lot of other shooting-dark-rides. (EDIT: Here's my TR from 2021) Six Flags Great America has one of the few Huss Condors left in the world, and should not be missed just for the historic value. I visited this park in 2017 before they added Maxx Force, Sky Striker, and Wrath of Rakshasa and I don't know if I could have done everything in one day even then. Don't miss Little Dipper either- I almost did on my trip there - it's kinda hidden. (EDIT: Here's my TR from 2017, when I didn't care about credits and didn't have the appreciation of a lot of things in parks that I do today). Add 2 hours to each of your estimated travel times through Chicago, and 1 hour to your trek across Indiana on the way back to Cedar Point (Following is some alternative route-order advice, please ignore if your trip is fully booked and non-refundable or if you have personal reasons for doing it the way you are). You should consider the Lake Express ferry between Muskegon and Milwaukee. It crosses the lake and completely skips driving across Indiana and through Chicago. If you're staying overnight in Muskegon after Michigan's Adventure, and your agenda is flexible, if I were doing this trip I'd modify it like this: -Day 1: No Changes -Day 2-3-4: Morning after Michigan's Adventure, Lake Express Ferry to Milwaukee, then stop by Bay Beach on your way to your MN portion of your trip. -Day 5: Mt Olympus/Little Amerrika -Day 6: SF Great America -Day 7: Indiana Beach -Day 8-9: Cedar Point -Day 10: Drive Home, Darien Lake. This way saves you one of the drives through Chicago and dodges the awful Indiana Toll Road almost entirely, eliminates all backtracking, and also gives you 2 extra days to build into your trip if you wanted to spend an extra day at SFGAm (I would, it's one of the better SF parks) or an extra day with your friends in MN. Either way, have fun!

Not Knott's specific, but other legacy CF parks would typically put next year's pass on sale toward the middle-end of August.

I'm doing a near-identical trip in the middle of July (flying in on Monday the 14th, a day at each park and SF exploration time, and flying home on Friday the 18th), staying in a h.otel in the heart of SF. I did end up getting a car, mostly because I think hour-long car rides with strangers are awkward (maybe that's just me) and I also wanted to bring beach stuff for the Santa Cruz day without having to carry around a big bag all day.

I think they were looking for a response from an actual person, not some summary that could have been gained from just Googling it.

Again, these days, the safari is treated like a separate park, and a regular park admission ticket does *not* include the safari park AFAIK. They don't expect you to walk - they expect you to drive your car through. For those that choose not to, they have parking available next to the safari entrance for a reduced rate where you can then board the truck.

I would recommend present-day Hersheypark over any given year of Great Adventure, let alone this year. The only thing (IMHO) that SFGAdv has going for it is El Toro, which is running rougher than it has in the past, and some would argue Nitro (but I've never been too impressed by it). Hershey has an absolutely insane Intamin hyper, a surprisingly-good RMC hybrid, a unique Intamin looper, a classic Schwarzkopf, a better B&M invert, a drop tower (3 of them, actually), a screaming swing, one of the only log flumes with a jump at the end, a splash boat ride, drive-em cars, a much better atmosphere, better food, free admission for 2 hours the night before your visit, an included water park (that is admittedly too small), etc. etc. As for the Safari, if you want to ride the truck through instead of driving your own car, then yeah you need to go to the "Wild Safari Base Camp" outside of the park next to the drive-through entrance. It's considered a separate park.

In their defense, though it's described as a "family" coaster, it really is for kids and 45 seconds is more than adequate (if you actually time most kids' rides cycles you'll find much of the same). Just like the advertisement of Larson Loops as "coasters," it's just marketing. It's the same exact layout as the one installed at KI last year, which has been a hit with the intended target (kids) from everything I've seen. I've ridden it, and yeah it's short, but it's not for us. EDIT: For reference, RCDB lists the duration of Snoopy's Soap Box Racers (the identical model at Kings Island) as 1:36.

If by "interesting" you mean "wild dream that will not happen," maybe. It's far too long - almost 2,000 feet longer than the longest existing B&M dive and long enough to be in the top 25 in the world. I get being optimistic, but try to be realistic here.

LOL I completely forgot about Wild Eagle. I do like your idea of a flying theater though; it fits with the theme of the teaser.