Any theme park regulars in SoCal?

[ipz8]

Hello,

 

Me and my GF go to theme parks about 2,3 times a month here in SoCal, but the problem is that we always go alone (rarely having anybody else to go with us). Basically we want some theme park friends!

 

Basically we are two mid-20's people who refuse to grow up and visit theme parks as often as possible. I am a software engineer in the valley. My gf works at a bank in West LA. In the past year we picked up going to amusement parks at a ferocious rate. We've gone to Knotts/Magic 20+ times this year. Our vacation this year was getting a car in Ohio and driving to the better parks in the Northeast States like Cedar Point and SF Great Adventure.

 

Anyways, we are just looking for some people to hang out with at the parks and probably anything else that comes up. We both work a ton of hours and work really hard, so amusement parks are our release.

 

Theme Parks Visited In The Past Year:

Six Flags Magic Mountain

Knotts Berry Farm

Cedar Point

Geauga Lake

Six Flags Great Adventure

Dorney Park

Six Flags Marine World

Sea World (San Diego)

Universal Studios Hollywood

Raging Waters

Six Flags Hurricane Harbor

 

Plans For Next Year:

Local Parks

Cedar Point (Maverick looks too good!)

Six Flags Great America (Is this the one in Chicago?)

 

Either a Mid West/Texas (Schlitterbahn!) or a Florida Trip

[DallasAlvey]

There's a lot of people who go to theme parks in SoCal including me. Even

the site admins come from SoCal.

[Jhcbiinoc]

You're definitely in the right place! I will echo the fact that you should have no problem at all finding like minded, good people on this board that frequently go to the parks. Robb and Elissa have created a really good community here-I have been to several of the events that Theme Park Review has had here in So Cal and had a really great time, met other people with the same interest in parks/rides, and just had a lot of fun.

 

I have both annual passes to Knott's and SFMM (I get the Knott's one for my birthday every year and SFMM for Christmas) and most of the time those are the two parks that I end up going to. A group of friends I hang out with all have annual passes to Knott's and we go about once or twice a month on Saturdays from open to close (we're doing Christmas Eve at Knott's next week). I also have some friends who had SFMM Xtreme Passes-we used to got to SFMM together a lot, but they moved to Vegas and we don't go unless they are out here visiting for the weekend. A few times I've gone up to SFMM alone, ridden a few rides and then left there and gone to Knott's, ridden a few rides and left. It is a lot more fun when you have a group of people who are there both to enjoy the rides and also just to hang out and have a good time.

 

This past year, I have been to Knott's at least 25 times and SFMM at least 10 or 15, although I haven't gone to Magic Mountain as much this year because X has been closed down and they seem to have been having some issues with lines, etc. I'm hoping 2007 will be a better year there.

 

I could totally relate to what you said about working a ton of hours and amusement parks being a release, that's exactly how it is for me....I am a web designer/developer and put in a good 45-60 hours at the office every week as well as some work from home (I often dream in html, css and php). When I have free Saturdays, Sundays or Holidays I try to get out of the house and as far away from work stuff as possible. If I stay home, I inevitably end up either working from home, or working on the same type of stuff I do at work so going to the parks keeps me away from it and lets me unwind.

 

Your East Coast vacation sounds like fun. I don't get much vacation time, but when I do I try to work some kind of theme park trip into my trips to see family (all of who live back in the South/East). I'm hoping this coming year I will be able to do more.....last year I was able to get a week's vacation and while I was staying with my folks in Alabama I got a trip in to Six Flags Over Georgia in Atlanta to check out Goliath; this year I'm looking at a possible trip to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg to ride Griffon while visiting family in Virginia and there's a remote possibility I will be attending a Trade Show in Tampa next summer and will finally be able to take an extra day to get to back and visit Busch Gardens there. I'd love to be able to spend a vacation just dedicated to going to parks I have not been to.