Your Craziest Trip?

[sixflagsguy5]

What's the craziest trip that you have ever pulled off? I'm curious to see what lengths other coaster enthusiasts will go to in order to ride coasters.

 

Mine would have to be my East Coast trip this year. Originally it was supposed to be a family trip out East with only a few amusement parks (adding up to 30 credits). I managed to talk them into about 5 bonus parks and ended up getting 52 credits out of the whole thing. This trip included me riding my 300th coaster at a go cart place in the middle of the night. The part of the trip that was the most fun was looking up parks each night on rcdb and going to them the next day. Many of these parks I had never even heard of before.

 

Note: I did a search and the closest thing I could find was "what is the craziest thing you've done at an amusement park?" The difference is that I'm wondering about trips, not just a one time occurance at a park.

[coasterdude28]

By far the craziest trip I hhave pulled off would be my road trip this past summer. A week after graduating high school, my friend and I went on a trip that hit CP, GL, HW, SFKK, PKI as well as many other non park related attractions such as baseball games and horse races(Churchill). It was so much fun. You can view the huge photo trip report here: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37242.

[Coasterlvr_nc]

I managed to convince my dad to take me on a week (2 weekends and the weekdays inbetween) trip. And somehow i managed to drag my friend into it! hehe. > We hit KD, BGE, SFGadv, Herysheypark, CP, and KI with firehawk making my hundredth coaster.

[Noxegon]

I think I might win this with my 2005 trip to South Africa.

 

Thursday night, take fourteen hour flight to Cape Town. Friday morning, do Ratanga Junction. Friday evening, take one hour flight to Johannesburg. Saturday all day, do Gold Reef City. Sunday morning, visit Gold Reef City again. Thirteen hour flight back from Johannesburg on Sunday night, then straight into work on Monday morning!

 

An honourable mention needs to go to my experience riding Voyage. On a coaster trip through the USA, we finished Worlds of Fun early. The next scheduled park (and indeed hotel) was Silver Dollar City. With a day to kill in the middle, we decided to go to Beech Bend and Holiday World to ride Voyage. We drove.

[FLIPDUDE]

The Midwest trip.

 

 

15 or so parks in 12 days with a group of 100 crazy TPR members that involved (in the following order):

 

-Missing my flight

-Getting puked on on a rock-o-planes ride

-Seeing many many rides for the first time(namely wooden water slides)

-Being stuck in a giant hot wheels set(See Kentucky Kingdom TR)

-Riding through sevral day's worth of corn fields

-Camping out for rides to get fixed

-Crazy Indana Beach weather(Mi-daugust, Temepratures are in the high 90's, humidity is at 100% and it's raining.)

-Having my seatbelt come undone in the middle of riding Hoosier Hurricane... Twice.

-The great Mt. Olympus storm(Which involved haivng to cross the entire park by myself through the worst storm I've ever seen, just in time to see lightning strike the indoor theme park and make Opa get stuck, not to mention it supposedly almost crashing, and people running off with my stuff... All that within a one hour period of time)

-Riding the Cinderblock coaster(a coaster at Riverview that was seriously positioned on cinderblocks)

-Discovering the most gigantic candy store I ever saw in a tiny, unimpressive building.

-Buying Bertie Bott's every flavour jelly bellies

-Riding a broken coaster(Avalanche's sensors weren't working after it got struck by lightning)

-Lights out at the Breaker's

-A flock of geese camping outside Ryan and I's room

-The Cedar Point tornado clouds

-Talking to someone in Dubai in the laundry room and finiding out everything I thought I knew about it is wrong.

-Riding enormous coasters for several days straight and being fine with it, and eventually losing my lunch because I had too much Mountain Dew.

-Getting every single credit in the park right on the last second(I wonder if anyone was ever in such a rush to get on Mantis) including Jr. Gemini(which I even have a POV shot of. How many people can say that?)

 

And a whole lot more that I won't go into because this post is getting long. If you wanna read about everything crazy that happened follow my Midwest TR

[Groteslurf]

My craziest trip was 3 years ago, 1 week in Orlando.

Well, maybe not really crazy but very exhausting.

We arrived on Saturday evening in Orlando.

Next morning we went to Animal Kingdom. Same day in the evening to HHN XIV at IOA & USO.

Monday we went to Seaworld.

Tuesday to IOA & USO.

Wednesday to MK and Typhoon Lagoon

Thursday to MGM and Epcot

Friday to Wet'n'Wild, IOA & USO.

In between and in the evenings we were at shopping malls, outlets, Disney Downtown or Universal Boardwalk.

Every day we left the hotel at approx 8 am and came back at 11 pm or something.

[verticalzero]

I flew to Chicago for 4th July, hired a car, drove to Cedar Point, Kings Island, Milwaukee, Green Bay and Washington Bay.

 

I had $460 left to spend in Chicago (loved Old Navy shop) for 3 days before flying back to England. All within 2.5 weeks.

 

Had an amazing time, can't wait to go back and try Mt O, Timber Falls, SFGA and a few other parks as well.

[PKI Jizzman]

Well, I usually do one park per day trips. BUT I did go to WDW in 2002, and that was pretty crazy.

 

On my CP trip in '06 I got 5 rides on MF in one day!

[IggyACE]

I did a east coast trip in 2006 with the family. 24 parks in 10 days in 5 states. Also did some site seeing with the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

 

Craig

[Dragon Khan]

My greatest trip so far, was in 2001. I flew from Belgium to NY City with my father and nephew, visited for 5 days, and then hired a car to visit some Pparks: Coney Island, SFGAdv, Dorney, Hershey, Darien Lake, SFOhio, Niagara Falls, and of course Cedar Point. By the way, My father, who was 60 at that time, rode ALL the coasters ith me. So nice souvenirs...

[spaceace12]

My Florida trip in March.

 

-Getting up at 10am, leaving Indy at 6pm and driving for 9 hours before I finally gave out.

 

-Driving in Winter Haven, FL traffic during a Indians spring trainging game

 

-Trying to get back to Davenport from Downtown Disney and not knowing where to go.

 

-Leaving Florida and driving for 10 hours before we stopped.

 

-Doing the most Disney Coasters I could in one day.

[GRIFFON1983]

summer2005

Friends Nick and Brandon and I

Left ohio at 12 midnight and drove through the night

Day one

Hershey and Dorney

 

Day Two

SF Great Adventure and Moreys Piers

 

Day Three

Six Flags New England

Lake Compounce

 

Day Four

Six Flags America

Kings Dominion

 

drove home that night after KD. lol got home at 5 am.

[OldJJman]

I've done quite a few crazy trips in my day.

 

Here's a couple off the top of my head:

 

1999

 

In 21 days, all driving by myself. (before RCDB was around):

 

Lagoon, SF Elitch Gardens, Frontier City, Bell's Amusement Park, SF St. Louis, World's of Fun, Adventureland, ValleyFair!, Mall of America, Big Chief's (Mt. Olympus), SF Great America, Michigan's Adventure, Indiana Beach, SF Kentucky Kingdom, Holiday World, Americana (LeSourdsville Lake), King's Island, Cedar Point, Geauga Lake, Kennywood, King's Dominion, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Carowinds, Ghost Town in the Sky, Dollywood, Lake Winniekesapuh, SF over Georgia, Visionland.

 

In 2003

 

In 7 days: (rental car and planes)

 

FFC (in upland), Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom, Scandia Fun Center, Castle Park, Mission Beach, Legoland, Disney's California Adventure, Knott's Berry Farm, Pacific Park, Silverwood, Paramount's Great America (Whatever it's called now), Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Oakland Zoo, J's Amusements, SF Marine World, Bonfante' Gardens, SF Magic Mountain

 

In 2004

 

In 7 days (rental car)

 

Idlewild, Lakemont, Del grosso's, Hersheypark, Williams Grove, Dutch Wonderland, Sesame Place, Rye Playland, Magic Forest, SF Great Escape, La Ronde, Canada's Wonderland, Marineland, Martin's Fantasy Island, Seabreeze, Waldameer, Conneaut Lake, Cedar Point.

 

In 2005

 

In 3 days (Fri-Sat-Sun)(Rental Car)

 

Hersheypark, Dorney Park, Blue Diamond Park, Clementon Amusement Park, Storybook Land, Morey's Pier, Casino Pier, Funtown Pier, Blackbeard's Cave, SF Great Adventure

 

Then earlier this year in 3 days (Fri-Sat-Sun)(Rental Car)

 

ValleyFair!, Comotown, Mall of America, Timber Falls, Mt. Olympus, Knucklehead's, Safariland, Kiddieland, Go Bananas, Haunted Trails, Cedar Point (and a Dinorex where we were denied a ride)

 

The above trip can be found in this Trip Report.

 

You can never get TOO crazy!!

 

 

 

JJ

[sixflagsguy5]

I have another one. I was doing a college visit to Iowa State this summer with my mom and we got done with the tour early. We went to Adventurland the same day as the tour (instead of going the next day as we had originally planned). We were done with the park in a few hours, so I talked her into letting me go to Worlds of Fun the next day (even though we live in Chicago and it's the opposite way). The only downside was that I had to drive for the entire way to WOF and back. The next day we went to WOF and it was awesome.

 

Six bonus credits!! That was one of my favorite trips this year. It's not really "crazy" but it was still a lot of fun and last minute.

[What Now]

July 30, I flew in to Cincinnati from LAX and flew back home August 24 from Amarillo, TX.

 

I was supposed to fly home right after the midwest trip. I got a phone call from my mom after I landed in CVG. My grandmother passed away that morning and the funeral in Clayton, NM on August 15.

 

So after the midwest trip was over I flew to Amarillo (closest airport to Clayton, NM). After landing in Amarillo, it was off to Lawton, OK to visit my Great-Great-Aunt Lucille (who isn't in bad shape for 101). After Lawton, it was back to Amarillo for Palo Duro canyon. Then finally to Clayton to see relatives and attend the funeral. Then back to Amarillo to fly home with stops at the Panhandle Plans Museum, and yes, Wonderland Amusement Park.

 

So, I ended up doing nine states (not counting my own) in a little under a month and three of them weren't even in the original plan. Needless to say, I was actually glad to get home after that.

[coreyml]

http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36949&highlight=

 

15 days, over 3000miles

started out w/ a 9 hr drive to St Louis then after SFStL, drove 9 more to minneapolis for the first day

 

another crazy was joining coaster con and spending 3 days @ KI

 

riding the superman tower of power EXACTLY 24 HOURS before it chopped feet off

 

taking the airtime hill between owensboro and santa claus @ 90mph

 

said "yall" over the phone to the dominos guy in MN

yeah

[palmerleeberry]

Okay, Okay, here's my craziest trip I've ever took.

 

Way back in '91, I just bought a new car a few months ago and my mother told me "Now you can go west." You see, I wanted to go to King's Island so I can ride The Beast, but with the old used car I was driving at that time worried Mom alot (we lived in Harrisonburg, VA - so you know the distance between Harrisonburg and Cinncinatti is great). Now that I had a new car and some time off, I decided to go off to King's Island.

 

In those days, I was young and poor, but I was also too high spirited and I wasn't going to let anything interferred with my plans of going. So on Memorial weekend in 1991, I took all the money I had, packed up all the food and sodas I could carry, and lefted for King's Island.

 

I drove straight there, spent about eight hours inside the park, and drove straight back, barely getting a wink of sleep during that time. I didn't have any more money and the only credit card I carried at that time was a Chevron gasoline card (you can laugh; there are no Chevrons stations in Ohio). Still, I managed to make it back home in one piece and I sleeped until it was Memorial Day. Still, the trip was worth it. I got to ride The Beast.

 

Since then, I only took two other trips like that: one to Cedar Point in 1995 and a big two week road trip in 2001 touring parks from Busch Gardens all the way to Six Flags Mid America and back. But those trips involved spending nights in a motel and a lot less strain since I'm no longer young nor poor. But I'm still high spirited.