What is your local park?

[edboxer]

My local park is Coney Island (Astroland/Deno's Wonder Wheel). But my season pass is at Dorney (hate, detest, despise SFGA).

[CoasterCrazy88]

My home park is SFMM. It's About 30 min. from my house.

 

Antonio"Magic Mountain is fun!"G.

[robbalvey]

I still find it very interesting what a broad mix we have here now with over 1/4 of the posters who took the poll being from outside the USA.

 

And of the US, I didn't expect the east coasters to dominate the boards!

 

If you haven't voted in the poll yet, please do!

 

--Robb "Loves statistics and stuff like this..." Alvey

[Stitch]

The closest park to me is Coney Island Cincinnati and then Paramount's King's Island. I would also include Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom since my Dad's girlfriend lives really close to it and I visit her house frequently 8)

[phazan]

i get to have 2 VERY close parks.

 

pga 40 min

sfmw 30 min

 

sfmm 4.5 hours

knotts 5 hours

disneyland/ca adventures 5 hours

[coaster1]

Let's see .. 6 mins away from Sandy Lake

30 mins away from Six Flags Over Texas

 

20 mins away from the State Fair of Texas ... I prefer that over the other 2 parks.

[ChrisFL]

Busch Gardens Tampa- 10 mins

USF/IOA/Disney/SeaWorld- 2 hours

Cypress Gardens- 1.5 hours (?)

[Movieguy]

The closest park to me is Six Flags Darien Lake, which is a few hours from here.

 

Another close one for me is Marineland in Niagara Falls...uh-huh...

 

Now you know why I want to leave Upstate NY so badly.

[pgathriller]

My home amusement park is Western Playland in El Paso. Western Playland is moving to Sunland Park NM but it will still be my home park.

[Mind Eraser]

Movieguy- I was pretty unimpressed with SFDL. However, I really adore Marineland! Dragon Mountain is so strange, I couldn't help but fall in love with it. I'm a sucker for unique coasters.

 

Plus, Marineland has North America's only permanent Huss Magic! That things is genius.

 

I sorta liked Martin's Fantasy Island. Silver Comet was a dud, but the park had a nice atmosphere.

 

 

-kip-

[Coaster Palooza]

My closest park is Paramount's Great America. I actually used to work 1 block from there. I used to go there for my "lunch" at 9:30am for ERT on Stealth, until they took it out After riding Stealth 3 times (Before the park opened!), I would ride Top Gun 3 times and then Drop Zone, in all 5 sections. One section was always closed.

 

My other close park is SFMW. We went there on March 27th (yes Easter) and it really wasn't crowded...go figure? We rode Medusa 3 times, Kong, Roar, and V2 twice. Zonga was closed.

[Rockman89]

My home park is Six Flag's Elitch Gardens. Um, I don't really know what else to say... uh... Represent!

[CoasterExpert13]

I Live In Pittsburgh, PA about 15 mins. Away From Kennywood Park & Sandcastle Water Park.

 

David "Kennywood Rocks!" Knight Jr.

[Coaster Junkie]

Midwest here, specifically Iowa.

 

Closest park: Adventureland USA, about 2 hour drive.

[Mr Stratosphere]

Vegas of course is my closest park, the Adult Disney World (if you will)

but anything in California i would consider my real close park.

[Guest]

I live 5 minutes from Kennywood. I love rubbing that in. 10 minutes from Sandcastle (KW's water park).

 

Within a six hour drive I have mega parks:

Kennywood

Geauga Lake

Cedar Point

King's Island

DelGrosso's

Waldameer

Knoebel's

Dorney

Hershey

SFGadv

King's Dominion

BGW

Camden Park (WV)

 

Ok I am done thinking this early in the morning, and done rubbing it in!! LOL!!!

[Martyn]

I'm in Ipswich, UK, probably one of the worst places for parks in the UK. Closest is Pleasurewood Hills and Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach, at about an hour away.

Thorpe Park is about 2 1/2 hours away by car. Alton Towers is about 4 hours.

[atlsean]

SFOG - Always took this park for granted but after venturing to other parks over the past few years, SFOG ain't half bad. Definitely underated.

 

SF White Water - Nice way to spend a day. Has a plethora of trees...I like that.

 

Daytrip

 

Visionland - haven't been since 01 maybe this year.

 

Wild Adventures - last visit was in 03...had a nice time.

 

Lake Winnie - my original homepark being that i grew up in Birmingham and would go so often...last visit was in 02...must take my 2 yr old there this summer.

[-XTP-]

europe-Belgium

The closest park must be bobbejaanland for me

the most important here is SF-belgium.

(recently renamed back to Walibi)

[coaster1]

Ooo .. I got a 3 hour flight from anywhere in the US .. so it's not THAT bad

[calcajun]

SFNO!

 

Can't hide the pride in 05!!!

[AllisonY2K]

closest local park would be Busch Gardens - Tampa.

 

~Allison "The Gwazinator"~

[bobafett]

I live in Philadelphia, so here are estimated time travels for me to area parks. Dorney Park-1hour, HersheyPark-2hours,SFGA-1hour,Clementon Amusement Park,NJ-20 minutes,Atlantic City,NJ-45minutes(Steel Pier has a couple of rides,plus a crazy mouse)Wildwood,NJ-1hour(also along the shore line, 3 piers with coasters and various rides)Note to readers, Clementon Park is a small "ghetto park" but still fun to visit. I'm not sure about travel times to Kennywood and Knoebels parks, never been to them but would like to visit.Hope this helps!

[JohnSmith]

Even though im living in florida until november, six flags magic mountain is mine. My home in california is only 20 min away, and i've grown up at that place. I rode my first roller coaster there, had my first kiss there, had my first 'gang brawl' there, lots of special memories at that place... boy do i miss mystic lake

 

 

 

 

i was just joking about the gang brawl, i ran.

[sarah w]

Kennywood is about 40 minutes from my house, with Conneaut Lake Park about 80 miles north and Waldameer about 100 miles north, Idlewild about 2 hours east, Lakemont/Delgrossos about 2.5 hours, Geauga Lake about 2 hours...

 

It's my first post, sorry it's dull...I could go on and on and list every park within a reasonable driving distance, but "reasonable" to me might differ from other's...then again, if we are all enthusiasts, I suppose you all might understand!