Badgergrrrl Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Well.. I live about an hour from the Dells...so--I have to ride Avalanche again next summer. But I'm also planning a trip to Ohio. I really want to re-visit the Columbus Zoo and ride the Sea Dragon. That was the first rollercoaster that I ever rode. Then I was thinking about heading down to Kings Island and going on the Beast (I've never gone..glup ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capitalize Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 First trip is happening for sure:Day 9: -Six Flags America -Kennywood -Fun Fore All SFA and Kennywood on the same day? That seems like a stretch to me since they are very far apart, especially given traffic out of DC. Day 9:-Six Flags America -Kennywood -Fun Fore All How in the world are you going to pull this off in one day? Day 9 -Six Flags America (10:30am-noon) -Drive 4hr 30min -Kennywood (5pm-10pm) -Drive 45min -Fun Fore All (10pm-11pm) I can't remember if Fun Fore All has their coaster open that late though. We tried to go there last year, but we wouldn't have gotten there until 30min after closing. Kennywood can close earlier than 10pm, so if they close early we might go to fun fore all. If they stay open until 10 and we're having a lot of fun with night rides we probably won't leave just to ride a kiddie coaster. When I have some I need to figure out how much this whole thing is going to cost. I hope that works out for you; should be a long, but exciting day. Since I got a Maxx Pass from Cedar Fair I'm planning on getting out to: - Kings Dominion several times - Carowinds - Kings Island - Dorney Park Outside of that I'll go to Cedar Point if I can take enough time off to get to both Kings Island and Cedar Point in the same trip. I also want to get to Kennywood at some point. Six Flags America is always a possibility, but I haven't decided for certain if I'm going to get a season pass next year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillgeek Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Right now the only thing that's official is SFMM for WCB and maybe Knotts. Other than that my plans are up in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastersrule85 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 My first trip is going to be the TPR U.K. trip in June, WOO-HOO!! Every year one of my buddies is granted a furlough from his domestic warden and we go on a baseball/amusement park trip. This year we're headed to New York and Boston to catch a Mets game a Shea and a Sox game at Fenway. In the process we'll be making stops at Lake Compounce, Quassy, and Six Flags New England. I also won some tickets to Holiday World, so if I have the funds, I'll hopefully be heading to Santa Claus in between those trips. In addition I'll make my usual trips to my "home parks"(I live near Houston), Fiesta Texas and SFOT, throughout the season. The most exciting trip though is the trip to the U.K. I've wanted to go on a TPR trip for years, and I've never been out of the country. Now I'm getting to do both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ccron10 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Let's see: Hersheypark in April (hopefully if Fahrenheit and Storm Runner operate). Six Flags Great Adventure (April or May). Dorney Park (Physics Day). Cedar Point (Unknown at this point). Kings Island (Unknown at this point). Dorney Park (Hopefully to go to the waterpark and ride Demon Drop). From here I'll be in college so hopefully Hersheypark later in the summer and again in October since it's not far away. If I get a job there, then it will be more frequent. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jray21 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Eh, nothing too exciting in 2010. January - WDW, USO, SWO(?), BGT March - West Coast Bash, California Road trip with parks May - Bay Area Bash June - TPR Europe Trip August - TPR Middle America Trip September - DLR, LA area parks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillgeek Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 ^Yea...... nothing too exciting. I would kill for a year of more than 2 parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightypotato Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Since I opted not to go on a TPR trip this year, a friend and I decided to do our own little trip. We're hitting Holiday World, Kings Island and Cedar Point this June. Not a big trip, but should be good times anyways. He's a new coaster enthusiast, so it'll be nice to expose him to some awesome new rides. And of course, I'll be doing the whole Canada's Wonderland/Martin's Fantasy Island/Darien Lake thing again this year since they're all close to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddeamon128 Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 ^I'm doing the same thing except my trip will be in August & I will be visiting in order Holiday World, Kings Island, Cedar Point, Waldameer, Kennywood, & Knoebels. Or I might go to Disneyland Paris instead but I'm not sure yet because it is so far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danicka51 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 I'm gonna try to go to the bay area (as I do every year) only this year i'm going to try and stay longer. Here are the parks I'll try and go to. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Gilroy Gardens California's Great America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Ka Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I'm actually planning my first sort of coaster trip, any feedback people can give me is hugely appreciated. It's just a small, two-day trip (one night in a hotel) to five parks. I'm mostly doing it to ride Boulder Dash and Bizarro, and one of my priorities is try both of them at night (especially BD), which is why I ordered it as I did. Here's my plan, leaving from just outside of Philadelphia: EDIT: Changed Day 1 to reflect apparent move of Darien Lake across NY. Day 1 Leave ~8:30AM Coney Island Rye Playland Lake Compounce Day 2 Quassy ~11:00AM SFNE and drive home late at night. Can anybody think of a more efficient way of doing these? Any parks I should add in or take out without requiring another day? Any and all help is nice, I'm sure I'll have a few more questions later, but I'm just wondering about basic info right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreditCrazy Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 ^ I haven't been to any of those parks but Day 1 is impossible with those times. I just mapquested Rye Playland to Darien Lake and they are over 6 hours apart. Then Darien Lake to Lake Compounce is about 6 and a half hours. That doesn't include eating, traffic, getting in/out of the car, parking, and walking to the parks either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Ka Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 ^ I'd drawn up a Google Maps, and it was taking me to a lake called Darien Lake conveniently located 20 minutes north of Rye. I never even thought to double check. I guess I'll substitute in Coney Island in Darien's place. I still feel a little bit ridiculous though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 ^Your best option would be to do Quassy, Compounce, and SFNE in the same day. They're collectively about an hour apart. I'm doing those three on one day in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Ka Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 ^I considered that, but one of my goals was to do Compounce and SFNE at night for night rides on Bizarro and Boulder Dash, and I can't see how I could do that with the little bit of darkness (this'll probably be late June, which are the longest days of the year) when the two are an hour apart. I'd also like to get a decent amount of Bizarro rides in, so I was hoping to go to SFNE on a day when I wasn't doing much else. At any rate, I appreciate your feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbarner14 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 ^^This is a very possible solution. I did all three of these in one day last July and had no problem getting all the credits. Just for reference I did the parks in the order of SFNE, Quassy, and then Lake Compounce. LC has an evening discount so it worked out perfectly. EDIT: ^ Just a heads up, Lake Compounce closes at 8 in the latter half of June next year. This will allow you very little night time rides. They close at 8 next year Monday-Thursday, 9 on Friday, and 10 on Saturday in the months of July and August. A Friday or Saturday night in July or August would allow you more night time rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesoxsfan21 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I haven't really planned out my trips yet, but I have my parks Since I live relevantly close to Carowinds, I will be going there multiple times. My Dad, brother, his friend and I always take an annual trip to Cedar Point. I decided to add Kings Island to the trip this year since We've never been there. So we'll be going to Cedar Point for I hope 3 days, which will probably end up being 2 days since we are going to Kings Island for a day. We'll head to Ohio, go to Cedar Point for a few days then head to Kings Island. I might be going to Kings Dominion next year as well. I don't know how we will set up that trip as in we will go one day, head straight there and back, or go two days and stay somewhere. That's really all that I can go to this year. When I get money for the 2011 season, I plan on paying for the trip, but that's 2011, not 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 ^^This is a very possible solution. I did all three of these in one day last July and had no problem getting all the credits. Just for reference I did the parks in the order of SFNE, Quassy, and then Lake Compounce. LC has an evening discount so it worked out perfectly. EDIT: ^ Just a heads up, Lake Compounce closes at 8 in the latter half of June next year. This will allow you very little night time rides. They close at 8 next year Monday-Thursday, 9 on Friday, and 10 on Saturday in the months of July and August. A Friday or Saturday night in July or August would allow you more night time rides. I didn't consider doing them in that order, it makes plenty of sense though! IF things work out right with my credits (and that's a mammoth IF), my 300th coaster will happen the day I do those three parks, and it will be on a Friday. So the choice will either be Bizarro or Boulder Dash for #300. Now that's a tough choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbarner14 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I didn't consider doing them in that order, it makes plenty of sense though! IF things work out right with my credits (and that's a mammoth IF), my 300th coaster will happen the day I do those three parks, and it will be on a Friday. So the choice will either be Bizarro or Boulder Dash for #300. Now that's a tough choice! Hmmm... Well my personal preference would be Boulder Dash for #300. However, if you have the chance to ride it at night, I think that would be the better option, no matter what number credit it is. When I did this trip last year, my 100th coaster ended up being Catwoman's Whip. I guess I didn't plan that one too well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 ^ I almost want to make one of my big milestone coasters something lame, but I wouldn't be able to live with myself. It has to be epic every time! But I know that one of these days I'll get stuck with a crappy milestone coaster. Right now my biggest goal is getting every available woodie credit in the U.S. However, the Kiddie Coaster at Playland in NY has a max height restriction, so that just kills it right off the bat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryerson Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 2010 parks I will be visiting: World's of Fun (home park) Six Flags St. Louis Silver Dollar City ValleyFair Six Flags Great America Six Flags Great Adventure Six Flags New England Six Flags America BGE Hershey Dorney Kings Dominion Carowinds All the East Coast ones are on the Ryerson 2010 East Coast Trip. Was planning on TPR's, but my MBA classes will not allow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverickrocks Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Well, I'm going on a huge trip to Europe over the summer, so I'll be hitting some of the parks there. So far I'm expecting to hit Efteling Walibi World Holland Toverland Maybe Phantasialand, and possibly some other places too. I just need to figure out what else will be accessible if I'm going to Holland, Belgium and France. In the US, I'll be going to my home parks, Cedar Point and Kings Island, and most likely Kings Dominion, Busch Gardens Europe and Holiday World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShannonSomerville Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 First of all,HAPPY NEW YEAR!! So far,what we have planned is a Memorial Day weekend in GA,NC/SC,& TN. Also planning to do Holiwood Nights,with a side trip to Kings Island....mainly doing the usual suspects:BGW,KD & SFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sros1fan Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I only have 1 trip planned so far and that is Coastercon in late june which will be at PA parks with CP and Knoebels as add ons. Of course i will be at my home parks opening days, SFNE,Lake Compounce and Gradv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedarpointfangirl Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Right now just WCB! I look forward to this every year. Now this year with Knotts, which a I haven't been to, plus being able to meet up with a new friend that I met at the "Bash" last year will make it a great trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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