Spookbaby Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Some friends and I want to take a trip to a totally awesome amusement park trip for Spring Break. We are poor college students to we need a park that is one days driving distance from Champaign, Illinois. Also, the friends we are meeting up with are from Georgia Tech so it has to be a days wirth drive for them too. We only want to go to ONE park. We are planning on a doing the theme park for two days and them something else for the third day and driving back on the fourth day. Right now we are thinking of Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Is this a good choice or does anyone else have a better selection??? Help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezus Juice Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 If you do BGW you pretty much have to go to PKD as well, I think its a rule or something. Otherwise you've got Dollywood and Lake Winnie closer to GA. Hope that helps. -Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarmor Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 well I would also consider kings dominion and six flags america if you guys are looking for lots of thrills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookbaby Posted September 3, 2005 Author Share Posted September 3, 2005 We only can afford to do one park. If you could pick ONLY ONE which one would you do... one of the reasons I chose BGW though is I'm excited about Curse of DarKastle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatOne Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 BGW is an overall great experience. I went there as part of my Spring Break in 2004 and it was well worth the trip. It's a little on the expensive side, but totally worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarmor Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 it all depends on what you are looking for. if you want thrilling coasters go to SFA if you want somewhat thrilling coasters and a themed enviroment go to PKD if you want a well themed enviroment w/ min. thrill rides then BGW is your choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookbaby Posted September 3, 2005 Author Share Posted September 3, 2005 So BGW is the WORST choice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What Now Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 No, BGW is an awesome park. It's a very pretty park with some good rides. There are also some good shops there. Dollywood is antoher pretty park with good rides (they also have some of the best park shows). What kind of things do you like to do in a park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekRx Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 If you're going solely for roller coasters, then PKD is much more quantitative than BGW. But depending on the day you want to go, PKD may not be opened. However, I think I prefer everything at BGW over PKD. Busch may only have 4 coasters to Kings Dominions 13, but they are of a better caliber and also have better capacity, meaning more rides. Plus BGW has great food, and other good rides like Darkastle, which is better than Kings Dominion's dark ride, Scooby Doo. In a few weeks we're going back to Busch Gardens, and Kings Dominion is closed that weekend for a company buyout. We're not sad in the least though, as it just means another day we can spend at BGW and stay at the Great Wolf Lodge with their indoor waterpark! Sadly, you don't have too many other options up north for opened amusement parks during Spring Break. Your only other options that I can think of are Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey, Six Flags America in Washington DC, Kings Dominion, Busch Gardens, Dollywood in Tennessee, Carowinds in Charlotte, Six Flags Over Georgia in Atlanta, and Kings Island in Cincinnati. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfBeastSucks Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 I think SFOG in Atlanta would be a good choice because it is one of the nicest SF parks and Goliath is opening April 1. I haven't been but BGW looks nice, Appolo and Alpengeist look very good and Loch and Wolf look decent. Have fun whatever you do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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