Weekends at KBF and SFMM?

[lk2500]

I'll be making a SoCal trip in June and will be in town Sat morning - Friday morning.

 

I know the parks are crazy on the weekends but what park would be best Saturday/Sunday if I hit it at opening and maybe used Fast Lane at KBF or a flash pass at SFMM?

 

Other options would be Sea World, USH (mainly intersted in Manta and Transformers but don't really think it's worth the time/money since I'm not horribly interested in the remainder of the parks) or just chill and spend some time at DLR (I have a 5 day park hopper so I can just go a few hours at a time and leave if it's too crowded).

[lk2500]

I'll give this just one bump.

 

Is it going to more worthwhile springing for a FP at SFMM or FL at KBF on a busy Sunday?

 

I'm already assuming DLR will be wall to wall people since Carsland opens on 6/15. I'm just trying to maximize my park experience while I'm in town.

 

TIA,

[SharkTums]

Why can you not go mid-week at all? The KBF Fast Lane will most likely work best so that may be a good idea for Saturday. Flashpass at SFMM will be needed on any weekend in June.

[lk2500]

I'm arriving in town Saturday morning and leaving the next Friday morning so I will be doing parks during the week as well M-Thurs.

 

I want to hit SFMM at least 2 twice and KBF once. I've got a 5 day hopper for DLR so I what I do I spend at least one or two full days there and then most of the evenings until closing (after hitting SFMM/KBF in the morning/afternoon).

 

Anyway, the weekdays are easy. I'm just trying to figure out which parks would be the best to hit on the weekends. I.E. is FP or FL going to make up for the crowd level on the weekends. We're not much for sightseeing or hanging out on the beach.

 

I suppose we could just do DLR Sunday morning until the crowds are ridiculous, then come back later in the evening and leave the weekdays for SFMM/KBF.

 

SWSD and USH are outlyers, don't really see myself going there but leaving the option open.

 

Just looking to see what ya'll would recommend.

[SharkTums]

What do you have in the budget?

 

If it was a choice of Knotts with Fast Lane on a Saturday or SFMM with normal Qbot on a Saturday, I would choose Knotts. If it was Knotts with Fast Lane on a Saturday or SFMM with a Gold or Platinum on a Saturday it's a toss up.

 

I personally think you'll have a better time at the parks avoiding both of them on a Saturday as it's just a more 'rough' clientele.

 

San Diego is really nice, and if you have time would be a fun couple of days. Sea World, Belmont, and Legoland can make a very nice mini-trip.

[lk2500]

What do you have in the budget?

 

If it was a choice of Knotts with Fast Lane on a Saturday or SFMM with normal Qbot on a Saturday, I would choose Knotts. If it was Knotts with Fast Lane on a Saturday or SFMM with a Gold or Platinum on a Saturday it's a toss up.

 

I personally think you'll have a better time at the parks avoiding both of them on a Saturday as it's just a more 'rough' clientele.

 

San Diego is really nice, and if you have time would be a fun couple of days. Sea World, Belmont, and Legoland can make a very nice mini-trip.

 

 

I agree, we visited SD 4 years ago and did the whole SD Zoo, SD Animal Park, Sea World thing. We really loved the wild animal park, I think feeding the rhinos was the highlight or our trip which also included DLR and USH. The only think we haven't seen down there is the Manta coaster, but I don't think it's worth driving down there for that.

 

My "kiddies" are 15 and 18 so we're mainly into thrill rides. We use DLR kind of as a hub and drive out the other parks. It worked our really well 2 years ago but we really didn't have weekends to deal with since we flew in on a Sunday and out on a Saturday last time.

 

I have no qualms ponying up for a Gold (or even Platinum?) flash pass or Fast Lane. I read somewhere that most people just recommend buying the Gold FP because they've encountered a few problems here and there with angry people in the queues when they re-ride?

 

This will probably be our last time in So Cal for a while, I'm trying to work out a midwest coaster trip for next year.

 

Is Transformers at USH worth the trip there? My kids really like the look of it. I imagine that would be packed Sunday as well. So many options, lol....

[SharkTums]

^Gold should be fine.

 

Do you guys like the Spiderman ride a lot? It's basically Spiderman with a Transformers theme. I personally wouldn't go out of the way for it, but I wasn't the biggest Spiderman fan.

[lk2500]

^Gold should be fine.

 

Do you guys like the Spiderman ride a lot? It's basically Spiderman with a Transformers theme. I personally wouldn't go out of the way for it, but I wasn't the biggest Spiderman fan.

 

I've never made a Florida trip so haven't experienced Spiderman. I did watch a POV of Transformers, it looks basically like you're in a tram moving by a bunch of cool 3D movie screens? I would assume the trams give some sort of sense of motion/movement similar to the SImpson's ride or Soarin over California? Or is it more extreme than that?

 

I think I'd rather just ride X2 and Tatsu a few more times than go ride Transformers personally.

[SharkTums]

^It's on another level from other simulators, but like you said, it is a simulator. Sounds like you have your decision!

[lk2500]

^It's on another level from other simulators, but like you said, it is a simulator. Sounds like you have your decision!

 

Hehe, we have my decision, yes. Just need buy in from the fam.