Is Your Favorite Park a Chain or Independent?

[alwaysairtime14]

Is your absolute favorite park part of a chain, or an independently run operation? I still consider a park independent is they own other businesses, but only one amusement park.

Edited June 26, 2013 by Jew

[jjune4991]

I think my favorite park is either Busch Gardens Tampa or Epcot, both being chain parks!

[bert425]

I'd have to say Chain, as it's gonna be Disney.

[Angle O. Descent]

Pound-for-pound, I'd go with independent (Kennywood, Hershey Park, Knoebels etc)

[gisco]

Tough one. I like Knoebels it has a unique feeling to it but I love DisneySea so I'm split on this.

[Meteornotes]

^Yeah, I have the same feeling. I love Knoebel's and the Tokyo Disney Resort. Hard to choose between the two of them.

 

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[ragged#1]

Pound-for-pound, I'd go with independent (Kennywood, Hershey Park, Knoebels etc)

 

Kennywood is a chain.

 

Independent for me. Can't get the same atmosphere and details as you do in most chain parks.

[alwaysairtime14]

I like the atmosphere of an independent, but the rides at bigger parks just overpower the little guys.

[805Andrew]

Being in CA and based on all the parks I've been to, I have to say chain. But if I lived in PA or a place that had a great independent park my answer might be different.

[rcdude]

My favorite park is Busch Gardens Williamsburg, which is part of a chain. My second favorite park is Holiday World, which is an independent park. Both definitely provide great experiences, but I have to vote for chain because the rest of my top five are all chain parks and there's only one other independent park in my top ten.

[Airtime&Gravity]

That is a tough choice as my two favorite parks are very close, and consist of a park in each category, those parks being Knoebels and Dollywood. In the end, I guess I would go with independent, but that might be my recent trip to Knoebels talking.

[cmullin]

I voted chain, but I loved my experience at Hershey, but I had amazing experiences at Kings Island, Canada's Wonderland, and Dorney Park, where all the staff were super nice a friendly, along with the parks being very clean and tidy, and very well run.

[Sportsdude360]

I've been visiting SFOT since the late 60's. It's always been my favorite.

[rcwizard13]

I've only ever been to Kings Island and Cedar Point. So, my vote has to go to chain.

 

I would love to visit other parks, but as a jobless 16 year old with no one close to me who shares my passion, that ain't likely to happen anytime soon.

[larrygator]

It's interesting that so many moderators have a hard time choosing between two disparate parks, but I have Knoebels slightly ahead of Tokyo Disney Sea.

[the ghost]

I'd have to say Chain, as it's gonna be Disney.

[Nrthwnd]

No secret, I'm hooked on Disney.

 

Especially the Asian parks.

[ernierocker]

Epcot. Which is a chain, so there you go.

[azza29]

BGW and Kings Dominion, both chain parks.

[Bryce]

Universal's Islands of Adventure... So, a chain.

[Kyle Coleman]

Holiday world for my favorite overall park so for me, independent. As far as the big chains go, I would have to go with Disney.

[Blue Fire Guy]

Europa Park (independent) is easily the best park I've been to as of now, and my 2nd visit to the park in back in July 2012 is NOT going to be my last. It's too f**king amazing for words to describe it.

[skitt2010]

Very tough decision. Alton Towers is independant and very easy access for myself, but theres nothing like a WDW holiday in Florida!

[witting]

Plopsaland is from a chain so.

[GrapesLie]

well my favorite part is Silver Dollar City. so I guess that means my favorite is the chain part. However all of my other favorite parks are independent.