thrillseeker4552 Posted June 19, 2017 Posted June 19, 2017 1. Castle Park (Riverside, CA) - 35 miles 2. Legoland California - 49 miles 3. Disneyland - 55 miles I actually consider Knott's my home park since it is where I visit the most often, but it didn't make it in this list since Disneyland is just a few miles closer to me.
AJK Posted June 19, 2017 Posted June 19, 2017 Any park: Jeepers! CJ Barrymores Colasanti's Tropical Gardens Real Parks: Cedar Point - 150 mins Michigan's Adventure - 180 mins Kings Island / Canada's Wonderland depending on traffic - 240 mins
cal1br3tto Posted June 20, 2017 Posted June 20, 2017 Yup... 1. Enchanted Forest - 10 miles 2. Oaks Amusement Park - 38 miles 3. Washington State Fair - 155 miles Close to a tie for 3rd: Wild Waves - 165 miles Mundo Divertido - 40 mins (with minimal border crossing time. Expect ~2 hours on your way back) Or, like, FOUR hours...
Nrthwnd Posted June 20, 2017 Posted June 20, 2017 ^ Ha! Mine are probably those three of yours, in reverse order, from where I live. 1 ~ Wild Waves ~ 269.2 km 2 ~ WA State Fair ~ 283.5 km 3 ~ Oaks Amusement Park ~ 515.7 km ...and Enchanted Forest "just a little further south."
Freddie Posted June 21, 2017 Posted June 21, 2017 1. Silverwood - 395 Miles 2. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom - 604 Miles 3. Disneyland - 894 Miles Living in Idaho sucks sometimes.
rolercstrluvr Posted June 21, 2017 Posted June 21, 2017 1. Silverwood - 395 Miles2. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom - 604 Miles 3. Disneyland - 894 Miles Living in Idaho sucks sometimes. At least you have potatos.
cymonster-rex Posted June 21, 2017 Posted June 21, 2017 Have to be Luna Park Sydney Wet N Wild Sydney Seaworld on the gold coast
Jetstar2 Posted June 22, 2017 Posted June 22, 2017 1. Silverwood - 395 Miles2. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom - 604 Miles 3. Disneyland - 894 Miles Living in Idaho sucks sometimes. You know about Lagoon, right?
CoasterB Posted June 22, 2017 Posted June 22, 2017 1.Movie Park germany - 62Km 2.Toverland - 101Km 3.Phantasialand - 117Km
WOFanatic Posted June 22, 2017 Posted June 22, 2017 1. Worlds of Fun (22 miles, 30 min.) 2. Silver Dollar City (198 miles, 3.25 hours) 3. Adventureland (218 miles, 3.3 hours) I'm gonna throw Six Flags St. Louis as an honorable mention, as its only 20 miles further than Adventureland, and I've been to the park on multiple occasions. Not a bad Six Flags park, either. Also, if we're counting major water parks, Schlitterbahn KC is technically # 2 at about 35 miles away.
prozach626 Posted June 22, 2017 Posted June 22, 2017 I'm within reasonable distance to a lot of decent parks: Six Flags St. Louis: A little under an hour Holiday World: Just over three hours Worlds of Fun: Just under four hours Still close: Kentucky Kingdom: 4 hours, 15 minutes Silver Dollar City: 4 hours, 30 minutes Six Flags Great America: about five hours King's Island: Five hours and some change (favorite)
CoasterRench Posted June 22, 2017 Posted June 22, 2017 I'm pretty lucky with the amount of parks that I have within a reasonable distance from my house. Kings Island (6 miles, 13 Minutes) Coney Island (29 miles, 40 Minutes) Stricker's Grove (34 miles, 46 Minutes) Close as well Kentucky Kingdom (130 miles, 2 hours 12 minutes) Holiday World (198 miles, 3 hours 13 minutes) Cedar Point (206 miles, 3 hours 28 minutes)
cparkes92 Posted June 22, 2017 Posted June 22, 2017 1. Silverwood - 395 Miles2. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom - 604 Miles 3. Disneyland - 894 Miles Living in Idaho sucks sometimes. You know about Lagoon, right? Also, CGA, SFMM, and USH (and maybe KBF, Elitch Gardens, and Lakeside) would be closer than Disneyland
DILinator Posted June 22, 2017 Posted June 22, 2017 I'm pretty lucky with the amount of parks that I have within a reasonable distance from my house. Kings Island (6 miles, 13 Minutes) Coney Island (29 miles, 40 Minutes) Stricker's Grove (34 miles, 46 Minutes) Close as well Kentucky Kingdom (130 miles, 2 hours 12 minutes) Holiday World (198 miles, 3 hours 13 minutes) Cedar Point (206 miles, 3 hours 28 minutes) Yeah, that IS a great collection of parks to all have within 3 and a half hours of you! I think it's funny that even though you live in the same state as CP, you are a half-hour farther away from it than I am in Michigan! Ohio is a BIG state!
indyv Posted June 22, 2017 Posted June 22, 2017 1. Bobbejaanland (22 km, 28 min) 2. Walibi Belgium (68 km, 51 min) 3. Toverland (122 km, 1 h 25 min)
CoasterRench Posted June 22, 2017 Posted June 22, 2017 I'm pretty lucky with the amount of parks that I have within a reasonable distance from my house. Kings Island (6 miles, 13 Minutes) Coney Island (29 miles, 40 Minutes) Stricker's Grove (34 miles, 46 Minutes) Close as well Kentucky Kingdom (130 miles, 2 hours 12 minutes) Holiday World (198 miles, 3 hours 13 minutes) Cedar Point (206 miles, 3 hours 28 minutes) Yeah, that IS a great collection of parks to all have within 3 and a half hours of you! I think it's funny that even though you live in the same state as CP, you are a half-hour farther away from it than I am in Michigan! Ohio is a BIG state! Not sure about your drive, but beside Ohio being a long drive, it is also an extremely boring drive. Flat, cornfield's and tree's. There isn't much to see. Makes for an even longer drive.
DILinator Posted June 23, 2017 Posted June 23, 2017 I'm pretty lucky with the amount of parks that I have within a reasonable distance from my house. Kings Island (6 miles, 13 Minutes) Coney Island (29 miles, 40 Minutes) Stricker's Grove (34 miles, 46 Minutes) Close as well Kentucky Kingdom (130 miles, 2 hours 12 minutes) Holiday World (198 miles, 3 hours 13 minutes) Cedar Point (206 miles, 3 hours 28 minutes) Yeah, that IS a great collection of parks to all have within 3 and a half hours of you! I think it's funny that even though you live in the same state as CP, you are a half-hour farther away from it than I am in Michigan! Ohio is a BIG state! Not sure about your drive, but beside Ohio being a long drive, it is also an extremely boring drive. Flat, cornfield's and tree's. There isn't much to see. Makes for an even longer drive. I hear you regarding the drive! As much as I love Kings Island, I HATE making that long drive down there, because not only is it 4 and a half hours, you're right... it's SO boring!!! It does make it feel even longer than it would otherwise. As for going to CP, it's not quite as bad... The stretch in Ohio on the Turnpike is pretty boring, and always filled with construction, but all in all, it's not a terrible drive to make.
cparkes92 Posted June 23, 2017 Posted June 23, 2017 I'm pretty lucky with the amount of parks that I have within a reasonable distance from my house. Kings Island (6 miles, 13 Minutes) Coney Island (29 miles, 40 Minutes) Stricker's Grove (34 miles, 46 Minutes) Close as well Kentucky Kingdom (130 miles, 2 hours 12 minutes) Holiday World (198 miles, 3 hours 13 minutes) Cedar Point (206 miles, 3 hours 28 minutes) Yeah, that IS a great collection of parks to all have within 3 and a half hours of you! I think it's funny that even though you live in the same state as CP, you are a half-hour farther away from it than I am in Michigan! Ohio is a BIG state! Not sure about your drive, but beside Ohio being a long drive, it is also an extremely boring drive. Flat, cornfield's and tree's. There isn't much to see. Makes for an even longer drive. I hear you regarding the drive! As much as I love Kings Island, I HATE making that long drive down there, because not only is it 4 and a half hours, you're right... it's SO boring!!! It does make it feel even longer than it would otherwise. As for going to CP, it's not quite as bad... The stretch in Ohio on the Turnpike is pretty boring, and always filled with construction, but all in all, it's not a terrible drive to make. KI is only 3 and a half hours for me, but I remember the drive being somewhat boring. At least there are gas stations and fast food at what seems like every exit. Also, the random speed limit drops (Findlay (complete with a lane closed NB with no construction for "traffic enforcement") and the whole Dayton to Cincy stretch) make it worse. At least it's not as bad as the Turnpike, which has a speed limit of 50 (!!) in a construction zone when two of three lanes are open [there was one short zone on 75 (near Lima) with no speed limit drop despite it being down to one lane for a few hundred feet]. However, KI is somewhat easy to get to from 75 as Exit 22 takes you right to Kings Island's entrance (via a few miles of suburbia)
Vargonon Posted July 2, 2017 Posted July 2, 2017 1. Six Flags Great America- 67.8 miles, 1 hour and 5 minutes 2. Indiana Beach- 116 miles, 1 hour and 56 minutes 3. Michigan's Adventure- 200 miles, 3 hours and 21 minutes Here are some honorable mentions, but did not quite make the cut: Mt. Olympus- 206 miles, 3 hours and 2 minutes Six Flags St. Louis- 295 miles, 4 hours and 10 minutes Cedar Point- 304 miles, 4 hours and 42 minutes
Fires Of Fury Posted July 9, 2017 Posted July 9, 2017 Paultons Park- 30 Miles (35 minute drive) Chessington World Of Adventures- 54.8 Miles (About an hour, sometimes 50 minute drive) Thorpe Park- 55 Miles (About an hour and ten minutes drive away)
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