DoinItForTheFame Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Techincally the shortest drive for me to ride a roller coaster would be to Magic Springs. . . About 2 hours away. . . However, there is no way in hell I'd ever visit that POS park again. So instead I'll gladly drive 15 hours to Cedar Point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradocoasterguy Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I did a search for "closest coaster" before I posted and nothing came up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoBruz199 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 I live in Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia (I'm not kidding. ) And there's at least 20. 20!!! different parks if you include all the entertainment centres inside the malls too. My closest coaster is the Surfrider at Atallah Happy Land Park. It's the tallest Intamin Half Pipe out there. Inching close to my top 10 rides I've ridden. Â BEAT THIS ELITCH GARDENS!! MUAH HA HAA! Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8wY_B6018M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Projektion Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Geographically, the closest coaster is probably a toss up between Shambhala at PortAventura, Montanya Russa at Tibidabo or the SLC at Terra Mitica (can't think of the name at the moment) unless there's some lesser known coaster somewhere on the Balearics. Â In terms of how long it takes to get there, probably Montanya Russa. 30 min flight to Barcelona, then probably an hour on public transport to Tibidabo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike541x Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 I'm a little under an hour away from SFA, but I've only visited the park once in the past ten years and usually just visit Kings Dominion which is about an hour 45 minutes away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiex Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Tivoli Gardens - 50 minutes to 1 hour, depends on the traffic Bakken - 1 1/4 hour drive Bonbon-Land - 1 1/2 hour drive Liseberg - 3 hour drive Hansa Park - 4 hour drive including ferry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPfan Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 I'm about 20 minutes from Kennywood. It's great to have access pretty much whenever I want. Great for killing a few hours after work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XII Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 One of the coasters at Six Flags Magic Mountain. If I wanted to be more specific and pick which coaster at SFMM I'm closest to, it'd probably be Batman the Ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sxexaxn Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 California Screamin' at DCA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterer Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 We're about 60-75 minutes northeast of SFOG. Not as close as I'd like. It's an easy drive though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lameformer Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 On a good day I can pass by Space Mountain on the freeway in 30 minutes from my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 ^ Â When I was your age, I definitely wanted to live near Disneyland. Â And that was 1967! Just as Pirates opened, and the (then) New Tomorrowland made it's spectacular debut. Â So I am very glad that somebody is actually doing it, LOL! Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuminousAphid Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8wY_B6018M That. Looks. AWESOME I am so jealous, I want to ride one of those so badly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gromithere Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Be jealous. I drive past this bad boy on my way to work every day (and still haven't even ridden it). Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstDropJay Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 15 minute drive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firechaser Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 2 hours to Carowinds, but we have season passes to Dollywood which is a 4 hour drive. So, I'm not close to a park, but atleast I have two within a manageable distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 ^^^ Great layout for that Mouse! I wish we had something like that here at Playland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickflipbacktail Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I think the closest that I could physically get on including parking and walking into the park would be Georgia Scorcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellynn4 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 At the moment, I'm about five minutes away from FunCoaster at Funplex in Mt Laurel, NJ. I grew up having SFGAdv in my backyard, though. You could hear the roar of the coasters from our yard. After a thirty second drive down the road, you'd be able to see the coasters all creep over the tree line. I could be at home and decide to go to the park at 11:50 and walk through the main gate before 12:00. Â Miss those days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlvr Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Ghostrider or Silver Bullet. Knott's is 4.3 miles from my house. I need to go see how much steel has been installed on ghostrider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsdude360 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I live about 10 minutes away from NTAG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Physical Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I'm closest to Steel Force. 2nd closest is Stinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradocoasterguy Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Ghostrider or Silver Bullet. Knott's is 4.3 miles from my house. I need to go see how much steel has been installed on ghostrider. None. Ghostrider only got a retrack and reprofile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmiemac02 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 My closest coaster is Tennessee Tornado at Dollywood at only 86 miles, which is weird because Afterburn at Carowinds is 110 miles yet is takes me an hour less to get to Carowinds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingCoasting Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 American Eagle blue side - SFGAm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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