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Postby forddude1416 on February 16th, 2007, 11:14 pm
are there any decent amusement parks open inbetween the dates of march 10-17th? I have spring break then and need to find someplace within 8 hours of chicago
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Postby Galvan on February 16th, 2007, 11:21 pm
Well 2 hours by Plane you could go to Texas or Florida heh
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Postby FRD714 on February 17th, 2007, 12:49 am
Safari Land.
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Postby zjohn1988 on February 17th, 2007, 1:11 am
they have crappy games :(
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Postby forddude1416 on February 17th, 2007, 3:15 am
sure buy me the plane ticket

ive been to safari land... never again... never again....
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Postby batcave on February 17th, 2007, 12:29 pm
There is Silver Dollar City which is 8.5 hours and Dollywood which is 9.5 hours, and that is about it. I am personally doing Dollywood the weekend after my springbreak. No one could go during my spring break. :(
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Postby Trailblazer Tony on February 17th, 2007, 2:16 pm
^Is Mystery Mine supposed to be open by the week of the 30th of March?! Cause that's my spring break dream at the moment :)
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Postby forddude1416 on February 17th, 2007, 2:17 pm
dolly world doesn't open until the end of march, silver dollar city sounds interesting, anyone got some intel for me on that?
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Postby Galvan on February 17th, 2007, 3:07 pm
SDC has a B&M Sitdown called Wildfire, never been on it or been to this park, but its one of the parks I was seriously considering going to this year.

They also have that Powder Keg launch coaster as well. All in all, SDC seems like a pretty nice little park.

Just out of curiosity, How old are you?
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Postby forddude1416 on February 17th, 2007, 3:29 pm
21 and a half why?
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Postby batcave on February 17th, 2007, 4:26 pm
Yes, Mystery Mine pre-opens March 31
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Postby SIC COASTER on February 17th, 2007, 5:50 pm
forddude1416 wrote:21 and a half why?



lol I just laugh when anyone ever says and a half. It just seems like a 5 year old kind of thing to do.
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Postby zjohn1988 on February 17th, 2007, 7:57 pm
Galvan316 wrote:SDC has a B&M Sitdown called Wildfire, never been on it or been to this park, but its one of the parks I was seriously considering going to this year.

They also have that Powder Keg launch coaster as well. All in all, SDC seems like a pretty nice little park.




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Postby Bob O on February 18th, 2007, 1:55 pm
Im also going to Silver Dollar City in Late July or early August, as well as Celebration City which isnt supposed to be too far away.
If SDC is anything like Dollywood, it should be a excellant time!!.
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Postby Chitown on February 18th, 2007, 3:48 pm
You always have the park at Mall of America.

Takes between 5-7 hours depending on where you live in the Chicago area.
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Postby Trailblazer Tony on February 18th, 2007, 4:39 pm
SIC COASTER KID wrote:
forddude1416 wrote:21 and a half why?



lol I just laugh when anyone ever says and a half. It just seems like a 5 year old kind of thing to do.


I was thinking the same thing! :lol:

I've heard from a close buddy and fellow coaster lover that Silver Dollar City IS in fact comparable to Dollywood, especially since Fire in the Hole and Blazing Fury are nearly the same ride, if not identical. Silver Dollar City will also be adding a Screaming Swing ride this year.

As for the opening of Mystery Mine, thanks batcave for the post, i'll have to keep that in mind!
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Postby Carlo on February 18th, 2007, 5:45 pm
SDC and Dollywood are about the same thing, because Dollywood used to be called SDC but then in order to gain better market share in the area they changed the name to Dollywood.

SDC is a theme park. You can easily spend lots of time just looking at things around the park. All rides they have are very well themed.
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Postby LAFFfan4lyfe on February 20th, 2007, 3:32 pm
well there's that, and there's the indoor water parks at the dells. That's what i'm doing for spring break. I'll be spending three days at the Wilderness.
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Postby Danhockey04 on February 22nd, 2007, 3:00 am
I'm also going to Wilderness Resort, but a week earlier. It will be awesome.

I think BGE opens up in March as well as SFGAdv, but check their websites for the official dates.
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Postby diggerg56 on February 26th, 2007, 9:31 pm
Just an FYI thing.....Silver Dollar City opens March 15
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Postby CoasterCrazy1657 on February 26th, 2007, 9:53 pm
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