I am going on a 2 week long east coast trip and I was thinking of hitting up a few parks out that way. So far I have SFGAd, Busch Gardens VA, Carrowinds, Cedar Point on the way out, Kings dominion on the way out to ride Diamondback (Which looks insane!), and thats about it.
Any Ideas?
And would it be worth it to get a Cedar Fair season pass since I would be going to multiple CF parks this summer?
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It looks like your talking about the entire east side of the US...which could be doable maybe...
anyway, if you're planning on starting at Cedar Point and ending at Kings Island and going all the way around the east coast here would be a good rough itenerary
-Cedar Point -Waldameer -Darien Lake -Sea Breeze -Martin's Fantasy Island -Knoebel's -Six Flags Great Adventure -too many pier parks to name them all -Dorney Park -Hersheypark -Six Flags America -Kings Dominion -Busch Gardens Europe -Ghost Town in the Sky -Carowinds -Six Flags Over Georgia -Dollywood -Beech Bend -Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom -Holiday World -Kings Island
yeah, although that may be dependant on your schedule and funding ect... hope the trip goes well!
Being that far north you could also hit SFNE and Lake Compounce. Clementon is in Jersey also and I'm told the coaster there is worth a stop, though I personally skipped it on my last trip to the area.
Also between SFOG and Dollywood there is a no-miss park in Lake Winnie.
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Theyve both carried their original name since they opened in the early 70s, its not that big of a deal.
Kings Island is far away from CP, and out of the way of all those upper east parks. 2 weeks is a very long/expensive trip (if you dont think so now, youll definitley be feeling it driving halfway through the trip ).
This is what I would do (in order):
Holiday World, SFKK (you can prolly do HW and SFKK in one day if you really want to do SFKK), Kings Island, Kings Dominion, Busch Gardens, SFA (if you want the coaster credits, if you dont care about coaster credits might wanna skip this park), Hersheypark, Knoebels, Kennywood (you can do Knoebels/Kennywood in one day), Dorney Park, SFGADV, Lake Compounce, SFNE (you can do LC and SFNE on the same day depending on crowds at SFNE), The Great Escape, Darien Lake, CP, IB.
Thats a long trip, make sure you have 4 people that can drive.
It really depends which part of the coast you're staying at. I'm guessing that this isn't specifically a coaster trip and is more of a family vacation to the atlantic to go to the beaches or see NYC. Talk to your parents about where they want to go and then figure out which parks are nearby. The east coast has so many parks that it's too hard to come up with a good trip idea from just knowing that you're going to the east coast.
The trip is me my friend (Demon_07) my mom and my dad (and dog) and only my parents can drive, Unless you can drive out of state with a permit but I don't think so) and we would be pulling a camper trailer and camping so that takes some money down on hotels. We would be only as south as Virginia and as north as Pennsylvania. and my dad says only like 4-5 parks but Ill reason with him about that, He wants to go to SFGAd, Herseypark (sp?) Busch Gandens VA.
I would be going to SFKK on another trip too so I don't have to worry about that, unless I want to go back.
He says that we might go to CP on the way there, but nobody has answered my question about if I would make scene to get a CF season pass or but tickets at the parks. And I have a few CF trips planned, and possibly 2-3 CP trips make.
And should I go to SFA?
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If your just going to 4-5 parks screw the south, just do CP and the northeast. Kings Island is a long drive away from the rest of that trip, id skip it and do the Pennyslvania parks, GAdv, LC and SFGAdv.
ben_the_bear wrote:You might be saving money on hotels, but you're losing a lot of money on gas, so it's really not even worth it.
Were not really camping to save money on hotels we are because we like to camp.
^ well I would want to do BG since my mom wants to go to Virgina Beach and tehy are at most an hour away from each other and Kings Dominion is right there too.
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That's what we did when we went. What we did was drive from Chicago to Six Flags America (stopped at Kennywood on the way, because it's in pittsburgh), then do washington DC stuff, then King's Dominion, then Busch Gardens, then Virginia Beach. After that we drove up along the coast of Maryland and took a Ferry to Cape May- New Jersey (which is right near Morey's Piers).
Camping is probably much better in a camper than in a tent. We got a cabin for the ACE Mt. Olympus event and tp41190 kept waking up in the middle of the night and kept sitting up and everytime he did that he would hit his head on the top bunk and fall back asleep from hitting his head. My mom was on the top bunk and said he woke her up about 10 times