Plans for 2009?

[Demon_07]

I guess so.

[FParker185]

After consulting an Atlas I added alittle onto my trip bringing it from mid sized to decent ringing in at 2 weeks, went ahead and rerouted my route's both going and coming back and now I've added on in no particular order.....

Lakemont, DelGrossos, Funtown in Saco Maine, Palace Playland (near Funtown), Canobie Lake, LaRonde, Canada's Wonderland, MFI and Seabreeze along with stops at the CT Tower in Toronto and Niagara Falls.

Then I have removed Rye Playland and ruled out Clementon, as Rye is closed on mondays my only available time slot for it and Clementon is a rip off for what's offered. Dutch Wonderland is still up in the air, depends on the price of a Hershey combo ticket vs. the cost of a straight up Hershey Ticket

I think what I got until I change it again and add on...

Sun July 5: Leave sorta early and head to Waldameer, get there mid-afternoon and stay til close, then head to Pittsburg.
Mon July 6: Kennywood open til close then drive towards lakemont
Tue July 7: Lakemont at open, then DelGrossos for a bit and finish off the day at Knoebels and drive towards hershey
Wed July 8: Hershey open til close
Thu July 9: Dorney open til close
Fri Jul 10: SFGAdv open til close
Sat Jul 11: Drive to Moreys for Coastin by the Ocean at Moreys
Sun Jul 12: Coastin til it ends around mid day, then do pier crawl and end up near Newark
Mon Jul 13: Finish any Pier parks then drive up towards Lake Compounce and finish there (stop at Rye?/Quassy)
Tue Jul 14: SFNE all day then drive to Boston area
Wed Jul 15: Canobie Lake at open til mid day, heard to palace playland near Funtown in Maine after that drive to Montreal
Thu Jul 16: LaRonde open-close and drive toward toronto
Fri Jul 17: Canadas Wonderland open til close or late in the day then maybe CN tower and get hotel nearby
Sat Jul 18: spend time at Niagara Falls, then either head to MFI or skip it and go stright to Seabreeze, stay til close and maybe drive towards Home.
Sun Jul 19: Cedar Point most of the day then drive home.



Funny thing is this ends up being cheaper than my original 5-7 day trip plan by cutting out Airfare and rental car. The 7 day trip for 2 people would have been $644 plus food, souvinears, etc. This 2 week itteniary is $618 a person (figuring on 100 gallons of $3 gas)

[Coaster Justin]

I have a Tip for anyone planning trips:

Take what you think the price of gas is and add 1.25 or so to it, that way if you overspend on dining, shopping, or admission. You have that "Safety Cushion." Most of my last few trips have estimated gas at 4.50-4.75 a gallon, and have not cost as much as I planned (Which makes me and my parents very happy)

[FParker185]

That's a good idea for anyone traveling, but then here's what happens. IF you are planning travel for a group of your friends you gotta estimate on the low side else people say, your trip costs to much and/or stop planning, can't we do less on the trip, etc. Luckily none of them read this board. In the future if I needed to I could explain why I thought gas was going to be cheaper than what it ended up being, and in the end the other people traveling with me will just suck it up and pay an extra $20-$30 or so for gas

Also another technique I use is figure on $20 a day minimum for eating, that usually ends up giving you a little $$ leftover if you eat cheap and nasty fast food every day which usually happens on vacations.

[Demon_07]

For my trip to KK this July, I read somewhere in the SP Processing Center that there was some restriction for KK only. Is that for a parking pass or something else?

[DejaVu2001]

Season Parking Passes are not valid at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom because SFKK does not own their parking lot.

[Demon_07]

Do you know how much it is to park?

[tsalas08]

Other than the obvious SFGAm,

Jan or Feb:
LA area and/or Orlando

Early Summer:
CP
Mt. Olympus

After that, I'm not sure where i want to go. It's nice because I have travel benefits working for an airline, so getting there is free

[FParker185]

SFKK costs $5 to park last time I was there. Not sure this year, but in the past if you went up to Guest Relations with your parking pass they would refund your parking fee.

Also Season Passes are not valid during the Kentucky State Fair, which I believe is for 2 weeks in August, when the park is turned into the Kentucky State Fair midway and the park goes to a Pay Per Ride arrangement. Although rumor has it, never tested it out, if you go to Guest Relations with your season pass and you can prove you are from a long distance away they would comp you a wristband good on I think just the park rides (there are several carnival operators also set up on the grounds), maybe good on all rides, never know.

[tp41190]

Parking was only $6 this year at SFKK.

[Demon_07]

Cheaper than parking in Chicago!

[Coaster Justin]

FParker185, Where are you going on July 9th. You Didn't List anything.

[FParker185]

Out of the half dozen or so people I've shown, not one has pointed that out. I f'd up.

Trip starts on the 5'th I guess, leave early and head to Waldameer and close them out then drive to Kennywood, saves a hellish driving day later in the trip and provides a full drunken day at Cedar Point

Another planning tip for people, check your dates against a calendar!! Generally I make up a cheap calendar in MS Paint and fill it in that way this doesn't happen, shows what happens when you get lazy

[DejaVuGurl1203]

I wish I could go somewhere besides SFGAm. I'm not keeping my hopes up for this year since every year I do and yet my boyfriend still doesn't have a job.

But, seeing that he will get a job, likely... I hope. I hope to go to:
Cedar Point
Kings Island

And if we are able to do more, I'd hope for:
SFMM
KBF
Busch Gardens in Tampa (don't know what they call it these days)
Sea World Orlando
Islands of Adventure
Disney World
Maybe even Indiana Beach.
Heck, maybe even that place in WI I've been wanting to go to... (is totally forgetting the name)

But I'm sure none of this will happen, except for SFGAm and maybe IB. Didn't make it to IB last year.

[zjohn1988]

^ Lets go to Texas!

[FParker185]

Well I just talked someone into a trip to the Northwest in Sept during the Western Washington Fair, so in the span of 9 days will do Western Washington Fair, Playland in Vancouver, Wild Waves, Oaks Park, Silverwood and whatever else we can cram in. I'll have to take a spin on Deja Vu/Aftershock as long as the line isnt absurdly long.

[onyxhotel08]

See if Aftershock stays in shape and runs as smoothly this year as it did opening season....I have my doubts

[tp41190]

In two weeks I'm doing a Solace, WCB, Disney, USH, Vegas, Mexico, plus like 25 other credits.

Work In Progress Trips:
"North America Domination"- the trip I care about the most this year
Valleyfair, Tinker Town (Winnipeg), some random park in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, West Edmonton Mall, Calaway Park, Silverwood, 3 other parks on the way back, Arnolds Park.
*WORKING ON*
Adding Vancouver and Seattle parks

Jersey Shore Trip-
70 credits

South-
about 60 credits from Ohio to Georgia.

GOAL: 300+ credits this year

[bigb7965]

^ jesus christ

[monsterfan99]

In two weeks I'm doing a Solace, WCB, Disney, USH, Vegas, Mexico, plus like 25 other credits.

Work In Progress Trips:
"North America Domination"- the trip I care about the most this year
Valleyfair, Tinker Town (Winnipeg), some random park in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, West Edmonton Mall, Calaway Park, Silverwood, 3 other parks on the way back, Arnolds Park.
*WORKING ON*
Adding Vancouver and Seattle parks

Jersey Shore Trip-
70 credits

South-
about 60 credits from Ohio to Georgia.

GOAL: 300+ credits this year

There are 70 credits on the Jersey shore?

[monsterfan99]

Well, my plans changed already for this year. Here is my itinerary for the year

March 29 - Six Flags St. Louis

April 3rd and way too many other days this year - SF Great America

May 8-10th - Ride Warriors weekend at King's Island

May 22-25 - Hard Rock Park opening weekend (if open, if they are not, trip canceled), Family Pavilion in SC, Six Flags over Georgia and Lake Winnie

May 29-31 - Beech Bend, HoliWood Nights at Holiday World & Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom

June 4-7 - Cedar Point, Coaster Mania at Cedar Point & Fun Spot

June 11-14 (maybe) - Nick Universe, ValleyFair!, Adventure Park and Arnold's Park

July 4-6 (depending on August trip time frame) - Stickler's Grove, Coney Island and Camden Park

August (2 weeks in the beginning) The Huge Northeast trip - Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Flags New England, The Great Escape, Dorney Park, HersheyPark, Kennywood, Lakemont Park, Knobel's, Seabreeze Park, Playland Park, Martin's Fantasy Island, Waldameer Park, Cedar Point, The Coney Island Cyclone, Michigan's Adventure, Lake Compounce, Jungle Jack's Landing and maybe 5-6 more parks

August 15 - Coaster Weekend at Indiana Beach

Christmas time - Universal park, Busch Gardens Tampa, Sea World, Old Town, Boomers and getting married

The goal this year is 200 new credits not including kiddie coasters

[BP317]

Holy crap dude, thats a lot of country crossing in one summer

[monsterfan99]

Holy crap dude, thats a lot of country crossing in one summer

lol. We are trying to hit as many parks in the Midwest as we can before we move to FL in 2011. Plus we are young and very frugal with money during the year to pay for all the trips. Plus we tent camp on every trip (minus the St. Louis one, we will be driving from my old hometown in central IL, which is 2 hours away) to save $$$.

The only trip I'm worried about for the driving is Hard Rock Park one. We are leaving here on a Friday at 3pm and driving straight there the full 17 hours. doing HRP and Family Pavilion in one day and then driving another 3 hours that night to Augusta, GA (halfway between HRP and SFOG) to our hotel. The on Memorial Day, doing Lake Winnie for a few hours and doing the 10 hour drive back hoping to get home before midnight (my fiancee has work the next day and I might get called out as a sub.)The rest are fine. Growing up my family would drive straight to FL with 6 people in a late 80's Buick.

[Ilovthevu']

SFGAm
IB
Kings Island
Cedar Point
Kiddieland
SFOT - not sure yet??

+ waterpark: Magic Waters

[MForce4ever]

Holy crap dude, thats a lot of country crossing in one summer

lol. We are trying to hit as many parks in the Midwest as we can before we move to FL in 2011. Plus we are young and very frugal with money during the year to pay for all the trips. Plus we tent camp on every trip (minus the St. Louis one, we will be driving from my old hometown in central IL, which is 2 hours away) to save $$$.

The only trip I'm worried about for the driving is Hard Rock Park one. We are leaving here on a Friday at 3pm and driving straight there the full 17 hours. doing HRP and Family Pavilion in one day and then driving another 3 hours that night to Augusta, GA (halfway between HRP and SFOG) to our hotel. The on Memorial Day, doing Lake Winnie for a few hours and doing the 10 hour drive back hoping to get home before midnight (my fiancee has work the next day and I might get called out as a sub.)The rest are fine. Growing up my family would drive straight to FL with 6 people in a late 80's Buick.

You should be fine, Augusta to SFOG isn't a bad drive and that's basically how I had my HRP trip planned last season. Don't forget to stop at Adventure Crossing in Augusta to get the wacky worm