Been planning stuff to do next summer and haven't been in forever, is it worth the drive?

8/14/2011 4:09:55 PM

Ohio is never worth the drive, though I have wanted to go to Cedar Point.

8/14/2011 4:19:49 PM

i found it worthwhile

8/14/2011 5:03:30 PM

Sandusky is a dump outside of the park.

[Edited on August 14, 2011 at 5:39 PM. Reason : but CP has excellent coasters]

8/14/2011 5:36:32 PM

Overrated, but still pretty awesome.

8/14/2011 5:50:05 PM

What would be the best roller coast park within 12 hours of Raleigh?

8/14/2011 6:00:32 PM

i like kings dominion..thats owned by cedar fair

the intimidator is probably the most awesome coaster i've ever ridden

8/14/2011 6:07:13 PM

these rankings probably aren't very good after the top 4.

1.CP- 12 hours?
2.BG tampa -12 hours?
3.BG wb- 4 hours?
4. US adventures orlando- ?hours
5.SF maryland- 5 hours?
6.SF geogia- 6 hours
7.SF Jersey- 8 hours
8. KD-nova- 5 hours
9. Carowinds or whatever they call it these days
10. herchey

[Edited on August 14, 2011 at 6:08 PM. Reason : everything on the east coast is within 12 hours]

8/14/2011 6:08:04 PM

he asked for roller coaster park

having BG anywhere on that list would be absurd

8/14/2011 6:09:20 PM

BG parks have roller coasters fyi and damn good ones at that

8/14/2011 6:10:54 PM

all 4 of them right?

8/14/2011 6:13:35 PM

I guess it depends on if you prefer quality or quantity. I'll take four quality ones over 1 quality and 5 shitties anyday. Many parks on the list have one or two good coasters. BG parks each have three or four great coasters.

[Edited on August 14, 2011 at 6:21 PM. Reason : also riding a coaster through a theme world beats riding over a parking lot]

8/14/2011 6:20:31 PM

I agree with The E Man. I would take Busch Gardens Williamsburg over Cedar Point. It's one of my favorite parks (I've been to around 80 of them).

I spent a summer working at Cedar Point, and I do love the place, but a good many of their coasters are mediocre to garbage.

Great coasters at Busch Gardens Williamsburg:
Apollo's Chariot
Alpengeist
Griffon
(new 2012 coaster??!?!)

Great coasters at Cedar Point:
Magnum XL 200
Millennium Force
Raptor
Maverick

My personal favorite parks and driving time from Raleigh:
Knoebels (8 hours)
Holiday World (10 hours)
Kennywood (8 hours)
Europa Park (uhh better take a boat)
Busch Gardens Williamsburg (3 hours)
Indiana Beach (12 hours and I heard this place sucks now)
Silver Dollar City (17 hours)
Dollywood (6 hours)
Cedar Point (10 hours)
Busch Gardens Tampa (10 hours)

[Edited on August 14, 2011 at 6:30 PM. Reason : .]

8/14/2011 6:25:12 PM

cedar point is great, but there is nothing to do up there otherwise

[Edited on August 14, 2011 at 6:55 PM. Reason : a]

8/14/2011 6:54:51 PM

Yeah, it is a very boring town. There is Put in Bay, though. http://www.putinbay.com/ There is a Kalahari there too. http://www.kalahariresorts.com/oh/

Plus Cleveland (lol) is an hour away.

8/14/2011 7:09:12 PM

Cedar Point is totally worth the drive. It is fricking awesome.

8/14/2011 7:38:07 PM

Cedar Point is the best coaster park in the United States. It's worth the drive.

8/14/2011 7:40:39 PM

my dads side is from ohio and my aunt works for them. so everytime we go home we get free tickets there....id take off every summer to spend a week there and hit CP if i could. its completely worth it if you wanna go for the rides.

8/14/2011 8:22:35 PM

best coaster there IMO. worth the visit alone

8/14/2011 11:23:31 PM

Quote :

"Great coasters at Busch Gardens Williamsburg: Apollo's Chariot Alpengeist Griffon (new 2012 coaster??!?!)"

i know you have all the info on this...please share

8/14/2011 11:25:50 PM

BG Williamsburg is waaaayyy better than BG Tampa.

8/14/2011 11:57:20 PM

I like Williamsburg better too, but they are both great. The Europe theme works better than Africa IMO, plus Williamsburg has Apollo's Chariot. Have not been on Cheetah Hunt yet, though.

Williamsburg coaster next year is going where Big Bad Wolf used to be themed to some sort of car race through the Black Forest. It will use the hillside drop toward the river like BBW used to. Has at least one launched section and an indoor building with effects. Allegedly called Verbolten, but they haven't officially announced yet (should within the next couple of weeks).

8/15/2011 12:08:29 AM

I hope it's longer in duration than BBW was. I assume it'll be easier on the head.

8/15/2011 12:10:43 AM

^^ I was just at Busch Gardens Tampa a couple weeks ago. The cheetah hunt was cool. It uses magnetic propulsion several times throughout to launch the cars forward and get the cheetah acceleration. Plus it was pretty fast.

I think my favorite is still the Kumba, although the Sheikra was pretty cool too. I also like the wooden ones but they tend to beat the shit out of you a little. At the end of the night, we got to ride the wooden one 5 times in a row because no one was in line.

8/15/2011 12:54:09 AM

i still remember the good old days of Drachen Fire trying to break my neck

8/15/2011 1:09:54 AM

Drachen Fire beat up my ears pretty good, but BBW gave me the worst headaches.

8/15/2011 1:15:59 AM

Ahh, I kind of missed Drachen Fire, rough though it was.

While I do like Cedar Point quite a bit, I wouldn't say it's worth the drive unless you have other stuff to do there. The time I went, we visited a friend at Ohio University and also hit the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. But the good coasters there are really good, I will say. But if you're going specifically to go to the park, I'd take the (much) shorter drive and hit Busch Gardens Williamsburg. If you're really jonesing for coasters you can take the long way back and also fit Kings Dominion into your trip.

8/15/2011 10:41:19 AM

I'll never forget getting off Drachen Fire and seeing a guy just laying laying on the ground flat on his back helpless and disoriented. I think I rode it 3-4 times in a row until my dad finally told me he couldn't do another round. My head was pounding the rest of the day. I don't think I had ever had a headache that bad in my life up until that point.

8/15/2011 10:48:50 AM

it jabbed my earring post into my neck and made it bleed

8/15/2011 12:06:48 PM

Drachen fire was the best rollercoaster ever. I have a long neck so I just stuck my head forward which eliminated the head bounce problem. Once you get passed that, the ride was pretty frickin awesome

8/15/2011 12:30:15 PM