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ChanceWMitchell · Joined: 23 Jun 2009 Posts: 57 Location: Ames, IA

Howdy Ya'll!

I am currently in Hershey, the sweetest place on Earth! I figured I'd give you guys a brief update with some stats from my summer thus far:

Parks: 35
Hours Within a Park: 519 hours, 49 minutes
Coasters: 208
Total Number of Coaster Rides: 1825
Miles of Coaster Track Traveled: 1242.4
Total Inversions: 2483

Ok, so I'm a nerd and made an Excel spreadsheet that calculates all sorts of fun stats for me... haha

If you have any questions about a specific park, just let me know and I'll reply as soon as possible!

So far I've been to:

Valleyfair (home park)
Worlds of Fun
Silver Dollar City
Beech Bend
Holiday World
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Kings Island
Indiana Beach
Six Flags Great America
Mt. Olympus
Timber Falls
Michigans Adventure
Cedar Point
Six Flags St. Louis
Dollywood
Six Flags Over Georgia
Carowinds
Freestyle Music Park
Busch Gardens Europe
Kings Dominion
Six Flags America
Morey's Piers
Six Flags Great Adventure
Coney Island
Adventureland (Long Island)
Six Flags New England
Funtown Splashtown USA
Canobie Lake Park
Lake Compounce
La Ronde
The Great Escape
Playland Park
Dorney Park
Knoebels
Hersheypark

Parks left:
Lakemont Park
Kennywood
Conneaut Lake Park
Waldameer
Canada's Wonderland
Darien Lake
Seabreeze
Cedar Point

Again, if you have any questions just fire away!
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71 Days, 43 Parks, 293 Coasters, 1 Epic Summer

Wylder · Joined: 07 Jun 2008 Posts: 169 Location: Riverview, Fl

Wow!

Just wow.
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e_tapley0687 · Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 398 Location: Nashville, TN

I really like how you have the stats of your trip! I might have to do that sometime!

Do you have any favorite parks yet? Or how about most thrilling, most over priced, and so on lol.
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ChanceWMitchell · Joined: 23 Jun 2009 Posts: 57 Location: Ames, IA

Hmmm.... I like this Idea!

Im going to do the top 3 for each category I can think of, let me know if you think of any other fun categories!

most over priced:
1. Morey's Piers (luckily I was at an event that saved me ton!)
2. Six Flags Great Adventure (season pass from SFKK saved me a bundle)
3. La Ronde (again, SFKK sseaon pass)

best value
1. Knoebels
2. Holiday World
3. Lake Compounce

favorite dark rides
1. Kurse of DarKastle (BGE)
2. Haunted House (Knoebels)
3. Corkscrew Hill (BGE)

favorite water rides (i dont ride many, so take with a grain of salt)
1. Zoom Phloom (Morey's Piers)
2. Coal Crusher (Hersheypark)
3. Waterbogan (Silver Dollar City)

Best Flat Ride
1. Skooters (Knoebels)
2. Maxair/Delirium (Cedar Point/Kings Island)
3. Skyhawk (Cedar Point)

best food
1. Knoebels
2. Busch Gardens Europe
3. Dollywood

best atmosphere
1. Knoebels
2. Silver Dollar City
3. Holiday World

best staff
1. Holiday World
2. Carowinds
3. Silver Dollar City

worst capacity (coasters only)
1. Six Flags Over Georgia
2. La Ronde
3. Knoebels

Best Capacity (coasters only)
1. Carowinds
2. Kings Island
3. Lake Compounce

Best Wooden Coaster
1. Voyage (Holiday World)
2. Boulder Dash (Lake Compounce)
3. Shivering Timbers (Michigans Adventure)

Best Steel Coaster
1. Maverick (Cedar Point)
2. Bizarro (Six Flags New England)
3. Millennium Force (Cedar Point)

Best Park
1. Holiday World
2. Cedar Point
3. Hersheypark
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71 Days, 43 Parks, 293 Coasters, 1 Epic Summer

e_tapley0687 · Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 398 Location: Nashville, TN

Great! Really cool to see how you rank the parks and their rides. One more category, Most crowded. Very Happy

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ChanceWMitchell · Joined: 23 Jun 2009 Posts: 57 Location: Ames, IA

most crowded (by popular request)
1. Dorney Park (parking lot was completely full. not an open space)
2. Busch Gardens Europe
3. Kings Dominion

favorite invert
1. Afterburn (Carowinds)
2. Talon (Dorney Park)
3. Great Bear (Hersheypark)

favorite floorless
1. Dominator (Kings Dominion)
2. Hydra (Dorney Park)
3. Bizarro (Medusa)

favorite stand up
1. Georgia Scorcher (SFoG)
2. Mantis (Cedar Point)
3. Chang (SFKK)

favorite flyer (let the debating begin)
1. Firehawk (Kings Island)
2. Superman: Ultimate Flight (SFoG)
3. Superman: Ultimate Flight (SFGAm)

favorite hyper (B&M only)
1. Nitro (SFGAdv)
2. Goliath (SFoG)
3. Raging Bull (SFGAm)

favorite launch coaster
1. Maverick (Cedar Point)
2. Storm Runner (Hersheypark)
3. Volcano: The Blast Coaster (Kings Dominion)

most over rated coaster
1. Bizarro (SFGAdv)
2. Diamondback (Kings Island)
3. Apollo's Chariot (BGE)

biggest surprise (pleasant, of course)
1. Griffon (BGE)
2. Excalibur (funtown Splashtown USA)
3. Storm Runner (Hershrypark)

parks with worst lay out
1. Six Flags Great America
2. Six Flags Great Adventure
3. Great Escape

best lay out
1. Cedar Point
2. Busch Gardens Europe
3. Knoebels

best coaster collection
1. Cedar Point
2. Hersheypark
3. Six Flags Great Adventure

worst coaster collection
1. Canobie Lake Park
2. La Ronde
3. Six Flags America

favorite six flags park
1. Great America
2. Great Escape
3. St. Louis

least favorite six flags park
1. America
2. La Ronde
3. Over Georgia

favorite cedar fair park
1. Cedar Point
2. Dorney Park
3. Kings Island

least favorite cedar fair park
1. Carowinds
2. Michigans Adventure
3. Valleyfair

favorite other park
1. Holiday World
2. Hersheypark
3. Knoebels

least favorite other park
1. playland park
2. canobie lake park
3. funtown splashtown

enoying discussing!
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71 Days, 43 Parks, 293 Coasters, 1 Epic Summer

Darienlakerules · Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 186 Location: Rochester, NY

when are you going to sea breeze again? I might be able to met up, might not.
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ChanceWMitchell · Joined: 23 Jun 2009 Posts: 57 Location: Ames, IA

i'll be at Darien Lake on the 14th and Seabreeze on the 15th
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71 Days, 43 Parks, 293 Coasters, 1 Epic Summer

Darienlakerules · Joined: 29 Mar 2009 Posts: 186 Location: Rochester, NY

Stingray · Joined: 20 Apr 2009 Posts: 193 Location: North Carolina

Hey Chance: I always wanted to visit Hershey’s park. How big is the park compare to King’s Dominion or Bush Gardens Europe? I haven't been to the other parks so I'm trying to see it base on what I know. Also, where is a good place to stay at when visiting Hershey’s park. What do you think of Big Bad Wolf at Bush Gardens Europe? Be Honest, with the ride being removed it’s sure leaving a void in the park I think.
Thanks, you got a lot of ride behind you now. Hope you enjoy them.