Comments on: Roller Coaster Tours: A Dream Summer for Coaster Fans

By: Par4

Par4 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:15:21 +0000

In July 2002 our family did a roller coaster tour we went through one province, eights states, five amusement parks driving 3,833 km and the four of us did a total of 344 rides. It was a trip of a lifetime, every coaster enthusiast should do.

By: DC

DC — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:01:05 +0000

Just wondering if anyone linked to the JHU article above I posted and, if so, any thoughts to share?

By: DC

DC — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:26:35 +0000

Back in 2002, a nutty buddy (no, he's not an ice cream cone) and I did a 2 week, 16 park tour. Glad we did it while I still had that much energy on reserve. Rather than try to recount the entire tale, I'll let the magazine article speak for us. Besides, Dale is an even better writer than I am. http://www.jhu.edu/jhumag/0902web/rollers.html

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:39:44 +0000

This year my wife and I did Holiday World (Holliwood Nights) Kings Island, Cedar Point, Waldameer, Conneaut Lake. Stamina is an issue, especially when you have late night ERT then need to get up the next morning for another ERT or to start driving to the next park. The big parks are definitely tiring, especially when done back-to-back. We usually try to avoid that. Staying at the Breakers helped make Cedar Point a lot more enjoyable because we saved so much energy by avoiding trips back and forth from Sandusky to the main gate and then into the park. We also had Early Entry privileges. I did pick up some bumps and bruises along the way, but it was worth it.

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:51:41 +0000

I did a Hershey Park, Dorney Park, SFGA triple tour last month. I would have added SFA but heard from too many people that it REALLY sucked. If my fiance had more vacation time, I would have added Kings Dominion and BGW to the trip as well, but I'll just save that for another trip.

By: Prof.BAM

Prof.BAM — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:22:06 +0000

I'm doing a Six Flags/Cedar Fair tour after I'm done with college. See you in 10 years Magic Mountain!

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:56:21 +0000

This is what ive been dreaming of. This is my dream, to do a coaster tour! However, the parks i havent been to yet and would like to go to are very spread out from each other: Kings Island, Six Flags Over Georgia, Six Flags Over Texas, Holiday World, and Six Flags Magic Mountain. They are all in different states, and not close to each other. The closest ones are Kings Island and Holiday World, with a 3 hour drive. The others are more than 8 hours apart from each other, and magic mountain is like a day apart from the others. But what would be possible and what I would like to do is go from pa to ga and hit Kings Dominion(already been there but want to do 305 again), Carowinds, and Six Flags over Georgia in one trip. But that sounds still hard to do, and it would take a long time to get to ga.

By: Gearhart

Gearhart — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:50:05 +0000

I've thought about doing a TPR trip though I haven't really dealt with that site too much and wouldn't know anybody. For the past three years I've grabbed whatever friends were willing to join and did mini coaster marathon's about a week long, the last one involving 8 parks across Ohio/western PA. My partner in crime seemed exhausted but I could have easily went for more after adding 43 coasters, good times!

By: DRU

DRU — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:14:59 +0000

I hope to do a loop from DC next spring. Including Kennywood, Cedar Point, Kings Island, Holiday World, maybe adding Dollywood, Carowinds, BGW, Kings Dominion. If I follow this route it will keep all segments under 4hrs. If I have to bail because I'm too sore i'll have as much as an 11 hr segment to get home so i'll be motivated to keep on the loop.