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No ride on the Paratroopers? That's my favorite

All right! only 2 more years till that capsule is finally opened!

What are the tricks, any advice for only 2 riders in a car, or is it hopeless?

Highly doubt any of them will

1) MF 2) Raptor 3) Magnum 4) Diamondback 5) Thunderbolt (Kennywood)

me four! i can definately see all of the nick universes becoming snoopy themed. You're getting my hopes up

I miss Winterfest, but if I had to make a choice I'll take the Halloween season.

I go to East of Chicago buffet They need to lower prices, is it better to sell one hamburger for $6 or 3 hamburgers for $3.50?

I now have posted video highlights from all 6 parks I visited: 1) Conneaut Lake Park 2) Delgrosso's Park 3) Lakemont Park 4) Idlewild Park 5) Knoebel's Park 6) Kennywood PA Trip Video footage Eventually I'm going to post all my photos at this page as well as add more video

The best place to eat is East of Chicago Pizza on the Cedar Point Causeway, if you don't mind leaving for an hour. As far as rides go I'd start with Maverick (100 foot hill), then go to Magnum (200 foot hill), then go to MF (300 foot hill) then TTD as the climax (over 400 foot hill), gradual buildup!

I like Golden Ticket, it's at least one organization of the kind that doesn't do back flips over Disney World and seems to be more interested in traditional parks

Coneaut Lake Park Debt Plan

Yeah, this makes little sense, these are among the best parks, certainly not under rated except for those you are just looking for a big mouse

The beach entrance is my personal favorite, It's fun to walk down the boardwalk and it's a peaceful quiet entrance, however it is not practical unless you are staying at the Breakers

I guess pricing integrity was dropped when the economy plummeted.

You will be doing some serious driving that day

Unless you're staying at one of the resorts, the main entrance is the only one that makes sense, The Marina entrance is the only one I think that you can access without driving back by the hotels

Paratroopers!!!, Flying Scooters, The Whip and a real haunted house ride that isn't themed for a cartoon, to me the Scooby Doo ride is too much about Scooby Doo, It lacks the charm of a classic haunted house, How about a fun house? that would be great!

They usually won't bother you if you look towards the ground and walk to the side of them, they can see you don't want to be bothered

I don't think that means much, I have no idea if nick is going or not, but if it was, and they were trying to get rid of merch, they would send anything out on twitter to help sell it and they wouldn't want to let people know that things would be changing till after they have sold all they can

I guessed kids and parents have changed over the years, when I was a kid, I didn't give a crap about what cartoon character was plastered around a park, all I cared about is cool rides, a pretty park and good snacks

Because Pepsi is nasty

I'll have to try them next time

I must have seen them, but I don't quite recall them, but then again, I'm not a huge of bumper cars, I have to really be in the mood What exactly are "Lusse's" and why are the one's here so great? just curious

Originally when I first planned to do the PA trip a couple years ago, I had Hershey Park slated for this day, then I found out about Knoebel's and I was instantly sold, and after going there I'm confident I made the right decision, I love the atmosphere of this place! They advertise themselves as the world's largest free admission amusement park, free parking, free entrance and free entertainment. So I left the Sleep Inn in State College PA and headed for interstate I-80 East towards Elysburg, when I got there and parked I felt like the parking lot was a large Stricker's Grove Parking Lot, but Knoebel's is also known as Knoebel's Grove, and a grove is what it is. It is a very random park without any real preplanned design, everything is kind of in a circle. I bought the all day pass for $37, although you could easily get by with buying tickets per ride as they are very reasonable. First thing I had to ride was the Grand Carousel. which easily lived up to it's billing this is easily the best carousel I have ever ridden and I absolutely love the brass ring, it adds a whole new dimension to the carousel ride. If you catch a ring, then you try to throw into a mouth as you pass to return the ring, they tell you not to keep the rings as souvenir's, you can however by a souvenir one in the Brass Ring gift shop as I did. The carousel is also situated in a beautiful spot, nestled across a pretty creek which I think you cross a small covered bridge to get to it and it has a beautiful big music machine, which isn't actually on the ride itself but but it is in the building and you pass it as you ride I then just walked around the park a bit, I noticed Gasoline Alley, an antique cars ride, but never managed to find time to ride it. They had a Calliope in the middle of the park playing as you walk by, I loved that, next I went into the Brass Ring Gift Shop and free Carousel Museum By the way Knoebel's has the best gift shops, I went a little crazy in the Brass Ring and spent almost $100, they have all kinds of amusement park books, models, shirts, stickers, park souvenir books, you name it they have it and very reasonably priced! I didn't get a chance to ride the swings or the pirate ship behind it They had lot's of pretty creeks and a couple covered bridges, this one leading to the campground that had cabins I love haunted house rides, especially one's that are haunted house rides and not (sorry Kings Island) Scooby Doo rides which seems to be more about Scooby Doo than it is about being a haunted house. Well Knoebel's is awesome, it is an upcharge of 1.50, but it is well worth it, So much charm to it, and it is nestled by itself back in the trees, I loved it! They had a great Fascination spot with lots of players This puppet show was one of many examples of their free entertainment, you can pay nothing to get in, by no rides and still get entertainment The looper is an old time almost extinct ride, brought back to life by Knoebel's, I really wanted to ride it but it required 2 riders and my sister said she refused to be a hamster, bummer! This is the Phoenix coaster, originally from out west at a closed park, Knoebel's brought it here and restored it, and this has the most air-time of any coaster I have ever ridden, I hardly ever touched my seat ah yes, another paratroopers, can't get enough of those I didn't think there were any Cuddle Up's left, but I found one at Knoebel's, it was named tea cups Another example of their free entertainment This ride was too wild for me, as I don't like rides that hang you and hover you upside down way in the air, maybe if I didn't have to worry about my video camera, but my sister loves these kind of rides and rode it a couple of times The Twister was an awesome coaster with a lot of twists in the tracks, kind of by itself closer to the campground further from the other rides They had another excellent carousel in the kids area with another working calliope The Rollo Plane was awesome, a ride that has been removed from Kennywood, and was not in operation at Conneaut lake, I finally got to ride it here and it is terrific! it's a rocker! This looked cool, but I didn't get a chance to ride it, it was like an adult Helicopters that you could fly up towards the trees Downdraft was really fun, it keeps going up and diving down great ride! This ride was a lot of fun, kind of reminds me of a similar ride at Indiana Beach Another chance to ride a Balloon Race This was a cute old fashioned kids boat ride down a stream, I would've liked to ridden it! Yet another example of their free entertainment They have a different show here every night! I must also mention the Alamo a great indoor eatery with an impressive menu, I had a chicken Cordon Blue and my sister had a Vegetable Lasagna This was a fabulous park, well worth the trip and I hope to go back there soon, but probably not too soon as it is a long way from here, probably a 9 hour drive if you went straight from Cincinnati, maybe a little less. As it got dark I headed back for the Sleep Inn, in State College, but it wasn't without problems, 5 minutes after leaving Knoebel's my GPS broke, well actually just the power chord, so I had to guess my way back to The Sleep Inn at State College and it was tricky, I was at least able to find my way to State College, so I pulled over near a Hampton Inn and got my laptop out of the trunk and brought up my map program and was able to soon see that the Sleep Inn was 3 blocks up and a couple blocks over. Quite a long day it was about 2 hours to the park and 2 hours back to the hotel. Tomorrow I'll be driving about 3 hours to go to Kennywood, and I couldn't wait! This is the park I most wanted to visit, so I was saving the best for last!