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Anyone really looking forward to a specific ride or park that they are planning to go to that they haven't been on/to before?

For me I'm heading to King's Dominion and Busch Gardens Williamsburg this week and I'm super excited to ride the restored Grizzly..... and hopefully, if the gods are willing, I'll finally get on Pantheon which I've been to the park 3 times for and still haven't been able to get on it.

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[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly my goal for this year is just to actually get on a rollercoaster, and it's not looking like even that will happen!

Wish we lived somewhere with better access, but it is what it is. Next year, baby.

[–] bobkmertz@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What region are you in if you don't mind me asking? I know there are parts of the US that have a severe lack of coasters and I'm sure other countries have the same.

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm North East England, so there are a few places we could visit (although no easy new credits). But the parks are getting pretty expensive here (transport even more so) and given that we just got married and went to Eurovision it's hard to justify. You know how it is!

Hoping to start venturing across into more European parks from next year though. Sadly it's no longer quite so easy these days.

[–] bobkmertz@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Certainly.... I haven't quite hit that point here but I have already cut some specific parks out of normal plans because of unjustified costs and I am also no longer that person who just automatically clicks renew on season passes each year with the prices going up all over the place. As for getting to parks I am lucky to be in a region where I have lots of parks that aren't right by me but easy to do in a day so I consider that a huge blessing.