Spot the Coaster Enthusiast

Spot loves roller coasters & wishes to see them all! He will then report to us his findings & we can then decide where to plan our 2002 vacations.

CURRENTLY i'D LIKE HIM TO RETURN TO NORTHERN NJ PLEASE!!!!!!

HELP SPOT VISIT THE THEME PARKS OF AMERICA!

We love theme parks. My wife and I have always love theme parks from the little ones to the biggest & the baddest. My wife used to work in a small-town park on the Jersey shore and is a carney at heart. Her father used to work at Palisades Amusement Park before it was torn down in the early 70’s, so you know where she gets it.

We are quite interested in visiting parks across America, so Spot has volunteered to be an advance scout for us. He wishes to visit as many theme parks as possible. Since it is heading into winter, only parks in the South will be open, but that’s ok! He hopes to travel from Florida across Texas en route to California. By then it might be spring & the rest of America’s theme parks will have opened up.

Below is a list of places that Spot would like to visit, going from East to West. Please transport him as close to one of these destinations as possible. Once he’s been to a park, PLEASE CROSS IT OFF THE LIST SO THE NEXT GEOCACHER KNOWS NOT TO TAKE HIM THERE. If you know of a good park (large or small) that isn’t on the list, feel free to take him there. That’s why he’s our advance scout: to learn what is & is not worth seeing!

Be sure to write in his log & note it at the geocaching website. If you take him to a park be sure to take pictures near a good location! He’s our advance scout you know! Be sure to mention what Spot liked or didn’t like at the various parks.

By now you might be wondering, “Most parks shut down in winter, so why start out now?” Well first of all, we just thought of it! Secondly, we are going to Las Vegas & Arizona in April & we want to know more about what’s out there. Not much it seems, so we need to know if they’re worth or not! We hear there are two rollercoaster rides atop tall buildings in LV but we don’t know much about it. Can you help Spot get more info & have him pass it on to us?

(aside: I’m thinking maybe Spot should be an honorary member of ACE by the time he’s done?)

Once he has visited America he neds to be returned to Harold's Home in NJ.

We have already taken Spot to the following Florida parks:

Universal Studios Florida, Universal Studios Islands of Adventure & Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom

Places yet to visit that should be open in winter:

Florida: Sea World, MGM Studios, Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Busch Gardens Tampa
Texas: Six Flags Over Texas

Arizona: Castles ~n~ Coasters, Enchanted Island

Nevada: Adventuredome - Circus Circus

California
Disney's California Adventure, Disneyland, Legoland (not a park per se but sounds cool), Pacific Park, Paramount's Great America, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Sea World Adventure Park, Six Flags Marine World, Universal Studios Hollywood

Once we get into Spring 2002, I could see Spot wanting to visit places like:

North&West:
Silverwood Theme Park - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Six Flags Elitch Gardens - Denver, CO

Deep South:
Fiesta Texas - San Antonio, TX
Sea World Adventure Park - San Antonio, TX
Western Playland - El Paso, TX
Astroworld - Houston, TX
Wonderland Amusement Park - Amarillo, TX
Joyland Amusement Park - Lubbock, TX
Dixie Landin' - Baton Rouge, LA
Jazzland - New Orleans, LA

South & Mid-Atlantic:
Paramount's Carowinds - Charlotte, NC
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom - Louisville, KY
Busch Gardens Williamsburg - Williamsburg, VA
Paramount's Kings Dominion - Doswell, VA
Six Flags America - Largo, MD
Conneaut Lake Park - Conneaut Lake, PA
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom - Allentown, PA
Hersheypark - Hershey, PA
Kennywood Park - West Mifflin, PA
Knoebel's Amusement Resort - Elysburg, PA

North Central:
Six Flags Great America - Gurnee, IL
Michigan's Adventure - Muskegon, MI
Six Flags St. Louis - Eureka, MO
Worlds of Fun - Kansas City, MO
Cedar Point- Sandusky, OH
Paramount's Kings Island - Cincinnati, OH
Six Flags Worlds of Adventure - Aurora, OH

NY Metro:
The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom - Lake George, NY
Seabreeze Amusement Park- Rochester, NY
Six Flags Darien Lake - Darien Center, NY
Six Flags New England - Agawam, MA