best place to live for coasters

The first poster claims that SFGA is 4 hours from Columbus, OH. I don't know if you're referring to Great America or Great Adventure (or maybe even Over Georgia?) but either way, that's way off. SFGAm is about 6 1/2 hours away if you drive around 75, and SFGAdv is about 8 1/2 hours away.

That being said, Columbus (my hometown) is a wonderful place, if for no other reason than I grew up within jogging distance of the Sea Dragon at Wyandot Lake :). Depending on your rate of speed when you drive, you have CP, PKI, KP, and SFWoA within 3 hours, not to mention LL, and SFKK isn't too much further. I do just what Gator said-live in Ohio, vacation in Tampa (well, Clearwater, actually).

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Obviously, the best place has to be a place where you can ride year round. Sorry, you just can't do that in Ohio. In fact, a large percentage of your summer days are rained out. But, ahhhhhhh, sunny SoCal. Year round coastering on Goliath, X, Deja, Superman:TE, Batman TR, Xcelerator, GhostRider, Riddler's Revenge, California Screamin'. Then we also get Stealth, Roar, Medusa, the Big Dipper and V2 within hours.....year round. I was thinking of a midwest trip in late September then remembered, oops, they close those parks then. Yup , the best place is the place you can ride year round. Maybe Florida comes a close second.

...distant second...IMO....;)

*** This post was edited by rollergator on 7/23/2002. ***

Yea but if you have time when you can't coaster, it just makes the anticipation of the upcoming season that much better ... plus if I'm always coastering when am I supposed to ski??

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