What I have found is that a week is a good amount of time... and then it is not hitting a park each day. There is something called "Burn Out".
What we do is plan vacations around several things. For instance, my wife likes light houses, I like parks, we both like hockey. Our April vacation is built around all three... Traveling to Norfolk VA for two Hershey Bears away games, 7 light houses, and two parks (PKD and BGW). Last March we did the same thing on a trip to FL. Visited some of her family, 3 light houses, and 4 parks (IOA, BGT, SW, and Old Town). In the planning is an upstate New York trip... a boat full of light houses and 3 or 4 parks (SFDL, Seabreeze, Great Escape, and maybe Marlineland if we feel like going across the border into Ontario).
Key thing is, don't be greedy! Don't try to do it all at once. For your expenses and sanity, break the large trip down into a few small ones. If it is a far way to travel, consider flying to a closer destination and renting a car (it is an expense, but I think air fare and car rental may balance out over a month of expenses)
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Holiday world, SF Kentucky Kingdom, Paramounts Kings Island, SF Worlds of Adventure, and Cedar Point. Plot those out and see how it meets your fancy. Its about a week trip, and theres lots of coasters.
Do that, if all goes sweet, then try a bigger road trip.
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A month seems a little long, even to me. This summer I will be going on a 2 week long eastern US trip in which I will visit 18 parks and ride 118 coasters. I've planned a day or two in which we catch up on sleep and rest. It is possible but home sickness and cost will be the biggest thing. But this trip is very well organized and will cost less then 800 total. I wouldnt recommend trying something like this until your at least 20. You must also be an extreme enthusaist since we are doing nothing but riding and driving.
Coasterman Mike
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*** This post was edited by Coasterman Mike on 2/19/2002. ***
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