SFDL and PCW....doable in one day?

Considering posible post PPP plans, one of them that came up was the possibiltity of DL and PCW. They ae not that far apart, but would cutoms makes things take too long?

How has anyone elses experiences been with doing both parks the same day? We are not neccesarily interested in hitting all the coasters.

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I'm not sure how close they are to eachother, I've never been to PCW. But SFDL is a nice park to spend a day at because you can get alot of rerides on great coasters like Predator and Superman, and its relaxing but fun. You could try though..

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Customs shouldn't be that bad, providing that everyone has their ID and is a US citizen. I never did both parks in one day, but the drive time between them is approximately 2.5 hours. If I were in your nike's, I would do DL in 2 hours and then spend the rest of the day at PCW.

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My first question is ... have ever been to either park? If the answer is no then I would say just pick one. 2.5 to 3 hour is about right for the drive from SFDL to PCW. The border is busiest late afternoon. That time of the year SFDL starts to winterize their rides and some will not be availabe even possibily some coasters.

Sunday October 5, PCW is open from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM and if the weather is nice the park WILL be busy. This past weekend Wonderland was packed on both days. MAJOR Crowds. Personally I think you would be wasting your time if you only have a couple of hours at Wonderland. Unlike SFDL all rides at Wonderland should be in operation.

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Darien Lake is closed from the Viper entrance over to Mind Eraser. Mind Eraser is the only closed coaster, and all the rides like Grizzly Run, Rodeo Roundup, Sleighride, Turbo Bungee, UFO, Poland Springs Plunge, they are all closed. Actually, last year they did have 2 train on the coasters.

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It also depends on which of the 3 bridge crossings you decide to take, which will decide your fate. The Lewiston/Queenston & Peace bridges both have truck/commercial traffic, which can get backed up. Your best bet is to take the Niagara Falls bridge, since it's just general car traffic & they have enough booths open to accomidate a lot of traffic.
Next, I got thru easily going INTO Canada, w/out any real problems... if you're not a natural US Citizen, just have a Green Card or Passport, and you're golden. Getting back into the USA is really the only hard part, but again, it's nothing more than a couple minutes extra.

Now, doing both parks is probably a big chore, especially this time of year... I don't see how you can do it since most parks won't open until either later, or will wind up closing early. In SFDL's case, the park will be closing early around 8pm, but opening the same (vice versa come Fright Fest). I would give this park around 3 to 4hrs to hit everything.

As for Canada's Wonderland... if you've never done the park, you've honestly got to give it at LEAST an entire day. The park is quite large, and there is a lot to do... I mean, c'mon... 12 coasters & the best collection of flats in the world? It's not something you can easily accomplish unless you 1) have a plan of action & 2) are only planning on hitting the good stuff.

FINALLY... I am fimilar with Toronto traffic... and there's only 3 words for it... worst...traffic... ever!
Even during non-rush hours, their highways can slow down to a crawl once you reach Toronto... if you've hit Toronto city limits, what would normally be maybe a 10 minute drive until you reach PCW, will turn into probably a 30 minute drive, unless you get really lucky.

I deal with Chicago traffic now that DEFINITELY is the worst raffic in the world. Nothing like traffic jams at 3 am on a Saturday morning. I didn't realize they wer 3 hours apart, thought i was looking more in lines of an hour and a half or so.

I woudl be coming back home acroos Ontario so going back into the US is no problem. I have done this countless times in Detroit, Port Huron, and Saul Ste. Marie.

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Dl and PCW would be very hard to do this time of year and with their hours, as well as the crowds. DL's coasters shouldnt take that long to do, but watch out, youre going to get addicted to SRoS. PCW coasters arent that great. But that park is going to be packed like it always is. The border isn't really that big of a problem though, only coming back into the US.

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