Cedar Point is AWESOME! Ive been there a bunch of times. The whole park is basically on an island out in Lake Erie (one of the great lakes). There is a land causeway that is just wide enough for a 2 lane road. It connects the park to the mainland.
Seeing that I live in Ohio, King's Island and Cedar Point are the only two I've been to. With James being a roller coaster junkie, Cedar Point would be the way to go. However, if you wanted a well rounded adventure, head to Cincy. King's Island, the Cincinnati Zoo and Newport Aquarium are located quite close to each other.
I was worried that Kings Island wasn't going to make the list. Low and behold, No. 1! This was the destination thru my High School days back in the late 70's and early 80's. We would have school trips there too. The Beast was a fantastic roller coaster. At the time of its opening, it was the world's largest and fastest wooden coaster. I miss it!
I have lived in Louisville, KY my entire life, and Kings Island was always a designation for so many of my family and friends. I even lived in Cincinnati for five years during college, and I’ve still never been. I’m ashamed! I HAVE to take my kids one day soon!!!
@@marieneu264 I currently live about 30 minutes from Disney World and was stationed for nearly 15 years, only miles from Disneyland. Never stepped for in either. Rather went to Knott's Berry Farm and the "Magic" of Disney is gone. Kings Island will remain number 1 for me.
Disney World is actually 4 parks . They are Magic Kingdom , Epcot , Hollywood Studios , Animal Kingdom . Then you have the hotels and Disney Springs ( shops , restaurants , bars , live shows ) . If you included all 4 parks , which you should , it is by far the biggest . Wouldn't go there to visit just 1 or 2 parks .
I’m glad you mentioned all this. The last theme park video I watched on here left them a bit confused about Disney. I think it’s hard to imagine the size and entire city/county that makes up Disney World. It’s probably hard to understand until you’ve visited and seen all the magic for yourself!!! ❤
@@mlee-w664 True, and I’m sure people that live nearby just pick a park for the day and visit. But almost everybody I know (my family included) get the park hopper passes or we at least visit each park for one entire day while we’re vacationing there.
I freaking love Six Flag Magic Mountain. Highly recommend getting any fast pass available at these parks, only way youll get close to riding all the big coasters in a day.
If you like roller-coasters Ceder Point is the best park to visit. Plus you can stay in the hotel right on the lake. If you want to feel like you were hit by a truck, go ride The Beast at Kings Island. The coaster is old and it will beat the hell out of you.
Walt Disney's original vision for EPCOT was quite different from what it ended up becoming. EPCOT stands for Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow. He had envisioned it as a large community that pushed boundaries of technology and the way people live life. There's a classic video of Walt that you can find on youtube of him explaining his vision.
I have lived most of my adult life in the "close enough it's almost worth the season pass" from Cedar Point; and yeah the coasters are crazy (3 out of 4 years there's a new one that breaks some crazy design records since the 1990's pretty much. They just tore down one of my favorites growing up to make room for new stuff recently; I'll wait until summer and it's replacement to decide if I'm upset or happy about it.)
I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and would frequently go to Kings Island with my family. If you ever get the chance to go to one of these theme parks, please treat yourself!
We grew up going to Cedar Point in Ohio. The number of incredible rides is amazing. By the way, Disneyland in California is nice, but it's kind of small compared to these parks. It's nice for little kids.
Disneyland is the single greatest park in the entire Disney chain. It has the most attractions including rides not found in other US Disney parks like Indiana Jones, the Matterhorn, Roger Rabbit’s cartoon spin, and many other smaller children’s rides. It also has the longest and best versions of Pirates of the Caribbean and the haunted mansion. This is all in addition to having the Star Wars land.
I live in Arlington, TX where Six Flags Over Texas is. It was the first Six Flags. Did you know, it’s called Six Flags to represent “The Six Flags of Texas”, the countries that have owned Texas. Spain, Mexico, France, USA, Confederacy and Texas.
Kings Dominion has an Eiffel Tower also. Kings Island and Kings Dominion were Sister theme parks that were once owned by Paramount Studios. They also owned Carowinds, which is in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Cedar Point and King's Island are owned by the same company. Ohio gets it's poor press, mostly due to our politics, but imagine living in Columbus. About a 2.5 hour drive north and you're in Cedar Point. About a 90 minute drive southwest and you're in King's Island. Both are fantastic parks to visit, but like most things today, they are expensive; especially if you purchase the ride passes.
Don’t go home for a light! You two look marvelous no matter what the light. If you decide to visit amusement parks in America, come stay with us. We live in central Ohio and are 2-3 hours away from both Kings Island and Cedar Point. When my brother’s family visited a few years ago, they went to one park first, stayed two nights with us, then drove to the other park before returning home. You could use your day of rest to meet all of your central Ohio fans.
I live in Ohio and growing up, my parents would always take us to Cedar Point every year. I have been to Kings Island about 2-3 times. But I prefer Cedar Point.
I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. In the state of Pennsylvania, I know of Kennywood Park (in Pittsburgh) and Hershey Park (in Hershey, PA). I’ve never been to Hershey Park, but I saw videos of the rides and they look crazy! These parks aren’t quite as big as the ones listed on this video!
Kings Island is not only the largest it is one the the best run parks out there. Ride ops are fast, food is good, park is clean, shows are fun and they have a great coaster collection.
Cedar Point, King’s Island, Wonderland, and Kings Dominion are all owned by the same parent company. Guess they like their parks big. Living in central Ohio, I’ve been to cedar point and kings island more times than I can count. Always happy when they get the love they deserve 🫶
I used to live in Mason, near enough to Kings Island to hear the fireworks every night at 10pm. Worth the trip, The Beast is the best wooden coaster in the world, IMHO. Full disclosure, my twin brother worked at KI one summer in the early 90’s. Worked the Tower and other rides in that area.
@The Beesleys DisneyWorld didn't make the list because it's 4 separate parks, not one big one. EPCOT and Animal Kingdom from this list are both part of DisneyWorld, then you have Magical Kingdom (which is basically what DisneyLAND in California is) and Hollywood Studios. If you put them all together it wouldn't even be close. Orlando also has SeaWorld and Universal Studios and tons of waterparks and stuff. It's the biggest tourist city in the country by a long shot
Only been to Disney World once, but I loved Epcot and Animal Kingdom. I also remember going to Six Flags a couple of times when I was very young, but I grew up about an hour away from Hershey Park, PA which is the amusement park that I went to almost every summer.
The first upside down roller coaster I have ever ridden was Lochness Monster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. It is the yellow roller-coaster with the interlocking loops shown at the beginning. I still go to BGW whenever I get a chance.
I love Disney World (Florida) and Disneyland (California), with my favorite being Disneyland. Most people choose Disney World, but since im 72 yrs old, I prefer the original which is Disneyland. When i visited Disney World, it was only 3 yrs old, so many of the attractions were not even around. Might be fun to go visit it again.
Busch Gardens Williamsburg is one of two Busch Gardens in America. The one in Williamsburg is the European one and is laid out in individual countries. You can have a beer in the Oktoberfest area in Germany, Yorkshire pudding in England and crepes with wine in France later on. It is an awesome place. The other Busch Gardens is in Tampa and it has an African theme as well as a wild animal park.
Also, at kings dominion, there is a HUGE water park and HUGE amusement park and that Busch Gardens when you’re looking at first they are different countries that you can go eat in, and the stores and the souvenirs in the people will act out in those countries. So that’s another really interesting place to go. And FYI the intimidator is crazy ridiculous because the drop is so steep and so long it’s a 30 story drop almost in 90° angle and you go about 90 miles an hour! Damn, I want to go to Kings Dominion soon as it opens up and I’ll wait until the water at the water park gets a little warmer.
All of my kids were coaster junkies before they were tall enough to ride. Insisting on wearing shoes that made them tall enough to be admitted, regardless of comfort! As for being too old ride, I’m 60 and have had a season pass for 6 Flags over GA since 1979. Unfortunately, the wooden coasters are a little too rough for me anymore, but I still ride all steel and hybrid ones. Last wooden coaster that I challenged was the Texas Giant at 6FoTX. After not being able to function for an hour physically, I swore off them. That was in 2005, and was the roughest coaster I have ever been on. Would like to ride it again now that it’s been converted into a hybrid. At one point I held the record of most consecutive rides, without getting off, on the Mind Bender at 6FoGA, with 74 circuits completed without even standing up. But that was decades ago. I’m also 1 of the few people that has rode every coaster ever built on that property, including quite a few that aren’t there anymore.
I grew up going to six flags magic magic mountain, at least for a lot of being a kid. We lived like 5 miles from it, always had season passes, was pretty cheap back then. Is a fun place. Highly recommend checking out if you find yourself in the area.
Hi guys, different look! I know it's not the biggest, but the original 6 Flags was 6 Flags Over Texas, located in Arlington--right between Fort Worth and Dallas. I believe it opened in 1962 it's a really good park, though not the biggest. We had just moved to Ft. Worth from Louisiana about the time it opened, when I was 6. When ever relatives came to visit they always had to go there. Unfortunately, I didn't get to go but once a year. When I was little I couldn't see why my parents didn't want to go all of the time. As a parent I now understand!
Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ. Kinda Ka is very fast and a lot of fun. El Toro is a wooden coaster. It closed when inspectors found structural deficiencies.
Fun fact: Disneyland Anaheim here in California was the only Disneyland/Disney Park in the WORLD that Walt Disney personally oversaw the construction for and stepped foot on.😁
Cedar Fair is the biggest competitor to Six Flags and they compete more in quality where's Six Flags does in quantity. You will often find most of the best roller coasters in the world at Cedar Fair parks.
I prefer to go to kings island then cider point the lines are way to long...at cider point I used to go every summer and I would get sick from the heat. From waiting in line for the best coasters. If you ever do go get the fast pass it's abit pricey but definitely worth it.
Rebel Yell at Kings Dominion was a cool coaster. 2 coasters racing side by side. Alas they changed the name to Racer 75 because "Oh no it has something to do with the Civil War".
I can't disagree that you both look a bit yellow but I personally don't mind. As long as the audio is good it's all good. I will still enjoy watching everything you post. You two make me smile and lighten my day. Don't sweat the small stuff. 😊
Universal orlando is big enough for me. Having the harry potter train hopper has saved me alot of walking. I'm glad I saw bush gardens in here I'm not looking foward to the walking though lol.
Grew up going to Disneyland and Six Flags Magic Mountain all the time. Six Flags was a 3 hour drive though. It’s not near anything but the Red Lobster at the exit lmao.
I have been to Disneyland here in California at least 100 times, I love it! Six Flags in Vallejo here is super fun! The cool thing about Six Flags is that if you get a season pass it pays for itself after two visits and is good at ANY of their parks in the USA! It’s also good at a water park in Concord not too far from the park in Vallejo.
Great Adventure had been the world's largest theme park before the pandemic. The Wild Safari which is 350 acres, was included with the theme park, but now they reverted back to a separate park that is the largest drive thru safari outside of Africa. While driving your car through is cool, I hope they bring it back as part of the Great Adventure. You have a tour guide who is better able to explain what the animals are as you see them, instead of using a prerecorded audio that tells you about animals that you may not be seeing at that point. Also people can asking the tour guide questions. I live just a half hour from Great Adventure - real New Jerseyans don't call it Six Flags -so I go all the time. Also - El Toro isn't a traditional wooden coaster. It is actually a hybrid steel and wood, so it is smooth and fast like a steel coaster. My favorite coaster at Great Adventure though is Nitro, El Toro is my second favorite.
I’ve been to half of these theme parks, and those theme parks are Bush Gardens Williamsburg, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Kings Dominion, EPCOT and Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
El Toro is an Intamin prefab, meaning the track was pre-fabricated and shapes first before being assembled so its general smoother than many others. However El Toro is a bit accident prone. Every year or 2 something seems to go wrong.
Once upon a time Worlds of Adventure was number one. Sad story. Long history of a park just gone. It covered over 700 acres when Six Flags sold it to Cedar Fair. That park was ginormagantuan. It was closed the following year and torn down over the course of a decade. Until last year, the property sat overgrown with all the slabs, footers and walkways in tact, but now its all gone.
The one reason I would avoid the to parks on here is simply time. Unless you have a week pass, some places like Disney, will take days to do everything. The one time we went, we one had a day pass and barley were able to do any rides because of the lines. This is why I loved Cedar Point. It's the perfect size for a one day pass. And if you don't care about the water park end of it, you have time to do many rides twice. But with any park it also matters when you do. If you going the busy times of the season, any park is terrible. It's why I tend to go later in the season. I'd also point out Cedar Point is known as the best park in terms of great coasters overall. Next up is for sure Kings Island or any six flags really. I am partial of course as I live close to Cedar Point and Kings Island is in our state also.
Kings Island (Ohio) was my park, Grad night (from evening all night til morning was a trip, the Beast at night was wild!). Coasters everywhere, not too big and packed like Disney but big enough.
There are a number of chains in the US, and most of them have a different focus. Disney is _very_ family-friendly, while Universal has a blend of family-friendly and more thrilling rides. Cedar Fair and Six Flags are the chains that aim to be thrill parks, with Cedar Fair being the more high-end chain of late (though there are plenty of good Six Flags parks as well). Sea World tends to be on the family-friendly side as well, though their Busch Gardens parks pack plenty of thrills as well, and even the primary SeaWorld parks have their share of thrill rides. The main Hershend parks (Dollywood, Silver Dollar City) mostly go for the more historical feel, but their thrill rides can be found if you know where to look. And of course you have a number of independent parks, like Holiday World in southern Indiana, Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Lagoon in the Salt Lake region of Utah, and Silverwood in northern Idaho (in the general vicinity of Spokane, Washington). All have their own focus and purpose. For the record, the following chains are represented in this list: SeaWorld - Busch Gardens Williamsburg (10), Busch Gardens Tampa (4) Six Flags - Six Flags Magic Mountain (9), Six Flags Great Adventure & Safari (8) Cedar Fair - Kings Dominion (7), Canada's Wonderland (6), Cedar Point (5), Kings Island (1) Disney - EPCOT (3), Disney's Animal Kingdom (2) Twenty coasters _is_ a lot. It's tied for the most coasters in one park, along with Energylandia in Poland. (While Energylandia has some excellent coasters, like Zadra, Magic Mountain has a wider overall variety of coasters.)
I'm surprised Carowinds isn't on here but its prob not well known. Its about 408 acres. Has 14 coasters, 2 being the tallest in the world. And over 60 rides. It borders NC and SC.
Disney World is the largest. Separating the 4 parks, is like separating the Boroughs of New York, or the cities that make up Los Angeles. If you are in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, or Compton. You are still in a part of Los Angeles. If you are in Brooklyn, Manhattan or Queens, you are still in a part of New York City. If you are at The Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom or Hollywood Studios, you are still at Disney World.
Have a look at the Steel Phantom located in Kennywood park located in Pennsylvania. It is truly a really fantastic coaster. As well as the Steel Curtain. and of course the Racer which is two coasters side by side. at least look for this theme park .
i remember when i was a kid my brother stayed the night at are cousins house and our uncle surprised them by taking them to kings island i still wish i could have gone but i was pretty little at the time I probably wouldn't have been aloud to ride most of the rides anyway.
We have a lot of amusement parks here in the us and out of the 475 parks we have I have only been to 46 of them and it’s hard for me to pick my favorite but I have got to go with six flags great America in Illinois since it’s my home park
Kings Dominion is about 90 south of Washington DC i live about 10 minutes from it. Crazy rides! Busch garden Williamsburg is about 45 minutes from me. I actually like that park better. Food is better, its open year long except Jan and Feb. More events there too!
Cedar Point is AWESOME!
Ive been there a bunch of times. The whole park is basically on an island out in Lake Erie (one of the great lakes).
There is a land causeway that is just wide enough for a 2 lane road. It connects the park to the mainland.
Seeing that I live in Ohio, King's Island and Cedar Point are the only two I've been to. With James being a roller coaster junkie, Cedar Point would be the way to go. However, if you wanted a well rounded adventure, head to Cincy. King's Island, the Cincinnati Zoo and Newport Aquarium are located quite close to each other.
I was worried that Kings Island wasn't going to make the list. Low and behold, No. 1! This was the destination thru my High School days back in the late 70's and early 80's. We would have school trips there too. The Beast was a fantastic roller coaster. At the time of its opening, it was the world's largest and fastest wooden coaster. I miss it!
I have lived in Louisville, KY my entire life, and Kings Island was always a designation for so many of my family and friends. I even lived in Cincinnati for five years during college, and I’ve still never been. I’m ashamed! I HAVE to take my kids one day soon!!!
@@marieneu264 I currently live about 30 minutes from Disney World and was stationed for nearly 15 years, only miles from Disneyland. Never stepped for in either. Rather went to Knott's Berry Farm and the "Magic" of Disney is gone. Kings Island will remain number 1 for me.
Kings Island's the second-largest in Ohio Cedar Point's the largest
Disney World is actually 4 parks . They are Magic Kingdom , Epcot , Hollywood Studios , Animal Kingdom . Then you have the hotels and Disney Springs ( shops , restaurants , bars , live shows ) . If you included all 4 parks , which you should , it is by far the biggest . Wouldn't go there to visit just 1 or 2 parks .
I remember when Typhoon Lagoon was one of the parks.
I’m glad you mentioned all this. The last theme park video I watched on here left them a bit confused about Disney. I think it’s hard to imagine the size and entire city/county that makes up Disney World. It’s probably hard to understand until you’ve visited and seen all the magic for yourself!!! ❤
I think since one ticket doesn't cover all the parks, they are counted separately
@@mlee-w664 True, and I’m sure people that live nearby just pick a park for the day and visit. But almost everybody I know (my family included) get the park hopper passes or we at least visit each park for one entire day while we’re vacationing there.
Disney World is roughly 40 square miles.
I freaking love Six Flag Magic Mountain. Highly recommend getting any fast pass available at these parks, only way youll get close to riding all the big coasters in a day.
If you like roller-coasters Ceder Point is the best park to visit. Plus you can stay in the hotel right on the lake. If you want to feel like you were hit by a truck, go ride The Beast at Kings Island. The coaster is old and it will beat the hell out of you.
The Beast got retracted and its not as rough as it used to be
You should react to the top 50 best roller coasters in the world. It'd be a fun watch for you to see some of those rides.
Walt Disney's original vision for EPCOT was quite different from what it ended up becoming. EPCOT stands for Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow. He had envisioned it as a large community that pushed boundaries of technology and the way people live life. There's a classic video of Walt that you can find on youtube of him explaining his vision.
Unfortunately, that vision of EPCOT died shortly after Walt did.
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I live in a nearby suburb to Kings Island. I grew up in the 70's and 80's going there. It has always been awesome.
I've been to most of these parks I think cedar point Park is the best hands down!
I have lived most of my adult life in the "close enough it's almost worth the season pass" from Cedar Point; and yeah the coasters are crazy (3 out of 4 years there's a new one that breaks some crazy design records since the 1990's pretty much. They just tore down one of my favorites growing up to make room for new stuff recently; I'll wait until summer and it's replacement to decide if I'm upset or happy about it.)
I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and would frequently go to Kings Island with my family. If you ever get the chance to go to one of these theme parks, please treat yourself!
Cedar Point is the one you go to if you want roller coasters
Ceader Point is my favorite park. Living in Michigan it's only a 3 hour drive and we go every summer since I was a kid
Hershey Park in Pennsylvania is a fun park, I grew up nearby to it and spent summers and school trips there.
I worked there for a season. That completely ruined it for me. But I did enjoy going as a child.
Most of the top ten rated roller coasters are either in Cedar Point or Kings Island, both in Ohio.
We grew up going to Cedar Point in Ohio. The number of incredible rides is amazing. By the way, Disneyland in California is nice, but it's kind of small compared to these parks. It's nice for little kids.
Add in California Adventure and do both.😊
Disneyland is the single greatest park in the entire Disney chain. It has the most attractions including rides not found in other US Disney parks like Indiana Jones, the Matterhorn, Roger Rabbit’s cartoon spin, and many other smaller children’s rides. It also has the longest and best versions of Pirates of the Caribbean and the haunted mansion. This is all in addition to having the Star Wars land.
I Live About 4 Hours From Cincinnati Love The Zoo King's Island & The Botanical Gardens.
@@Perfectly_Cromulent351 Disneyland's Haunted Mansion is *shorter* than the other versions. It's missing multiple scenes.
I’m from Ohio and I’m so grateful to have King’s Island, it’s so much fun!
Busch Gardens in Tampa totally ROCKS.
Being from Ohio I’m quite lucky I’ve been to both cedar point and kings island truly an awesome experience
I live in Arlington, TX where Six Flags Over Texas is. It was the first Six Flags. Did you know, it’s called Six Flags to represent “The Six Flags of Texas”, the countries that have owned Texas. Spain, Mexico, France, USA, Confederacy and Texas.
I live in Arlington
@@andrewchristopher7138 small world.
Woo-Hoo Kings Island is #1 I have been going here for 40+ years ❤ I live 20 minutes from the park. and their blue ice cream is iconic 😍 Go OHIO 🎉
Cedar point is my "home" park. (Still an hour away). It opens next week and i have my season pass ready
Kings Dominion has an Eiffel Tower also. Kings Island and Kings Dominion were Sister theme parks that were once owned by Paramount Studios. They also owned Carowinds, which is in Charlotte, North Carolina.
I've been to both King's Dominion in West Virginia and Carowinds which is also part on the South Carolina side as well. Great Rides at both.
@@RatzzGamez Kings Dominion is in Virginia.
@@mermaid1717 Okay it's like Carowinds kinda on the Border of Virginia and West Virginia but at least you know where I am talking about though. lol
@@RatzzGamez it's nowhere near West Virginia. It's only 20 minutes from Richmond. It's only about an hour away from Busch Gardens.
aww do more of these love you guys . do the best rollercoaster
The guy had me at “Go Bengals!”
Cedar Point and King's Island are owned by the same company. Ohio gets it's poor press, mostly due to our politics, but imagine living in Columbus. About a 2.5 hour drive north and you're in Cedar Point. About a 90 minute drive southwest and you're in King's Island. Both are fantastic parks to visit, but like most things today, they are expensive; especially if you purchase the ride passes.
My State West Virginia Gets Even Worse Treatment 😢.
Of Places in Ohio I Love Columbus ❤.
Have Family There When I Was A Kid I Loved Going to COSI .
I'm north of Columbus so kings island is a three hour drive but cedar point is only an hour 20 min lol
Don’t go home for a light! You two look marvelous no matter what the light.
If you decide to visit amusement parks in America, come stay with us. We live in central Ohio and are 2-3 hours away from both Kings Island and Cedar Point. When my brother’s family visited a few years ago, they went to one park first, stayed two nights with us, then drove to the other park before returning home. You could use your day of rest to meet all of your central Ohio fans.
I live in Ohio and growing up, my parents would always take us to Cedar Point every year. I have been to Kings Island about 2-3 times. But I prefer Cedar Point.
I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. In the state of Pennsylvania, I know of Kennywood Park (in Pittsburgh) and Hershey Park (in Hershey, PA). I’ve never been to Hershey Park, but I saw videos of the rides and they look crazy! These parks aren’t quite as big as the ones listed on this video!
I miss the school trips to Kennywood Park. That was back in the 80s.
Kings Island is not only the largest it is one the the best run parks out there. Ride ops are fast, food is good, park is clean, shows are fun and they have a great coaster collection.
Kings Island Has Always been my go-to park!
I wish “The Beach” waterpark was still Open too!
i got to CEDER POINT every year i live close by
King's Island 🔥
I'm a bit biased for King's Island as I live in Cincinnati and have been going there my whole life.
King’s Island is my
Home park. Such a great place! Going there this weekend 🎢🤘🏻
You can take the kid to ride on the "kiddie" rides. You do not have to wait until age 13.. but big rides have height requirements.
Cedar Point, King’s Island, Wonderland, and Kings Dominion are all owned by the same parent company. Guess they like their parks big.
Living in central Ohio, I’ve been to cedar point and kings island more times than I can count. Always happy when they get the love they deserve 🫶
Kings Island is still my favorite theme park and I first went there the summer it opened.
I used to live in Mason, near enough to Kings Island to hear the fireworks every night at 10pm. Worth the trip, The Beast is the best wooden coaster in the world, IMHO.
Full disclosure, my twin brother worked at KI one summer in the early 90’s. Worked the Tower and other rides in that area.
I live in Ohio and have been to both Kings Island and Cedar Point many, many times : )P They are amazing!!!!
@The Beesleys DisneyWorld didn't make the list because it's 4 separate parks, not one big one. EPCOT and Animal Kingdom from this list are both part of DisneyWorld, then you have Magical Kingdom (which is basically what DisneyLAND in California is) and Hollywood Studios. If you put them all together it wouldn't even be close. Orlando also has SeaWorld and Universal Studios and tons of waterparks and stuff. It's the biggest tourist city in the country by a long shot
Only been to Disney World once, but I loved Epcot and Animal Kingdom. I also remember going to Six Flags a couple of times when I was very young, but I grew up about an hour away from Hershey Park, PA which is the amusement park that I went to almost every summer.
Your lighting is fine 👍❤
Magic Mountain’s 20 coasters are the most of any park in the entire world.
Us Ohioans are spoiled. I'm halfway between Cedar Point and Kings Island. We used to go to both every year.
If that's the case may be Universal should expand to Ohio. Sounds like a growing theme park market.
Don't worry about the lighting!!!! You guys look fine!!!!! Thanks for this video, as always it was cool!!!
Love Kings Island!
The first upside down roller coaster I have ever ridden was Lochness Monster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. It is the yellow roller-coaster with the interlocking loops shown at the beginning. I still go to BGW whenever I get a chance.
I love Disney World (Florida) and Disneyland (California), with my favorite being Disneyland. Most people choose Disney World, but since im 72 yrs old, I prefer the original which is Disneyland. When i visited Disney World, it was only 3 yrs old, so many of the attractions were not even around. Might be fun to go visit it again.
Busch Gardens Williamsburg is one of two Busch Gardens in America. The one in Williamsburg is the European one and is laid out in individual countries. You can have a beer in the Oktoberfest area in Germany, Yorkshire pudding in England and crepes with wine in France later on. It is an awesome place. The other Busch Gardens is in Tampa and it has an African theme as well as a wild animal park.
Also, at kings dominion, there is a HUGE water park and HUGE amusement park and that Busch Gardens when you’re looking at first they are different countries that you can go eat in, and the stores and the souvenirs in the people will act out in those countries. So that’s another really interesting place to go. And FYI the intimidator is crazy ridiculous because the drop is so steep and so long it’s a 30 story drop almost in 90° angle and you go about 90 miles an hour! Damn, I want to go to Kings Dominion soon as it opens up and I’ll wait until the water at the water park gets a little warmer.
All of my kids were coaster junkies before they were tall enough to ride. Insisting on wearing shoes that made them tall enough to be admitted, regardless of comfort! As for being too old ride, I’m 60 and have had a season pass for 6 Flags over GA since 1979. Unfortunately, the wooden coasters are a little too rough for me anymore, but I still ride all steel and hybrid ones. Last wooden coaster that I challenged was the Texas Giant at 6FoTX. After not being able to function for an hour physically, I swore off them. That was in 2005, and was the roughest coaster I have ever been on. Would like to ride it again now that it’s been converted into a hybrid. At one point I held the record of most consecutive rides, without getting off, on the Mind Bender at 6FoGA, with 74 circuits completed without even standing up. But that was decades ago. I’m also 1 of the few people that has rode every coaster ever built on that property, including quite a few that aren’t there anymore.
I grew up going to six flags magic magic mountain, at least for a lot of being a kid. We lived like 5 miles from it, always had season passes, was pretty cheap back then. Is a fun place. Highly recommend checking out if you find yourself in the area.
Hi guys, different look! I know it's not the biggest, but the original 6 Flags was 6 Flags Over Texas, located in Arlington--right between Fort Worth and Dallas. I believe it opened in 1962 it's a really good park, though not the biggest. We had just moved to Ft. Worth from Louisiana about the time it opened, when I was 6. When ever relatives came to visit they always had to go there. Unfortunately, I didn't get to go but once a year. When I was little I couldn't see why my parents didn't want to go all of the time. As a parent I now understand!
I grew up going to Kings Island and it's awesome. The Beast will shake the living daylights out of you.
The Beast got retracked so its not near as rough as it used to be
Millie mentioned Coney Island, which to put things in perspective is about 15 acres.
Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ. Kinda Ka is very fast and a lot of fun. El Toro is a wooden coaster. It closed when inspectors found structural deficiencies.
Fun fact: Disneyland Anaheim here in California was the only Disneyland/Disney Park in the WORLD that Walt Disney personally oversaw the construction for and stepped foot on.😁
Cedar Fair is the biggest competitor to Six Flags and they compete more in quality where's Six Flags does in quantity. You will often find most of the best roller coasters in the world at Cedar Fair parks.
I prefer to go to kings island then cider point the lines are way to long...at cider point I used to go every summer and I would get sick from the heat. From waiting in line for the best coasters. If you ever do go get the fast pass it's abit pricey but definitely worth it.
Kings Dominion is my home park and is fun and well done
Rebel Yell at Kings Dominion was a cool coaster. 2 coasters racing side by side. Alas they changed the name to Racer 75 because "Oh no it has something to do with the Civil War".
The lighting you have is fine. Just roll with it.
I can't disagree that you both look a bit yellow but I personally don't mind. As long as the audio is good it's all good. I will still enjoy watching everything you post. You two make me smile and lighten my day. Don't sweat the small stuff. 😊
The One I love the best is Bush Gardens in Willamsburg Virginia. So much fun and they have the Budwiser Clydsdales
I grew up 6o minutes away from Kings Island. Great park! I've been there around 20 times. I've been to 4 out of the top 10 parks.
Universal orlando is big enough for me. Having the harry potter train hopper has saved me alot of walking. I'm glad I saw bush gardens in here I'm not looking foward to the walking though lol.
Last time I was there, there is an English Pub at Epcot.
Grew up going to Disneyland and Six Flags Magic Mountain all the time. Six Flags was a 3 hour drive though. It’s not near anything but the Red Lobster at the exit lmao.
Used to live near Magic Mountain…and my kids always got a season pass…every year!!
Cedar point may not be the biggest by his standards, but it's the Gold standard for parks. Ask anyone who has been.
I have been to Disneyland here in California at least 100 times, I love it! Six Flags in Vallejo here is super fun! The cool thing about Six Flags is that if you get a season pass it pays for itself after two visits and is good at ANY of their parks in the USA! It’s also good at a water park in Concord not too far from the park in Vallejo.
King's Island is my favorite park. In my opinion, it beats Cedar Point as Ohio's best park because it's family friendly and relaxing.
Grew up going to Cedar Point, probably have been there a dozen times. But that was the Eighties.
Don't worry about the lighting. I think we can handle a couple of days of off lighting.
To be honest, if they hadn't pointed out the lighting issues, I wouldn't have noticed. I still can't see where he says that they are orange.
They both look super bright and glowing. 😅
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld, yes, they look somewhat washed-out, but not orange.
Great Adventure had been the world's largest theme park before the pandemic. The Wild Safari which is 350 acres, was included with the theme park, but now they reverted back to a separate park that is the largest drive thru safari outside of Africa.
While driving your car through is cool, I hope they bring it back as part of the Great Adventure. You have a tour guide who is better able to explain what the animals are as you see them, instead of using a prerecorded audio that tells you about animals that you may not be seeing at that point. Also people can asking the tour guide questions.
I live just a half hour from Great Adventure - real New Jerseyans don't call it Six Flags -so I go all the time.
Also - El Toro isn't a traditional wooden coaster. It is actually a hybrid steel and wood, so it is smooth and fast like a steel coaster. My favorite coaster at Great Adventure though is Nitro, El Toro is my second favorite.
I’ve been to half of these theme parks, and those theme parks are Bush Gardens Williamsburg, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Kings Dominion, EPCOT and Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Disney's in house ride construction is called WED productions often choosing the old Arrow company to work with.
El Toro is an Intamin prefab, meaning the track was pre-fabricated and shapes first before being assembled so its general smoother than many others. However El Toro is a bit accident prone. Every year or 2 something seems to go wrong.
And Intimidator 305 used to be so intense that people blacked out on it, so they had to extend the helix to make it less intense.
I live halfway between Busch Gardens in Williamsburg and Kings Dominion in Doswell Virginia
Once upon a time Worlds of Adventure was number one. Sad story. Long history of a park just gone.
It covered over 700 acres when Six Flags sold it to Cedar Fair. That park was ginormagantuan. It was closed the following year and torn down over the course of a decade. Until last year, the property sat overgrown with all the slabs, footers and walkways in tact, but now its all gone.
The one reason I would avoid the to parks on here is simply time. Unless you have a week pass, some places like Disney, will take days to do everything. The one time we went, we one had a day pass and barley were able to do any rides because of the lines.
This is why I loved Cedar Point. It's the perfect size for a one day pass. And if you don't care about the water park end of it, you have time to do many rides twice. But with any park it also matters when you do. If you going the busy times of the season, any park is terrible. It's why I tend to go later in the season. I'd also point out Cedar Point is known as the best park in terms of great coasters overall.
Next up is for sure Kings Island or any six flags really. I am partial of course as I live close to Cedar Point and Kings Island is in our state also.
Kings Island (Ohio) was my park, Grad night (from evening all night til morning was a trip, the Beast at night was wild!). Coasters everywhere, not too big and packed like Disney but big enough.
10:48 Epcot is Disney, you’re right!!!
Maybe hang a white sheet in front of the window to diffuse the light coming in from the window, if you can.
Kings dominion, my hometown theme park 🖤🔥
EPCOT is my favorite theme park.
James, I hope your footballers won. What is your team?
There are a number of chains in the US, and most of them have a different focus. Disney is _very_ family-friendly, while Universal has a blend of family-friendly and more thrilling rides. Cedar Fair and Six Flags are the chains that aim to be thrill parks, with Cedar Fair being the more high-end chain of late (though there are plenty of good Six Flags parks as well). Sea World tends to be on the family-friendly side as well, though their Busch Gardens parks pack plenty of thrills as well, and even the primary SeaWorld parks have their share of thrill rides. The main Hershend parks (Dollywood, Silver Dollar City) mostly go for the more historical feel, but their thrill rides can be found if you know where to look.
And of course you have a number of independent parks, like Holiday World in southern Indiana, Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Lagoon in the Salt Lake region of Utah, and Silverwood in northern Idaho (in the general vicinity of Spokane, Washington). All have their own focus and purpose.
For the record, the following chains are represented in this list:
SeaWorld - Busch Gardens Williamsburg (10), Busch Gardens Tampa (4)
Six Flags - Six Flags Magic Mountain (9), Six Flags Great Adventure & Safari (8)
Cedar Fair - Kings Dominion (7), Canada's Wonderland (6), Cedar Point (5), Kings Island (1)
Disney - EPCOT (3), Disney's Animal Kingdom (2)
Twenty coasters _is_ a lot. It's tied for the most coasters in one park, along with Energylandia in Poland. (While Energylandia has some excellent coasters, like Zadra, Magic Mountain has a wider overall variety of coasters.)
I'm surprised Carowinds isn't on here but its prob not well known. Its about 408 acres. Has 14 coasters, 2 being the tallest in the world. And over 60 rides. It borders NC and SC.
Disney World is the largest. Separating the 4 parks, is like separating the Boroughs of New York, or the cities that make up Los Angeles. If you are in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, or Compton. You are still in a part of Los Angeles. If you are in Brooklyn, Manhattan or Queens, you are still in a part of New York City. If you are at The Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom or Hollywood Studios, you are still at Disney World.
Have a look at the Steel Phantom located in Kennywood park located in Pennsylvania. It is truly a really fantastic coaster. As well as the Steel Curtain. and of course the Racer which is two coasters side by side. at least look for this theme park .
Lol this coloring is better. Doesn’t look orange at all.
Something to tell your Wife. I’m 63 and still Ride Rollercoasters. Cedar Point is my home park.
i remember when i was a kid my brother stayed the night at are cousins house and our uncle surprised them by taking them to kings island i still wish i could have gone but i was pretty little at the time I probably wouldn't have been aloud to ride most of the rides anyway.
We have a lot of amusement parks here in the us and out of the 475 parks we have I have only been to 46 of them and it’s hard for me to pick my favorite but I have got to go with six flags great America in Illinois since it’s my home park
King Cedar Point
It looks fine
Kings Dominion is about 90 south of Washington DC i live about 10 minutes from it. Crazy rides! Busch garden Williamsburg is about 45 minutes from me. I actually like that park better. Food is better, its open year long except Jan and Feb. More events there too!