Great list! If you love Dollywood, definitely make sure to check out Silver Dollar City at some point since it's like Dollywood on steroids. I agree the staff at Kings Island is amazing.
Great list, and a lot of phenomenal parks! My personal favorite top parks are SFGAd, CP, KD, SFMM, Silver Dollar City, and Holiday World 🎢🎡🎠 Dollywood, Carowinds, SFFT, and KI are in the next tier of amazing parks for me!
Kings Island is just a very friendly and easy place to visit while still having great rides. Cedar Point is great to visit once a year for the top coasters but I am glad that Kings Island is my home park.
My favorite is Dollywood. I totally agree with what you said here. It probably just hit home with me more, since that park is a combination of everything I love. Kings Island doesn't really do it for me to that level, but we're all different in what we love about parks. I still enjoy every visit to KI. I also have KD over Carowinds. Beyond Dollywood, it would be Cedar Point, Busch Gardens Tampa, SeaWorld Orlando, SF Magic Mountain, Fiesta Texas, Great Adventure, New England, Kentucky Kingdom, Kings Dominion, in that order
Great video! I hope you get to those parks you missed this year in 2021. We postponed our Florida trip so BGT, SeaWorld and Universal are my 2021 hopes. We did get to Silver Dollar City this year, however. My wife was happy you had KI at #1, it's her #1 as well. My top 10 as of October, 2020: 1. Cedar Point 2. Busch Gardens Williamsburg 3. Kings Island 4. Knott's Berry Farm 5. Silver Dollar City 6. HersheyPark 7. Carowinds 8. Holiday World 9. Six Flags Magic Mountain 10. Kings Dominion Just missed: Canada's Wonderland, Six Flags Great America
My favorite park is Busch Gardens Tampa followed by Busch Gardens Williamsburg, SeaWorld Orlando, Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure. But if you don't count any of the Disney or Universal parks, my 4th and 5th favorites would be Six Flags Magic Mountain and Cedar Point respectively.
Nice video! And kudos for not letting your heart bend to peer pressure on number one! That said, I have known a few who shared your number one pick as number one over the number two pick here. In fact, I used to know someone very passionate about that opinion!
Yeah I have heard a few as well who agree. Even I always said 2 was my favorite until very recently. I still feel it is probably a bit unpopular to say that though.
I’m also in the crowd that likes Kings Island above Cedar Point! Since I live in Columbus I can choose which one to go to every other weekend! I’ll be going to CP this weekend then kings island the week after! Ohio is the best!
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you live in Northern IL or Southern Wis and have taken a vacation or two to the Orlando area and from there ventured over to Tampa Bay?
Have you been to Busch Gardens Williamsburg and if so, what made it not fall within your top 5 with your love of Dollywood? I find those two parks to be on par with rides, shows, food, atmosphere, and the scenery.
Great video! I’ve visited a lot of parks in my day 😂 but alot of them were back when I was a small child so I’ll just rank the ones I’ve visited recently (in the past 2 years) 1 CP 2 Dollywood (I only spent 3 hours here with a fast pass so I just had to go go go and didn’t really get to experience the whole park since I was just trying to get the creds, I think overall this is my favorite park, but it’s very hard to compare a place I was at for 3 hours to a place I’ve been over 4 days (CP) 3 KI (it’s my home park so it doesn’t have the “magic” or “surprise” as other parks but it’s still so fricking amazing and I’m so lucky to call it my hp) 4 KK 5 HoWo These final 2 are the parks I don’t like very much but I have reasons and I’ll explain 6 SFGADV, I only spent 4 hours here on a very hot Sunday last summer and I only got 5 credits, the park was very ugly, and yeah just not very good 7 Kennywood was just very ugly, not much shade, everything felt like it was super rundown and needed a refurbishment, and steel curtain was closed so that sucked
We are blessed with some of the best home parks one could ask for. That's a shame to hear about SFGADV and Kennywood. I've loved Kennywood a lot ever since first visiting in 2005. It has it's shortcomings but I love it overall. Though I don't completely understand why many people don't like it (I definitely know the ops aren't great), I respect the opinion. And it is one you're not alone on.
My Top 5 Honorable mentions: Gardaland Erlebnispark Tripsdrill Walibi Holland Toverland 5: Hansa Park 4: Europa Park (would be much higher if they had a standout coaster) 3: Efteling 2: Port Aventura 1: Phantasialand For a long time i couldn’t decide between PA and Phantasialand, but with Rookburgh and F.L.Y. being open now, Phantasialand grabs the first spot.
But why is Efteling above Europa Park when they also don't really have a standout coaster? I haven't been to Europa Park yet, so i can't say for myself if i'll like it more than Efteling, but it really seems to have the same level of theming that Efteling has.
Awesome video! Surprised to see KI above CP, but I guess that mainly speaks to the quality of KI. Also, just a question. What microphone do you use? It sounds great
When the light hits Diamondback at just the right time of the day, it looks exactly like Apollo’s Chariot. The paint job of DB has always annoyed me lol. Great video
Magic Mountain and Cedar Point are my to favorite parks. Cedar Point has the best top 3 and of any park and Magic Mountain has the best depth and the best flat rides. I think both these park just body kings island. I feel like only Orion, Banshee, Diamondback and drop zone are only rides worth it for me at the park not really a fan of beast of mystic timbers. At Cedar Point or Magic Mountain I have so many options.
To each their own. I love Kings Island as I think it feels so we'll rounded, not just in terms of coasters. Magic Mountain of course looks unbelievable and I very much look forward to hopefully visiting eventually.
@@coasterdaddy7123 you should go around Christmas time that place is huge and its all hills so your in for a huge work out the crazy part of that park is how high Viper, X2 and Tatsu, Superman sit on the hill. Goliath is a really tall coaster taller than diamondback but even from the path walking from viper to x2 you almost look down on it its a crazy sensation. Going there in the summer would not be fun becuase how hot its gets and there is no transpiration system in the park. I think Orion is a little better than MM top ride which X2 but Tatsu is better than Diamondback as TC. The middle of Magic Mountain is just so good. Viper, Riddler, Scream, West Coaster Racers, Batman, Revulition, Goliath, then a 400 foot drop tower its so much depth.
My 5 5. Busch Gardens Williamsburg I don't like this park's audience, and tickets can be pricy considering the park isn't that big. Its coaster lineup isn't top heavy either unlike its main business rival, so it struggles in some aspects. That being said, it's still the prettiest park on the planet, and overall quality is usually quite high. They have extra stuff to do too like great shows and animals, something Kings Dominion can't offer. 4. Kings Dominion Shares a lot of similar features to BGW. 1. Its small. 2. Very Pretty. 3. Great top 3. Although it doesn't have animals or great shows, it's top 3 is so incredible, I believe the park is better than BGW by default. It's also a little cheaper- at least for me anyways. 3. Busch Gardens Tampa Had a blast when I went in 2017. Great looks, plenty of different stuff to do although there aren't a lot of rides, the rides that are here rock, food is amazing. It's more expensive than the other parks on this list, which is why a two day ticket is detrimental to your visit. 2. Cedar Point This park's main problem is that it's Cedar Point. The roller coaster capital of the world. Which means it carries all of the baggage Cedar Point brings with it. I've been here twice, and had two days my previous visit. Glad I did because this park gives you a lot, and it expects you to get through it all even though it can get very crowded. It's the greatest park in the world, but even with that expectation in mind, it unfortunately never achieves perfection. 1. Hersheypark This is the only park I visited twice this year. I've been visiting the little park that can since 2007, and every time I've left fulfilled and happy. So many memories, so much to do and see, this isn't the most attended park in the world so getting through it should be relatively easy, and staff is usually excellent. I won't stop going here anytime soon. I can't stop, not in a million years.
I've only been to 10 parks for now, so i don't have the biggest collection to choose from, but here's my top 5. 5th place Heide Park: It really is hard for me to rank the top 5-3, but i've decided to put Heide Park on the 5th place. This park is really big and it's coaster collection is pretty stacked, but it isn't the best in my opinion (I've visited the park before Colossos reopened). I did enjoy most of their coasters, but some of them are half baked or not as good as some comparable coasters that i've ridden. The theming can also vary. Some areas are really beautiful, others are kinda flat. Still a nice park. 4th place: Walibi Holland: I really enjoy this place. I haven't visited it since Untamed opened, but even then the park had a good collection of rides in my opinion. It's much more of an amusement park than the others on my list, but it still has a nice look and the theming they're doing is still fairly good. 3rd place: Toverland: This park really does everything right. There theming is great, everything has a cleaned look and the coaster are good too. Troy and Fenix is a surprisingly strong top 2. I love wooden coasters and Troy is really crazy and Fenix is really intense, which was surprising to me, because Flug der Dämonen wasn't nearly as intense as this ride. Overall just a very nice park 2nd place: Efteling: Not the best roller coaster collection, but they still have some pretty fun rides (Joris en de draak is criminally underrated), but the real focus is on the theming. It's all about fairy tales and folklore, which doesn't fit everyone's taste, but you can't deny the love put into the theming. the dark rides are all very great and the setting in the woods makes the whole park really beautiful as well. It's also really huge. 1st place: Phantasialand: This park is almost perfect. Their roller coasters are great (you shouldn't underestimate Colorado Adventure and Winja's), they have a ride collection that has something for everyone, the theming is just top notch and that's all built into a tight place. Phantasialand's making the best out of every ride they have apart from their darkrides. Those are the only things that Phantasialand really has to work on in my opinion. Maus au Chocolat is cool, but Hollywood Tour and Geister Rikscha are really showing their age. Still a great park.
Funny, I find my visits to Kings Island a mad paced race at rope drop to get on Orion*, Diamond Back, Mystic Timbers and maybe the Beast before the lines start to swell. Then you can leisurely take in the park-like setting as you strolling from ride to ride saying "nah, that rides not worth waiting in that line." As dusk sets in you start to strategiZe to maximiZe the nite rideZ. At least that how it seems on weekends when I go now-a-days. I think Cedar Point and Kings Island where way closer when they competed pre-Magnum/ pre-Paramount. Ironically, the amount of blacktop used throughout the park made it seem way hotter than Cedar point ever did to me. Glad to see Cedar Fair doing more paver and concrete walkways. Both parks are good, but I give the overall to Cedar Point and Dollywood wouldn't crack my top five! *Haven't been to KI at rope drop since Orion opened, but I have ridden it and would include it in the must rides list.
I think I understated how big Kings Island really is by saying that lol I go quite a bit and don't need to cram everything into one visit every few years so I take things more leisurely there partly because of that. But I do still feel Kings Island just has a more relaxed vibe anyway, probably because of the great history and charm that is felt throughout the park. But yes, if I was someone just going to Kings Island for the first time from more than like 5 hours away or whatever, I would feel the need to experience everything in much more rapid succession.
Someone needs to go to Knoebels ASAP.
Dude, your 1&2 took the words out of my mouth. KI wows me every time in a way CP cant even do it and its mainly because staff and ops
Yeah they are so on point with pretty much everything!
Great list! If you love Dollywood, definitely make sure to check out Silver Dollar City at some point since it's like Dollywood on steroids.
I agree the staff at Kings Island is amazing.
Thank you! SDC is probably at the top of my North American bucket list.
You're one of the only people I've seen talk about the KD ops. They're really impressive. Great vid
Thank you 😊
Kennywood and Waldemier are my home parks I love the radio flyer and phantom
Great list, and a lot of phenomenal parks! My personal favorite top parks are SFGAd, CP, KD, SFMM, Silver Dollar City, and Holiday World 🎢🎡🎠 Dollywood, Carowinds, SFFT, and KI are in the next tier of amazing parks for me!
Kings Island is just a very friendly and easy place to visit while still having great rides. Cedar Point is great to visit once a year for the top coasters but I am glad that Kings Island is my home park.
My favorite is Dollywood. I totally agree with what you said here. It probably just hit home with me more, since that park is a combination of everything I love. Kings Island doesn't really do it for me to that level, but we're all different in what we love about parks. I still enjoy every visit to KI. I also have KD over Carowinds. Beyond Dollywood, it would be Cedar Point, Busch Gardens Tampa, SeaWorld Orlando, SF Magic Mountain, Fiesta Texas, Great Adventure, New England, Kentucky Kingdom, Kings Dominion, in that order
Mystery mine? Family coaster? 😂
But seriously, nice list!
Great video! I hope you get to those parks you missed this year in 2021. We postponed our Florida trip so BGT, SeaWorld and Universal are my 2021 hopes. We did get to Silver Dollar City this year, however. My wife was happy you had KI at #1, it's her #1 as well.
My top 10 as of October, 2020:
1. Cedar Point
2. Busch Gardens Williamsburg
3. Kings Island
4. Knott's Berry Farm
5. Silver Dollar City
6. HersheyPark
7. Carowinds
8. Holiday World
9. Six Flags Magic Mountain
10. Kings Dominion
Just missed: Canada's Wonderland, Six Flags Great America
Very nice list 👍🙂
My favorite park is Busch Gardens Tampa followed by Busch Gardens Williamsburg, SeaWorld Orlando, Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure. But if you don't count any of the Disney or Universal parks, my 4th and 5th favorites would be Six Flags Magic Mountain and Cedar Point respectively.
Nice video! And kudos for not letting your heart bend to peer pressure on number one! That said, I have known a few who shared your number one pick as number one over the number two pick here. In fact, I used to know someone very passionate about that opinion!
Yeah I have heard a few as well who agree. Even I always said 2 was my favorite until very recently. I still feel it is probably a bit unpopular to say that though.
Coaster Daddy Oh, it’s definitely a minority view! Big time! I’m just saying it’s not unheard of.
I’m also in the crowd that likes Kings Island above Cedar Point! Since I live in Columbus I can choose which one to go to every other weekend! I’ll be going to CP this weekend then kings island the week after! Ohio is the best!
Yes it is 😊
Kings island is the best home park, not to crowded apart from this year from obvious stuff and the tourism and not to forget the staff
Here’s my top 5:
1. BGT
2. SFGAM
3. SWO
4. Both Universals
5. Mt. Olympus
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you live in Northern IL or Southern Wis and have taken a vacation or two to the Orlando area and from there ventured over to Tampa Bay?
Tim K yup! Got that right... I will be visiting Florida again next year and then that will be the last Florida Trip possibility ever 😢
Love your video 👍🎢 Kings Island is my#1 to.
Have you been to Hershey, if not you gotta get out there.
Nope. Was supposed to go this year, had to cancel trip for obvious reasons.
Here's Mine
1. Cedar Point
2. Holiday World
3. Kings Island
4. Disney World
Awesome video. 🙂
Thank you. Awesome list 🙂👍
Have you been to Busch Gardens Williamsburg and if so, what made it not fall within your top 5 with your love of Dollywood? I find those two parks to be on par with rides, shows, food, atmosphere, and the scenery.
I have not been to BGW. I can basically say it definitely would've been very high in my top 5.
Kings Island is the bomb. There are lots of other great parks too tho.
Oh yeah definitely lol
SHADE???!!! Did I hear somebody say shade??? You know how I feel about shade...
SHAAAADE!!!!! 😎
Great video! I’ve visited a lot of parks in my day 😂 but alot of them were back when I was a small child so I’ll just rank the ones I’ve visited recently (in the past 2 years)
1 CP
2 Dollywood (I only spent 3 hours here with a fast pass so I just had to go go go and didn’t really get to experience the whole park since I was just trying to get the creds, I think overall this is my favorite park, but it’s very hard to compare a place I was at for 3 hours to a place I’ve been over 4 days (CP)
3 KI (it’s my home park so it doesn’t have the “magic” or “surprise” as other parks but it’s still so fricking amazing and I’m so lucky to call it my hp)
4 KK
5 HoWo
These final 2 are the parks I don’t like very much but I have reasons and I’ll explain
6 SFGADV, I only spent 4 hours here on a very hot Sunday last summer and I only got 5 credits, the park was very ugly, and yeah just not very good
7 Kennywood was just very ugly, not much shade, everything felt like it was super rundown and needed a refurbishment, and steel curtain was closed so that sucked
We are blessed with some of the best home parks one could ask for. That's a shame to hear about SFGADV and Kennywood. I've loved Kennywood a lot ever since first visiting in 2005. It has it's shortcomings but I love it overall. Though I don't completely understand why many people don't like it (I definitely know the ops aren't great), I respect the opinion. And it is one you're not alone on.
Mine
1. Phantasialand
2. Europa-park
3. Port aventura
4. Disneyland paris
Wish i can get to Phantasialand since I heard great things about that park
My Top 5
Honorable mentions:
Gardaland
Erlebnispark Tripsdrill
Walibi Holland
Toverland
5: Hansa Park
4: Europa Park (would be much higher if they had a standout coaster)
3: Efteling
2: Port Aventura
1: Phantasialand
For a long time i couldn’t decide between PA and Phantasialand, but with Rookburgh and F.L.Y. being open now, Phantasialand grabs the first spot.
Nice list 🤯 So many bucket list parks!!!
@@coasterdaddy7123
Well, your list consists of many bucket list parks of mine xD So it kinda equals itself out ^^
@@TedsCoasterChannel haha yep 😂
Yeah! Efteling in the Euro top three where it belongs!
But why is Efteling above Europa Park when they also don't really have a standout coaster? I haven't been to Europa Park yet, so i can't say for myself if i'll like it more than Efteling, but it really seems to have the same level of theming that Efteling has.
For once Kings Island is ahead of Cedar Point.
Daddy coming thru big
Awesome video! Surprised to see KI above CP, but I guess that mainly speaks to the quality of KI.
Also, just a question. What microphone do you use? It sounds great
Thank you! 🙂 I use an Audio Technica AT2035 XLR mic into a Focusrite Scarlett Solo audio interface 🎤
When the light hits Diamondback at just the right time of the day, it looks exactly like Apollo’s Chariot. The paint job of DB has always annoyed me lol. Great video
Kings Island is above Cedar Point
Is it because of Park Pride?
Are you gonna go to Ca?
i've to almost every park in southern california during my lifetime.
No bgw? Ouch lol
These are only parks I've been to.
I guess I have taken for granted that I live only an hour away from Cedar Point. lots of people are stuck with terrible home parks
Yes absolutely! I probably do as well.
Magic Mountain and Cedar Point are my to favorite parks. Cedar Point has the best top 3 and of any park and Magic Mountain has the best depth and the best flat rides. I think both these park just body kings island. I feel like only Orion, Banshee, Diamondback and drop zone are only rides worth it for me at the park not really a fan of beast of mystic timbers. At Cedar Point or Magic Mountain I have so many options.
To each their own. I love Kings Island as I think it feels so we'll rounded, not just in terms of coasters. Magic Mountain of course looks unbelievable and I very much look forward to hopefully visiting eventually.
@@coasterdaddy7123 you should go around Christmas time that place is huge and its all hills so your in for a huge work out the crazy part of that park is how high Viper, X2 and Tatsu, Superman sit on the hill. Goliath is a really tall coaster taller than diamondback but even from the path walking from viper to x2 you almost look down on it its a crazy sensation. Going there in the summer would not be fun becuase how hot its gets and there is no transpiration system in the park. I think Orion is a little better than MM top ride which X2 but Tatsu is better than Diamondback as TC. The middle of Magic Mountain is just so good. Viper, Riddler, Scream, West Coaster Racers, Batman, Revulition, Goliath, then a 400 foot drop tower its so much depth.
@@williamjones7589 I'll keep your tips in mind!
Kings Island is also my favorite park because I haven't been to Cedar point
I also live in north east ohio
My 5
5. Busch Gardens Williamsburg
I don't like this park's audience, and tickets can be pricy considering the park isn't that big. Its coaster lineup isn't top heavy either unlike its main business rival, so it struggles in some aspects. That being said, it's still the prettiest park on the planet, and overall quality is usually quite high. They have extra stuff to do too like great shows and animals, something Kings Dominion can't offer.
4. Kings Dominion
Shares a lot of similar features to BGW. 1. Its small. 2. Very Pretty. 3. Great top 3. Although it doesn't have animals or great shows, it's top 3 is so incredible, I believe the park is better than BGW by default. It's also a little cheaper- at least for me anyways.
3. Busch Gardens Tampa
Had a blast when I went in 2017. Great looks, plenty of different stuff to do although there aren't a lot of rides, the rides that are here rock, food is amazing. It's more expensive than the other parks on this list, which is why a two day ticket is detrimental to your visit.
2. Cedar Point
This park's main problem is that it's Cedar Point. The roller coaster capital of the world. Which means it carries all of the baggage Cedar Point brings with it. I've been here twice, and had two days my previous visit. Glad I did because this park gives you a lot, and it expects you to get through it all even though it can get very crowded. It's the greatest park in the world, but even with that expectation in mind, it unfortunately never achieves perfection.
1. Hersheypark
This is the only park I visited twice this year. I've been visiting the little park that can since 2007, and every time I've left fulfilled and happy. So many memories, so much to do and see, this isn't the most attended park in the world so getting through it should be relatively easy, and staff is usually excellent. I won't stop going here anytime soon. I can't stop, not in a million years.
I've only been to 10 parks for now, so i don't have the biggest collection to choose from, but here's my top 5.
5th place Heide Park: It really is hard for me to rank the top 5-3, but i've decided to put Heide Park on the 5th place. This park is really big and it's coaster collection is pretty stacked, but it isn't the best in my opinion (I've visited the park before Colossos reopened). I did enjoy most of their coasters, but some of them are half baked or not as good as some comparable coasters that i've ridden. The theming can also vary. Some areas are really beautiful, others are kinda flat. Still a nice park.
4th place: Walibi Holland: I really enjoy this place. I haven't visited it since Untamed opened, but even then the park had a good collection of rides in my opinion. It's much more of an amusement park than the others on my list, but it still has a nice look and the theming they're doing is still fairly good.
3rd place: Toverland: This park really does everything right. There theming is great, everything has a cleaned look and the coaster are good too. Troy and Fenix is a surprisingly strong top 2. I love wooden coasters and Troy is really crazy and Fenix is really intense, which was surprising to me, because Flug der Dämonen wasn't nearly as intense as this ride. Overall just a very nice park
2nd place: Efteling: Not the best roller coaster collection, but they still have some pretty fun rides (Joris en de draak is criminally underrated), but the real focus is on the theming. It's all about fairy tales and folklore, which doesn't fit everyone's taste, but you can't deny the love put into the theming. the dark rides are all very great and the setting in the woods makes the whole park really beautiful as well. It's also really huge.
1st place: Phantasialand: This park is almost perfect. Their roller coasters are great (you shouldn't underestimate Colorado Adventure and Winja's), they have a ride collection that has something for everyone, the theming is just top notch and that's all built into a tight place. Phantasialand's making the best out of every ride they have apart from their darkrides. Those are the only things that Phantasialand really has to work on in my opinion. Maus au Chocolat is cool, but Hollywood Tour and Geister Rikscha are really showing their age. Still a great park.
Funny, I find my visits to Kings Island a mad paced race at rope drop to get on Orion*, Diamond Back, Mystic Timbers and maybe the Beast before the lines start to swell. Then you can leisurely take in the park-like setting as you strolling from ride to ride saying "nah, that rides not worth waiting in that line." As dusk sets in you start to strategiZe to maximiZe the nite rideZ. At least that how it seems on weekends when I go now-a-days. I think Cedar Point and Kings Island where way closer when they competed pre-Magnum/ pre-Paramount. Ironically, the amount of blacktop used throughout the park made it seem way hotter than Cedar point ever did to me. Glad to see Cedar Fair doing more paver and concrete walkways. Both parks are good, but I give the overall to Cedar Point and Dollywood wouldn't crack my top five!
*Haven't been to KI at rope drop since Orion opened, but I have ridden it and would include it in the must rides list.
I think I understated how big Kings Island really is by saying that lol I go quite a bit and don't need to cram everything into one visit every few years so I take things more leisurely there partly because of that. But I do still feel Kings Island just has a more relaxed vibe anyway, probably because of the great history and charm that is felt throughout the park. But yes, if I was someone just going to Kings Island for the first time from more than like 5 hours away or whatever, I would feel the need to experience everything in much more rapid succession.
5. Kentucky Kingdom
4. Holiday World
3. Cedar Point
2. Dollywood
1. Silver Dollar City
Well, this is a good list, but you clearly need to get out more.
Thanks??? Lol
Thank you father, but Dollywood is too low and Silver Dollar City has got to be your top bucket list park right now.
Oh yes it's way up there on my bucket list.
I only been to 13 parks, so here's my top 5
1. Cedar Point
2. Hersheypark
3. Islands of Adventure
4. Six Flags Great America
5. Magic Kingdom
Nice list! I've been to 13 (permanent) parks as well! One of those is now defunct (Geauga Lake).