coaster trip Itinerary

Itinerary for Jennifer & Josh’s Coaster Trip

Thursday, June 17

Leave Amarillo around 8 a.m. and head for St. Louis.
Will stop for lunch in OKC and arrive St. Louis around 8:30-9:00
We’ll be staying at the Motel 6 in Fenton, MO. (confirmed)
Phone is 636-349-1800
Miles 753

Friday, June 18

Go to Six Flags St. Louis (and hopefully will remember this park this time)
Park opens at 10:00
Coasters to ride: The Boss, Batman the Ride, The Ninja, Mr. Freeze, Screamin’ Eagle, River King Mine Train.
Plan to leave by 4:00 p.m and head up to Chicago and arrive by 9:00 p.m.
Staying at the Motel 6 in Joliet. (confirmed)
Phone is 815-439-1332
Miles 276

Saturday, June 19

Going to the Field Museum and Six Flags Great America
Plan for the Field museum from 10-2
Six Flags from 3:30 until about 8 p.m.
Coasters needing to add: Vertical Velocity, Demon, Ragin’ Cajun, and Whizzer. May have to ride Superman again, though.
After park, we’ll be heading out of Chicago. I’m thinking we’ll get as far as South Bend. (If we can leave earlier, we’ll try to make it to Toledo)
Will be at the Motel 6 in either city. (unconfirmed)
Miles 120 (to South Bend)

Sunday, June 20

Head to Sandusky and Coaster Con XXVII!
Leave around 8-9 a.m. and arrive noon-ish in Sandusky.
We’ll be staying at the Best Budget Inn for the next 4 nights. (confirmed)
Phone is 419-625-7252
Registration for Coaster Con is from 12-5 at the Radisson Harbor Inn
Park will be open for attendance from 1-10
Before leaving for the trip I had ridden a total of 87 coasters. By the time I get to Cedar Point, I will have ridden 97 (if I’m able to ride all of the other ones at both SFStL and SFGAm). That means if I ride two coasters that I haven’t ridden before at Cedar Point (which there are about 4) then I can make Top Thrill Dragster my 100th coaster.
ERT (Exclusive Ride Time) will be on Blue Streak, Raptor, Wicked Twister, and Disaster Transport) at 10:30 p.m. though I’m not sure will stay for that as I’ll need to get up early for the morning ERT on TTD (Top Thrill Dragster).
Miles 200

Monday, June 21

6:30 a.m. ERT on TTD (yes, that’s early!!) But given that this will probably be my 100th coaster, I should do it.
7:00-8:45 Breakfast will be (probably a good thing to eat AFTER the ride)
7:30-9:30 ERT on Magnum XL-200 and Corkscrew
9:00-10:00 ERT on paddlewheel excursions and Photo op for TTD (this means we generally go “behind the scenes” to take pictures of the ride.
10:00 Cedar Point opens to the public.
2:00 Lunch provided by Cedar Point
10:30 ERT on Dodgem
10:45 ERT on Mantis, WildCat, and Iron Dragon with complimentary soft drinks
11:00 ERT on Millennium Force

Tuesday, June 22

8:00-10:00 ERT’s on Cedar Creek Mine Ride, Woodstock Express, Mean Streak, and White Water Landing.
8:30 Midway Olympics (form teams and compete in midway games against each other)
10:00 park opens to public
1:00-5:00 ACE stuff like sales tables, photo contest, video contest etc.
10:00 ERT’s on Gemini, Power Tower, Magnum, and TTD
Must take a side trip and buy the new Janet Evanovich book that will be released today.

Wednesday, June 23

6:30 ERT on Millennium Force
7:00 Continental breakfast
7:30 ERT on Raptor, Blue Streak, and Calypso
10:00 Cedar Point open to public
We may go to the Water Park on this day or do something other than Cedar Point as the previous 2 ½ days should be enough!
6:00 p.m. Reception at Sawmill Creek Resort with cash bar (mmmmm!)
7:00 Annual Banquet (sit down dinner) with keynote speaker.

Thursday, June 24

8:00 a.m. Check out of hotel and head towards Cleveland.
We will be staying at the Motel 6 in Macedonia. (confirmed)
The number is 330-468-1670
We will be here for two nights.
10:00 Geauga Lake open.
7:30 Reception
11:00 ERT on coasters (but some names have changed since park changed)
Miles 71

Friday, June 25

8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 ERT on coasters
10:00 Park open to public
TBA Picnic Lunch
TBA Exclusive showing of killer whale show
10:30 More ERT

Saturday, June 26

That will be the end of coaster con for us… we’re heading to Cincinnati.
Leave around 10:00 and arrive in Cincinnati around 2:30.
We will most likely be staying at the Motel 6 in Sharonville. (unconfirmed)
No plans for the evening.. might find a mall or go to a movie.
Miles 227

Sunday, June 27

10:00 Paramount King’s Island
Will probably spend a full day at the park until around 5 or 6.
After leaving the park, we’ll drive to Louisville, KY.
We’ll probably be staying at the Motel 6 (Airport) in Louisville. (unconfirmed)
Miles 116

Monday, June 28

Big day of hitting two parks.
(Realized we were going to be going past Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom and had to add it on.
10:00 Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.
Leave park by 2:00 pm and head to Holiday World in Santa Claus, IN.
Arrive Holiday World by 4:00 p.m. and stay until 9:00.
(must ride Raven and Legend)
Leave Santa Claus and head for Evansville.
Mostly likely staying at Motel 6. (unconfirmed)
Miles 121

Tuesday, June 29

Finally time to head home.
We’ll be driving from Evansville to hopefully Tulsa, OK.
Miles 565 (unless I’m tired and stop in Joplin instead)

Wednesday, June 30

Should make it back home by sometime that evening.
Miles 380