Hey all, I'm mike and I've been reading this forum for about 2 years. I'm planing 2 amusement park trips and I'm hoping to get the same great feedback that this forum has offered to so many others.
Ok, so on trip 1 I'm looking to do the week after Easter, and I'm looking to visit great adventure, SF America, kings dominion, Busch gardens, Carowinds, and Dollywood if I have time. But I've been to Dollywood multiple times before and I've never been to the other parks, so if I don't get to Dollywood it's no big deal.
So this is a rough draft of my trip.
Sat 3/31 drive from home (Detroit area) to the great adventure area and stay the night
Sun 4/1 (Easter Sunday) to to church like the good catholic boy that I am, then do great adventure and stay the night somewhere between great adventure and SFA.
Mon 4/2 do SFA and stay the night somewhere between SFA and Kings Dominion.
Tue 4/3 do kings dominion and stay somewhere between kings dominion and Busch gardens.
Wed 4/4 do Busch gardens and stay somewhere between Busch gardens and Carowinds.
Thu 4/5 do Carowinds and stay somewhere between Carowinds and Dollywood.
Fri 4/6 do Dollywood and stay in the area.
Sat 4/7 drive home.
Sun 4/8 recover
Mon 4/9 continue my miserable everyday routine
I figure I am leaving myself enough time for changes if for example the weather isn't cooperative on one of the days. If that happens I figure I can cut out Dollywood.
Ok, so what I am looking for help with..
1. Specific hotels to stay at. im really looking to spend as less as possible here but still get a clean room. And with this I'm comfortable driving 2 hours after I visit a park and 3 to 4 hours in the morning before visiting a park. Price is the main concern but I would like to keep my driving within those parameters.
2. A general idea of how busy each park will be.
And
3. Specific places to eat within each park.
Thanks. I know I said 2 trips, but I think its best to concentrate on this one and ask for help on the 2nd one later.