TTD03 wrote:
You need 5 days total to get CP and KI done in my opinion, including the driving time. 3 FULL Days at CP, and 1.5 days at KI.
If you go to CP (and I've timed this) early entry included, early weekday (even better end of may or late August while school is still in) 9am-10pm operating schedule you can ride every single ride in the park including the kiddy rides (I timed this by the cycle after the last person in line when I passed the queue, felt like a total creeper but SCIENCE) by 5pm at the latest. Early entry Gatekeeper or Raptor is walk on - 3 trains, (time 9:20) walk to MF 15min wait (9:45) walk Maverick around the opening of the park usually 30 min wait (10:30) TTD 45min (11:25) everything after that has longer walk times than wait times. IF you have early entry and everything is running on time, there is no reason
during an early weekday it should take longer than 2pm to ride every coaster in the park once. All that changes with GP opening though.
Also. It may be better to fly and rent a car for the way back. I go from Cleveland to Orlando like all the time with tickets costing $160 dollars at most
roundtrip. I have a season pass to Busch and universal haha. it's a two hour flight, if you can squeeze it in, you can leave Cleveland, head to Erie for Waldameer and hit Pittsburgh for Kennywood before heading to CP.
If you are from Florida, more than anything you need to go to Kennywood. If you've never been to the mountains, these coaster are unimaginable.
And if you are a coaster riding driving God, you can land early in Cleveland, drive to Kennywood in Pittsburgh, then head up to NY for the night, hit Martin's Fantasy Island then Darien Lake for the night. Backtrack in the morning to Waldameer on the way to Cedar Point get there early evening, get those night rides in and stay on property for early entry. (or cheaper off site with a platinum pass). Including the day you land, it should add a day and at least 17 adult coasters to your trip as well as including an additional six legendary coasters:
Darien Lake: Ride of Steel, Viper
Waldameer Park: Ravine Flyer II #6 wooden coaster in the World by Ushsho (world coaster poll)
Kennywood: Phantom's revenge, Thunderbolt, Jackrabbit