What parks do you like?

[icedtears]

Six flags is one of the parks I like best,besides disneyland

[Ranger Rick]

What you don't like Knotts. You must be a roller coaster type of girl.

[aimster]

I love me some Cedar Point.

[icedtears]

Knotts is ok to.

[sir clinksalot]

My favorite parks outside of Disney, in order:

Hersheypark
Knoebels (actually Hershey and Knoebels are tied for 1st)
Six Flags Great Adventure
Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Over Georgia
Bonfante Gardens
Sea World San Diego
Six Flags Fiesta Texas (although this is the prettiest Six Flags Park)
Knott's Berry Farm
Universal Studios Hollywood

[PirateMickey]

Our usual hangouts (besides DL/DCA) are:

USH
Knott's
and LegoLand.

We are AP'ers for each.

We have been to: (some a few times)

Bonfante Gardens
Great America (since it was Marriott's)
Marine World (both new and old)
Magic Mtn
Sea World
San Diego Zoo and Wildlife Park
Raging Waters (if that counts)

And some golden oldies:

Santa's Village (Scott's Valley)
Frontier Village
And the original Marine World (worth mentioning again)

[GrizzlyFlats]

GrizzlyFlats' Top Five Non-Disney Parks

5. Canobie Lake Park
4. SeaWorld Orlando
3. Six Flags New England
2. Busch Gardens Tampa
1. Hersheypark

[aimster]

I forgot Busch Gardens Tampa. Duh. And Michigan Adventure (I remember when it used to be called Deer Park Funland).

[mrcoaster]

Some of my favorites that I try to visit as much as possible:

Hersheypark
Cedar Point
Busch Gardens Europe
King's Dominion
Holiday World

If anybody finds themselves near Santa Claus, IN sometime (near Evansville...about 1 hour West of Louisville), definitely stop and visit Holiday World. The original theme park, Holiday World has three top-notch wooden coasters, a great family atmosphere and collection of rides, FREE soft drinks all day long in the park and a waterpark that's included with park admission. It's a lot of fun, it's clean and well worth a visit.

[tloolgb]

Originally Posted by GrizzlyFlats

5. Canobie Lake Park

Wow. Mark me suprised to see that park on a list. Are you close to CLP?

Hmm. For me I like a park really based off it's rollercoasters. I mean Six Flags over Georgia isn't the best run park, doesn't have the best clientel, but it has some really spectacular rides. On the flip side, Paramount's Carowinds really lacked excellent rides, but was run pretty well, had pretty polite and normal clientel and great park security. I just really missed the rides.

I'd have to say outside of Disney, my top park is probably Six Flags New England. It has that balance of being decently run and has some good rides (Superman ).

[sir clinksalot]

Some of my favorite parks aren't high on the "Coaster Count".

Sea World and Bonfante Gardens come to mind. They only have 3 coasters between them but they are both such beautiful well-run parks that it's hard NOT to have a good day there.

[alex-jmp]

Here is my top 10 favorite Parks in decending order:

1. Disneyland (tie)
Tokyo DisneySEA

2. Tokyo Disneyland

3. Universal Islands of Adventure (tie)
Epcot

4. Knott's Berry Farm

5. SeaWorld Orlando (tie)
San Diego Zoo/San Diego Wild Animal Park

6. Jazzland (tie)
Universal Studios Orlando

7. Disney's California Adventure

8. MGM Studios (tie)
Disney's Animal Kingdom

9. Belmont Park

10. Fuji-Q Highlands Park

[MandaBella]

Outside of the Disney parks, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, now called Busch Gardens Europe, is my favorite park. It's got a lot of variety in a beautiful setting and it's well maintained. We used to be passport holders here. My favorite time to go is in the Spring and during the Fall for Howl-O-Scream.

I don't care for any of the Six Flags parks. I am most familar with Great Adventure in NJ and America in MD. I've been to some of the others, but overall the parks aren't well maintained. I'll still go if someone else wants to go, but I prefer going to Hershey or Dorney before those two.

[SummerInFL]

I like Busch Gardens and Adventure Island Tampa, FL. We have the EZpay Passports, basically your monthly payment plan AP for those parks. I like the theming they have, they work shade a lot better than Disney IMHO and the coasters can not be beat.

Adventure Island is just a great water park that my family frequents many a weekend.

[mrcoaster]

Yes, BGEurope is just a beautiful park. I can happily spend plenty of time just walking around people watching and enjoying the scenery and theming.