LOL Here we go again. 

OUCH! Put that number away Bubba. Toooo Depressing! Thats my HWN`s countdown, and it`s too damn long.

FYI the Cedar Point hotel reservations just came avalable today. I booked 3 nights in Breakers Express for under $300. If you book through Cedar Point make sure you enter the promocode MANIA and it will save you just over $30. I believe it`s 10% off.

Depressing. I'll be skipping this year as well. I've got enough travel coming up that will leave my wife stranded with 3 kids and a newborn.

no, I can't afford two weekends away back to back.  At least I get to see 8 mile the week after HWN.  ^ Can you at least get me a shirt ?

Hey Matt... Now that the Voyage is officially shiza , and nobody is making it to hwn`s this year, and all the awesome ppl are going to mania, why not change course and head to the point. For Funzies... lol.

But seriously you should. Magum till 1 am. How bad could it be. HWN`s in 2012 will be xtra massive with a 2011 skip.

As much as I LOVE Magnum, night rides on Voyage rule the world. There is nothing else I'd rather be doing than riding it over and over again under optimal conditions. NOTHING.

The only reason I might really miss going to hwn 2011 is if they actually have the timberliners running (well, and hanging with really fun people). Those trains could really be a game changer for me at least.

Loved the pun Wow, I think everyone can agree about son of beast. Anyways, I love Magnum, it will always rank higher in my mind than Millenium Force and will sometimes rank higher than Maverick (front row only...). Magnum would be much higher in my mind if the trains were more spacey, but the thigh shot from the epic air time on the return trip I can easily deal with after riding it for the first time.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

If I only knew where I might be coming from, I might do the same.  At this point, I am not sure what I will be if/when I grow up.

Wow: Always tell the truth, no one will ever believe you!

OcBoulderFest is a great time to experience Boulder Dash and most of the park. It's right on the edge of when they shut down the skyride for the year though. The skyride is a fantastic experience itself, so if you could get confirmation from the park when they schedule to have it closed for the season, I'd suggest that. You might luck out. And you'll get a ton of night rides during ERT vs. only a few in the summer, BUT you could have a great time on summer Saturday as well.

If you get a gold Qbot at SFNE, you could do both parks in the same day, but I'd HIGHLY recommend against that (not the Qbot part). How about you go to Quassy and LC the same day and SFNE the next day? Both Bizarro and Boulder Dash do not open running in top form. You'd be best off experiencing both of them in the evening.

LC has some great water rides and flat rides. You could fill a day there easily. If you take your time exploring SFNE, you could get a full day out of that as well.  Quassy is an easy "stop in for a bit" park.

P.S. Finally getting to Blackpool wasn't bitter at all for me. It was a huge relief actually. I finally accomplished it and can now look forward to future re-visits if it works out, but it's not nagging at me anymore like it did for the last 21 years. Coaster-wise I am running out of big ones to visit, but that's ok as I have other travel goals to focus on once I run out, plus it means I can focus on revisiting my favorites.

That makes summer the better choice cuz oc boulderfest sunday SFNE closes at 7. Plus i`d prolly leave at 4-5 and drive home, rather than spending an extra night.