How often do you "bounce back" in a season?
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Ollie
CF Legend
Only time I really do that is when we go up to Alton in the summer sometimes and we usually spend about 4 days up there.
A couple of times we've done Thorpe two days in a row or one park one day and the other the next.
I've never used the actual 'bounce-back' tickets they sell though as I have an annual pass.
I'm going for once, maybe twice a season.
A couple of times we've done Thorpe two days in a row or one park one day and the other the next.
I've never used the actual 'bounce-back' tickets they sell though as I have an annual pass.
I'm going for once, maybe twice a season.
CreditCrazy
Hyper Poster
Only on trips. When I went to the Midwest last year, I did Cedar Point two days plus a night in a row and Kings Island two days plus a morning in a row. This year I'm doing Six Flags Great Adventure a day and a night in a row, Hersheypark a day and a night in a row and Six Flags New England two half-days in a row.
spicy
Giga Poster
Only when I go to Alton, normally spend a couple of nights in Splash Landings and do the park 3 days in a row.
Im going to Port Aventura for a week in the summer so I will probably end up doing the same park like 7 days in a row or something
Its nice and chilled out to do parks like that though, no rushing around to get everything done.
Im going to Port Aventura for a week in the summer so I will probably end up doing the same park like 7 days in a row or something
Its nice and chilled out to do parks like that though, no rushing around to get everything done.
ciallkennett
Strata Poster
I've never, but almost did.
Before my AP, I went to Alton twice in 3 days, one day, followed by a break, and then another. I used the anytime bounce back, but not next day bounce back.
Before my AP, I went to Alton twice in 3 days, one day, followed by a break, and then another. I used the anytime bounce back, but not next day bounce back.
Waffleman
Mega Poster
I think I did at alton once, a very VERY long time ago, 03 springs to mind. But I've had merlin/tussauds annual passes ever since then so I've never really needed to here. And in other places we'd either visit parks for one day or get week long passes (i.e. Disneyland/World)
I've only ever gone back to the same park the next day once, and that was Gyeounju World. The first day was pissing it down and Phaethon wasn't running, so I went back again the next day. Ordinarily, I wouldn't have cared too much, but I really wanted to ride it and knew there was very little chance of me being in that area again.
Otherwise though, I've never been in a park and thought that I either wanted or needed to go back to the same place the following day.
Edit - Thinking about it, I did a similar thing with Tobu Zoo and Yomiuriland before as well. About a year before I lived in Tokyo, I'd gone there for a holiday. At Yomiuriland, Bandit and White Canyon were closed all day because of the weather, and on the next day, at Tobu Zoo, Kawasemi and Regina were both down for maintenance. I ended up taking another day at the end of the trip and going back to both places, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. If I'd known then that I was going to end up living in Tokyo a year later, then I wouldn't have done it, but at that point I had no idea if, or when, I'd be going back, and Kawasemi and Bandit were on my "must ride" list.
Otherwise though, I've never been in a park and thought that I either wanted or needed to go back to the same place the following day.
Edit - Thinking about it, I did a similar thing with Tobu Zoo and Yomiuriland before as well. About a year before I lived in Tokyo, I'd gone there for a holiday. At Yomiuriland, Bandit and White Canyon were closed all day because of the weather, and on the next day, at Tobu Zoo, Kawasemi and Regina were both down for maintenance. I ended up taking another day at the end of the trip and going back to both places, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. If I'd known then that I was going to end up living in Tokyo a year later, then I wouldn't have done it, but at that point I had no idea if, or when, I'd be going back, and Kawasemi and Bandit were on my "must ride" list.
I've only done it twice. Once for Europa Park because we couldn't get everything done in one day & then this weekend because of our tradition of riding the first El Toro train out of the station on Opening Day & then meeting up with UC the following day because he couldn't make it for Opening Day.
MouseAT
Hyper Poster
I can only remember doing this twice. Once as a kid at Legoland in Denmark, as there was enough to keep me and the family occupied for two days. I also spent two consecutive mornings at Six Flags New England whilst on the East Coast trip in 2008, although admittedly we visited other parks in the afternoons.
If I was going to a large park abroad and wanted to make sure I had plenty of time to do everything, I'd probably have several consecutive days there, but it'd have to be somewhere pretty special to warrant it. We're talking Cedar Point, Magic Mountain or Florida size/quality attractions here.
If I was going to a large park abroad and wanted to make sure I had plenty of time to do everything, I'd probably have several consecutive days there, but it'd have to be somewhere pretty special to warrant it. We're talking Cedar Point, Magic Mountain or Florida size/quality attractions here.
LiveForTheLaunch
CF Legend
Umm.. Last time was when I went to Great Adventure for two days in a row. Other than that it would be Geauga Lake back in 2001, and Darien Lake in 2000. Mostly everything is just a day trip now!
