larrygator
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 1/17/2006 4:23:50 PM
To assist those planning early season trips.
As of right, now here are the 2006 Opening Days listed on Park Web Sites (of courses, I'm not listing year round parks here).
Keep in mind most parks are only open on weekends early in the season:
March 4 - SFoG (Goliath opens 4/1), SFoT, SFMW
March 11 - SFFT
March 18 - Silver Dollar City
March 25 - BGW, Carowinds
March 31 - SFGAdv
April 1 - SFKK, SFStL, Cliff's, Dollywood, PKD, Paramount Great America, Lake Winnie, LI Adventureland
April 8 - WoF, Morey Piers, SFA
April 9 - Astroland
April 14 - PKI
April 15 - SFNE, King's Island
April 22 - SF Elitch Gardens, Canobie Lake
April 29 - Knoebels, SFGAm, Dutch Wonderland, Iowa Adventureland
May 6 - Silverwood, Beech Bend, HW, CP, DP, HP, KW, SFDL
May 7 - Paramount Canada's Wonderland, DelGrosso's
May 13 - Geauga Lake, Lake Compounce, Great Escape, LaRonde, Valleyfair, Waldameer, Funtown USA
May 20 - Michigans Adventure
May 25 - Idlewild
May 27 - Clementon, SF Enchanted Village, Conneaut Lake Park
of special note Stricker's Grove will only be open to the public on July 4th and August 13th.
the following parks have not listed opening dates yet:
Indiana Beach, Camden Park, Mt Olympus, Timber Falls, Visionland
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Message updated 2/12/2006 11:56:39 AM by larrygator
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BobFunland
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1/18/2006 2:16:48 PM
You can add Carowinds to the list of parks without opening days. Nice topic 
For a head's up, I will be at SFOG on the opening day, and possibly Beech Bend.
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Animan1
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1/19/2006 6:02:06 PM
Hmm, I wonder what ride Bob is going to try and get on first...
Nice topic, btw, larry, great for people looking to head out on opening day (I am not one of them, however  ).
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larrygator
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1/19/2006 11:45:01 PM
thanks Animan1 - that's exactly why I created the thread
I think I'll try Astroland, SFGAdv and Knoebels openings
actually BFL can't get on Goliath the day SFoG opens because Goliath opens 4 weeks later.
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Cyclonic
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1/21/2006 7:01:10 PM
Knoebels usually opens the last Saturday in April. But since the last Saturday is nearly the last day in April this year, you can probably expect them to open the weekend before, on the 22nd.
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BobFunland
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1/22/2006 2:50:50 PM
Knoebels hasn't released their calender yet? Wow, they were the first to do so when planning my trip last year...
Larry is right, it won't be Goliath! Probably Cyclone or Scorcher since both open before the rest of the park opens (plus opening weekend is when they run Cyclone trimless aka awesomely  )
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BG06
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2/7/2006 3:06:43 PM
I do believe I'm not exactly sure though that BGW passport preview day is the 19th.
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larrygator
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2/12/2006 12:13:16 AM
FYI - I've added more opening dates, only a handful of parks don't have dates listed yet on their websites
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BobFunland
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2/12/2006 12:43:46 AM
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They have a really weird way of opening. IE in 2005 they were open a couple of Thursdays in April for education days, they gave a passholder preview day either in the last Sunday of April or the first Sunday in May and then opened up for weekend ops the following week. Lord knows what they will pull this year.
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RCGenius
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2/12/2006 5:48:33 AM
Same thang w/Williams Grove. When my family & friends tried to go to Williams Grove last year, the day was June 13th, my birthday, & an employee from Williams Grove told us that the park's not open until June 18th. I've never seen a park w/that kind of late opening date in my life.
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Cyclonic
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2/12/2006 6:09:01 AM
Joe, you can change SFGAdv to March 31, they will be open from 5PM-11PM.
On April first, get this, they are opening at 8AM!
Also:
April 1 - Lake Winnie, LI Adventureland
April 29 - Dutch Wonderland, Iowa Adventureland
May 7 - DelGrossos
May 13 - Funtown USA
May 25 - Idlewild
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Message updated 2/12/2006 6:25:12 AM by Cyclonic
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larrygator
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2/12/2006 11:59:20 AM
Cyclonic - thanks for the additions
It looks like some parks have changed openings from Saturday dates to Friday (like SFGAdv) but I have not gone back to fix them all.
I wish I could go the SFGAdv on opening weekend but I'll be at the Final 4.
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Knoebels
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3/4/2006 12:55:22 PM
Mother------.
I would go to the Knoebels opening, but my 15 year old sister is having her sweet sixteen, so I won't have a ride. DAMN IT.
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adriahna
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3/25/2006 2:16:16 PM
Just jumping into the thread to let you all know that I will, of course, be at Coney on the 9th - just look for the kook with the heavily patched backpack (Coney, Knoebels and Compounce-dominant, but with a really cool "I Love Carousel Music" one thrown in to spread the word). Hope to see some of you fine folks there!!!
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