Every Cedar Fair Park: Ranked

[@Praire22]

I love the fact that you truly didn’t show bias toward your home park, Taylor. You could have ranked it much higher on your list, but your honesty proves that you are an exceptionally trustworthy source for reviews and information. That’s one of the reasons why so many of us have been subscribed since the beginning of your KZbin journey and beyond. Great video!😊👏

[@davefroman4700]

no it just proves he is tired of his home park ;)

[@LowFreqFreak]

Exactly why I don’t like ranking the parks I’ve been to. I would easily put Kings Dominion high on my list as it is also my home park.

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

Actually, I think he unknowingly has a bias against his home park. I think Kings Dominion is far better than he gives it credit for. It may be the best Cedar Fair park, but he probably doesn't see it that way because he has gone there so much. He doesn't realize what a gem it is. I have made visits in 2018 & 2021, and those 5 combined days are among my favorite 5 days at any park. I have more fun there than at Cedar Point.

[@sprawlz6466]

Bias is what I like to see though. Everyone’s list is gonna be different. At least be honest

[@sideeswipe]

I mean he did out kings dominion about canadas wonderland so...

[@maxhagenauer24]

That's crazy how the top 2 Cedar Fair parks are in Ohio. That just shows how much of an enthusiast destination the state is.

[@ThyPandora]

Or how it's turned into an enthusiast destination.

[@DuecePiece]

@@ThyPandora it's been an enthusiast destination for decades. Both Cedar Point and Kings Island have been killin it for as long as I've been alive (35 years). It's probably one of the only things a person from Ohio like myself can have pride in, because there's really not much else there 🤷‍♂️🤣

[@GoldenFlyer]

At one point (granted for a small amount of time) Cedar Fair owned Geauga Lake and thus had 3 major amusement parks in Ohio!

[@pickles3048]

Theres corn, soy beans and great rollercoasters.

[@nationalchampions]

@@DuecePiece I'm from the neighboring state of Kentucky and I speak for Kentucky and Louisville fans we would love to have a football program like "The Ohio State"!

[@gilbertceballos8674]

I got a cedar fair platinum pass 2 months ago. Knotts berry farm is my home park and just last weekend i flew to north carolina for a weekend at carowinds. Heading to cedar point and kings island in august too!! So excited!

[@douglasjgallup]

I'm always surprised at how under invested Dorney is. It's a short drive from NYC and Philly and even though there's a lot of local competition, there's still a lot of market to tap. When Great Adventure and Hershey get 3 million visits + a year, it's so strange that there's not a push to make this a more formidable player.

[@kirblar]

I think it's because of how much competition is in the area- far more ROI when investing in a park like Carowinds where theres no other players in the region than when you have gigantic competitors to your east and west.

[@patrickc950]

Its my home lark being from NJ. It needs more on the dry side water park gets more love

[@sideeswipe]

If they were in the running they would keep investing in it but I think they’re conceded in the race for that areas costumers so they just don’t bother investing these multi million coasters when they know they’re still gonna be so behind

[@BrettLakefield-qx4os]

It should be ranked higher.

[@themeparksrock]

Canadas wonderland REALLY deserves more love. 90% of their coasters are way overhated, in terms of cedar fair they are unmatched in the atmosphere department, and to me they blow Carowinds out of the water for the atmosphere and flat rides collection alone. I think it deserves to be a solid number 3 on this list, not middle of the road where it always seems onto end up.

[@epicthrills8727]

100 percent agree

[@MrCollerRoaster]

Yeah it’s an amazing park

[@matthewpasquini4594]

Agree it gets hated on too much

[@epicthrills8727]

@@matthewpasquini4594 yeah!

[@ruscaliso]

@@epicthrills8727 yes

[@SplitXero119]

Couldn't agree with your order of this list more Taylor! Great job. I would also LOVE to meet up with you (and sarah of course!) for one of your Kings Island visits as it is my home park (it wouldnt take much persuasion to go to Cedar Point either). Keep these videos coming! I love seeing your channel pop up at the top of my phone for a new video to watch!

[@ThemeParkAvenue]

The moment we’ve all been waiting for.

[@celebrationproductsthisis5034]

Canada’s wonderland was under ranked I think

[@Danrarbc]

@@celebrationproductsthisis5034 Its weak coasters are REALLY weak.

[@ThemeParkAvenue]

@@celebrationproductsthisis5034 I’d put it at 4, but I understand it being 6.

[@epicthrills8727]

I think CW is over hated and underrated and for me definitely number 3 in the chain with 2 kings island 1 cedar point

[@wrench1674]

only been to one park being carowinds and man i love that its getting so much love now. before it was an after thought of a park and now its a full on thrill destination that has people traveling from all over the country to get to.

[@zachhardy6469]

The rides and location at CP can't be beat but I personally had more fun at KI this summer. I got FL+ and got to marathon the heck out of Orion, MT, and DBack. With FL at Cedar Point the wife and I still had to wait 45+ for some rides. I also was surprised at Valley Fair and had a great time there. Everyone just seemed to be having fun which was infectious.

[@tc6818]

Worlds of Fun is themed after the Jules Verne novel Around the World in 80 Days. Themed areas of the park include the following continents: Americana, Europa, Africa, Scandinavia and Orient. “We chose the large, multicolored ascension balloon for our symbol because it represents fun, adventure and travel reminiscent of the movie, Around the World in 80 Days. These are the things we want Worlds of Fun to represent.” - Jack Steadman, 1971. (park opened in '73)

[@TonyKimtheamusementparkfan]

I was surprised that Canada's Wonderland was in the middle, but I can understand your reasoning~ Cedar Fair is definitely doing their best to ensure this park is one of their best, and I truly think that they are doing a good job at that. Just more stronger roller coasters, but really, they're doing really well. Even their Winterfest event was super successful when it was launched 3 years ago. I'm glad Canada's Wonderland is my home park, and I've never had a bad visit there.

[@russ4moose]

I love that this type of content is back!

[@ThemeParkAvenue]

I was ready for the grand reveal that Kings Island was now your favorite. That would have been the ultimate twist.

[@Danrarbc]

It's mine but I've only been to Cedar Point and King's Island. And I believe the last time I was in either was the year Mantis was built. I plan to get back to both this year and am aiming at making Steel Vengeance my 100th coaster :)

[@solarwinds5114]

Airtime Thrills moment

[@DanCrowleyNYC]

Need to get to so many more! Only been to Cedar Point, Kings Dominion, Dorney and Carowinds, but from what I've read and what I've ridden, this list is very accurate.

[@inthelaunch9319]

I’ve only been to four cedar fair parks but kings islands atmosphere and great collection of coasters have to make it number one

[@thefactsarethese3668]

I can't disagree too much with the list, but I have some thoughts: -Worlds of Fun's aesthetics are truly underrated. -Valleyfair has its merits, but has an awful layout and honestly I'd rather be at MOA. It's less generic than Dorney or MIA but is otherwise fairly unremarkable. (What struck me also is that the park is weirdly in the middle of nowhere, not quite MIA but very hidden for a major amusement park. You'd never find it if you didn't know where to go.) -Carowinds has some great rides, but those great rides lead it to be a bit overrated by most enthusiasts at the moment (and I say that as someone who has had Fury at my #1 at times). Compare the atmosphere of Carowinds to Kings Dominion and there's just no comparison for me. -Cedar Point is absolutely the number one park on paper; however, there are persistent issues (staffing, restrooms in desperate need of renovation, FL cost/amount sold, operations just aren't where they were during Kinzel's time, etc.) that they seem to continue to struggle to solve; not all of them are necessarily their fault, but I'm not fully confident that they will be fixed anytime soon. Whereas Kings Island has made undeniable progress in every area that was previously holding them back and only seems poised to continue making improvements. Canada's Wonderland is the only "proper" CF park I haven't been to, but here's how I'd rank the rest: 1. Kings Island 2. Cedar Point 3. Knott's 4. Kings Dominion 5. Carowinds 6. Worlds of Fun 7. CGA 8. Valleyfair 9. Dorney 10. MIA

[@nallen0]

British enthusiast here…very strongly considering and researching a 2-week Cedar Fair trip of a lifetime next year, taking in at least Cedar Point, Kings Island, Carowinds and Kings Dominion. Question: if Dollywood were a CF park, where would it fit on this list? I’m wondering if I simply have to include that as well!

[@Danrarbc]

I assume Dollywood would be #1, no lower than #2. Park experience.

[@melissabybee4405]

You should totally include it for the atmosphere alone. Such a charming park!

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

Dollywood is my overall # 1 park. Definitely include it!!! If coasters are the only thing you care about, you won't rank it nearly as high as me. But if you enjoy great atmosphere, great scenery with the mountains, great music and shows, friendly staff, in addition to some great rides, then Dollywood is a must!

[@nallen0]

Thanks everyone - you’ve convinced me!

[@mikemcmahon7624]

Here to point out one other park - if this is a “trip of a lifetime” style trip, you can be a little flexible with scheduling, and you like how Dollywood seems, I strongly recommend giving a look to Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Everything that’s incredible about Dollywood is also present at BGW, and I’d argue BGW does it even better (this is a compliment to BGW, not a slight at Dollywood). The only park on this list I would even *consider* putting ahead of BGW is Cedar Point. Oh, and it’s only about an hour away from Kings Dominion. So very easy to add from a logistics standpoint.

[@hallcameron814]

This list drastically needs to be updated in the coming years. Many things have changed even with the merger Cedar Fair still invested in the smaller parks which I assume would jump up a bit. Nice list, I agree with most of the rankings on here.

[@rockthecraft]

Hurry up and get over here to Australia. You're missing out on 2 big coasters: DC Rivals Hypercoaster, an epic hyper, and Superman Escape. A hydraulic launch coaster that goes from 0-60mph in 2s flat. Both of these coasters at Warner Bros Movie World!

[@CoasterStudios]

I definitely want to get there within the next 5 years

[@kendalldickerson9802]

I love the exact placement of each cedar fair park in this video! It it very accurate. I have only been to my home park (Kings Dominion) but I’ve studied the other ones through videos before and they’re very accurate. Hopefully one day I’ll get to go to the others!

[@alexandermirabitur3869]

Great video. Cedar point has been my home park for my whole life and although I love it I think Kings Island has been doing a fantastic job this past decade and I think they are definitely in the argument to be better than Cedar point.

[@nationalchampions]

I been to Kings Island and Cedar Point and they are my favorite Amusement Parks. I rank Cedar Point higher than Kings Island mainly because of the beach and Hotel Breakers. Cedar Point is definitely a place like no other.

[@Tylerhopkins3106]

Loved your video, and I think you were spot on with the way you ranked the Cedar Fair parks I definitely think of Carowinds as a number three and Kings Island as a number two and Cedar Point as number one but that's just me I hope to visit Cedar Point sometime soon so I can see for myself how big it is great video once again!!!

[@coastersandbrews]

Praying for that Gravity Group Shuttle at Dorney for 2023 🙏

[@ibycoaster]

🤞🤞

[@thrillshaveabeard]

I actually put KI above the Point. While the coasters are unmatched, I've had a fair amount of poor experiences because of crowds, ops, or bad employees. Kings Island is always on, always friendly, and just a better overall experience.

[@everythingisinflux]

I could also go either way as someone that has done KI about 30+ times and cedar point approximately 125 times the past several years I would agree that KI outclasses CP at much higher percentage of visits. However every now and then you get that experience at CP that just ends up being unmatched.

[@jameslitwin5635]

I do see your point, but I was at Orion's opening day and that was a not so great experience lol. Not at the fault of the park, just massive crowds and covid policies

[@chadmorris946]

Cedar Point was my home park for forever but I'm now closer to Kings Island and I definitely have a more enjoyable time at KI over CP. Mostly because of the terrible crowds and long lines.

[@thrillshaveabeard]

I also feel that from a top down perspective, KI is just simply run with more park pride. From the managers all the way down to the janitorial staff. It just seems like they have it together better.

[@nateswisher5649]

I'd have to agree

[@TCMedicare101]

I worked at Cedar Point when I was in college (in the '80s). This was when the staff was all recruited from our regional colleges. Now it appears that they're on some kind of foreign exchange student program - nothing wrong with that, except for the language barrier taking a bite out of the warm atmosphere. I'll always love Cedar Point and that incredibly fun summer. It was hard work, but getting to play for free in the park any time you were off duty was awesome, as were the special events they put on for all of us after hours.

[@vsauce11g]

You should do a Six Flags park ranking because the last time you did it was a long time ago and I believe that you had not visited a lot of those parks when you ranked them so it would be interesting to see how you rank them after visiting a lot of them

[@VioletCoronet50]

How to make a Cedar Fair ranking video: Step 1: Place Michigan's Adventure last Step 2: Place Cedar Point first

[@mbmccamey2]

Planning our first visit to Cedar Point this summer. So excited 🎢

[@Coasterteam]

I honestly would even say Kings Island could be a #1; with what Cedar Point lacks in operations, Kings Island picks up on. Hopefully we see TTD re-open next season and something juicy coming to the park there too. Don't think we'll see another KI coaster until at least 2024, hopefully WoF or VF get something!

[@CoasterStudios]

KI absolutely could be #1. Its a VERY strong park.

[@dantrolli8506]

@@CoasterStudios I agree! If u like wooden coasters I think it is one of the best in the world.

[@fredwilson1188]

What is KI cost, ride wait, etc compared to CP? Ive heard CP has gotten ridiculously crowded and pricey even more so than the hundreds of times I went there as a 90s kid. I also have some young relatives who moved to Central Ohio from Cleveland & KI seems like a much better option now for them

[@Coasterteam]

@@fredwilson1188 KI is still a smaller park compared to CP, based on mere ride count alone. KI is around the same price as Cedar Point, but has significantly less wait times. One can make the argument that there is no equivalent of Steve, Maverick, Millie, or Dragster at KI, but there's also no equivalent of Mystic, Beast, Diamondback, or Flight of Fear at CP. Not that KI doesn't get as busy as CP, as last Halloween Haunt had some of the busiest days ever at both KI and CP. Some additional prices, last season FLP at CP on a Saturday was $249, while only $125 at KI (sometimes even $105 on a Saturday!) I feel like the value of it is much higher at KI than CP because the merge point/FL line is much closer to the station or right up to the station entirely. KI is also a lot more terrain based, while CP is much flatter. You'll be walking up and down hills in the Rivertown section and in the middle of the park. To give more of an idea on the wait times, here's a few examples. October 16th 2021 (one of, if not the busiest day, of the season), KI: queue-times.com/en-US/parks/60/calendar/2021/10/16 CP: queue-times.com/en-US/parks/50/calendar/2021/10/16 July 14th: KI: queue-times.com/en-US/parks/60/calendar/2021/07/14 queue-times.com/en-US/parks/50/calendar/2021/07/14 The wait times can vary each day, some days CP may be a ghost town while KI is packed, or flipped, or both. Generally, you'll see shorter lines at KI just because it's more of a regional park than a destination park (CP).

[@happynessinthesmallthings]

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[@lisatom42]

Only been to Dorney and Carowinds (Pre Cedar Fair Acquisition). Excited to do Cedar Point this year and possibly many others.

[@ggbbrblx6878]

Great Video! I do think Canada’s Wonderland is number 3 on the list other than that I love hearing other peoples opinions

[@celebrationproductsthisis5034]

Yes

[@greatdanny2005]

He messed up Canada’s wonderland is number 3 and carowinds is number 2

[@kev492001]

Great video! I need to get back up to Cedar Point, it's been since 2000! I think Kings Island just had their best 10 years ever! I hope the next 10 is just as great!

[@coasterplusmusic1981]

I’ve been to Dorney Park (my home park), Kings Dominion, Canada’s Wonderland, and Cedar Point, and I absolutely agree with your rankings even though I’ve only been to 4/11 Cedar Fair Parks.

[@Nicklmeyer]

Taylor says “best employees” for Kings Island… *blushes in ride op language*

[@spencoaster838]

I’ve been to about 6 Cedar Fair Parks the top 2 are my favorite parks of all time. 1. Cedar Point (Heaven for coaster enthusiasts.🤩🤩🤩) 2. Kings Island (My Home Park.🤩🤩🤩) 3. Carowinds 4. Kings Dominion 5. Canada’s Wonderland 6. Michigan’s Adventure (Even though my experience there with my Granddad wasn’t as bad as yours since I did get to do Shivering Timbers twice and I actually enjoyed Mad Mouse to the point where I did that a 2nd time, I still don’t really like this park which is why it’s in last place.)

[@sollamander2206]

To your point about how good King's Island is, I always wanted to go to Cedar Point but family friends from Ohio spent all their time raving about how great King's Island is when I asked them about Cedar Point.

[@stormchaser419]

Kings Island is now the better park experience. My 115 visits in 3 years says it's so.

[@ssmidt9912]

Carowinds is my home park. I just got season passes to it for Christmas. I love it so much

[@AirtimeThrills]

Really interesting to see your take on this since i just did this list myself, and its nearly identical. I put KI #1 but I know that's unpopular

[@maxinator2002]

I mean putting KI at #1 isn’t 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 unpopular. It’s an opinion that I’ve heard more and more frequently over the past year or so

[@jameslitwin5635]

To go along with your comment about needing more than one day at Cedar Point, it is my home park and I absolutely agree. I always just do day trips, but I almost never get on everything and I very rarely get too many rides in one day. My most ridden coaster is Millennium but at only 63. My most rides on the same coaster in one day is only 6, and it was because I kept spamming Wicked Twister towards the end of the night after its closure was announced.

[@coastersnthings]

I’ve been waiting for this video for a long time, and I definitely agree with it!

[@SillyPlushStudios]

I give Kings Island the 1 spot. CP has been my home park for a very long time and over the past few years it has been very disappointing recently. Meanwhile Kings Island has impressed every visit which makes it deserving of the top spot to me. Not to mention that some of their coasters outclass CP except for Steel Vengeance and Maverick. Other than that the list is very good.

[@Spark1118]

My family and I have been to both parks within days of each other . While CP has great coasters, KI was the all around favorite park of the two.

[@johnbailey397]

I completely agree with this. I had to laugh when Taylor said guest experience. Cedar Point lately has let me down in cleanliness and environment. I fret to use the bathrooms here just because of how dirty they’ve been at times. Then I turn around and go to Kings Island (CP is about an hour drive for me, KI is about 3.5) and the two negatives of CP become positives. Cleanliness is there, and the atmosphere of the park is just leaps and bounds above CP. From the view of someone who’s going to these two parks for the first time, I can see why so many people have CP at their first spot, but as a familiar person to both of these parks, I’d have to give KI the number one spot!

[@martindipshit8673]

What about cedar point has been dissapointing?

[@SillyPlushStudios]

@@johnbailey397 Couldn’t agree more! I went one day this past year and the ride operations were absolutely atrocious. It was a Thursday and completely sunny with no wind, but only 7 coasters were open for the first 4 hours. Needless to say the park was pure chaos with those 7 coasters pulling at least a 20 minute fast lane wait. The only thing I accomplished that day was riding Magnum a few times as well as getting my last rides on Wicked Twister. The sad thing about that day too is that I went to KI the day before which was a spot-on experience that made CP’s faults way more obvious.

[@johnbailey397]

Bathrooms especially. But there’s also just been a lot of trash in the ground, just small details that really stick out going every other week or so.

[@rebekahhesketh1220]

Cedar Point at no. 1! YES! I have ridden every coaster at that park now, except for Wicked Twister and Top Thrill Dragster. I have also been to Knotts Berry Farm, but it was many years ago as a young girl (6 years old), so all I really remember about it is getting a big hug from Snoopy. 😄

[@russ4moose]

King's Island gets my #1 spot. If they get some type of RMC, I think it would be hard to rank Cedar Point above it.

[@connormccleary587]

went to cedar point for the first time this summer and was blown away. can def agree it’s probably not only the best cedar fair park but maybe even a top 3 park in the world

[@pdk25]

I've only been to two Cedar Fair parks (Carowinds and Kings Dominion). I loved them both. I'm going to Kings Island and Cedar Point this summer though. I was supposed to go in 2020 but we all know what happened that year. I go to Carowinds, Dollywood, and Six Flags Over Georgia on a regular basis and I usually go to Busch Gardens Tampa, Islands of Adventure, Sea World Orlando, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, and Kings Dominion on vacation type trips. I'm excited to see how the new Cedar Fair parks stack up to the parks I usually visit.

[@988JAG]

Going by yesterdays video before I even watch this video, Michigan's Adventure is definitely going to be #1!

[@garethedwardross]

The image at 5:16 is breathtakingly beautiful! Wow!

[@mikumorii]

so happy to see my home park as number 2. i love kings island so much!!

[@christrammel1053]

Great video! KI is my home park. For 34 years I have been coming here. I have seen most of your videos, but I have wondered if you have done a video, or know of all the hauntings at KI. I would be interested in watching a video you make on the subject. If your interested please do a video. I have heard most, but I'm curious if there are any others I may have not heard of. Keep up the great work. My son and I love your channel and videos. He is a coaster enthusiast already at 9 and loves to watch your reviews.

[@chriskluger4129]

It would be really hard for me to not put a bias on my home park (Knott's Berry Farm) so props to you for mentioning and trying to keep your bias out of it

[@ashmenser7959]

Let me tell you, living in Cleveland Ohio is perfect for myself as an enthusiast. I have cedar point as my home park and kings island isn’t too far away.

[@corybourrier9722]

love your channel bro

[@solarwinds5114]

Now for the most anticipated video of them all

[@Thelightning1out]

I have been to 2 cedar fair parks already one as my home park (Carowinds) also visited cedar point last year amazing park definitely deserving of the number one park on this list

[@letslaunchcoaster4723]

I remember I was once flying to Ohio to go to Cedar point in Kings Island and I remember we first flew to Charlotte and then switched flights to Ohio and when we flew out of Charlotte I saw Carowinds from the plane and it was such a beautiful view!

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Fun Facts: Carowinds is 36.9 miles away from Charlotte Motor Speedway and 13.5 miles away from the NASCAR Hall of Fame Kings Dominion is 20.8 miles away from Richmond Raceway Cedar Point is closer to Michigan International Speedway which is 123.8 miles distance than Kings Island is to Indianapolis Motor Speedway which is 131.9 miles distance

[@Veste7182]

I've been to three Cedar Fair parks, soon to be four with Knott's being added to that lineup. But honestly, Kings Island is my #1, even if CP has the better rides. I wish Cedar Point could have kings islands ride ops. Or if kings Island just had another steel Vengeance, it would be absolutely perfect. Orion is amazing, Mystic Timbers is incredible, Diamondback is fantastic. CP only beats it with gatekeeper, Maverick and steel Vengeance

[@ItsSiebay]

I’ve only been to Kings Dominion and Knott’s Berry Farm (when I was much younger). I’ve been trying to make a point to get to the ones across the eastern us, but it hasn’t been easy to make happen.

[@TheAshevillian]

Grew up going to Carowinds. It has only got better over the years. Lucky to live between the worlds best steel coaster(Fury325) & best wooden coaster (Lightning Rod@ Dolly Wood). 2-3 hour drive from each.

[@snuffedtorch3683]

You should rank your favorite coaster at each Cedar Fair park and each Six Flags parks.

[@Joypyf]

Love Kings Islands atmosphere and legendary night rides 🧡💚🤎

[@rafalarios]

Even though I went during winterfest to both parks, Carowinds and King’s Dominion are both pretty great parks. I’ll definitely be checking them out during the normal season in the future!

[@masonsingleton4278]

Kings Island is my home park it is beautiful and I love it and I completely agree with your placing of the parks

[@jesselyon7935]

Being a Cedar Fair Platinum passholder and living in the middle of the state in Columbus, I would kindly disagree with your #1 and #2 order. The reason behind this is due to the waterpark at KI being included with admission for those without season passes. If it is a hot day - it gives you quite a great opportunity to cool off when lines aren't the top priority. We have towed our camper to and stayed at both and while Lake Erie is a beautiful destination in itself, that just doesn't make up for the all inclusive nature of KI. Thank you for the ranking - by the way we were USOAP and Dollywood passholders over the past couple years and I must say, Dollywood is a dud but with some decent roller coasters (though 1 is too violent to enjoy) - USO while not a dud - has far less thrill rides than KI or CP for what it's worth. Keep riding and writing!

[@alexl1340]

Canada's Wonderland should be #4 or even #3. Not enough people have visited this amazing park

[@martindipshit8673]

Hey, you met me by hydra’s cobra roll! I really wanna defend Dorney park here. It’s a great place for what it is in my opinion. It’s my home park so I go there somewhat often. It really seems like it depends on how the day is overall. The coaster collection isn’t half bad. I think the park does actually have some pretty sections like the demon drop area, the thunderhawk path, and the area by thunder creek mountain and thunder canyon that no one goes to. It feels good to be around there. I mean this in the most unironic way possible, planet snoopy is my favorite area. It’s a nice place to walk though and it’s in the middle of the park so yeah. Something else about that atmosphere is that it’s vastly improved during haunt. The park is very popular then, and all the dead areas that feel empty suddenly have hundreds of people. It makes the park feel great. Don’t get me wrong, Dorney is definitely in the lower tier of cedar fair parks, but I feel like you did it a little dirty right next to michigans adventure. But then again, there isn’t really a middle ground between Dorney and michigans adventure. I guess that means that Dorney at number 10 makes the others look a lot better :)

[@courtneytincher8591]

I have been to Carwowinds , Kings Dominion , & Kings Island. I will say put of those 3 Kings Island is my favorite 😍

[@Kase3322]

Fun fact: When I was a kid, we used to go to Michigan’s Adventure. My mom, dad, brother, and I got stuck on their Cork Crew. We went 7 times in a row. It was fun at first, but after the third run, and it kept going, we started to panic. The breaks were wet (that’s what they said), and they couldn’t get it to stop in the load/unload area. It was scary. I was young, and thought it would never quit, and we’d be skeletons riding it forever.

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

Kings Dominion is my # 1 Cedar Fair park! It has my favorite top 2 of any park, and I always have such a great time there. Cedar Point clearly has the better overall coaster lineup, but the extremely long lines bump it down a couple notches in my book. I have not gone to Kings Dominion on a weekend, but I have never seen a line there, which makes for such a great experience. Kings Island can have some slower days (if rain is in the forecast), but it's usually very busy, and assigned seating on all coasters knocks it down some. Plus, they have no Intamins nor an RMC.

[@mjpa420]

Kudos to CP for building their business to where it is, but I miss when the park wasn't as busy as it is now. I loved showing up on a Monday or Tuesday in the early summer and only having 15 minute waits for rides. Now you have to spend $150 extra for fast lane plus to still stand in line for 90 minutes.

[@BrightyLighty_]

My "home park" is MIAdventure but I've actually never been because Cedar Point is only a few hours farther away and outclasses it in every way. Some day I'll go to Kings Island but the only chance MIAdventure has of having me go there is if I get a season pass, because it's the only park that I could reasonably do that at and get serious use out of it.

[@DEOTY1]

Awesome list Taylor can you do a coaster review for behemoth at Canada’s Wonderland

[@celebrationproductsthisis5034]

Yes

[@doctorPuffin]

Hey could you maybe put in some chill background music instrumentals? I feel like that would make these videos more embracing (just a suggestion) still an amazing video

[@appalachianenthusiast9499]

Michigan's Adventure just needs a few new flats and another standout coaster to climb up to about Dorney/WoF

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

It really needs just something new. Even just an RMC of Wolverine Wildcat would do wonders.

[@Danrarbc]

It needs more than that. Beautification is needed and it needs to be a full loop. Honestly I don't think a new single standout coaster is important, Timbers is its standout. Reprofile Wolverine Wildcat ala-Ghostrider and I feel like adding two good supporting coasters would do far more for it than just one great one.

[@appalachianenthusiast9499]

@@Danrarbc A Zamperla Disk'O, S&S Double Shot, Zamperla Nebulaz, Vortex AquaLoop, and a Gerstlauer Eurofighter (bye bye Corkscrew) would be the additions to boost MA over Dorney.

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

@@Danrarbc True, but any investment at all at this point would be appreciated. Some sign that Cedar Fair cares about it, rather than thinking that because its profitable now they don't have to change anything. Sooner or later, people will stop coming if there's nothing new to see. What are they gonna do when Corkscrew inevitably reaches the end of its service life? Are they just gonna leave a big gap?

[@Danrarbc]

@@JCBro-yg8vd Six Flags has parks in this same situation. Profitable, fairly stable local attendance without adding anything big - so they just don't add anything big.

[@DakotaSharratt-yu9ht]

Kings Island is my home park and Cedar point is like three hours away so I go a few times a year but Kings Island in the summer I go to like three times a week. It’s only 45 minutes away from my house.

[@darock233]

I'd have to agree except flip flop 1 and 2, I know CP gets all the love but KI has always been a better experience on my visits.

[@martindipshit8673]

What puts ki above it tho

[@darock233]

@@martindipshit8673 Atmosphere was more enjoyable, Staff was friendlier, Ride Ops were more efficient, and felt like you were treated more as a person instead of a Cash cow 🐄 Also if you stack the lineup against CPs minus SV and TTD, I prefer KIs lineup. Yes, I'll say it louder for the CP Fan Boys Orion is better than Millie, Banshee blows Raptor out the water, Diamondback is on par with Magnum, and Mystic Timbers minus the Shed holds it's own with Maverick. The supporting cast of Coasters is better IMO also even though not as unique. Valravn and Gatekeeper aren't even the best B&M Dive and Wing Coasters on the market. Thunderbird and Griffon holds those accolades from my Experiences.

[@riverhawker351]

I’ve been to Cedar Point, Carowinds, Kings Dominion, Dorney, and Valleyfair, and Dorney was definitely the worst of the ones I’ve been to. Kings Dominion is one of my home parks, too, and I’m excited about their future. If you say Kings Island could easily be #1 on this list, I guess I definitely need to try to visit!

[@Ruschc21]

2:31 that comment REALLY didn’t age well 😂

[@gamingwithcharpy2870]

I personally enjoyed Kings Island more than Cedar Point, because it was storming for around 2 hours and my family was stuck in the Diamondback station, and the ride operators were doing trivia for a while, and everything was a 5 minute - walk on wait except for flight of fear (even Orion had a 5 minute wait)

[@shill628]

I have been to Carowinds and I love it

[@ScottyMania313]

I love the video. Michigan's Adventure, you gave that one the Bret Hart vs Vince McMahon 100 chairshots at Wrestlemania. From a family man standpoint, if you look at the foods, children's rides area and water park upgrades plus atmosphere, Cedar Fair is working their magic on improvements. I would say give it time. Compare the park from all aspects to what it was before the Cedar Fair ownership and I think it has improved greatly, just from a business standpoint. They should add a flat until they get that new coaster, knock on wood that they do 😂😂😂 I love the vid.

[@everythingisinflux]

we have been to 8 of the 11 most multiple times. Good list

[@Noah-ey5zf]

If any of these theme parks get name changes with six flags at the beginning of it like with paramount, this is how I think they should handle it: Six Flags Michigan’s Adventures Six Flags Dorney Park Six Flags of Fun (both theme park and water park) Six Flags Valley Fair Six Flags Great America (West End) Six Flags Canada’s Wonderland Six Flags Kings Dominion Six Flags Berry Farm (something tells me they won’t keep Knotts in the name) Six Flags Carowinds Six Flags King Island Six Flags Cedar Point (people think Cedar Point’s just going to be renamed Six Flags) I don’t think that’s the case BTW I love the ranking placements in this video

[@alecschlenker7542]

One of these days you should film a Cedar point walkthrough

[@mitchellries256]

So far I've only been to 5 Cedar Fair parks. My favorite of them is Cedar Point followed by Kings Island, Kings Dominion, Knott's Berry Farm and Valleyfair.

[@macias7125]

Can’t wait till you finally visit Six Flags Mexico so you can do this list with six flags

[@frostking79]

I still don't understand how King's Island gets so much love being so close to CP. I have no problem with it, I love KI !

[@TheRealMtnDewMike]

I’m glad the 2 home parks are in one and 2, i also work at ki as a ride op

[@jonathankidd3023]

I have been to all 11 too. I cannot argue with that order.

[@SoCalAdventurer19]

I've been to 8 of the 11 Cedar Fair parks This is how I really them. (1) Knott's Berry Farm. because it's my home park and the BEST park in the chain and the only year round Cedar Fair Park. (2) Dorney Park. it may not have have the biggest coaster collection but this park still had it quirks and charms. I love the zephyr train that takes you for a ride around the creek. And they have geese you can feed plus they have their funky B&M floorless coaster Hydra. (3) kings Dominion. It may rank low on other enthusiasts list but I definitely loved their atmosphere. It has the best and most lush international street with tall trees and beautiful thematic music. I love sandy apple Grove and the singing mushrooms. (4 )Carowinds. It may not have the heart like Knott's does but it still has a lot to see and do. Fury 325 is the star attraction here and that drop is amazing. I was unhappy with the park's lack of water rides but they do have a good mix of coasters and flat rides. (5) Kings Island. While it's the more popular of the two Kings parks It does have a good coaster lineup. The beast will be a standout coaster once it gets a full re-tracking.. Diamondback is a great coaster in itself I love the race for your life Charlie Brown log ride. Their food is nothing to write home about but their rides and landscaping are great. (6) Cedar Point. Yes it's the coaster capital of America and I have to say it's every coaster enthusiasts Dream park. It's beautiful location lake Erie is stunning and the drive up the causeway is one of the best welcomes to any park out there. It's got great coaster, a beautiful atmosphere, and a great variety of flat rides. Unfortunately it's food options are what's holding the park back. You can't survive on just junk food. (7) Valleyfair. While not as elaborate or well known like it's other sister parks this park offers a good lineup of coasters and flat rides and a really charming atmosphere. Renegade is the star attraction here that coaster packs a good punch in it's twisting layout. This is the only park I have been to that doesn't have a Starbucks so that didn't bother me. (8) California's Great America. It may not be the best park I have been too but I definitely saw lots of room for improvement here. It's coaster lineup isn't be the greatest either and only Gold Striker stands out as the best coaster there. This park is home the the Berserker one of the lady remaining Bayern kurve rides still operating today. They do have a restaurant with really delicious fried chicken. Unfortunately their carousel gave me the shortest carousel ride I have ever experienced.

[@camdenhochgesang6554]

From the ones I’ve been to I would go CP, Knotts, KI, Carowinds, KD, WoF, Dorney, MiA in that order. Knotts and KI could flip on any given day, but Knotts blew me away and I’m always left a little underwhelmed with KI.

[@shazneyharrell6297]

I visited Kings Island for the first time in 2021 ...Cedar Point is our home park . KI has some great landscaping (The Bat especially)and great rollercoasters that CP doesn't have... Get a Platinum Pass if you live in Ohio and hit up both parks.

[@Thecincyclips]

Of the CF parks I have been to I would rank them as follows: 1. KI (Some home park bias but still think the overall ops and atmosphere makes #1) 2. CP (Haven't been in a few years but heading up this spring to finally ride StVe) 3. Carrowinds (Fury is my favorite coaster - heading there in the spring to ride Copperhead ) 4. Canada's Wonderland (Been once had a great time loved Lev and Beh) 5. Kings Dominion (Been once got to ride Volcano - hope they get a new top level coaster to replace it [the freespin does not count]. So only halfway there but hopefully one day I can get to the rest especially Knots since you rank it the highest of the ones I have not been too.

[@brycefourn2001]

Great list! I prefer Cedar Fair over Six Flags since their parks are cleaner, well-maintained, and have less advertising. :) And Michigan's Adventure is my home park as well.

[@christianortiz-v1l]

Cedar Fair for life!

[@victorredd8156]

My home park is also Kings Dominion. In years past I would argue my home park would have been #2 on the list. But Cedar Fair has not invested as much money into my park lately. I must agree that your line up is right on point as of now. If Cedat Fair invest more in advertising in the Washington DC area I believe Kings Dominion will return back to its hay day glory. Just my thoughts...

[@MacsMusic]

I’m very new to the coaster enthusiasm world so all I know is i gotta go to ohio and PA this yeah for King’s Dominion, Cedar Point and Hersey Park

[@JamesonThomas24]

“In last place is…” Me: *pretends* to be shocked

[@coasterb1]

Nice coverage. I haven't been to Valleyfair or Knotts, and I haven't been to Carowinds since before Fury. I would have put Canada's Wonderland up a little higher, because of the flat ride selection. They have several flat rides that are difficult to find in the US. I had been ranking Kings Dominion rather high, but loosing a couple of big rides there, Kings Island is definitely better.