Knott's Berry Farm. When I first went back in 2006, Ghostrider was the absolute best wooden coaster out there. Now it's supposedly gone to garbage, as so many of that manufacturer's rides have (there's a reason the designer went out of business), but back then, wow, that sucker was fast.

 

I also enjoyed Magic Mountain outside of LA, but there's nothing there that made me want to brave the Bloods and Crips who inhabit the place again. Wild Adventures will always have a special place in my heart given that it's the park I spent most of high school finding reasons to visit. I've also got a soft spot for Elitch Gardens in Denver. There's nothing particularly noteworthy there, but I did kind of propose to my wife at the base of a roller coaster there. The coaster was moved to Coney Island before we could visit again, so a trip to New York is in our future.

 

One of the coolest parks I've ever been to was Ghost Town in the Sky, up in the mountains of NC (our honeymoon, ironically enough). Again, nothing spectacularly incredible about the park itself, aside from the fact that it's located on top of a freaking mountain, and you have to take a chairlift to get in or out. If only their roller coaster had been up and running while we were there...it starts out by dropping you down the side of a mountain. Can't be all bad.

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