Ok, I am gonna pitch an idea to my mom about a trip that would include SFGAm, IB, HW, PKI, and Knoebels, in that exact order. I live in Wayne, NJ, right off of I-80, and i would fly to Chicago and work my way from there.

So, any tips on any of those parks or any advice on how to convince mom to go on this trip would be greatly appreciated!

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I have been to all 5 parks you want to hit. I would think about skipping PKI as its not very good... At all

HW I fould VERY over rated and not to fun. Its also very small... But with TV going in I would make the stop.

INBeach is a great park and Conrball and Lostcoaster at amazing...

SFGAm is by far the BEST SF park I have ever been to!

and Knoebels is cool and I love it and all.. But it needs "something"

Both Knoebels and INBeach are free parks so you could be all "you can come in and walk around without paying if your not going to ride" SFGAm you can use a SF SP to get in... HW has a great waterpark if your family is into that kind of thing.... And umm PKI sucks I would just skip it.. But they have shows and stuff.

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