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Cool, well I think after doing more reading I have made my decision - SFMM and Disneyland/DCA - Thanks for all your help everyone! I'll try and ask about the best dates to go in an American or Disney forum, i'd expect that they may more familar with that sort of thing. The next thing is trying to figure out what I must ride at Disneyland and DCA (in 1 day probably....): This is what i have so far (absolute must-do): DL: Indy Space Mountain Splash Mountain DCA: Soarin' California Screamin' ToT Are there any others in your opinion? What about the next lot of rides (great but not essential). I have tried to read up on this but a lot of the info is tailored towards parents with children....

Ok cool - I guess the only coaster I would really be worried about missing out on is Ghostrider - What is the wooden coaster like at MM? Another thing I should point out is that College Spring Break should be over by the time we go, however it will be during the school spring breaks. So that makes me think that it may be better to go to SFMM (older crowd?) during the first week and DL in mid April?

Cheers Nev, Gazza and Mickey for all your responses - There is nothing more helpful than someone who has been there done that! So, do most of the coasters at Knott's have a rough equivalent at SFMM? While doing some research today i've come across another problem - We are going to be in LA in the first week of April and that is going to overlap with the end of Spring break....we have to be in LA for that time because we are hitting up a Lakers and a Ducks game. We will also be coming back through LA later on (around the 18th). Do you think it will be chaos doing either of the parks then (during Spring break)? If we did one park then (early April) and one park later (mid April), which would be which? I've heard about massive queue times at both SFMM and Disneyland, so which way do you think would be better to do it? I can't imagine we'd hold up too well with several hour queues.....

Ok cool - thanks for the info. So you think it might be a good idea to get a hopper pass for Disneyland / California Adventure and just look to do the best rides at each place? @ Gazza - Did you do Knott's Berry Farm? How did it compare? Did you do Universal Studios?

Thanks for the info Mickey! From what i've read, the only word on X2's opening date is 'Memorial Weekend 08', which is end of May....so I don't think we'll get a chance to ride it. Good to hear about Disneyland - I'm pretty sure we won't get 4 days though, we've got a pretty tight schedule. So that makes it a little tougher choosing between Disneyland and KBF......still keen to hear what others have to say!

Hey all, I'm travelling with 4 mates to California for the month of April. It's not primarly a theme park trip but obviously I want to try and take in 1 or 2 parks while i'm there. We are all 24-25 year old males and while i've been doing heaps of research, i'm struggling to pick which park or parks to go to. As far I can tell, the best options are: - Magic Mountain - Knott's Berry Farm - Disneyland - Universal Studios I think Magic Mountain may be the best bet (even though X2 won't be open), but i'm just not sure. When I did Dreamworld and Movieworld last year I far preferred Movie World - I guess it was partially the theming, but also because it had kickass new rides that I hadn't been on before (I went a long time ago - Giant Drop was brand new at Dreamworld). Favourite rides were Superman Escape, Scooby Doo coaster and maybe Batwing (or Giant Drop) So any help would be greatly appreciated. Would it be a bad move to skip Disneyland? I'm worried that it might too 'little kidish' - I'm into to thrill rides. Also is Universal Studios a waste of time? Thanks for taking your time to read this and I look forward to hearing what you've got to say!