All Cedar Fair Parks Ranked 

I love how positive you are the only time I've really seen you mad when you reviewed coaster express

Awesome that Canada's Wonderland has done so well. Yes, it is very busy and we love our park. Best flat ride collection with the addition of Tundra Twister, pretty insane. Good video.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Last time I went to Kings Island, I actually got to experience both Kings Island and Cedar Point in the same day (I know, I’m a lunatic). And while Cedar Point easily has the best coasters, I’d argue that Kings Island has both the better-balanced collection (Ex: more wood 😈) and easily has better ride ops than CP. It makes for a less-stressful day at KI than I usually have at CP. That’s why I rank KI a little bit ahead of CP imo. Both great parks though! My childhood (and adulthood) wouldn’t be the same without them ❤

I’ve been to Knott’s, Cedar Point, and Kings Island and all are great. I agree that Knott’s is the best themed, and I would also add that it’s got some great food with the jam and the chicken dinner. Cedar Point however, has the greatest roller coasters I have ever been on. The rides there are incredible. Edit: I think of the three parks I’ve been to I would rank them as: 3) Kings Island 2) Knott’s (nostalgia definitely plays a big part with Knott’s) 1) Cedar Point

Super fair ranking. I have to get to Canada's Wonderland one day, looks amazing. Kings Island is def my number 1 in the chain, but a lot of what goes into that ranking is ride ops amd crowds. Im hopeful with this merger than CF will breathe more quality into SF. Great vid as always!

Love your videos

Canada’s wonderland might have some trashy coasters but the 3 b&m’s are great and I love the flat rides! Some of the best on Earth!

First time ever having an all park pass this year, im sooo excited as someone with valleyfair as my home park and the only cedar fair park ive been too yet

Of the ones I've been to: 3. Kings Dominion 2. Cedar Point 1. Kings Island

Glad to see Canada’s Wonderland so high. I haven’t been in a while but I found many rides overhated and the whole experience was endless fun. I think I find King Island’s coaster lineup to be stronger than you say so it might even beat Cedar Point for me right now, but that is always a tough call for me.

Great video! We just went to Carowinds for the first time on Friday. We had a great time! I rode Fury 325 as my 100th Coaster Credit. For Cedar Fair Parks, we have been to: 1) Cedar Point 2) Kings Island 3) Carowinds

Fantastic video agree with all the rankings! Keep an eye on Canadas Wonderland they are investing huge and making major changes over the course of the next few years and major additions that not just could but will push the park higher in the ranking ;)

You've done a good job with your presentation & discussion. Personally, I'd rank Carowinds ahead of Knott's, but both are super good parks! Otherwise, I'd agree with your placements.

Nice video! I would rank the parks I’ve been to as follows, based on my personal overall experiences there and not strictly the ride lineups: 10 Michigan’s Adventure 9 Dorney Park 8 Worlds of Fun 7 Kings Doninion 6 Californias Great America 5 Carowinds 4 Knott’s Berry Farm 3 Canadas Wonderland 2 Cedar Point 1 Kings Island

Michigans Adventure so underrated. Ticket gets you into two different parks. The water park is better than any other CF park I’ve been to. It’s so clean, staff is great, top 50 coaster in the world, smoothest SLC, rides are mostly walk on, great food as well. If CF would just throw them a ride, or even a relocation from Great America (Railblazer, or Flight Deck) they have only 50% of their acreage in use. Put a drop tower and the other ride mentioned above and you have such a well rounded park.

Knott's basically invented the accelerated launch coaster, it actually caused a huge headache when Xcellerator broke down because almost none of its parts were built to standard size because there was no "standard" when they made it.😅

I think the operations at Knotts being bad is an understatement. The last time we went we were there for 10 hours and only got on 3 rides... A lot of their rides were closed too. On top of that its also the most expensive park in the chain by far. I can't see myself ever going back there again

I’ve been to 7, but I purchased a cedar fair passport so I’m hoping to hit the remaining ones this year! 1. Cedar Point 2. Carowinds 3. Kings Island 4. Knott’s Berry Farm 5. California’s Great America 6. Worlds of Fun 7. Valleyfair

I have the all park passport this year and I’ll be hitting all of these except the California parks. I can’t wait! Cedar point is my home park and I couldn’t be more lucky. Steel Vengeance is the best coaster in the world, especially for airtime, I’m pretty confident in saying that.

I have never been to a cedar fair park, but I might go to valley fair within the next 3 years.

Do you think the opening of Iron Menace this spring would boost’s Dorney’s spot after the next ranking? I’m intrigued by the coaster and its surrounding theming elements that are being brought to the park which has for so long not gotten much attention.

Worlds of Fun needs a new stand out flat right, and an answer for Monsoon's removal. But thanks for giving it credit where it's due! The Mamba without trims feels like a whole new roller coaster, and finally serves the park as it's rightful stand out coaster properly.

I have an updated list after visiting the Cedar Fair parks in California. 7 Dorney Park, more of a testament to the others. I really enjoyed Haunt 6 California's Great America, please, someone save this park 5 Knotts Berry Farm, I liked the themeing. Just one more high capacity ride could move it up 4 Kings Dominion, I can't wait to see what their 2025 project will be 3 Carowinds, has my number 1 coaster, and Cedar Fair is working hard to make Carowinds even better. 2 Cedar Point, this park has a lot of great attractions but is almost always swamped 1 Kings Island, this park is more chill than Cedar Point and is operated very well.

Thanks for your ratings/ reviews of the CF amusement parks. I've been to 8 of the 11 parks. IMHO the top 8 🎢 are: 8) Canadas Wonderland 7) Dorney Park 6) Worlds of Fun 5) Kings Dominion 4) Knotts Berry Farm 3) Carowinds 2) Cedar Point 1) Kings Island 😁🎉

What are your top 5 parks in the new Six Flags once the merger is complete with the CF and SF?

I've only been to 3 CF parks. Here's how I'd rank the ones I've visited so far: 3. WORLDS OF FUN. This is the closest park to me and I enjoy riding Cyclone Sam's, Mamba, Prowler, Timber Wolf, and I like the collection of older flat rides, especially since some are similar to defunct rides at my home park SFSL. However, I despise this park's operations, the ops are usually very slow, sometimes rude, and don't seem to take any pride at all in their work, this coupled with minimal shade in the queues usually leads me to not enjoy my visits. The park looks nice but I also dislike the color of the water in their water rides. As a ride op, I take operations very seriously when I rate a park, this park's ops drags it down to being one of my least favorites. 2. CEDAR POINT I find this park to be more than slightly overrated and too popular for its own good. It's a shame that they have so many rides and have so many issues with capacity and crowd management. I also think the front half of the park looks like a glorified carnival on a parking lot and don't think it looks pretty until you reach Frontier Town, Wilderness Trail and Camp Snoopy. The roller coasters are among the best out there but the park is sorely missing a modern wooden coaster amongst other things. I don't like how you basically have to splurge for Fast Lane to enjoy your day here but if you luck out with low crowds, you could have a field day at this park. 1. KINGS ISLAND This is my 2nd favorite park I've been to, only behind Silver Dollar City, it has a near perfect lineup in my opinion with stepping stones for smaller children to build up to larger attractions. I love the layout of the park and how rides on the perimeter go out into the woods, and you can't deny they have good rides when people can't even agree on which of the top 5 is the best. The operations are also amazing, I've gone on extremely busy days and the lines keep moving at a steady rate, I try to make it out to this park at least once a year like SDC. I also really want to visit MiA for Shivering Timbers, plus friends of mine who've visited say its an extremely charming park.

I would love to see you take the Top 10 parks from Six Flags and Cedar Fair and rank them side by side, like take your park from each chain that is in your #10 position and see which one you would rank higher.

I only got four more parks in the chain to go and two more I need to revisit to get a more recent opinion. I haven’t disliked any of the parks I’ve been to in the chain unfortunately can’t say the same about Six Flags

My Rankings 1 Kings Island 2 Cedar Point 3 Kings Dominion 4 Carowinds 5 Knott's Berry Farm 6 Canada's Wonderland 7 Worlds Of Fun 8 California's Great America (RIP) 9 Dorney Park 10 Valleyfair 11 Michigan's Adventure

When I was growing up, I had season passes to California's Great America. Back then it was Paramount's Great America. There were Star Trek characters that greeted you when you entered. Flight Deck was named Top Gun after the movie. I will be sad to see it go.

before I even watch the video I'm going To rep for Michigan's Adventure at the bottom. :)

I’ve only been to Knotts but been to universal and Disneyland more since I’m a Cali. But I would like to visit more cedar parks.

Man I was on board with this list until #2… flip #1 & #2 and you’re spot on 😊

Dude I’m so excited to visit Michigan’s Adventure this season. Of course I’m excited about Shivering Timbers, but I love basking in mediocrity at parks like that.

While I have only been to 6 Cedar Fair parks, here's how I would rank them. 1. Cedar Point 2. Kings Island 3. Knott's Berry Farm 4. Kings Dominion 5. Carowinds 6. Michigan's Adventure

Kings Island and Kings Dominion are battling for the top spot for me. It's the depth of KI vs the best 1-2 punch in the country of KD. Both have had little to no lines on my weekday visits. In late 2021, Knotts was open on a rainy day when I was in the area, with most rides open. Meanwhile, Magic Mountain closed for the entire day, even though they didn't get any of the rain. I was heaping the praise on Knotts for their weather policy after that day. Cedar Point hasn't been as fun in recent years, with the rides always breaking down, then having 2-hour lines when they're open, on slow days. Maverick has operated less than 10% of the time on my last few visits, and Steel Vengeance isn't much better. It should be # 1, but the crowds and breakdowns are too much for me.

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Excellently done. Id only flip KD and Caro. Rest is spot on.

kd is my home park and i rlly think by 2030 itll prolly be the third or second best on the list for cedar fair parks. the upcoming volcano replacement looks good. specs about anaconda getting replaced with the new ss axis could be amazing. maybe more space for a new coaster addition. idk maybe a family coaster. a hyper coaster would really also help its lineup alongside project305/i305. the theming is also drastically improving its insane how much theyre doing to the park

I have been to 10 of the 11. Going to the 11th this summer. My top 10. Is as follows. 1i0. Michigans Adventure 9. Valleyfair 8. Dorney Park 7. Worlds of fun 6. California great America 5. Kings dominion 4. Kings island 3. Carowinds 2. Knotts Berry Farms. 1. Cedar point.

I’ve only done Kings Dominion, Knott’s, and Michigan’s Adventure.

Wondering how come you put Canadas Wonderland in your top 3 even though Carowinds Id argue have a stronger coaster lineup

I actually had more fun at Kings Island than I did at Cedar Point.

I appreciate your positive opinion on Worlds of Fun and Zambezi Zinger. I’ve been seeing some hate and it is is too good of a park to get hate.

Living in New Hampshire this is the only chain I’ve not been to. Maybe the merger will have a pass for all parks?

I personally prefer Kings Dominion over Knotts, since KD is much easier to have fun at with its low crowds and the already short lines of i305. Knotts always has long and slow moving lines which hinders it alot.

Question: is Six Flags going to merge with the Cedar Point amusement parks?

Cedar Fair is great. Two things, CF does better than Six Flags off the bat are (food/concessions) and also security. Whenever I'm reading or watching the news and I see the words "Six Flags", I know there's going to be a wild and unfortunate video to follow.

Kings Island could become #1 if they got an intamin launch coaster in my opinion.

The only Cedar Fair parks I have been to so far are Kings Dominion(my home park) and Carrowinds. I actually like Carrowinds better.

I am curious to find out if the merger with Six Flags will affect the quality of the CF parks.

Kings Island Cedar Point Carowinds Kings Dominion Those are the only ones I've been to, but that's how I rank them.

Of the 4 I’ve visited 1. KI 2. CP 3. Carrowinds 4. KD

Did you ever come off something at Kings Island with a headache?

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From the parks i done sofar i liked knotts and kings dominian the best, havent done carrowinds and Kings island yet from the top ranking ones. I agree cedar point has the best coasters but because of the long wait times its not the most enjoyable park. I did stay in the knotts hotel so i could skipp the really busy parts of the day that might have given it some undair advantages over the other parks.

Did you ever come off something at Kings Island disappointed?

I am shock Carolwinds lacks water rides The Carolinas are still in the subtropics.

wow.

Did you ever come off something at Worlds of Fun with a headache?

Having been to all but 2 Cedar Fair parks (Canada's Wonderland & Michigan's Adventure), I'd probably rank them as follows: 1. Kings Island 2. Kings Dominion 3. California's Great America 4. Carowinds 5. Valleyfair 6. Worlds of Fun 7. Knott's Berry Farm 8. Dorney Park 9. Cedar Point I must say, there isn't a single Cedar Fair park I haven't enjoyed. An absolutely solid chain of very enjoyable parks. The atmosphere of each park is similar, but also unique, in the best way possible. I love each park for their own reasons as well. Just overall a great collection of parks!

As soon as the video starts. I always think. Did they do the right thing and put Kings Island as number 1? Because it is. Update: Got to number 2. They choose poorly.

Did you ever come off something at Canada's Wonderland with a headache?

im glad to see im not the only one who likes canadas wonderland better then kings dominion other then theme park avenue some may disagree like coaster studios but i agree cedar points my fav to

Id have to say my top three are 1. KI, 2. Wonderland, 3. CP Yes, CP has some incredible coasters but I find the atmosphere and overall enjoyment at both KI and CW are better.

Fury 325’s station is actually on the side I live in

Will you be at six flags tomorrow, if not you should go!

Did you ever come off something at Canada's Wonderland disappointed?

I could see Michigan’s Adventure get sold off to United Parks & Resort once Six Flags and Cedar Fair officially merged into the new ‘Six Flags’ company.

I've been to 5 Cedar Fair parks so far. I'd probably rank them like this: 1. King's Island 2. King's Dominion 3. Carowinds 4. CGA 5. Knotts The lack of shade at Carowinds is another huge con for me. King's Dominion is also much prettier and has a better supporting lineup.

I've not been to 4 of the parks (Knott's Berry, Valleyfair, World's Of Fun, California's Great America)... so the top 7 as I see it would be: 7th --> Michigan's... 6th --> Dorney's... 5th --> King's Dominion... 4th --> Carowinds... 3rd --> Wonderland (my home park)... 2nd --> King's Island... 1st ---> Cedar Point... ***So it looks like our impressions are the exact same (I have a feeling I'll be putting Knott's Berry into the 2nd or 3rd spot if/when I finally get to visit it)...but hey glad to see a fellow Cedar Faire enthusiast who sees the parks the same way I do!

Only been to Cedar Point and Kings Island, and CP is the best of the two by far!

I thought cedar fair owns 17 parks? It says that on their website

13:05 Home. 😊

It is based on roller coasters only it’s Cedar Point and it’s not close. But Kings Island has the better overall experience.

1. Kings Island 2. Cedar Point 3. Kings Dominion 4. Carowinds 5. Knott's 6. Canada's Wonderland 7. Great America 8. Dorney Park 9. Worlds of Fun 10. Valleyfair 11. Michigan's Adventure

I really hope the merger doesnt happen.

Kings island and cedar point are easily the best

As a Canadian I think you're being too soft on Canada Wonderland, Carowinds kicks its ass imo; much less crowded and better coasters overall.

For me it’s not all about the rides, Carowinds is my #1 just because the atmosphere was amazing

6:24 how on earth is that possible, tumbili hardly even flips what the heck, that must be a glitch in reality 💀

Valleyfair in Shakopee is pronounced, "Shock-a-pee" 😀

I put Canada’s wonderland at 5 and carowinds at 4 then knotts at 3. Canada’s wonderland is wayyy to top heavy.

im surprised you ranked cp first its trendy to hate on cp and put ki first well ki is great and cp has major issues that have gotten worse in the past few years ki isnt better due to cp having much better coasters i do wish cp would care more about customers as they block anybody that complains im happy to see someone not drinking the ki koolaid

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I get so tired of everyone favorite cedar fair park is cedar point.

1 valley fair 2 Knott’s

My top 3 would be Cedar point #1, Canada’s Wonderland #2, and Kings Island #3

I know that my opinion is controversial, but I found that Millenium Force to be overrated and Steel Vengeance to be behind of Maverick as number 1 in Cedar Point

It’s funny because six flags gets so much hate but wonderland has a terrible I mean terrible lineup except for the three b and ms which are kind meh. Then you run to carowinds thinking it’s so great but again after fury , copperhead, and the looping starship it’s very hard to understand the hype. Again it’s all about to change and this really is an exciting time so …

In my opinion carowinds trumps everything from just fury and copperhead. I might be biased tho since it’s my home park. Also I refuse to call intimidator “thunder striker.” It will always be intimidator to me

I think the top 3 are accurate but I'd definitely (and this is bias) put Wonderland at #2 and Carowinds at #4, Cedar Point is the go to spot for coasters, Wonderland easily has the world's best flat ride selection, and Kings Island has the most well rounded lineup, hoping to make it there and Cedar Point one day as I live about 6-8 hours away from both

Cedar point is the best

Oryan is a HYPER!!!

Kings island is the best park

Dorneypark operations are far from fantastic.

I visited none. I visited all of the parks in New England though.

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