Once again, I have to ask if this is even a competition, since Great America can't even compare to Michigan's Adventure. Great America has a far stronger attraction lineup, plus a lot more things to actually do in the park. Michigan's Adventure feels SO barren in contrast.

✔️ Michigan's Adventure (Shiver me Timbers 🪵😩)

❌ Great America (Stinky Joker 🤢)

Hmmm. This is a close one. I think Michigans adventure can take the win for this matchup.

I recently did them back to back, and if it weren't for Raging Bull's fantastic ride ops this would actually be a close match for me. Great America gets packed and most rides are not pumping out trains like they should.

Great America, no cap.

That sounds incredibly wrong, Great America deserved the win in my opinion.

Discovery Kingdom because of the "huh" arc (see r/DiscoveryKingdom for the full story), but all jokes aside, it has a good blend of zoo and theme park elements, it reminds me of a Busch Gardens park in a way. Great Escape, while basic, has a unique fairytale forest that sets it apart from the other Six Flags parks. Each of them are pretty good. In my opinion, West Coast Busch Gardens wins.

Dude great escape literally has KINGDA KA, TOP THRILL DRAGSTER, AND DODODONPA THIS ISNT CLOSE

Great Escape, huh

Huh?

Great escape is my favorite family park ever !! gotta be great escape!!

Pleasure Island ftw!

It’s now Michigan adventure in Muskegon

The best part of Bob-Lo was the boat ride there and back. It was a small park that had a couple of decent rides but it paled in comparison to Cedar Point. Never made it to Edgewater Park but I heard the same about it.

I went to this place as a kid. Brother and I called it the shark and boat ride carnival. The best ride was a watery merry go round with the shark.

I grew up in the trailer park right down the street from there. It was only ever open for certain special events. Our cub scouts group had a party there, and I was way too scared to go on the sketchy rides. 

I recently drove back to the area to kayak at the former pickle park across the street (called Heritage now), and it's still weird just seeing the old park as an empty field.

No matter how bad, it could never be as bad as Action Park in NJ!

Awesome! How long were the waits? I'm planning to go next year, and having a baseline for wait times on a busy day would be helpful.

if it’s Cedar Fair’s “worst park,” I assure you it’s mostly because it’s actually Cedar Fair’s most neglected park

They deserve a damn bone! So many small footprint, high thrill, low cost coasters to throw this park for a great 1-2 punch. Here's to hoping.

Some great reports from this park this year, happy to see it. I hate the way the community gangs up on some parks and uses them as punching bags.

Yeah, Shivering Timbers is something special

Shivering Timbers is amazing! I got the best sustained floater airtime in the 2nd row in the first car! Got 9 laps on it during a monster road trip of mine earlier this year, and shivering cracked my top 10/265 credits. 🔥

I enjoyed the Mouse there on my 2019 visit. It was Corkscrew that tried to readjust my spine.

That view of Shivering Timbers never gets old.

I’m sad I never got to visit this park. I strongly suspect it won’t reopen for the 2026 season or beyond

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Did anyone take it? This is just crossing my feed 2 days later.

Oh noooo dang I would've done it but didn't notice this.

Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio is arguably the best roller coaster park in the world, I grew up about 2 hours away so we'd go there a few times every year. It's right on Lake Erie, the drive there was through farm country and along the lake and small towns, just an idyllic All-American place for many reasons.

Grew up less than two hours away, right on the other side of the National Park. My best friend’s family kept season passes and brought me along pretty frequently and we always had a blast. After moving away, I always thought it was probably a rinky-dink little place that I remembered fondly just because of nostalgia. Went last year after close to 20 years for the first time as an adult and was impressed. Dollywood punches way above its weight for a relatively small regional amusement park. Atmosphere is great, it’s kept very clean, food is way above par for amusement park food, staff is friendly, and the rides are great! Some of the newer coasters have pretty innovative designs beyond just “UP DOWN FAST” and many take full advantage of the unique mountain landscape. There’s no alcohol sales in the park which I’m sure some people would count as a point against it, but I think it reduces some of the trashy guest behavior you deal with at other parks. I mostly compare it to Carowinds (the other park I’ve been to most often) which is kind of a dump in comparison. 

I went with a large group on a day when the morning was solid downpour. Not long after we got there, it stopped but it was enough that we had the park effectively to ourselves - we all got to ride, front seat, on every roller coaster there, multiple times. It is one of my single fondest memories!

It's sadly gone downhill a bit. We went last year on an average day in summer and half.of everything is closed, assuming to save on staffing. It's becoming increasingly imbalanced in terms of ride locations as well.

Disneyworld in Florida. It's also the only amusement park I've ever been to. When I was 4. Trips like that were too expensive to do more than once.

I must have went off season. Or I got the family bundle bc it wasn't that expensive for me going in. But also buying food and souvenirs are cheap compared to other parks. I also seem to go in spring so it isn't crowded.

If the kid who built the flimsy wooden ramp that every kid in the neighborhood jumped their bike over grew up and built an amusement park … that would be Action Park.

This is my answer too, but I haven’t been in 20 years or so, but I love the ersatz Euro theming and the rides are fun. And it’s a nicely shaded park too.

Silver Beach, St. Joseph and Deer Forest in Coloma.

my friend Aaron Schillinger wrote, produced, and directed a film about boblo island if y’all wanna check it out

No Deer Acres, Pinconning? It's just a ghost from my childhood now.

Used to love to go to Edgewater as a kid. The Wild Beast wooden coaster would thrash you about but good...

Auto world. I think I'm the only one that's under 45 that remembers it lol.

I second hoffmasters and or lake harbor park.if you’re looking for ice cream in the area of the two the whippi dip on Old Grand Haven rd. Is great and closer than Norms.

Where is your Airbnb? Sounds like it might be in Lakeside if you're doing the Deck and Dockside Donuts? If so, you might want to consider Hoffmaster State Park for your hikes and beach day. Not much difference between the two parks in terms of hiking and the beach, but Hoffmaster will be a lot easier to get to from Lakeside. Then Frosty Cove for ice cream.

For breakfast on Sunday, I'd recommend either the Lakeside Cafe or Steak N Egger.

None of this is bad. I second the norms ice cream. Don't order anything above a small though. They are cheaper then everyone else and their size portion is bonkers. A large is like 6 scoops. It's... a beautiful thing.

Hoffmaster is great. If you want to have a quick stop to feed some ducks just down the road is lake harbor park(also a quick walk to the beach and phenomenal trails). It's maybe a 4 min drive but opposite way or norms so id stop there before hoffmaster.

Your pizza choice is fine but I will offer the age old muskegon battle of which is better. Fricanos verse scribs. I lean fricanos which has a awesome upscale venue on muskegon lake next to downtown muskegon where as scribs is great but more take out, same as your choice. Glenside pub is another awesome sit down that's in my opinion better than your choice and we feed a family of 6 for around 60 bucks before tip. Their Italian cheese bread is the best in town.

This sounds like a great plan. Only order a small at Norm’s as others have mentioned. I prefer Hoffmaster for hiking but you can’t go wrong either way.

If there’s a rainy day, check out the Lakeshore Museum Center or the Art Museum. I hope you enjoy your time in Muskegon

Get ice cream at Norm's, not Ruth Ann's.

I live in Whitehall, just down the road from Michigan's Adventure, and that's a better weekend than I usually have here LOL - the park notwithstanding (I'm not an amusement park guy.) The rest sounds great though! Another great pizza place is Louie's, which is also just down the road (Whitehall Road) from the park. Hobo's Tavern in North Muskegon is a great dinner spot. Enjoy your time in the area! Should be great weather.