I had both Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Kings Dominion within 45 minutes of my house. It was pretty awesome to be a coaster buff where I'm from. My favorite memories were the laps we'd run on older rides on slow, bad weather tuesdays. The whole park would be empty and we'd just stay in the same seats on The Grizzly, an old wooden coaster that's kinda away from the main drag at Kings Dominion. We made it 15 times in a row one day without leaving our seats. We also had a full loop swinging ship ride, they called it the Beserker. It was right by the exit and rarely had a line, so we used to each each an ice cream cone and smash a funnel cake, then ride it over and over to see who puked first.