29 Coasters After months of preparation
and many hours surfing the web researching Amusement Parks, roller coasters,
maps, and lodging, the 1997 Headbangin' Coaster
Tour began on May 31st. and was completed with great success on June 10,
1997. |
With the help of Delorme Map'n'Go software,
the entire route was plotted out with time and distances between stops
calculated. Also part of Delorme's software are listings for AAA lodgings along
the route, which were used to locate motel stops along the way. Several motels
allowed reservations to be made through the Internet, while others required a
long distance phone call. Most of the photographs on these pages were shot with a Kodak DC120 digital camera. I chose the Kodak DC120 camera camera document this coaster tour because of it's higher resolution (1280x960 pixels), 3x zoom lens, and removable compactflash storage cards. Images were transferred daily to a Texas Instruments Extensa 555 laptop for image editing and uploading to this website. Join me now in my adventure as I visit six amusement parks and ride 29 roller coasters for eleven days. |
Parks Visited:
Holiday World Theme Park
| Kentucky
Kingdom | Paramount's Kings
Island
Geauga
Lake Amusement Park |
Cedar Point |
Six Flags - St.
Louis
Top Roller
Coasters & Parks
Other Coasters I've
Ridden | Coaster Page
Links | Roller Coaster
Books