WANTED: Friend(s) for Hybridfest 2008 Trip

[TheForce]

I'm planning my trip to Hybridfest a little early this year in hope that I can either get a few people to meet me at Cedar Point and Kings Island so I don't have to ride alone again and or just bum a free ride to Hybridfest.

Here is my plan. As long as there is a less than %50 chance of rain I will be planning to go to Cedar Point on Wednesday July 16 on my way to Hybridfest and Kings Island on Tuesday July 22 on my way home from Hybridfest. If there is more than a %50 chance of rain on Wednesday I will just leave Thursday and head straight for Madison. If there is more than a %50 chance of rain Tuesday I will just head straight home Monday.

I'm a strict coaster rider and thats about it. I usually ride the spin a puke rides after I have ridden all the coasters but in parks like CP and KI its hard to get to ride all the coasters in one day. I plan on getting rooms for four people so that we could share the cost of the room. No expensive rooms just some good cheap ones. Like a Best Western or something. Of course I will be getting a room at the Clarion in Madison for Hybridfest.

I live in Wheelersburg Ohio which is straight down from Cedar Point/Columbus near the tip of southern Ohio. So if I plan to go to CP on Wednesday I could pick up anyone near 23 and 71. On my way home I will be taking a straight shot from Madison to Cincinnati. Since I plan on leaving KI Tuesday night and head straight home and I picked you up somewhere on my trip to Madison you may need to either find another way home or if you live around Dayton or Columbus I could make a detour before I head home. Just as long as its not to far out of my way.

Anyone is welcome to to either bum a ride to Hybridfest or meet me at Cedar Point and Kings Island. Hot single women between 21 and 30 are preferred and will get first priority.

I will continue to update this post if any information changes.

Current schedule...

July

16 – Cedar Point
17 – Drive to Madison
18 – MPG Challenge
19 – Hybridfest
20 – Hybridfest
21 – Drive to hotel near Kings Island
22 – Kings Island and drive home


I will also like a navigator for the MPG challenge on July 18th. Anyone interested?

I posted this on priuschat.com also in hope to get some people interested.

[lamebums]

I might be a maybe on this (I need some more information on Hybridfest, though.) I live right across the river from Cincinnati.

[TheForce]

Since Hybridfest registration is now open I have reserved hotel rooms for my trip.

Cedar Point on July 16th and staying at the Days Inn 2 beds.
Hybridfest July 17-20th Days Inn 2 beds.
Kings Island July 21st Days Inn 2 beds.
Will go to Kings Island on the 22nd and will head home that night.

I still may cancel the Cedar Point and Kings Island stops if I see there is a good chance of rain those days.

[TheForce]

I should add that I'll pay for gas and hotel rooms are paid for. If anyone wants to come along your free to stay for free or donate some money to help pay for the cost. You will have to buy your own tickets for the parks though.

[hobbit]

As I said I'm interested in doing some coasters but if the parks
you're talking about are nearer Cincy than northern OH, that's
a pretty big deviation to the south for me. And I'm doing the
car-camping thing for the most part, per the "gearing up" thread.
That doesn't make it impossible, of course, just a little
different on the planning side.
.
At this point I have no idea how long I'm going to make this whole
trip or if I'm going to even head east right after HF. It would
be cool to go see more places, while I still can...
.
_H*

[TheForce]

Well Cedar Point is located pretty much on lake Erie above Sandusky Ohio. Kings Island is about 25 miles north of Cincinati right off of 71 located in Kings Mills Ohio. Hope to see you at both but if not I will see you at Hybridfest.

[TheForce]

My parents decided to go with me again this year so the hotel room is taken and there's no room in the Prius for more passengers.

There will be a slight change of plans for the stops at CP and PKI. I would like to eliminate one of the parks. I would like to eliminate PKI since its only about a 2 hour drive from where I live. I can easily go to PKI and come back home in a day but CP would require two days to go up and come back.

So What I have planned is to watch the weather and if it looks like a clear day for CP I will go to CP and cancel my trip to PKI. If there is a %50 chance of rain or more for CP on July 16th I will cancel my CP trip and try to make it to PKI on July 22nd. And if it looks like rain for PKI then I will just cancel the whole thing.

If anyone wants to caravan on the way to Hybridfest we could always meet somewhere and as I said before we can always meet at one of the parks.

Even if you not going to Hybridfest and will be near one of the parks your welcome to meet me somewhere and we can ride rides and talk hybrids. I hate riding alone. Well its more like hating to stand in line alone with no one to talk to.

[hobbit]

So, the road to Cedar Point is right off US20, correct? Is
it out on that island? I used US20 to get across most of Ohio
and Indiana on the way to the WFEC, and saw a lot more local
stuff in the process.
.
_H*

[TheForce]

Yes it looks like CP is about 10 or so miles off of US20. On maps it looks like an island but I think its classified as a peninsula

Here is the location of CP.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...=12&iwloc=addr

[TheForce]

The 10 day forecast shows a nice sunny day for July 16th in the Cedar Point area. I'll think I will wait and see what the forecast is like on Friday July 11 and decide then if I should go or not.