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Hi all. Our trip was last week and thought I'd follow up my own reply in case anyone ever has similar ideas and finds it useful.

So in the end I decided I wanted to see both parks, not knowing when I'd be heading back and being a theme park fanatic it was too great an opportunity to pass.

We drove down on Tuesday from Vegas to an Airbnb near Six Flags. Took 10 hours or so, but we did a whole bunch of stops on route and basically made a day off it. We stopped at Primm casino and mall,
Zzyzx, EddieWorld, Peggysues for lunch/dinner, Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch and a photo stop at the Baker Thermometer. We also drove some of route 66 so we took our time and really enjoyed the drive down.

Wednesday we went to Six Flags, had Gold fastpasses, and got there early. Fastpasses holders also get in early which was a nice bonus. Amazing rides, and tiring day! We ended up doing about 25k steps each, and had several head ache moments as the rides were just so intense and there were so many. So many rollercoasters here and a lot that were unique, it was certainly a thrill seekers park. X2 and Twisted Colossus were the standout ones for us. Park closed at 6pm as off season so after we headed to Olive Garden nearby and back to the Airbnb.

We were both feeling quite tired after Six Flags and the drive down, so opted on setting off later on the Thursday to Knott's Berry Farm so we could sleep in a bit. KBF stayed open until 8 anyway and this meant we could miss some of the morning and evening rush hour traffic by arriving later and leaving later. Drive down took about an hour and a half. Knotts was much busier than Six Flags so we picked up fastpasses again to make the day easier. We both hate queuing and having done the Florida parks with fastpasses we don't mind paying extra to skip several hours of queues especially where short on time. As we also didn't arrive til 12ish we had missed any minimal queue levels so it was a good choice. The wild west area theming was amazing, and Ghostrider and Hangtime were some of the best rides we've ever been on. Ghostrider felt insanely fast, but also super smooth. Queues seemed about an hour long for both but we breezed through in about 5 minutes. We ended up doing Hangtime 4 times, and Ghostrider 3 times as they were that good. We skipped some of the older coasters as after Six Flags they didn't have the wow factor, but we also took time to see all the shows and do some smaller rides which Six Flags didn't offer.

We finished on the last ride of the day at 7:59 and were the last people to ride on Iron Reef 4d. Back to the gift shop and left the car park about 9:15. We stopped at EddieWorld once again for clean toilets and snacks. Traffic was good until we hit nearer Vegas where there was a big accident on the interstate. Took about 4 hours in total plus a 15 minute stop.over.

All in, a bloody good trip. It was nice to get away from Vegas for 3 days as I do find it a bit full on at times and both parks had their own highlights. If I could only do one park again, Six Flags would probably just come up top because it has so many types of rollercoasters that are unique and done very well. However Knott's Berry Farm is a great park in its own way, and certainly shouldn't be brushed side for Disney or Six Flags in my opinion. With Hangtime and Ghostrider there it also has plenty for any coaster enthusiast and has its own unique attractions such as a stagecoach and narrow gauge mine train.

Anyway 10/10, worth the crazy drive on both counts and do glad we visited them both.