Texture coat sucks!

Yeah I am doing some house painting myself lately, only on the inside instead of outside.
Trying to figure out what to do with the popcorn texture in the family room ceiling because I hate it. I've been here in the house since 98 it was a past owner thing. Impossible to clean, and rough as He11.
I want to scrape all the snot off of it and make it smooth then coat it with a plain satin or semi gloss white (I definitely don't want flat ceiling paint) but what can I do short of ripping out the drywall and starting from scratch? I'm glad it's only 1 room that looks this way. I've always hated the look of textured ceilings well before I ever moved here.