Knotts berry farm
Knott's Berry Farm
It features a wide range of attractions from Camp Snoopy for the little ones to scream machines like the Silver Bullet rollercoaster and the Supreme Scream Drop Tower.
Knott's Soak City USA
8039 beach blvd.; phone: 220-5200. (http://www.knotts.com/soa...) open seasonally from may-sept. a water park filled with water slides, a river and a wave pool. $25.95 for adults, $14,95 for children 3-11; after 3:00 pm: $15.95 for adults, $11.95 for children 3-11.
America's oldest theme park with the first ride attraction, the Ghost Town & Calico Railroad opening in 1952. The park was established on the site of a Berry Farm. The claim is that crowds were originally drawn by the chicken dinners being sold there, and then rides and attractions added to entertain the crowds. Today the theme park is large, and the chicken dinners are still on sale.
It first started as a berry stand founded by Walter Knott, who unknowingly laid foundation for what was to become one of America's oldest and most revered amusement parks. The first ride attraction, the Ghost Town & Calico Railroad opened in 1952. Knott's Berry Farm remained a family-owned venue until late 1997, when Ohio-based theme park operator Cedar Fair, L.P. acquired it for $275 million from the Knott family Walter's descendants. Knott's Berry Farm has accomplished and set many technological milestones in the amusement industry with its unique ride and attractions. The Calico Mine Ride, introduced in 1960, is commonly recognized as the first themed amusement park attraction in the world. The Timber Mountain Logging Co. now Timber Mountain Log Ride was the first log flume with thematic elements, which was the inspiration Walt Disney modeled his Splash Mountain flume concept after for his Disneyland Park in Anaheim, CA 10 miles from Knott's Berry Farm even though he had been dead for 23 years when Splash Mountain opened. National media was brought to the park in 1975 with the introduction of Corkscrew, the first modern roller coaster to successfully turn riders upside-down.
Other ride and attraction records and milestones:
Ghost Town & Calico Railroad; only remaining narrow-guage steam engine still in operation. 1952.
Supreme Scream; world's tallest free-fall-type attraction 312-feet tall. 1998.
Perilous Plunge; world's tallest and steepest water chute ride 121-feet tall; 77.8-degrees. 2000.
Xcelerator; world's first hydraulically-launched roller coaster. 2002.
The rides here tend are less themed than in Disneyland, but aim for bigger thrills. Rides:
Mystery Lodge
Wild West Stunt Show
Timberline Twister
Xcelerator
Boomerang
GhostRider
Silver Bullet
Montezooma's Revenge
Jaguar!
Pony Express
Perilous Plunge
Bigfoot Rapids
Timber Mountain Log Ride
Supreme Scream
Wipeout
La Revolucion
Ghost Town & Calico Railroad
Wave Swinger
Hat Dance
Calico Mine Ride
Merry-Go-Round
Screamin' Swing
High Sierra Ferris Wheel
High Sierra Railroad
Stagecoach Ride
Walter K Steamboat
Rip Tide
Sky Cabin
Wilderness Scrambler
Charlie Brown Speedway
Woodstock's Airmail
Lucy's Tugboat
Red Baron
Joe Cool's Gr8 Sk8
Knott's Scary Farm Halloween Haunt
(http://www.halloweenhaunt.com) seasonal website, redirects to knott's for part of the year - 8039 beach blvd.; phone: 220-5200. evenings in october. on october evenings, knott's is transformed into knott's halloween haunt, a halloween extraveganza for mature audiences. special event tickets are required for knott's halloween haunt.