Berry Knott's Ranch is a 160-acre amusement park in Buena Park, California, United States, owned by Cedar Fair. By 2017, it is the most visited park in North America. Knott's Berry Farm is also the most visited theme park on the Cedar Fair network. The park has 35 rides including roller coasters, family rides, children's rides, water rides, and historic rides, and it employs about 10,000 seasonal and full-time employees.
The playground is located on the site of a former berry farm founded by Walter Knott, Cordelia Knott, and their families. Starting around 1920, the Knotts sold berries, berry preserves, and pies from roadside stands along State Route 39. In 1934, Knotts began selling fried chicken dinners in the tea room on the property, and Knotts built several shops and more. attractions to entertain visitors. The efforts of Cordelia Knott at Mrs Knott's Chicken's dinner restaurant is very important to put Knott's Berry Farm on the map, and the next crowd encourages the creation of more tourist attractions. In 1940, Walter Knott began building the replica ghost town on the property. Knott added several other attractions over the years, and began charging entrance tickets to attractions in 1968. In 1983, Knott's Berry Farm added Camp Snoopy, which started the current garden association with Peanuts characters.
In the 1990s, after the deaths of Walter and Cordelia Knott, their children sold the playground to Cedar Fair and the family food business for ConAgra Foods, which was then sold to J. M. Smucker. Cedar Fair continued to expand the theme park, adding Knott's Soak City in 1999 and adding new rides to the original park.
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History
Origin
The playground is on the site of a former berry farm founded by Walter Knott and his family. Starting around 1920, the Knotts sold berries, berry preserves, and pies from roadside stands along State Route 39. In 1934, Knotts began selling a fried chicken dinner in the tea room on the property, which was then called "Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant ". Dinner soon became a major tourist attraction, and Knotts built several shops and other attractions to entertain visitors while waiting for a seat at the restaurant. In 1940, Walter Knott began building a replica of the Ghost Town on the property, the beginning of the amusement park of today. The idea of ​​an amusement park was really taken in the 1950s when Walter Knott opened the "summer-long summer exhibition".
In 1968, for the first time, the price of admission needed to enter the park, originally set at 25 cents. The Calico log trip was added in 1969. The park became a popular destination for conservative students in the 1960s, primarily because of conservative organizations such as the California Free Enterprise Association, the Libres Foundation, and the Americanism Educational League based there. According to Assistant Professor Caroline Rolland-Diamond from Paris West University Nanterre La DÃ © fense:
it also appeals to conservative Americans, young and old, because the ideal representation of the past without the social and racial tensions it offers contrasts with the political and social upheaval that has affected California since the Free Speech Movement erupted at the University of California. at Berkeley in 1964.
On April 12, 1974, Cordelia Knott died. Walter turned his attention to a political goal, Roaring Twenties-themed Gypsy Camp in the 1970s with the addition of traditional nostalgia entertainment spots, Wheeler Dealer Bumper Cars, Knott's Bear-y Tales. Then with a northward expansion of the Knott's Airfield themed area of ​​the 1920s featuring Cloud 9 Dance Hall, Sky Cabin/Parachute Sky Jump and Chase steeplechase roller coaster motorcycles on the electric-powered gas rail of Petrol Alley.
Sky Tower with "K" illuminated in the logo script at the top is built to support two attractions, Parachute Sky Jump (now closed) and Sky Cabin. Parachute Sky Jump climbed one or two riders standing in anticipation of the drop vibration to the basket under the faux parachute canopy. From the top, eight arms support the vertical cable path from the wire rope that lifts the basket. Sky Cabin sounded a supporting pole with a sealed chair closed behind a window. The Sky Cabin rings spin slowly as it rises to the top and again offers a well-changed vista. Sky Cabin is very sensitive to weather and passenger movement, such as walking, which is prohibited during the trip. During a 25 mph wind or rain it is closed. When it was built, Sky Tower was the tallest structure in Orange County (a distinction held briefly by WindSeeker before relocating to the Worlds of Fun in 2012.)
Chase Motor, a modern rollercoaster steeplechase built in 1976 by Arrow Development, featuring single-themed motor vehicles racing side by side, each on one of four parallel tracks, was launched together. One or two motorists straddle every "Indian motorcycle" attraction. Tubular steel monorail tracks follow strikes and bumps on the "road" and tilt onto slim riders about the curve. Gasoline Alley, riding an electric steel-guiderail car below, built together and intertwined closely, which increases the value of rising-to-ride interaction sensations. Motorcycle safety concerns from the high center of gravity coupled with the restraint method of the rider caused it to be re-themed Wacky Soap Box Racers with a themed vehicle to look like a soapbox racer, each seat of two riders, tied low (almost astride the track), surrounded by the side of the car fitted close, and the dips and bumps of tracks straightened flat in 1980. Motor Chase/Wacky Soap Box Racers was removed 1996 for Windjammer Surf Racers loop coaster duel and now Xcelerator, a vertical launch pad, takes its place.
On December 3, 1981, Walter Knott died, congratulated by his children who will continue to operate Knott as a family business for fourteen years.
In the 1980s, Knott built Dance Dance featuring Bobbi & amp; Clyde as a house band. It was during the height of the "Urban Cowboy" era. The "Barn Dance" is featured in Knott's TV Commercials.
During the 1980s, Knott met with competitions in Southern California theme parks by placing new land and building two major attractions:
- Kingdom of the Dinosaurs (1987) (early theme of Knott's Bear-y Tales)
- Bigfoot Rapids (1988), river rafting rides as the center of the new Wild Water Wilderness themed area.
The Boomerang roller coaster replaced Corkscrew in 1990 with a shuttle lift train traveling to and through the cobra roll and vertical loop for six inversions each trip.
Mystery Lodge (1994), inspired by the General Motors pavilion "Spirit Lodge", is a live performance coupled with the ghost of Pepper and other special effects, one of the most popular exhibits at Expo 86 in Vancouver, England Columbia, Canada, produced by Bob Rogers of BRC Imagination Arts and created with help from the Kwagulth Native reserve in the village of Alert Bay, British Columbia. Mystery Lodge recreates a quiet summer night in Alert Bay, then guests "move into" the longhouse and listen to storytellers weaving the story of the family importance of the smoke of a campfire.
Jaguar! opened June 17, 1995, to add another roller coaster to the Fiesta Village blend along with Montezooma's Revenge.
New owner
In the 1990s, after Walter and Cordelia died, their children decided to sell their business:
In the late 1990s, Cedar Fair acquired the Buena Park Hotel on the corner of Grand Ave. and Crescent. It was then taken to Radisson standards and branded Radisson Resort Hotel as a franchise. In 2004, the park was renamed Radisson Resort Hotel at Knott's Berry Farm Resort Hotel.
In 1995, the Knotts sold a special food business for ConAgra Foods, which then sold the brand back to The J.M. Smucker Company in 2008.
In 1997, Knott's family sold an amusement park operation to Cedar Fair Entertainment Company. Initially, Knotts was given the opportunity to sell the park to The Walt Disney Company. The park will be incorporated into Disneyland Resort and converted into Disney's America, which had previously failed to build near Washington, D.C. The Knotts refused to sell the park to Disney because the fear of most of what Walter Knott built would be eliminated.
Cedar Fair era to present
Since its acquisition by Cedar Fair, the park has undergone an aggressive shift to the thrill rides, with the construction of large roller coasters and the addition of the high-powered Shoot-the-Chutes, Perilous Plunge. The dangerous plunge has the record of being the highest and steepest water rise in the world until September 2012 when it's closed down and removed. Also, in 2013, Knott's Berry Farm announces that the most popular trip in the park, Timber Mountain Log Ride, will be closed for a major five-month restoration, led by Garner Holt Productions, Inc.
On May 25, 2013, Knott's Berry Farm added three new family rides at the site of the former Plunge Perilous. They include: Coast Rider (wild rat roller coaster), Pacific Scrambler (Scrambler ride) and Surfside Gliders. All three rides added to the Boardwalk theme. The old bridge connecting the Perlious Plunge exit and the boardwalk is now used as the entrance to Surfside Gliders and Pacific Scrambler. Boomerang roller coasters are also painted in lime green as part of the boardwalk expansion.
On September 2, 2013, Knott's Berry Farm announces that Windseeker will be moved from the park. The trip was removed and sent to the Worlds of Fun for the 2014 season.
On November 22, 2013, Knott's Berry Farm made a great announcement for the 2014 operating season; The famous and historic Calico Mine Ride will be closed for massive renovations starting in January 2014.
Timeline
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The annual park event
Knott's Scary Farm annual park has attracted crowds since 1973. The idea for the event was presented at one of the regular round table meetings for managers by Patricia Pawson. The actual events were made by Bill Hollingshead, Gary Salisbury, Martha Boyd and Gene Witham, along with other members of the Berry Knott Department of Agriculture documented on DVD Season of Screams. Initially the fake corpses and other static figures were hired from the Hollywood prop house, but Bud Hurlbut, the creator of Ride Mine, Log Ride and other rides at Knott's, decided that this was not enough. She was wearing a gorilla suit, and started scaring guests on the Mine Ride. Halloween Haunt is an instant hit, and in the following year, the show is sold out every night. During this special ticket event, the entire park (or most of it) returns the theme itself into a "house ghost" style attraction in the form of a maze and a "scare zone" at night. More than a thousand specially employed monsters are also scattered - often hidden out of sight - throughout the park at this time. Some characters have become famous, like the green witch, who has been portrayed by Charlene Parker since 1983, the longest of any player. Several attractions are decorated for events including Timber Mountain Log Ride and Calico Mine Train and there are 13 labyrinth themes. Elvira (actress Cassandra Peterson) was introduced into the Halloween Event in 1982 and was prominently featured in many Haunt Halloween events until 2001. According to a post on his My Space page, Cassandra was released from his contract by the new owners of the park for their more compassionate appeals family, even though he returned for one night in 2012 for the 40th anniversary of the event and has returned as a regular player during the event over the past few years. During October, Knott's Scary Farm generates half the revenue for Knott's Berry Farm fiscal year.
Season of Screams is a DVD produced by an independent company that traces the beginning of Halloween Haunt and the story behind how it all began in 1973. Season of Screams also highlights the latest Haunts Halloween.
Winter Coaster Solace is an event that takes place on the first or second weekend of March every year when roller coaster fans can arrive before the park is opened and stay after the park is closed to board the rides and eat at the Chicken Dinner Restaurant. It is meant to provide "consolation" to visitors from other parts of the country where amusement parks and roller coasters are seasonal, not year-round operations such as Southern California parks. Knott's Berry Farm is also used to provide participants behind-the-scenes tours of the rides.
Every year since 1991, Knott has been offering free admission to veterans and their families during November. Although this initially began as a tribute to returning the Gulf War veterans, they then expanded it to include all veterans and have run it every year since then.
The Christmas event known as "Knott's Merry Farm" also happens every year. Previous Merry Farm events have included snow production, handicraft exhibitions, and visits with Santa Claus. The show was originally created by Gary Salisbury in the fall of 1985.
Praise (festival) has been a Christian-themed celebration that served for years as a mix-in special music and comedy events on New Year's Eve.
Current area and attractions
The park consists of five themed areas:
- Ghost City
- Fiesta Village
- The Boardwalk
- Camp Snoopy
- India Path
Ghost Town
Craftsmen in Ghost City demonstrate the art of a blacksmith, woodcarver, glass blower, mark cutter, and spinner. Demonstrations from narrow gauges and agricultural equipment enthusiasts accompany additional traders' kiosks from seasonal village handicrafts exhibitions with discount passes limited only to Ghost Towns only.
The Western Trails Museum, relocated between the candy store and the General Store to accommodate Bigfoot Rapids, still features historic and large western artefacts from horse-powered fire engines to replica miniature transport of the "Twenty Mule Team" borax and equipment needed to survive in the field grass and wilderness.
Ghost Town Area has several other famous attractions. The Bird Cage Theater only hosts two seasonal entertainment - during "Knott's Merry Farm," two small productions "The Gift of the Magi" and "A Christmas Carol," and Haunt thrill Halloween performances. Calico Stage, a large outdoor stage at Calico Square, hosts numerous shows and shows, big and small, from elementary school students, Gallagher, local bands and the spectacular All Wheels Extreme show featuring young players showing air tricks with acrobats, trampolines, and ride ramps with shoes, scooters, skateboards, and freestyle bikes to popular music. Calico Saloon recreates musical feasts, singing and dancing, with Cameo Kate being the bearer of various acts. Jersey Lily, Judge Roy Bean/saloon courthouse, offers authentic "authentic illegal hitchin" souvenirs "along with pickles, sweets, and sports/soft drinks.
Many parts of the Ghost City are forever lost for progress. Convert the Silver Dollar Saloon to the shooting gallery, Hunters Paradise photo shoot gallery to the original Panda Express and Berry Stand, moved several times with its last location now occupied by the Silver Bullet station.
What's left of Ghost City today is based on the ghost town of Calico and other real ghost towns in the Western United States such as Prescott, Arizona. Walter Knott inherited his silver factory and his uncle's estate, then bought more of the real Calico ghost town in 1951 and expanded it. In 1966, he donated the property to County San Bernardino, a corporate corporation that later made Calico, California a public historical park, which charges entrance fees. See the 'HistoryÃ, - Ghost TownÃ, - Calico' section above.
Wild Wild Wilderness
Wild Water Wilderness is part of Ghost City featuring two main rides: the Bigfoot Rapids rafting adventure river, and Pony Express, a horse-themed family roller coaster installed in 2008. Nearby, Bigfoot Rapids is a Trader Rapids, a merchandise kiosk small. It is also home to Mystery Lodge, a multimedia event based on the Expo 86 pavilion featuring original American storytellers.
Fiesta Village
Fiesta Village was built in 1969 with the theme of Mexican pop culture. It is the second area built after the completion of the Ghost Town. Shops like Casa California, restaurants like Taco Pancho, La Papa Loca and La Victoria Cantina, games like Shoot If Yucan, and themed rides like La RevoluciÃÆ'³n, Jaguar !, and Montezooma Revenge, along with former attractions Tampico Tumbler, all contribute to the theme Mexico and Aztec from the area. In 2013, colorful stringed lights are added for the summer.
The Boardwalk
Boardwalk games include physical challenges such as rock walls, soccer, basketball and crawling rope ladders. Throwing three traditional balls and winning a prize type game, like a spray gun to a clown's mouth, dropping a bottle of milk, throwing a quarter into a plate crowded with hawkers along the Boardwalk Games on the way. In September 2012, Plunge Perilous was closed for the Boardwalk expansion. Perilous Plunge is known as one of Knott's main rides. The boardwalk reopens after a one-year transformation with two flat rides and a new family roller coaster taking the place of Plunge Perilous. Boomerang roller coasters are also repainted with new bright green and yellow color schemes. The world's largest Johnny Rockets restaurant franchise is located on Knott's Boardwalk, featuring over 5,900 square feet (550 m 2 ) indoor dining room for over 260 guests.
Camp Snoopy
Camp Snoopy is home to family parks and children's rides, with lots of rides and attractions built specifically for children and guests who can not climb into the park with more aggressive attractions. The theme is the comic strip character Charles M. Schulz "Peanuts". Snoopy has been the mascot of Knott's Berry Farm since 1983, and its character can now be seen in all Cedar Fair parks, except for Gilroy Gardens, run by Cedar Fair and owned by Gilroy City. 14 rides include a mini roller coaster called Timberline Twister, a mini scrambler called Log Peeler, a Tug Zugerla Rockin 'called Tugboat Lucy, and a rotating steel roller coaster called Sierra Sidewinder. Snoopy Bounce is a small attraction for children. However, it is not considered a lift in the park. For guests who can not ride a more aggressive and vibrant ride, Camp Snoopy contains a number of rides for guests of all ages including babies, children and seniors. With the exception of Sierra Sidewinder and Timberline Twister, the rides were relatively benign and not aggressive.
Knott's Berry Farm also built an indoor playground Mall of America, which was originally called Camp Snoopy. (In fact, Charles M. Schulz is from St. Paul.) However, today the park is no longer affiliated with Knott or Cedar Fair, and is now called the Nickelodeon Universe.
On November 22, 2013, Knott's Berry Farm announced major improvements in the Camp Snoopy area. Camp Snoopy will receive a makeover as the part approaches its 30th anniversary. In summer 2014, Knott's Berry Farm will open new rides at Camp Snoopy.
The Grand Sierra Scenic Railroad spacecraft takes guests on a train for four minutes through the lake of reflection. The trip was made shorter with the construction of Silver Bullet.
Indian Trails
Located next to the Bottle House in Ghost Town, Indian Trails is a small area flanked by Camp Snoopy, Ghost Town, and Fiesta Village, featuring American art, craft and dance. One trip is located in this area. It's called the "Butterfield Stagecoach which is a family trip where the actual postcars take guests on a circular trip through Fiesta Village and Camp Snoopy. This is one of the original rides in the park. The trip was developed directly by the park and opened in 1949.
Public area
Many of the original attractions are outside the gates of the current amusement park along Grand Ave. in the California Marketplace, most things are no longer considered attractive to today's audience, or things that only exist for decoration. Near the toilet behind the Berry Place there is a waterfall that goes beyond the water wheel and the historic gristmill gristmill, a replica of the fireplace fireplace of Mount Vernon, and what remains of the visible honeycomb. Some attractions still exist, but have been put in backstage areas, such as Rock Garden, now the employee's smoking area. Other attractions have been removed, such as historic volcanoes, and giant sequoia sections with age rings showing historical events like Christopher Columbus visiting America.
Eastern Properties
The east side of the property, shared with Beach Blvd., has a major parking lot, Knott's Soak City, a seasonal water park requiring separate reception, a picnic area rental, an additional entrance to Independence Hall and a gift shop, and a Reflection Church that is moved outside the park in 2004 and held a non-denominational Sunday service until 2010, but is still used for wedding ceremonies. The tunnel and pedestrian tunnel under Blvd Beach. connecting the main parking lot to shops, restaurants and amusement parks.
Former tourist attraction
FearVR: 5150 controversy
For Halloween Haunting in 2016, Knott's Berry Farm introduces FearVR: 5150 , an attraction of virtual reality that meets with controversy from the mental health community about the negative portrayal of mental illness. The ten-minute attraction dunked guests inside a chaotic mental hospital haunted by a supernatural central character named Katie and a zombie-like patient. The initial controversy comes from the name of the tourist attraction, with 5150 referring to California law allowing law enforcement officials or doctors to inadvertently commit someone suspected of suffering from mental illness and determine "danger to themselves or others". The reaction focused on the use of the painful Cedar Fair experience suffered by those dealing with mental illness and to have it "transmitted into scary entertainment". In response, Cedar Fair removed "5150" from the name, and after resuming the opposition, permanently sealed the attraction on September 28, 2016, just six days after its debut. A petition was signed by more than 2,000 people hoping Cedar Fair would bring it back, with a petition organizer stating that Cedar Fair should not be "forced to close interest based on the words of people who have not even been interested".
Knott's Soak City
Knott's Soak City is Knott's Berry Farm water park. Opened in 1999 as US Soak City. This requires a separate reception from Knott's Berry Farm.
Fast Lane queuing
Fast Lane is a virtual queue system of Knott's Berry Farm. For an additional fee, visitors get a wrist bracelet that allows them to get to the front of some of the most popular attractions without queuing up.
Food products
Smucker J.M. continue to sell jam and storage made famous by Knott's family; However, other products such as syrup have been discontinued due to low demand.
In November 2013, Knott's Berry Farm began selling their preserved "Berry Market" brand in the park. Brand Berry Market is a natural product and uses the Knott family original recipe. They can not use "Knott's" on the label, because Smucker has the rights to the name.
Public Transport
Knott's Berry Farm can be easily accessed by public transport. Service is available by Los Angeles Metro and Orange County Transportation Authority. The bus routes that serve the park include Metro Express Line 460 which provides direct express service between Downtown Los Angeles and Disneyland as well as OCTA 29 and 38 bus routes.
In popular culture
- Summer School starring Mark Harmon and Kirstie Alley. Mr. Shoop (Harmon) took his underachieving group on a field trip to Knott's Berry Farm (among other places) instead of teaching them.
- BrainRush (first aired June 20, 2009), Cartoon Network TV quiz show was filmed as the contestants raced on board the Knott Berry Farm roller coaster.
- Future entertainers: Christian author, Stormie Omartian, comedian Steve Martin, creator of Las Vegas "Legends In Concert" and imperial impersonations around the world; John Stuart, and Kathy Westmoreland (supporting singers for Elvis Presley) all work at the Birdcage Theater.
Attendance
See also
- Disneyland
- Six Flags
- Walt Disney World
Note
References
External links
- Official website
- Knott's Berry Farm in DataBase's Roller Coaster
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