sfmm and knotts...please help
All help will be really appreciated thanks alot every1 in advance :)
Both parks are closed on Christmas, so keep that in mind. Its the only day of the year that Knotts is not open. :)
As for the best day, all the kids will be off on Christmas break anyway, so I'm not sure that there is a "best" day. I guess a weekday is your best bet.
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Knotts Halloween Haunt- Everyone has to go sometime....
but are the parks really crouded then, arent alot of ppl on vacation??
As far as Knotts is concerned, there arent a whole lot of bad rides in the park. Montezuma's Revenge is always a lot of fun for more coaster thrills. You owe it to yourself to check out the Calico Mine Ride and the Log Flume (name escapes me, SIT DOWN! ;) ) They are some of the best themed attractions in California outside of Disney.
As far as Ghostrider, I rode front and back and back was wayyyy better. I did find sitting in the front seat of the back car versus sitting in the very last row gave a better, smoother ride with the same airtime.
Knott's IMHO is the best park in SoCal hands down. I can see making trips out to SoCal just for visiting Knott's. It is that good of a park.
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*** This post was edited by Kick The Sky 10/3/2003 2:10:18 PM ***
Why3289 said:
but are the parks really crouded then, arent alot of ppl on vacation??
No, the parks are usaully more crowded after Chirstmas.
Make sure also to hit Calico Mine Ride and Timber Mountain Log Ride (which is the name of the log flume Kick The Sky couldn't think of), and if the line isn't that bad then hit Kingdom of the Dinosaurs it is really chesey and low tech, but still fun.
Oh if you don't mind being wet when it is cooler, then definately hit Perilous Plunge, one of the best drops in the park, but accompanying it is a tidal wave of water.
There really aren't any stand out, you have to ride flat rides there, except maybe La Revolution, but it really isn't that exceptional (I would recommend Tampico Tumer but they tore it down for that pile of crap La Revolucion)
(Also maybe Hammerhead but that should already be taken down for the construction of Riptide :().
Also make sure to hit all of the other necessities (Supreme Scream, Xcelerator, and especially Montezooma's Revenge, since it is a dying breed).
Also make sure to check out the games in the Birdcage Theater, they are really cool, they are old style, and really cheap, not to mention fun.
Also eat at Mrs. Knotts Chicken dinner Restaurant, and buy some boysenberry punch concentrate at the marketplace (which they were out of when I was there, oh well, I'll pick some up at haunt).
Oh also Knott's Merry Farm should be going on, never been to it, but it looks fun.
Kevin "WOO HOO, it's time for Haloween Haunt, and only 5 more month till I get some more Ghostrider in the dark rides at Solace!" Lundstrom
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Welcome one and all, y'all come have a ball!
Things a bear-y fine, ridin' on the old Knott's bear-y line!
*** This post was edited by MilleniumForce6279 10/5/2003 12:43:24 AM ***
I went to california this summer for the exact 2 parks. If you are flying into LAX, depending what time, you could hit knotts that same day. it was like a 20 minute drive with no traffic, we got around the park and ate at a nearby Claim Jumper (really good food), and got to the park at 4. after 4 the price reduces by half-but you have your pass-so no big deal. the lines when I went weren't bad, it was a monday but in the summer. longest line was ghostrider-25-30minutes. well worth it, my favorite at knotts. other great rides are Xcellerator, Perilous Plunge, Boomerang (painful), montezooma's revenge (classic schwartzkopf), jaguar (nice family coaster), delirium (i passed, cuz i hate spinners). we got everything done in about 3 1/2 -4 hours, if.
SFMM will take a whole day. X was open when I went, but 1 train operation made it a 3+ hour wait, taking 6:40 seconds from one release to the next. flashback was not and probably will not be open. Goliath is overrated in my opinion, (great positive g's though), superman was a waste of an hour wait, scream wasn't that good, revolution ride for nostalgia reasons, ninja is good, riddler's revenge is the best stand up ever, colossus is a good woody, psyclone is rough, batman is the same as everywhere else, and X was totally worth that wait. I would have waited double the time.
again, this was summer, so all rides may not be open, and it may be more or less crowded than when I went.
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