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Knott's Berry Farm is a 57-acre (2,500,000 sq ft; 230,000 m 2) amusement park in Buena Park, California, United States, owned and operated by Six Flags.In March 2015, it was ranked as the twelfth-most-visited theme park in North America, while averaging approximately 4 million visitors per year.
As early as 1941, Speer wrote articles for Ghost Town News, which was the Knott’s Berry Farm newspaper. In 1956, twenty years after creating his museum, Speer (at age 72) donated his carefully catalogued collection of 30,000 items to Knott’s Berry Farm in return for Knott’s agreeing to house it, display it and retain Speer as curator.
Knott's Lagoon ? 1983 various An artificial lake that featured, row boats, paddle boats and the Cordelia K steamboat. When Camp Snoopy expansion replaced the North parking lot, Knott's Lagoon was bulldozed and paved over for the new main parking lot. The connecting underpass now leads to the main parking. Knott's Pacific Pavilion 1986 1998 N/A
During December 2012, Knott's Berry Farm decided to give the attraction a major overhaul and upgrade. This was beginning of a major change in the park's direction with moving back into themed attractions rather than just thrills. The park's owner, Cedar Fair, had originally planned to add another major roller coaster in Knott's Ghost Town area ...
MonteZOOMa: The Forbidden Fortress, previously known as Montezooma’s Revenge, is a shuttle roller coaster located at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, United States. Designed by Anton Schwarzkopf , the ride opened on May 21, 1978, and is one of eight flywheel-launched units manufactured for theme parks around the world. [ 1 ]
HangTime is a steel roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. The Infinity Coaster was manufactured by Gerstlauer on the former site of Boomerang and Riptide. On opening, it had the steepest drop on a rollercoaster in California, at 96°. [1] HangTime was also marketed by the park as the first Dive Coaster in California. [2]
Walter Marvin Knott (December 11, 1889 – December 3, 1981) was an American farmer and businessman who founded the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park in Buena Park, California, introduced and mass-marketed the boysenberry, and founded the Knott's Berry Farm food brand.
Pony Express is a steel motorbike roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. [1] It is the first motocoaster built by Zamperla in the United States, opening on May 22, 2008. The ride features motorbike-style seating and a flywheel launch system. [2]