The Knott's Berry Farm (KBF) Discussion Thread

[COASTER FREAK 11"CACTUS SHARP!!"]

And here is the announcement from Knotts: Knotts Annual Pass Facebook Page

The wait is finally over! We are very excited to announce the launch of the Collector Pin Trading Program! Our SPH's will be able to purchase the starter package that was created exclusively for YOU! It includes the Paw Prints lanyard, Season Pass card holder and the Sheriffs Pin (See cover photo- excludes Snoopy plush). The starter package will be available starting May 18th at Gold Trails Hotel, to only our SPH's- quantities are EXTREMELY limited. Visit knotts.com/knottspintrading for rules and regulations!

Yup...

[jzooleI wrote the book about donkeys!]

Oh my god, it took me several minutes to figure out that you weren't joking and that's actually the announcement they made. What on earth would make them think they should hype that up as a "big announcement"???

[SoCalCoastersYoung and Stupid! I blame my parents.]

^A certain neighbor up the street hyped theirs even more, so I wouldn't go so readily bashing their marketing.

[SomeotherguyuserA zonkey is a cross between a zebra and a donkey.]

I'm just waiting for Knott's to make another surprise announcement and say, "LOL JK! We're adding a new dark ride for 2013!"

So all of that excitement just for pins. Show's over people. Go back to your rides on Xcellerator.

[asimowalk“Fear can make a donkey attack a lion”]

... Is their graphic designer out of town or something?

[australianalexA village is missing its IDIOT!]

This actually made me laugh.
Really Knotts? If I was a Season Pass Holder I'd probably be jumping off a cliff right about now.

[XYZA village is missing its IDIOT!]

Wow! This really isn't funny as I'll be a 2013 KBF season pass holder. I'm actually very dissapointed and at least thought it would be something not very major but would add to the park, like new Vekoma trains installed on the Boomerang.

[SkyBreak95Full Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!]

what a rip.

[MrSum1_55Jar-Jar Binks smells like Donkey]

I have officially lost all hope in the human race.

It would have been more relevant if the announcement were that the park is increasing the amount of trash cans in the park.

[SuperShawnWhy do I still have a donkey title???]

While it's not an exciting announcement, I'm not surprised it was something this random and merchandise related since at best I was hoping for a late night ert or some random food thing for pass holders. However I am surprised that soo many people actually expected this to be a new attraction announcement...
On the bright side people do like to collect pins (outside of just dinsey) and if this is something that helps bring any additional revenue to the park to keep adding new attractions and keep doing more of the small fix ups they've been lately, then I'm all for Knotts introducing pin trading.