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It will take all summer to make it official however.

The scaffolding has been removed. Looking state-of-the-art already. Pics by Efteling and their designer, Jeroen Verheij:

I have visited Knott's at least 200 times, but this will be my first Metrolink trip from Riverside to Knott's as I am just sick of sitting in a car on the 91 freeway/parking lot. So, I am taking the newish Perris to LA train indicated by the blueish line from either downtown Riverside to Buena Park. I will drive to the train station and while Hunter Park is a better neighborhood, the downtown Riverside station has roving security and more choices if my train gets canceled. I chose departures with no transfers but there were a few more 1 & 1/2 - 2 hour trips if I included them. I chose the trips indicated in blue. Return trips to Riverside I don't qualify for any discounts but if I went 5 times in a month during the week, I could save 10% with a flex ticket. Not worth it for me so $21.50. I figure my car is about 40 cents per mile to operate so 45 miles each way, less 5 miles for trip I still have to take to the train station equals 80 miles at 40 cents per mile for a total of $32. If I take the toll lanes, they are variable rates but range from $10 to $30+ each way from the 91/15 Riv. entrance to 91/55 OC exit and may save me an hour if I take it each way. I will need to get the 3 - 4 miles from Buena Park Metrolink station to the park depeding on the route. I can walk to Beach and take an OC bus for a couple of bucks, Uber/Lyft, or walk. The area is generraly safe during the day for a large city. I will likely walk to the park since I am getting to the station about 1 1/2 hour beofore the park opens this day at 10 am. As I was typing this and wondering if Metrolink was reliable, the following story ran on Channel 5 news, not joking. It actually came up while I was making this post about my trip tomorrow. No one was injured in the fire but the loco is out of service and is disrupting stops to the north. At least they offered the riders $50 towards alternative transportation but din't explain exactly what that means on the news. At least I can always go another day if there are train problems

This was my exact question. We visited in January. My girlfriend did some googling during our visit and found out their busy months are the same as every other parks busy months, meaning mostly the summer. Being an indoor park, that surprised me. But I guess outside parameters limiting family attendance, like school, or a general summer vacation, are more important.

Tear it down and risk losing our Coaster Capital of Missouri status? We'll be right back here: I hope you don't work in marketing, Steve. You're trying to send us right into the Stone Age by dipping us back into the single digits. Get out.