Nyteowl

I don't work at Knott's anymore, I had to quit to go on the Scandi tour with TPR. I'll be working as a monster this year for haunt though. That being said, I'll be free to enjoy the festivities .

Sealed bottles of water are 100% ok. Camelbaks should be fine as well as long as it's only filled with water.

Weekdays at Knott's during October are dead due to schools being in session, in addition to Knott's Scary Farm being around. However, be advised as the park will close earlier in the day in prep for haunt if you go Wednesday-Friday, but you shouldn't have a problem riding everything you want multiple times.

I'm still on Team Air Race, especially after riding one on the Scandi Tour.

Great shots Hanno, always a huge fan of your photos . I miss Liseberg and Pontus, such a great day of the tour.

The last few times I went, I didn't see Silver on the track at all. Why would that be? Was it in the shop all that time since JUNE 2013?! Kinda hard to believe... Oh well, glad ol' SIlvey's back. Silver has been in rotation since September 2013, must've been one train days when you went. Also Silver Bullet is back up to two trains now.

Just an update for anyone going to the park soon, Ghostrider went back up from rehab today with two trains running. Copper is out of rehab, so silver and copper are out on the track with gold in the shop.

Camp Snoopy should be opening the same day. Seems like all the cosmetic work is done, so it's just putting in the flats which shouldn't take too long as they've already started on some of them.

For anyone visiting the park soon, Zoom went up over the weekend so it should be up for near visits.

Thanks for your reply! On average, what are the wait times for the rides on a weekday? Are they ever over 60 mins? And how busy was it yesterday? According to the Knott's Website, Fastlane is available for presale on 21st, which means the park is expecting around 7,000 people minimum. However, 7k is still a very light crowd so I'd follow the advice of waiting until the day visiting to consider buying fastlane. As far as crowds go, yesterday our line at Ghostrider averaged around 20 minutes all day, and the budget was 11,000. This is pretty low because Ghost is one of the most popular rides in the park, and today our budget was only 5k. For the 21st, I don't think your crowds will be too bad, probably a 30-45 minute wait at the most for the more popular attractions in the park. I don't know if I'll be working that day, but if you get a chance, come stop by and say hi to me at Log Ride and i'll hook you guys up with a backdoor if I can. Wow thanks! You're awesome!! Since our dates are flexible (we get that whole week off) would it be better to visit on Tuesday or Wednesday, since its farther from the weekend and might have less people? Tuesdays seem to be the least crowded weekday, but it's only a minuscule difference. Just go whichever weekday works best for your party.

Thanks for your reply! On average, what are the wait times for the rides on a weekday? Are they ever over 60 mins? And how busy was it yesterday? According to the Knott's Website, Fastlane is available for presale on 21st, which means it will be slightly busy. However, 7k is still a very light crowd so I'd follow the advice of waiting until the day visiting to consider buying fastlane. As far as crowds go, yesterday our line at Ghostrider averaged around 20 minutes all day, and it was only slightly busy. This is pretty low because Ghost is one of the most popular rides in the park, and today it was even less crowded. For the 21st, I don't think your crowds will be too bad, probably a 30-45 minute wait at the most for the more popular attractions in the park.

Glad you had a good day! Hopefully monte will go back up soon. Just found out last week I'm getting transferred to Log ride next weekend, can't wait . You know what your schedule will be for Sunday? This sunday ill be at ghost from 945-615. It'll be my last day there as my primary ride as I'll be training at Log Ride the next weekend.

Glad you had a good day! Hopefully monte will go back up soon. Just found out last week I'm getting transferred to Log ride next weekend, can't wait .

No, silver bullet is still on one train operations unfortunately.

We only sell fast lane wristbands if the park is budgeted over a certain number (I believe it's around 7 or 8 thousand). If we don't hit that budget, we won't sell fast lane because it would be a waste of peoples money. Because of that, the days you are trying to buy fast lane for probably aren't budgeted high enough, and therefore they won't sell them online to avoid people wasting their money. However, if the budget changes to be high enough, they will be sold at the park on the day of operation. "Budget" is how many people the park is expecting to visit that day.

I was there last Thursday and it was running one train then also. I'll most likely be there this Thursday. But for some reason riptide has not be open the last 3 times I've been there. Riptide has been down for a while now, they were doing some refurbishment work on it and as far as I know they are awaiting approval from the state to reopen soon. I don't work again until Friday, but hopefully Ghost will be back to two trains this week. If the state has to approve their work, they are doing more than just a rehab. Something had to have been modified or someone was seriously injured if the state is involved. Yeah not sure exactly what it is since I don't work that area, it was just reported to me by a lead. I'll find out more if I can.

I was there last Thursday and it was running one train then also. I'll most likely be there this Thursday. But for some reason riptide has not be open the last 3 times I've been there. Riptide has been down for a while now, they were doing some refurbishment work on it and as far as I know they are awaiting approval from the state to reopen soon. I don't work again until Friday, but hopefully Ghost will be back to two trains this week. I've yet to see you when I'm there. But the odds are good that I'll run into sooner or later. I typically Work Friday-Sunday at GhostRider, but hours vary.

I was there last Thursday and it was running one train then also. I'll most likely be there this Thursday. But for some reason riptide has not be open the last 3 times I've been there. Riptide has been down for a while now, they were doing some refurbishment work on it and as far as I know they are awaiting approval from the state to reopen soon. I don't work again until Friday, but hopefully Ghost will be back to two trains this week.

Heads up for anyone visiting the park this weekend, GhostRider was running one train today and will likely be running one train for the rest of the weekend.

Out of curiosity for those that have done this before...can Jaguar! actually start causing motion sickness after a period of time? I liken riding Jaguar! to sitting shotgun in a car. I guess what I'm asking is...how can the entire train NOT come in first on this? EDIT: Just realized that the prizes are for fundraising...oops! No motion sickness whatsoever after staying on the full time 3 years in a row. I'm not very sensitive to motion sickness, but it gets really uncomfortable because the seats have no padding.

My mom worked at Knott's Berry Farm before I was even born, so I guess you could say it's in my blood lol. Anyways, because she worked there I was at Knott's almost every weekend during my early youth years and grew to love roller coasters/theme parks and it took off from there.

More rain here in SoCal, park closed early again today at 5:30 so no work for me. As far as I know, the Coaster Run is still on for tomorrow if anyone was registered and going to that. On my way out, took a quick pic of Gr8 skate in the parking lot. Here you go!

I participated in the Knott's event the past three years and it was a fun event for a great cause. I work there now so I won't be able to participate this year, but hopefully if I get trained to Jaguar or Coast Rider I'll be able to operate for it. It's nice to see them expanding to Coast Rider in addition to Jaguar this year at Knott's.

I have a faint memory of it being 46" back in the day when I was a young kid and my mother worked at Knott's. Did it change when cedar fair took over or am I just imagining things? Regardless, 48" is ridiculous.

Do you get to test GhostRider or does some other crew do that? Maintenance does most of the testing before we do anything. Basically, once they're done testing everything they sign off a sheet for us and then we basically do the double check testing. We check the seatbelts and lapbars on each train, send each train for a test cycle, and then send a test rider on each train. I'll usually volunteer to test ride if we need one.