Knoebels Advice

[edboxer]

I'm considering going to Knoebels this weekend. How busy will it be on Saturday? Sunday?

[larrygator]

I've been a dozen times on weekends and the only day that was real busy was during Phoenix Phall Phunfest.

 

Crowds should not be a concern this weekend, operations there are excellent and keep the lines moving even with only one train on Phoenix.

 

Sundays are usually less crowded.

[Schmoofy]

I'd suggest going on Saturday if you can, the park is open later that night. Don't wait in longer lines for rides, such as Phoenix and Twister, early in the day. Wait until later at night to ride either many times in a row.

[Scaparri]

I went on a Sunday night earlier in the month and didn't really wait for much of anything. I would assume it probably wasn't much worse earlier in the day.

[CoasterFanatic]

According to their website:

 

POP will only be available on Fri and Sat.

[Primogen18]

Who better to answer this then Mr Fetterman himself?

 

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On Saturday of LDW there is a split session hand-stamp, something like one good for 12-5Pm and another from 5-10PM. It grew out of a Knoebel program of kindness started decades ago, an "employee appreciation day" during which the POP sessions were actually split apart by an hour's pause, when all rides closed and operators trekked to a catered meal served by the Knoebel family and friends. As time went on, the larger number of employees as well as the larger number of patrons made the absolute closing impossible and now employees are shuttled to their own picnic up in one of the pavilions starting mid-afternoon and going until early evening.

 

Hence the unusual schedule for Saturday. It will be busy and full of weekend handstamps - read: some of the longest ride lines of the year.

 

Sunday and Monday are tickets-only. The Sunday crowd are augmented by a full campground and numerous families still making good on an earlier-summer promise to get to the park "sometime this summer". Lines will be on the larger side for Knoebels, which is, of course, still rather short when compared with many...

 

On Monday most of the campers have departed. The crowd is of a decent size but not nearly so large as on Sunday.

 

So you have three distinct crowd sizes and types over the three weekend days.

 

John

 

KG

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Taken directly from a certain other site where someone else asked this exact same question.

[edboxer]

Thanks for the responses. I'm reconfiguring my weekend to plans to go to Knoebels on Sunday.

[Wood Dragon 1988]

I went to Knoebels for the first time ever last Saturday. It was just plain awesome, and the lines weren't really bad despite an almost capacity parking lot! Lots of families there and none of the rides I did had much of a wait.

 

I always thought there was only one train on Phoenix, but when I went, they were cranking out two. Definitely a nice surprise.

 

The highlight of the day was this:

Alamo Restaurant:

Crab Cake and Chips

Turkey Sandwhich and Chips

Side order of Fries

Sweet Tea

 

$12.50!!! The food there is so cheap, and if you don't marathon the coasters you won't spend too much money there at all.