The Knott's Berry Farm (KBF) Discussion Thread

[prozach626]

I'll raise you the carousel at SFStl. Give it four more years and you can be entertained by all the fanboys fiercely defending and justifying the delay, while you embrace your inner troll.

[Bob325]

I know they're the same company now but it's still jarring to see for the first time. The actual sewn in tag says "Six Flags", too.

[tndank]

Work has resumed on Montezooma recently.  The loop was topped off today and is complete once again.  Great to see. 

[PKI Jizzman]

When do Scary Farm tickets go on sale? Looking forward to getting back to Knotts and a chance to ride Xcel. My 2018 visit was rough as Xcel was down almost the whole year, Hangtime had yet to open, and most of the coasters were down or closed. 

[AmyUD06]

I think they were looking for a response from an actual person, not some summary that could have been gained from just Googling it.

[Domm]

Does anyone know/remember when Knotts typically starts the ‘early season pass’ deal where for example you get the rest of 2025 on a new 2026 season pass?

[AmyUD06]

8 hours ago, Domm said:

Does anyone know/remember when Knotts typically starts the ‘early season pass’ deal where for example you get the rest of 2025 on a new 2026 season pass?

Not Knott's specific, but other legacy CF parks would typically put next year's pass on sale toward the middle-end of August.

[Arthur_Seaton]

16 hours ago, Domm said:

Does anyone know/remember when Knotts typically starts the ‘early season pass’ deal where for example you get the rest of 2025 on a new 2026 season pass?

I've been wondering the same and how things might differ this year. 2025 has been the first year in quite some time that I didn't bother to renew either my Six Flags or my Knott's passes, but I plan to renew both for next year since I'll be back in California for 95% of the year. 

When I looked at my bank statements, I bought my 2024 Knott's pass mid-August. I bought my Six Flags pass around September-October.

I'm hoping there's something like a combined pass available around August that'll allow for the remainder of 2025 and 2026 for both Knott's and Magic Mountain. Ideally, I'd go for one of those combo Six Flags / Cedar Fair things if possible.

[SoCalJasonland]

3 hours ago, Arthur_Seaton said:

I've been wondering the same and how things might differ this year. 2025 has been the first year in quite some time that I didn't bother to renew either my Six Flags or my Knott's passes, but I plan to renew both for next year since I'll be back in California for 95% of the year. 

When I looked at my bank statements, I bought my 2024 Knott's pass mid-August. I bought my Six Flags pass around September-October.

I'm hoping there's something like a combined pass available around August that'll allow for the remainder of 2025 and 2026 for both Knott's and Magic Mountain. Ideally, I'd go for one of those combo Six Flags / Cedar Fair things if possible.

My Knott's pass had a $65 All-Parks add on for the Gold Pass to extend to Magic Mountain and the rest of the chain plus it includes parking which is $100 by itself for the year.  Unfortunately the meals, dinks, lockers, Fast Lanes, and photos season pass addons besides parking don't transfer yet; between chains so you will want to purchase from the park you visit the most if you add those things.  SFMM should have something similar.

[Arthur_Seaton]

7 hours ago, SoCalJasonland said:

My Knott's pass had a $65 All-Parks add on for the Gold Pass to extend to Magic Mountain and the rest of the chain plus it includes parking which is $100 by itself for the year.  Unfortunately the meals, dinks, lockers, Fast Lanes, and photos season pass addons besides parking don't transfer yet; between chains so you will want to purchase from the park you visit the most if you add those things.  SFMM should have something similar.

Really!? I didn't see that Knott's was doing that! I priced out buying a pass from SFFT ($95 plus $110 for "All Park Passport") and SFMM ($110 plus $110 for "All Park Passport"). Looking at the Knott's page, it appears that they sell a Gold Pass for $175, so the "All Park Passport" is another $65? I'll be sure to check out all options to see what's best when the next round comes. I don't eat or drink at parks, so it's mostly just entry and parking that I care about (and parking isn't a requirement for me at Knott's).

[Domm]

On 7/7/2025 at 4:23 AM, AmyUD06 said:

Not Knott's specific, but other legacy CF parks would typically put next year's pass on sale toward the middle-end of August.

Thank you!

[SoCalJasonland]

On 7/7/2025 at 10:37 PM, Arthur_Seaton said:

Really!? I didn't see that Knott's was doing that! I priced out buying a pass from SFFT ($95 plus $110 for "All Park Passport") and SFMM ($110 plus $110 for "All Park Passport"). Looking at the Knott's page, it appears that they sell a Gold Pass for $175, so the "All Park Passport" is another $65? I'll be sure to check out all options to see what's best when the next round comes. I don't eat or drink at parks, so it's mostly just entry and parking that I care about (and parking isn't a requirement for me at Knott's).

It was a $65 add on to my $155 Gold Pass price earlier this year around Feb 2nd.  It is cheaper to add on the All-Parks then adding parking by itself or buy a separate SFMM pass.  I canceled my SF membership after I was able to add All-Parks for $65 per year.  They keep increasing prices this year so I am sure what I paid is not current.

The All-Parks does add parking but it really doesn't say it on the Knott's website.  This is my pass add ons page from the Knott's app.

 

 

[Arthur_Seaton]

^ Thanks for the info. I'll keep an eye out for 2026 pass updates and will figure out what's best. Again, this is the first year in some time that I didn't bother renewing, so it'd nice to gain access to the remainder of 2025.

[thepoint4life23]

The 2026 Pass is looking to include all 40 parks and starting at $99

[Arthur_Seaton]

1 hour ago, thepoint4life23 said:

The 2026 Pass is looking to include all 40 parks and starting at $99

What!? Really? Can you provide the source for this please? That seems very inexpensive.

[thepoint4life23]

Just go look at the Canada Wonderland Website 

[Arthur_Seaton]

31 minutes ago, thepoint4life23 said:

Just go look at the Canada Wonderland Website 

Thanks!

EDIT: For what it's worth, I clicked around a little and it seems as though they're advertising all 40 parks for $99, but when you click the link, it takes you to one of those add-on all pass upgrades. Still, a decent price, and I hope other locations offer something like this. I know it varies from state to state.