The Knott's Berry Farm (KBF) Discussion Thread

[coasterlvr]

my cousin and her family are in town and decided to finish off their stay with knott's today so i joined them. i haven't ridden ghostrider in a while since the last time was so rough. thought, i'll give it another chance. i'll tell you i was so happy that mid course brake is there now. no telling how much more brutal it would be with it flying through that section. lol

 

really hope they put some major work into it sometime soon. used to be one of my favorite rides.

[singemfrc]

I don't think there's any hope for it without a complete conversion to topper track. I wouldn't touch the layout, but I'd like to see RMC put topper on it. I dont think RMC has ever worked with CCI, that's an interesting prospect.

[Top Thrill Dragster]

I don't think there's any hope for it without a complete conversion to topper track. I wouldn't touch the layout, but I'd like to see RMC put topper on it. I dont think RMC has ever worked with CCI, that's an interesting prospect.

 

 

They have worked on a CCI coaster.

 

 

One of the first, if not the first, coasters to get some topper track was Tremors at Silverwood theme park in Idaho. I believe that coasters entire turn around is topper track.

[IronWolfman]

^Tremors was the first coaster to get Topper Track, and it only has a few sections of it on the ride.

[Gnome]

You can feel the spots with topper track because its noticeably smoother. Wish the whole thing had topper track! If they come inand add it for GR, Id also hope they do the whole thing instead of just the most troubled sections.

[coasternate]

I am visiting the park next Wednesday, and have been hearing some rumors that Xcelerator might be repainted. Does anyone have any idea when this could possibly happen? I am super excited for this ride and would be bummed if it was closed.

[_IntaMAN_]

^ Xcelerator isn't getting a paint job any time soon... I doubt it'll close when you visit.

[KnottsBerryMountain]

^I guess they're testing out some paint or something, the transfer track has fresh paint on one side. But its probably not getting new paint anytime soon. It doesnt look bad from far away but its really rusty up close.

[coasterlvr]

I don't think there's any hope for it without a complete conversion to topper track. I wouldn't touch the layout, but I'd like to see RMC put topper on it. I dont think RMC has ever worked with CCI, that's an interesting prospect.

 

 

i knew we were screwed with how rough the approach to the lift hill was.

 

btw, 1 train operation on silver bullet and xcelerator. they were working on the silver bullet train today. but, it was in complete pieces.

[thrillseeker4552]

^One train operation on Xcelerator is pretty much the norm now, but it's funny that they are already repairing Silver Bullet's second train. Hopefully it'll be back in use comes WCB, but I'm not going to count on it.

[KnottsBerryMountain]

^It really irks me that they didnt work on Xcelerator before summer......but safety first!

[DJeXeL]

Based on my personal operational experience with XC, I will say that it is a lot more reliable with only 1 train.

[G-Force!]

^I can agree to this

[KnottsBerryMountain]

Was at the park yesterday and lines were about 10 mins. Great time to go.

[coasterchitchat]

With Carowinds announcing the giga today and that giga coaster rumor for KBF sitting in the bag, when will they get it?

[i<3coasters]

With Carowinds announcing the giga today and that giga coaster rumor for KBF sitting in the bag, when will they get it?

2018 (maybe).

[DLex]

Meh. Iron Ghost > Giga for me.

[i<3coasters]

Meh. Iron Ghost > Giga for me.

 

No. Just, no.

 

At the very most all GhostRider requires is a re-tracking by RMC (a la Thunder Run). Even Topper Track on this ride would be overkill.

With the work Knott's has done the past 2 years to bring it back, it is still one of the best woodies in CA if you avoid the wheel seats.

 

I think a Giga would also be overkill for this park though. I'd love to have one in my backyard, but I think there would be too many compromises the park would have to make to accommodate a Leviathan or Fury325.

[loop-de-loop]

With Carowinds announcing the giga today and that giga coaster rumor for KBF sitting in the bag, when will they get it?

Did you not here? After they took Leviathan away from Knott's they designed Fury 325, but then Cedar Fair took it away from Knott's and sent it to Carowinds.

[KnottsBerryMountain]

No Giga for Knott's. It would ruin the park more and its doing pretty well now.

[i<3coasters]

With Carowinds announcing the giga today and that giga coaster rumor for KBF sitting in the bag, when will they get it?

Did you not here? After they took Leviathan away from Knott's they designed Fury 325, but then Cedar Fair took it away from Knott's and sent it to Carowinds.

 

All because they first had to relocate I305

[DLex]

Meh. Iron Ghost > Giga for me.

With the work Knott's has done the past 2 years to bring it back,

 

Can you elaborate on this? I'm genuinely curious to know what has been done.

[StuckInSD]

If they announce a giga, I have no idea how they'd even fit it in the first place. Still hopin' they'll fill the old KOD space with something.

[i<3coasters]

Meh. Iron Ghost > Giga for me.

With the work Knott's has done the past 2 years to bring it back,

 

Can you elaborate on this? I'm genuinely curious to know what has been done.

 

Around 2012 it seems like the park started taking GhostRider's rehab a lot more seriously, and instead of just rehabbing the trains they've also been gradually re-tracking the roughest parts of the ride by replacing the top 2-3 layers of the wood stack (as you can see here).

 

As of now my estimation is that the ride is about 35-40% re-tracked, with fresh wood on what were previously some of the ride's worst parts.

Edited August 23, 2014 by i<3coasters

[MagnumFreak25]

Is it still rough in those parts or did it work?