The Knott's Berry Farm (KBF) Discussion Thread

[thrillseeker4552]

Just out of curiosity, what’s the best seat on Ghostrider?

 

The first half is better in the back car, and the second half is better in the front. It’s really 50/50 for me... I like both.

[SoCalJasonland]

I stopped by Knott's on Thursday for a couple of hours. My second dining pass meal of the year was another winner. I can state that the tri-tip from Boardwalk BBQ was equally as good as the pulled pork. Hangtime had two pieces of track left to install and the burned fire station had a bulldozer inside working on demo. The header on the front fire station door had just come down.

Hangtime track almost complete

Hangtime track almost complete

Hangtime track almost complete

Tri-tip is another winner from Boardwalk BBQ

Burned fire station demo

Band crossing?

Edited January 20, 2018 by SoCalJasonland

[Nrthwnd]

Mmmmmm tri-tip.

 

(Such a dirty expression, "tri-tip".)

[WestCoasterKing]

*please be open by late March*

*please be open by late March*

 

 

one can only hope...........

 

I hope it's open by March 16 to be exact. Not that I'll be in town then, but it would still be cool for it to open with Boysenberry Festival.

 

BTW, I wonder what kind of sway effect having a single spindly support holding up the "top hat" will have on the feel of entering that loop?

[Pear]

[Shut It Down]

Wow!! That first inversion looks awesome!!! Much bigger than I was expecting!!

[thrillseeker4552]

I saw that photo on Instagram! Looks great. I can’t wait for trains to arrive and testing to start!

[snapfordakids]

Cant wait to ride thiS!

[WestCoasterKing]

That last over banked turn looks pretty inverty from this angle if you ask me. And so does that drop over the top hat into the first loop. Looks more like six inversions from where I'm sitting.

Edited January 21, 2018 by WestCoasterKing

[Shut It Down]

Just got back from the park and I have to say the completed Hangtime looks great! Hopefully it will be open soon!!! Also, Sol Spin is open again!

Sol Spin is open again!

Massive Head Chopper!!!

Hangtime is complete!

Overview

[PKI Jizzman]

Okay sweet, Sol Spin is back so all effort and energy can be spent on Xcelerator.

[thrillseeker4552]

Great news! Thanks for the update.

[Nrthwnd]

The photos of Hangtime look great! Thanks for sharing them!

[firebird81]

That is one seriously good looking roller coaster.

[bert425]

Hangtime looks great!

 

and glad to see Sol Spin open. . . never been on a ride like it, and hopefully will get a chance to try it out in the somewhat near future!

[edgeboy]

Pray tell, what sort of cycle doth Sol Spin have this time? I'm hoping for the 6 rotations. I figure at this point, asking for a reverse rotation or two is asking way too much.

[Condor]

Hangtime looks really good. I became a big Gerstlauer fan after going to Germany last summer so it's exciting to now have an infinity coaster at my home park.

[Nrthwnd]

Looking at that larger overall photo of it, it just seems to "fit" the entire area!

Like it should have been there, years and years ago.

 

Love it! I'll be riding it in 2019, I hope.

[WestCoasterKing]

Apparently Sol Spin is stuck in the air, according to someone who just posted on Facebook who is actually on the ride.

 

EDIT. Apparently it was last night, but he posted this evening. The wording made it sound current. My bad. But still. Broke down again. I'm convinced that spot is cursed. They could install anything in that area and it would break down. If they were to build a restaurant it burn down. If they made it a planter the flowers would die. Heck even a water fountain would probably break down.

[Shut It Down]

Found one more worth sharing...

[WestCoasterKing]

Are they still installing supports? And on the bottom no less?

[ytterbiumanalyst]

One of those is where the bucket of mud will go, and the other one is for the bucket of snakes.

[firebird81]

As a former large machinery installer it looks to me like they are using that rope to literally pull the structure into alignment to install more supports. Kinda interesting.

[CedarFlags]

Kind of makes sense... static force vs. dynamic force. Doesn't need as much support if it's just standing there without any trains moving.

[DBJ]

Thanks for the pics! Really like color scheme.