robbalvey Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Here are the photos: http://www.themeparkreview.com/kbf0304/kbf0304.shtml Hey everyone! Yet another Knott's update! Here are some notes from their visit: - XLR8R still closed. Both trains had parts missing. Let's hope they can get this operating with two trains for Solace! - Jaguar closed. Jaguar fulfilled today's 'random closed ride' quota. I don't think we've had a visit where at LEAST two of the parks major attractions weren't closed at the same time. - Riptide. Um...this only does one flip? Are you kidding me? Worst Top Spin program ever! - Funniest moment of the day - Even the "Silver Bullet Test Seat" was closed! LMAO!!! - Ghostrider - OMFG!!!! Most brutal ride I think I have ever had on it! Both Dan and I looked at each other... "WTF was that???" Today's ride cancels out any 'improvements' we said we felt on the ride last week. - Random clothing. We kept finding random clothing all over the park! The funniest one was the 'random jacket' seen hanging out by the CLOSED bathrooms! - "No filming chicks taking dumps" was the gist of the 'no cameras' sign we saw posted by the women's restrooms. So anyway, today was just 'going through the motions' at Knott's. It wasn't a horrible day, yet it wasn't very inspiring: Wander around, try to find an open ride, ride Silver Bullet, wander around some more, ride Ghostrider...ouch! ouch! ouch! wander around some more...ride Montezooma's...Wheeeeeeeeeeee! --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterFanatic Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Well, we can only hope that they are prepping for Solace. If not, they can bet that folks like me will probably not venture clear across the country next year for the event. As for the restrooms, they have the same signs at Cedar Point. I noticed them last year. Not quite sure, but I bet it is to hide their secret unrinal numbering system. (Picture borrowed from CoasterDave who took it last year at Solace.) Knott's Numbered Stalls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasters 4 me Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 from those pictures, the park seems pretty crap on those type of days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowforce Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 The sign in the final shot just screams "We don't care about you if attendance is low. Go away!" Knotts Berry Farm won't be high on my list of parks to visit if I ever get to US again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistedmickey Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 ^I have to agree. That sign is so disrespectful. I hope to be back to California next year and I will definitely not be visiting Knotts. Poor show.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingScooter Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 I'm surprised that final sign "go away" didn't have graffitti all over it. I think if that had been in Ohio, there'd be kick marks on it to say the least. That is beyond rude... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What Now Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 I bet that Xcel will only run one trian next weekend, if at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterCrazy Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 (edited) post deleted......... Edited March 5, 2005 by CoasterCrazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottBrown Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 So Riptide is now running like Vodoo how depressing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Well I know where I'm not going this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterzak Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Awesome pictures. The only thing I like more than your pictures are your captions. Don't know why, but I'm still laughing at that random jacket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hattuchili Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Very nice pictures. However I think it was unfortunate that so many attractions were closed. --Soeren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoshiFan Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Robb I hope you photoshop the "go away" on the sign. Because that is very rude of KBF to say to people that come to the park. I guess I got lucky when I went to KBF over winter break because everything it the park was open. I was thinking the same thing, hoping that it was photoshopped on because if that is the way the sign really is, then I think KBF really has to rethink what they put on a sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisZer0 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 I tell ya, the last time I went to KBF (pre-cedar fair ownership), I went to Scary Farms, which is the best halloween event has ever thrown. I talked to a friend of mine whos down in San Diego, who went this past oct. and said its become a former shadow of itsself. I really hope someone can step in and save this little park(read: not six flags). Its a great place with alot of history and should have alot more opportunity to prove itsself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 LOL! Yes, guys, the sign is a photoshop job! The real sign actually just said some things about the weather! --Robb "It was meant as a joke!" Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 LOL! Yes, guys, the sign is a photoshop job! The real sign actually just said some things about the weather! --Robb "It was meant as a joke!" Alvey Just couldn't wait for April Fools, could you? So what did they real sign say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalMAN123 Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Robb, why is it you always strike out at KBF. I always get lucky and everything is open. For me Riptide did six flips...in a row! Eighteen overall. That sucks that you guys always get unlucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneygurlz2s Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 I believed the sign too... Like I said after last weekend's trip reports (and FlyingScooter said the same above) if that was how things were at the seasonal parks out here in Ohio they would have closed a long time ago.... Hard to believe, when Cedar Point has always been so awesome, that the same company owns them. Shari "And to think, I used to want to go to CA to see KBF and SFMM" Shoufler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Six Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 OMG! I thought the sign was real also! I'm all "wow Knotts sure knows how to let SFMM shine" Nice one Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcurrent Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 R&E Where have all the fun photos gone ??? It must be really getting to you going to this park where has all the crazy sh*t gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 It's hard to have fun at Knotts! Check out some of the Universal and SFMM Photos for the 'fun stuff'! Elissa "we had way too much fun at Universal!" Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalacticHero Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Robb, I'm really glad that sign was photoshoped. If it wasn't, it'd be a disgrace to my home park. Hope Xcelerator is running at least 1 train by Solace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcurrent Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 you guys always normally have fun.. its just that park is getting you down by the look of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 We still had a good time...but it's kind of a downer when the ride you want to ride the most is closed. Elissa "we can always amuse ourselves...even at the crappier parks!" Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekRx Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Fun is something Robb and Elissa can generate anywhere, anytime. (Just look at how much fun Chopsticks can be in the Universal update). Its not so much that Knott's is a bad park, or craptacular......but its on its way there. Its trying to become something it was never intended to be, a major thrill park, the Cedar Point of the West. With each visit I've had (usually 1 or 2 visits a year, but hey, I live on the East Coast) the park has gotten less and less memorable. The removal of classic rides, laziness of ride operators, overall poor operations, obnoxious color schemes, and now the god awful barkers on Silver Ballet, shows how Knott's is deteriorating to a level you'd expect of a Six Flags. When you go to a park to have a good time and are just frustrated to the point that you'd rather just leave and head elsewhere, its hard to like the place. Now when its a place that you know can be amazing because you'd gone there for years and always had fun, its even worse. There was a time in the 1990's that you'd be at Magic Mountain and wish you were at Knott's. Nowadays the opposite happens, and the saddest part of all is that Magic Mountain hasn't gotten much better at all. On my visit to Knott's, I was anticipating staying there for around 3 to 4 hours, ride Bullet, enjoy the other coasters and rides I hadn't yet a couple of times, get some lunch, etc. I was there for about 2 hours before I was ready to go to Disney. 1 train on everything, slow operations on Montezooma, Ghostrider, Riptide; closed Xcelerator; repaving issues; and those annoying mics on Bullet just made me feel really down and ready to get out of there. It would have been nice to ride it a few more times, but the 1 train, the forcelessness, and the ride ops gave me enough of an experience to generate my opinions of the ride. Fortunately there are plenty of other places nearby to escape to. Now had I actually had to pay to get in the park, I'd be even more upset. We're not stuck up or snobbish or anything, its just that we know how good the park can be because we've experienced it years ago and we want that back again. We shouldn't have to put blinders on or TRY to have fun, it should come naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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