A.J. 51 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Another thing that apparently came out of a recent presentation from the park is that Impulse is receiving new trains that will allow riders from 48" to 52" to ride without booster seats. Link to post Share on other sites
Pedrinho 5 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 ^ and ^^ Knoebels is just awesome. Other "smaller" parks would never do such an effort just because they are awesome and want to please its guests! Link to post Share on other sites
bill_s 2 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Another thing that apparently came out of a recent presentation from the park is that Impulse is receiving new trains that will allow riders from 48" to 52" to ride without booster seats. Hopefully that's not the only improvement to those restraints. Ouch. Link to post Share on other sites
A.J. 51 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Knoebels is just awesome. Other "smaller" parks would never do such an effort just because they are awesome and want to please its guests! Part of the reason why I still love Knoebels is that they focus so much on "quality of life" improvements to the park each year instead of the latest whizz-bang attraction. Link to post Share on other sites
coasterbill 450 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Phoenix really needs an actual queue. If the line is more than 15 minutes it just starts spilling out all over the midway and it's kind of a mess. Link to post Share on other sites
JG-77 8 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 True, but I think the sight of the que spilling out into the midway keeps more people from joining since they judge the wait to be longer than it is, and thus keeps the wait a reasonable 20min for those who do join. Link to post Share on other sites
Canobie Coaster 113 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 ^ Secretly I like how that may deter people from joining, but then again, Twister has a long queue (in terms of length) and that ride has a similarly long wait on busy days. Link to post Share on other sites
Pedrinho 5 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Well, you have to admit that a Phoenix queue that is 15 Minutes would be about an hour in many other parks, maybe two hours in Holiday Park's Expedition GeForce. So a 15 Minute queue is a lot of people. But I'll be glad to wait in a newly designed infield queue as soon as I'm back to Knoebels! Link to post Share on other sites
cal1br3tto 3 Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Another thing that apparently came out of a recent presentation from the park is that Impulse is receiving new trains that will allow riders from 48" to 52" to ride without booster seats. It was cool enough that they had booster seats to begin with--this is even better! Hopefully that's not the only improvement to those restraints. Ouch. Agreed. I think I might be one of the only people who just doesn't like Impulse at all. Link to post Share on other sites
tndank 47 Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 I've never seen a coaster with booster seats. Anyone got a pic? I've never seen something like that. Pretty cool. Link to post Share on other sites
A.J. 51 Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 I've never seen a coaster with booster seats. Anyone got a pic? I've never seen something like that. Pretty cool. Here you go, courtesy of Chris' visit back in 2015 on his blog... Another example, when Mission Space got its recent renovation, they added booster seats to the non-spinning Green Team so that smaller children could ride. Link to post Share on other sites
bert425 111 Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 (edited) I've never seen a coaster with booster seats. Anyone got a pic? I've never seen something like that. Pretty cool. google "Knoebel's Impulse Booster Seat". . . images will come up with the seat on the coaster Edited March 4, 2020 by bert425 Link to post Share on other sites
tndank 47 Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Cool. I looked at some photos but I don't think I realized what I was looking at. That's pretty neat. Link to post Share on other sites
linearinduction 0 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Cool. I looked at some photos but I don't think I realized what I was looking at. That's pretty neat.You can thank Lagoon for the Booster Seats and the New ART Trains. Sent from my moto z3 using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
JT325 0 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 You can thank Lagoon for the Booster Seats and the New ART Trains. What are ART trains? Anyone have a picture of the new trains? I'm wondering why they replaced the trains only after a few years. Like many new coasters, I rode Impulse while holding the lap bar away from me, as it gets too tight. (Just a comment, I'm sure lots of people like a tight lap bar). Link to post Share on other sites
linearinduction 0 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 You can thank Lagoon for the Booster Seats and the New ART Trains. What are ART trains? Anyone have a picture of the new trains? I'm wondering why they replaced the trains only after a few years. Like many new coasters, I rode Impulse while holding the lap bar away from me, as it gets too tight. (Just a comment, I'm sure lots of people like a tight lap bar). ART Engineering GmbH/ART Product GmbH. Lagoon worked with them on BomBora, Cannibal, and their upcoming new coaster, provided trains for BomBora and Cannibal, and provided new Bogies for Spider and Wicked a couple years ago. Sent from my moto z3 using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
JT325 0 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 ^Thank you for the explanation Link to post Share on other sites
linearinduction 0 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 ^Thank you for the explanation From what I've been told, Knoebels came out last fall to check out the new bogies on Wicked and checked out the trains on Cannibal. They certainly made the better decision, even after Lagoon replaced Wicked's Chassis 2 years ago, those ART Trains and Restraint System is just Superior to many others out there. I can hardly wait to see if they have the onboard hydraulic pumps and/or lighting. Sent from my moto z3 using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
A.J. 51 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I knew they looked familiar. They're pretty much two-car Cannibal trains. Fascinating. Link to post Share on other sites
Rai Fox 4 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Knoebels has announced that the campground will be opening on June 11th, but the park will not be open yet at that time. There's no mention of the cottages, which I assume won't open until the park does since the office for them is in the main park, not the campground. Some sign of progress though. Still hoping for something closer to normal by time my end of August cottage reservation comes around...crossing my fingers hard as I can here. Link to post Share on other sites
JG-77 8 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 The amusement park is not accessible since it is an active construction zone. That sounds interesting, I wonder what that construction could be referring to. Link to post Share on other sites
Rai Fox 4 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 The amusement park is not accessible since it is an active construction zone. That sounds interesting, I wonder what that construction could be referring to. They had mentioned over the off season that they were upgrading all of their restrooms (which, as much as I love the park...did badly need it), but I wouldn't be surprised if they were taking the chance with the extended downtime to get some other projects done too. As far as I've seen they haven't actually announced anything as of yet, though. Link to post Share on other sites
SharkTums 201 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 ^Agreed, a bathroom update/upgrade would be much appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites
DorneyKid14 4 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Looks like they are building a new bathroom and new pavilion. facebook post Link to post Share on other sites
cfc 51 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 ^Agreed, a bathroom update/upgrade would be much appreciated. Seriously. As much as I like Knoebels, most of their restrooms seem to date back to WWII. Link to post Share on other sites
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