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Coast rider at knotts berry farm8/14/2023 ![]() ![]() We sat through the weird vanishing storyteller show in the Mystery Lodge – a nice indoor, air-conditioned break for me, during which I answered a lot of “Is he really magic?” and “Did that guy really disappear?” type questions. We stood in Main Street in Ghost Town and watched the Cowboy Antics, a slapstick street performance/duel.We saw the Wild West Stunt Show at the Wagon Camp in Ghost Town, where the same cowboys make the audience laugh with their goofy play fights. We saw most of the latest Peanuts character show at Camp Snoopy before my companion had to go to the bathroom. We saw the Calico Saloon Show, a true vaudeville dancing and singing performance behind the bar that actually serves drinks. My son saw this and constantly asked me “What time is the next show?” I decided to indulge him, if only to give myself a break from standing in line and being whipped up and down and around again on the rides, and we wound up spending the whole day going from one show to the next, working in rides if there was time in between them. When visitors enter the gates of Knott’s Berry Farm, they are handed a park map and a schedule of the day’s entertainment. My son and I truly enjoyed the rides, and we went on a lot of them that day, because he is finally tall enough! He even went on the Surfside Glider all by himself, with me standing proudly at the ride’s perimeter snapping pictures, hoping to catch the self-satisfied grin on his little face.īut what made the whole day extra fun was the shows. ![]() The Ghost Rider has the better vertical drops, though, so it’s worth standing in line for that one if defying gravity is really your thing. We rode it twice more during our visit! The only reason that happened was that the new ride is a fun and fast roller coaster but it’s smooth, unlike its veteran mentor The Ghost Rider, which, in its old-school coaster way, smashes and jerks your body back and forth, to and fro, with headache-inducing force. Since we were at the park before the official opening time, we were able to ride it 3 times in a row without standing in a long line. The Coast Rider roller coaster was a huge hit with my 6-year-old. My younger son and I spent a day there to check out the new rides at scenery at the recently opened Boardwalk, and also to ride the reopened Timber Mountain Log Ride. What I did not expect at a recent visit to Knott’s was the helpful way the daily entertainment broke up our day. With a destination as easy or hard to get to depending on traffic as Buena Park, CA, it’s a long drive and a long day, so we want to maximize our fun. When life gets too “boring” for the kids, plan and execute Operation Theme Park, right? And that’s how I see it – a mission that requires skill and organization. At least that’s how my family looks at it. A day at Knott’s Berry Farm is one of those things you build into your summer to break up the long stretch of free time. ![]()
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