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Knott's Berry Farm is a 57-acre (2,500,000 sq ft) theme park located in Buena Park, California, owned and operated by Six Flags. In March 2015, it was ranked as the twelfth-most-visited theme park in North America, while averaging approximately 4 million visitors per year. The park features over 40 rides, including roller coasters, family rides ...
The Knott's Berry Farm amusement park in Orange County, California, originated from a berry farm owned by Walter Knott (1889–1981). In the 1920s, Knott and his wife, Cordelia, sold berries, berry preserves and pies from a roadside stand beside State Route 39, near the small town of Buena Park. [ 1][ 2] In 1932, on a visit to Rudolph Boysen 's ...
Knott's Scary Farm or Knott's Halloween Haunt is a seasonal Halloween event at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. It is an event in which the theme park is transformed into "160 acres of horror", via a series of roaming monsters, terrifying mazes [ 1] and 'scare zones'. [ 2] As of 2010, it was said to be the first, largest and ...
Silver Bullet is a western -themed steel inverted roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard located at Knott's Berry Farm, an amusement park in Buena Park, California. The $16 million roller coaster was announced on December 1, 2003 and opened on December 7, 2004. A first rider auction was also held where people would bid on seats to be ...
Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park has been owned and operated by Ohio-based Cedar Fair since 1997. The company plans to merge with Six Flags, operator of Magic Mountain in Valencia.
Sierra Sidewinder at RCDB. Sierra Sidewinder is a steel spinning roller coaster located in the Camp Snoopy section of Knott's Berry Farm. It was the first spinning roller coaster in the United States to feature trains with multiple spinning cars, rather than an individual spinning car, like those found on a Reverchon or Zamperla Twister Coaster.
Ghost Town & Calico Railway RGS 2-8-0 No. 41. Preserved operations. Owned by. Walter Knott. Commercial history. Opened. January 12, 1952. The Ghost Town & Calico Railway is a 3 ft ( 914 mm) narrow-gauge [1] heritage railroad and amusement park attraction within Knott's Berry Farm, an amusement park located in Buena Park, California.
1954. 2000. Walter Knott. A walk-through attraction demonstrating curious aberrations of gravity. It was replaced by VertiGo, then Screamin' Swing. The site is now occupied by Calico Mine Stage. A similar attraction at Calico, California named the Mystery Shack still operates. Henry's Auto Livery. 1957.