Michael A.
Yelp
A fan favorite theme park for all ages. After 15 years since the last time I came here, it brought back some nostalgic memories. Knotts berry farm is an amusement park that I believe is one of the best in California. The rides here are smaller than six flags magic mountain where I reside and yet, with how small the rides look in comparison, it packs a big punch. I have been to California great America and after going to both, the two are almost identical in intensity of the rides.
I brought my friend to Southern California as he was residing in Northern California, he is a thrill seeker and since nobody else I know is, it worked out. We ended up going to the most intense rides as described below:
1. Xcelerator (4/5) - this is one of the most fun rides at the park, it has an amazing launch and is incredibly intense. The drop is 90 degrees over a top hat and although smaller than others in the United States, is a great refresher to the day.
2. Supreme Scream (5/5) - this ride has a gut wrenching drop that's about 252 feet tall. The launch downwards was so intense, it was even more so than the launch on Xcelerator. Takes the cake as the most intense ride there. Line is super short for a reason.
3. Hangtime (3.5/5) - tame coaster, with great airtime, a 96 degree drop and fairly short ride. The first drop is a little bit intense, but the rest of the ride was tame although fairly fast.
4. Ghostrider (4.5/5) - excellent woody, no loops, but overall fast and has decent airtime with a few intense drops. Very fun coaster for high school kids and young adults, long freakin line though. Good amount of time on ride though.
5. Montezoomas revenge (4.5/5) - great launch, intense spike drops and intense airtime, strong coaster, but has been remodeled and still closed.
6. Sierra sidewinder (4/5) - less intimidating looking than the actual experience, disorienting twisting coaster with fast intensity turns and good airtime. Not super intense but fun.
7. Silver Bullet (4/5) - fast and intense coaster, but similar to Batman at six flags, some lightheaded intensity in the outside loop, overall very fun coaster.
8. Pony express (3/5) worst coaster in park, but doesn't suck. It's fun and has a weird sitting position as if you are riding a horse.
9. Calico mine ride/ train ride/ log ride (2/5) - family rides that were too tame, but the calico mine ride is a long fun family ride after eating a heavy lunch.
10. Skytower (1/5) - boring, slow rotating tower lifting ride that shows the entire park, at least it was air conditioned. Went after riding all intense rides for a break.
Overall, these are my top 10-12 attractions I recommend, some of the others are relatively tame rides that can be found at county fairs like the carousel and upside down rotating thrill ones. The shows were bad, singing country family songs. The public had a lot of high school students on summer break and children which was kind of annoying, but it gave back memories of my old high school friends. Overall a great theme park with tolerable intensity rides although the supreme scream is way more intense than guardians at Disneyland.