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Taste of Merry Farm 2020 at Knott's Berry Farm

12/2/2020

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Last week we were invited out to check out the Taste of Merry Farm at Knott's Berry Farm. This was actually our first visit to the park since leap day as we hadn't been able to make it to any of the other "Taste" events. 

It was great being back out at the park, trying some food and just walking around one of our favorite places. 

I will admit, it felt kind of weird, but overall the park has done a great job of making the best out of a bad situation. Let's head in! 

Written by Gregg Condon
Hi Knott's!! We've missed you!! 
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You can also check out our video walk-through of the event
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It was a beautiful day 
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First treat of the day were the fried green beans and tater-tot thing. The green beans were actually not very warm which was weird as the park had just opened. But the Tots were great!! 
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Next up was the Cranberry Chocolate Tart and a Boysenberry Smoothie. The Tart was way too sweet for me, but the Smoothie was fantastic. I hope it stays on the menu somewhere. 
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Moo
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Love the new look of the Schulz Theater 
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Lots of new stuff to look at over here 
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Lots of holiday goodies in the gallery & gifts shop 
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Nice touch with the Hangtime car 
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For the coaster nerds out there 
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This looks fantastic!! 
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If there was a Rose Parade in 2021 I could see this driving the parade route
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Let's head over to the Boardwalk 
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Mashed Potatoes. Good. Cranberry Sauce. Good. Stuffing. Good. Chicken Strips. Good. Jack and Coke Frosty. Gooooood!! 
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Calico Square looked fantastic of course 
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BBQ Pork Mac and Cheese and a Boysenberry Beer 
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Last up is Camp Snoopy 
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A couple of selfies 
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Hey Chuck!! 
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Love the decorations over here 
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Especially the Penguins!! 
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If you are so inclined, Mask Up and head to Knott's for the Taste of Merry Farm. 
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Most dates are sold out but there is some availability after Christmas. You can see available dates and get your tickets at https://www.knotts.com/. 

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Related Updates: ​
  • Knott's Berry Farm Update - March 4, 2020
  • Knott's Berry Farm Peanut's Celebration 2020 - January 27, 2020
  • Winterfest 2019 at Canada's Wonderland - November 27, 2019
  • Knott's Merry Farm 2019 at Knott's Berry Farm - November 24, 2019
  • ​Knott's Scary Farm Opening Weekend - September 24, 2019


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Knott's Peanuts Celebration 2020

1/27/2020

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This weekend we were invited out to the third year of the Knott's Peanuts Celebration. It was a great time at the park, our first visit since Merry Farm, so we were looking forward to not only trying out some tasty treats, seeing some fun shows, but also spending time at one of our favorite theme parks. 

​Let's head in for some fun!! 

Written by Gregg Condon
Welcome to Knott's, as you can see it was a beautiful day.
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Knott's Beary Farm is opening a Build a Bear Workshop soon.
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We love that they have these great events all year, and they all seem to get longer each year, which is great. 
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Sorry Chuck, Lucy made me do it. 
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We also put together a highlight video of the event, be sure to check it out. 
Welcome to Ghost Town
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There were Kite-Eating Trees EVERYWHERE!
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Lots of yummy treats all around the park. No tasting cards like they have for the Boysenberry Festival, but I'm sure those are coming one of these years. 
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Pig-Pen's Pig Pen is back!! 
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Say hi to Ted everybody!! 
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Piggies!! (much more of them in our highlight video above)
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Hi Pig-Pen!! 
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Our first stop was the Sketch School in the Bird Cage Theatre. It's super fun. 
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We learned how to draw Charlie Brown! 
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Well, kind of. =) 
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More Kite's!! 
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We'll stop eating now in preparation. =) 
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Not much going on outside of the new Bear'y Tales, even the Iron Reef signs are still there. 
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Lots of great Peanuts Celebration merchandise!! 
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Not a cloud in the sky
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We didn't partake in the $15 shake this time. Remember when John Travolta was questioning a $5 shake? =) 
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Woodstock's Bird's Eye View is back!!
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We did a live stream of it on our FB page
The Timber Mountain Log Ride is closed for it's annual refurbishment
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Later in the day it appeared they were doing some work on the bottom of the final drop. 
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YUM!! 
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We were invited in to a Media Day reception where we got to see all of the food available at the event. 
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And a bit more merchandise. 
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Slideshow of all the yummy food. 

We didn't get to try all of this, mostly the desserts, but what we had was quite tasty. 
Spike is here!! 
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The all new show Happiness is... was very popular. 
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It was full of energy and kids seemed to love it. We realize we aren't the target audience for these kinds of shows though. But if you are, you'll love it. 
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Over in Camp Snoopy, lots of fun photo ops. 
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And of course the return of Beagle Bonanza 
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Our POV of Beagle Bonanza from last years event. 
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All new for this year. 
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Outside the park, we saw this in the California Marketplace. But we didn't see them for sale anywhere. Anybody know where they are? Definitely would like a nice Knott's throw. 
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For those who still need their Knott's Scary Farm sign, the Department 56 store has them in stock!! 
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Sadly, the time came for us to say goodbye to Knott's. 
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But we had an amazing time!! 
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We had an amazing time at the Peanuts Celebration. Check out all of the information about this years event here. 

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Related Updates: 
  • Winterfest 2019 at Canada's Wonderland - November 27, 2019
  • Knott's Merry Farm 2019 at Knott's Berry Farm - November 24, 2019
  • Bear-y Tales returns to Knott's Berry Farm in 2020 - November 7, 2019
  • Knott's Scary Farm Opening Weekend - September 24, 2019
  • Calico River Rapids Media Night at Knott's Berry Farm - May 17, 2019


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Knott's Merry Farm 2019 is full of Holiday Joy

11/24/2019

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This past Friday it was time for our first Holiday event of 2019, Knott's Merry Farm. 

After a 3 1/2 hour drive (gotta love weeknight traffic in SoCal) we made it to the park and were ready to have a merry time. 

Written by Gregg Condon
Welcome to Knott's Merry Farm
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The projection also snows 
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Our first stop was the ice show as there was only 1 showing for the rest of the evening when we arrived. 

This is always a favorite. 
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Shockingly enough, we actually got some decent pics of the show. 

We've put them in a slideshow below. Sadly no video was allowed at the show. 
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No more pumpkin, but lots of pretty lights on the fountain. 
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Absolutely love this tree above the surf shop
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As well as the big bulbs at coasters
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All of the ride entries got huge wreaths. And because the park was not busy at all, we literally walked on every ride we wanted to. 
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Feliz Navidad
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Oddly, we found the decorations in Camp Snoopy to be rather minimal
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Ghost Town is always one of our favorite places during Merry Farm. The Crafts fair is always fun. 
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And of course the ever-popular Snow and Glow is back. 
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If you like the smell of cookies, well, this is the place!! 
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Also home to the cookie shots, which are seriously amazing. 
Forget that other Yoda, it's all about Wooden Yoda. 
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During our media reception, we got to take a look at some of the amazing food and merchandise available. 
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One of the new shows this year for Knott's Merry Farm is "Home for the Holidays". 
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It's a great holiday sing-along that features all the singers at the farm. 
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Literally all of them. =) 
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Every.Single.One. 
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Alright everybody, that wraps it up for our coverage of the opening weekend of Knott's Merry Farm. We will most definitely be back. 
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You can find out more information about Knott's Merry Farm here. 

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Related Updates: 
  • Bear-y Tales returns to Knott's Berry Farm in 2020 - November 7, 2019
  • Knott's Scary Farm Opening Weekend - September 24, 2019
  • Calico River Rapids Media Night at Knott's Berry Farm - May 17, 2019
  • Knott's Boysenberry Festival 2019 Opening Day
  • RailBlazer Media Day at California's Great America


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Bear-y Tales returns to Knott's Berry Farm in 2020

11/7/2019

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Knott’s Berry Farm Celebrates 100 Years in 2020 and Welcomes Back the Beloved “Bear-y Tales” Story in an All-new 4-D Interactive Dark Ride
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Buena Park, Calif. – Southern California’s original theme park, Knott’s Berry Farm, will commemorate its 100th anniversary with its largest celebration ever, all paying tribute to the Knott family’s rich history and legacy of family fun for all. Kicking off May 15 through August 30, “A Knott’s Family Reunion,” will bring together old classics with new favorites, which includes the return of the beloved Bear-y Tales story in an all-new 4-D interactive dark ride, bringing to life a continuation of the classic attraction initially commissioned by the Knott Family and created in 1975 by the legendary attraction designer Rolly Crump.
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“Knott’s Bear-y Tales: Return to the Fair” is a new 4-D interactive dark ride that will take guests on an exciting journey through reimagined show scenes that are reminiscent of the original dark ride, including the Boysenberry Pie Factory, Frog Forest, Fortune Teller Camp, Thunder Cave, and Weird Woods,  culminating in a celebration at the County Fair. The story takes place 34 years after the original adventure and will follow Boysen Bear and Girlsen Bear as they travel to the Country Fair to earn the blue ribbon prize for their famous boysenberry pies, but Crafty Coyote is back along with his mischievous pups intent on stealing all the pies for themselves. Guests will climb aboard ride vehicles equipped with jelly blasters to try and recover the stolen boysenberry pies as they travel through whimsical and beautiful environments while competing for the highest score.

“The return of Knott’s Bear-y Tales is perfect for the 100th anniversary because it brings back one of the park’s most nostalgic and beloved attractions in an innovative 4-D dark ride format that will delight an entirely new generation of fans,” said Jon Storbeck, Vice President & General Manager of Knott’s Berry Farm.

Additionally, Knott’s will be celebrating its 100th milestone anniversary by immersing guests in new and nostalgic experiences throughout the park, delighting guests of all ages. 

The 100th celebration would not be complete without an Old West adventure. Ghost Town Alive! will return with a new interactive storyline for guests to explore and unravel alongside the characters of Calico. And the summer fun will continue long after the sun goes down when a special 100th Anniversary edition of the popular nighttime party, Knott’s Summer Nights returns with new live music, unique summer food offerings, Instagram-able photo opportunities, interactive experiences, and family-friendly games. Both Ghost Town Alive! and Knott’s Summer Nights will be offered on select days starting May 15 – August 30, 2020.

The Knott’s Family Reunion celebration will serve as the backdrop to the park’s entire 2020 Seasons of Fun events, which brings back all the fan favorites starting with Knott’s PEANUTS Celebration, a unique event dedicated to the beloved PEANUTS characters, taking place weekends from January 25 – March 1, 2020.

In spring, the much-anticipated Knott’s Boysenberry Festival returns with an array of one-of-a-kind boysenberry inspired food and drink items created by the Knott’s culinary team. The Knott’s Boysenberry Festival will offer a month of deliciousness from March 20 – April 19, 2020.

For fall, the spooktacular family-friendly daytime Halloween event, Knott’s Spooky Farm, will invite families with little ghouls ages 3-11 to celebrate the spooky season exclusively on weekends starting September 26 – October 31, 2020.

As winter rolls in, the feeling of Christmas will be discovered at Knott’s Merry Farm, where joy will be in season from November 20, 2020 – January 3, 2021.

The best way to enjoy all of the fun offered during the 100th-anniversary celebration at Knott’s along with all of the other exciting Seasons of Fun events is with a 2020 Season Pass. A Regular Season Pass includes unlimited admission in 2020 to Knott’s Berry Farm with no blackout dates, and a Gold Season Pass includes unlimited admission in 2020 to both Knott’s Berry Farm and Knott’s Soak City Waterpark with no blackout dates. Knott’s Season passes are now available at the lowest price of the year. Regular Passes are $99 or nine easy payments of $9.50 after an initial payment, and Gold Passes are $120 or nine easy payments of just $11.50 after an initial payment. These offers end on January 5, 2020. Applicable taxes and fees apply. Payment plans are only available at knotts.com.


For more information about next year’s milestone celebration, the new Knott’s Bear-y Tales attraction and Knott’s Season Passes, please visit knotts.com. Join the conversation about the newly announced event at Knott’s this year by using #Knotts100 or #AKnottsFamilyReunion.
 
 
About Knott’s Berry Farm and Cedar Fair Entertainment Company:
What began as a roadside berry stand and chicken dinner restaurant in the 1920s has evolved into Knott’s Berry Farm, one of Southern California’s most popular theme park destinations combining world-class thrill rides with traditional family favorite attractions and entertainment. Knott’s is also home to Knott’s Soak City Water Park, Knott’s Marketplace, and the full-service Knott’s Berry Farm Hotel. Knott’s Berry Farm is owned and operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company (NYSE: FUN), one of the largest regional amusement-resort operators in the world, is a publicly traded partnership headquartered in Sandusky, Ohio. Focused on its mission to make people happy by providing fun, immersive and memorable experiences, the Company owns and operates 11 amusement parks, four outdoor water parks, an indoor water park and resort accommodations totaling more than 2,300 rooms and more than 600 luxury RV sites. Its parks are located in Ohio, California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan, Texas and Toronto, Ontario. It also operates an additional theme park in California under a management contract.

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Related Updates: 
  • Knott's Scary Farm Opening Weekend - September 24, 2019
  • Calico River Rapids Media Night at Knott's Berry Farm - May 17, 2019
  • Knott's Boysenberry Festival 2019 Opening Day
  • Knott's Boysenberry Festival 2019 Tasting Preview and Park Update 
  • RailBlazer Media Day at California's Great America


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Knott's Scary Farm 2019 Opening Weekend

9/24/2019

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Today we have the first of a few updates from this years Knott's Scary Farm. 

We attended all 3 nights of opening weekend and we are pretty confident when we say that this is one of the best years of Halloween Haunt ever (yes, we know it's not called that any more). 

Let's head into the fog and check out this years event. 

Written by Gregg Condon
After our almost 3 1/2 hour drive down on Thursday afternoon (yeah) it was nice to check into the Knott's Hotel and enjoy some relaxing time at Amber Waves prior to media check in. 
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We ran into some friends 
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Amber Waves looks great all decked out (and the service was amazing all weekend) 
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Technically taken Friday morning, but we have to share the entrance. =) 
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We're all checked in and ready to get our scare on
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The fountain display is amazing this year 
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Let's start our walk-through of the mazes, because they were amazing this year. 
Origins: The Curse of Calico
I honestly don't have enough adjectives to describe how amazing this maze is. It's got everything. Amazing talent. Incredible sets. A stellar story. Easter Eggs galore. 

This maze tells the story of Sarah Marshall (not that Sarah Marshall) and the curse she set on Calico with her transition from human to, well, the green witch of course. 
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Even the queue line looks amazing
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Picture slide-show of Origins 

Wax Works
In ANY other year, Wax Works would have been the maze of the year, probably even moreso than my beloved Dark Ride during it's first year. 

I've always been a fan of Daniel Miller's work, and I think it's safe to say this may be the best maze he's ever done. It's creepy, exciting, tells a great story and has so many hidden things in it that you have to go through multiple times. 

​We will be posting a tour we had of this maze in a couple of days. 
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Dark Ride
Now in it's 3rd year, Dark Ride shows no signs of slowing down on the amazingness. Quite a few new things this year, including our favorite on-ride photo ever. We really do wish this was something we could buy. 

Also waiting to see if there are any complaints on this yet. 
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Dark Entities
Now in it's second year, Gus Krueger's Dark Entities is setting itself up as one of the strongest mazes of 2019. In fact, our last trip through this maze on Saturday night was easily our best time through this maze ever. And may be the most fun we've had in any maze so far this season. 

Don't sleep on this maze, the talent is finding it's stride and there are a lot of great new lighting effects this year. 

The Depths
In it's second year, the stand-out new maze from 2018 is also not showing any signs of letting up on the fun and scares. Some new additions this year including a pre-show that may make waits a bit longer than they normally would be. So get to this maze early. 

In fact, later in the night on Saturday they were skipping the new show scene altogether. So it will be interesting to see if it makes it through the season. 

Pumpkin Eater
There are some mazes that are instant classics and yet others that kind of take a bit to hit their stride. Pumpkin Eater is one of those that really took about half way through it's opening season to hit all cylinders. But when it did, wow. This is a maze that has gotten better each and every year. 

Paranormal Inc
We didn't go through Paranormal on media night so no video this year (we'll post last years below). There weren't any additions this year but the amazing ending from last year is more than enough to keep this maze one of our favorites. 

Still, we wouldn't be surprised if next year was the last go-round for this one. 

Shadowlands
Now in it's final season, Shadowlands is still one of the most visually stunning mazes at the farm. This one suffers from being the first of the "new wave" of mazes that have taken over the past few years. Still, it's a lot of fun and we look forward to getting our last tours of this maze on upcoming visits. 
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Infected
We didn't go through Infected on media night so no video on this one either. Infected is also in it's final season and again represents the first of the new wave of technological advances Knott's Scary Farm has implemented the past 5 or so years. 

When we went through on Saturday it just didn't seem like there were enough zombies in the maze. We walked out with 8 and 9 kills respectively. 
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Our favorite video of Infected remains our "Gun POV" that we did a few years back. 

Shows
We'll start off with the Hanging, the proverbial "love it or hate it" show every year. 

I'll be honest, we're kind of in the middle this year. Unlike the last 2 years they didn't hang a "YouTube" or "Influencer" that 75% of the audience had to ask "who is that". So that was good. 

But this years show in particular has produced some interesting discussions as to what the ending could mean for the future of this show. We'll just have to see. 

Lastly, we want to take a second to talk about Puppet Up. 

I'll be honest, we had no idea what to expect from this show and even on media night we basically just wanted to sit down and take a rest so we decided to do it in the theater. We really aren't "theme park show people". 

So when we found ourselves back at the show the next 2 nights that should pretty much tell you how much we loved this show. 
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Basically it's "Who's Line is it Anyway" but with Puppets, complete with dirty language. 

We love that Knott's has allowed the show to go all out. Hopefully there haven't been any complaints about the content because word is spreading about how good the show is. The crowds were bigger on each subsequent night. 

On media night here is a great improv on an audience suggestion of a "Tiki Bar Fire at Disneyland". You can tell the cast truly understands Disney culture as this has reference to Annual Passholders, Pin Trading and much more. 
The show also features some classic Jim Henson puppet acts. They seem to switch it up at each show, the early show is typically "I've grown accustomed to your face". 
​A highlight of each show is a performance of "Windy". 
So that's what we've got from our first Scary Farm update. We'll be putting together more pics and video from outside of the mazes and shows for our next update in a couple of weeks. The scare zones are amazing as always and deserve their own time in the spotlight. 
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Related Videos:

Related Updates: 
  • Calico River Rapids Media Night at Knott's Berry Farm - May 17, 2019
  • Knott's Boysenberry Festival 2019 Opening Day
  • Knott's Boysenberry Festival 2019 Tasting Preview and Park Update 
  • Knott's Scary Farm 2018
  • RailBlazer Media Day at California's Great America


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