Xcelerator is actually the prototype coaster for another Cedar Fair owned coaster that has had safety issues. They decided to shut Xcelerator down until the manufacturer figures out a way to get the newer one working again. The rumor is there is a new propulsion system on site. Hope is to reopen it next year. They did just repaint it before covid.
Hydraulic launches are prone to failure. What is the cable snaps? It has happen before. Magnetic is far safer.
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I'm get wanting to do a big musical celebration show for the anniversary, but I will miss Puppet Up. I'm sure many saw it enough to get sick of it in the time that it was around, but still.
Eh, costs are going up everywhere, why wait? Shutter it now! Or shoehorn in Puppet Up or one of the many, many better mazes they retired over the past several years into that space instead!
Good for them. The OC Register just released this article on this issue this evening.
The Hanging is back, and Knott's executives realize that you have to have a sense of humor. That is very refreshing.
Uncensored ‘Hanging’ returns to Knott’s Scary Farm – ‘If you don’t like it, don’t watch’
The politically incorrect show doubles down on all the tasteless comedy, pointless bloodletting and senseless killings for the 50th anniversary of Knott’s Scary Farm running on select nights from S…
"The politically correct culture that forced Knott’s Berry Farm to quietly kill off “The Hanging” finds itself in the crosshairs of a resurrected version of the pop culture skewering show that doubles down on all the tasteless comedy, pointless bloodletting and senseless killings.
“I’m not taking any prisoners with it,” said Jeff Tucker, Knott’s Berry Farm show writer and director of this year’s edition of “The Hanging.” “I’m not censoring myself in any way. If you don’t like it, don’t watch it.”
“The Hanging: Uncancelled” triumphantly returns to the Buena Park theme park for the 50th anniversary of Knott’s Scary Farm running on select nights from Sept. 21 to Oct. 31.
Knott’s Berry Farm effectively retired “The Hanging” in 2019 when the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the annual Halloween Haunt event in 2020 and the comedy stunt show failed to return in 2021 and 2022.
“The Hanging” ended its decades-long run amid increasingly intense negative feedback and the quickening pace of pop culture that made the comedy parody show tougher to pull off every Halloween.
“It’s been four years,” Tucker said during an interview at Knott’s. “We have gone through a lot as a world and as a people. It’s OK to be funny again. It’s OK to laugh again. It’s OK to have things that are not PC culture.”
Rather than shrink from the criticism and kowtow to upset PC sensibilities, Tucker is leaning into the disapproval and condemnation with the latest version of “The Hanging” that is even more offensive and over the top."
What is the second departing maze besides Dark Entities? The Depths?
The articles I read hinted at this being the last season for Dark Entities and The Depths. I assume they announced the Dark Entities thing while they're hinting at the Depths, but it wouldn't shock me, as Knotts tends to close mazes in pairs more often than not so that they have a few new offerings each year.
I had to highlight this as the effect blew my mind the first time I saw it! One of the cleverest things I've ever seen in a maze. The scaractors were utilizing it perfectly too.
If it's any consolation, you aren't.
The laser water effect and boat were by far the highlights of that maze, and made it a worthwhile trip through by themselves, but boy did the Depths just leave a lot to be desired. It sounds like some of those effects will be present in Cinema Slasher, and I wouldn't be surprised if they also showed up in Chilling Chambers if that sticks around (the premise is real good as a way to hit some highlights of past mazes).
It was a show that ended in 2008 at the Birdcage Theater. There are videos on youtube of the show. Its basically a comedic Illusionist/Magician show
