Rich T
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This shirt is cool. DL's Videopolis merch was not.
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All things Knotts Berry Farm
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You where born too late.
Rich T
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Awesome! Corkscrew was such a smooth ride. And I especially love the footage of the little-known "Kingdom of the APB videogame" ride.
I have APB on my Atari Lynx!Awesome! Corkscrew was such a smooth ride. And I especially love the footage of the little-known "Kingdom of the APB videogame" ride.
THE 1HAPPY HAUNT
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so with all that going on, why did that one cable snap that caused the accident if it was being routinely maitenced?
THE 1HAPPY HAUNT
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I miss Kingdom of the Dinosaurs sooo much. It was my favorite ride in the park. All it needed was a refurb. It was a better ride than that crappy screen monstrosity they got in there now.
Darkbeer1
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Who knows? Why does a race car part go bad? They are very well built and maintained. Sometimes things just break. A Unknown stress, a undetectable flaw in the cable.
THE 1HAPPY HAUNT
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Good point. So the thing they now have over the cable is supposed to make it last longer or stronger?
THE 1HAPPY HAUNT
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Respectfully disagree on that one sir
TP2000
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I looked at that picture and thought "Oh yeah, there was that thing where Fabio helped open a new ride somewhere and he got hit by an animal and he got a bloody nose."
It took me 5 seconds on Google to be reminded that it was...
1999, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, at a new roller coaster ostensibly themed to Grecian Virgins or something that would explain the young ladies in togas seated around him. And on the maiden voyage on one of the big drops his face hit a bird and Fabio got bird guts and blood all over his face. I can't believe it's not butter.
My Gawd, I just love the Internet!
Darkbeer1
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Neither, it is a protective covering to help minimize the unraveling of the strands in case of a break. Think of it as a Condom, all it does is keep everything inside.
So safer in case of a failure.
THE 1HAPPY HAUNT
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Lol gotcha. Perfect analogy then
I got to agree with @Darkbeer1 on Bear-y Tales. It was a much better ride than KOTD where the dinos barely moved and didn't show up until most of way through the ride. It was a good idea but it didn't fit within Knotts very well. Bear-y Tales was all about Knotts and berries. Lots of gags and an interesting story. Very Disney quality.
KOTD started out fairly well when it was new. It had a scientist that kept pushing up back in time. You saw cave men, the ice age, and various dinosaur eras. Then he would bring you back to the present. It had good special effects and the dinosaurs moved. Unfortunately, Knott's management didn't keep the ride working correctly. They made the ride less entertaining and more of a history lesson with a narrator that would stop the cars at various dinosaurs and talk about them. Before there was an element of danger because the dinosaurs could come after you. Now they just stood there during a school lesson. If they stopped the ride long enough, kids would get out of the vehicle and run around the ride breaking things. Towards the end of it's life, Knotts gave up entirely and just linked all the cars together with a employee leading the ride. Everyone would have to wait for the train to come back around.
KOTD was a victim of poor Knotts management at the time. They really lost interest in it and let it rot. It was too bad because it fit the roaring 20's time period in the area. KOTD wasn't the only ride that was falling part during that time. Soap box derby lost all of it's scenery, effects and puppets. After closing in 2004, the ride was vandalized by park employees. Parts where reused for Haunt and the log ride. Ten years later VTTIR was built.
KOTD was a victim of poor Knotts management at the time. They really lost interest in it and let it rot. It was too bad because it fit the roaring 20's time period in the area. KOTD wasn't the only ride that was falling part during that time. Soap box derby lost all of it's scenery, effects and puppets. After closing in 2004, the ride was vandalized by park employees. Parts where reused for Haunt and the log ride. Ten years later VTTIR was built.
Professortango1
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KOTD was a fun adventure. Bear-y Tales was embarrassing and creepy. Its like a bad vacation movie parody of a Disney ride; the kind you'd find near cannibalistic hillbillies. I understand Knotts doesn't have a huge budget, but that ride was as if Ed Wood had directed a kids movie.
Except this side show was design by Rolly Crump from WDI.
Professortango1
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I'm aware. That doesn't make the attraction any more enjoyable though, just more of an interesting footnote.
