I’m only 10 minutes away from Knotts, and I cannot express how amazing Ghostrider is in the back row right before closing. Absolutely amazing and I’m glad it got the recognition it deserves!
BINGO! For most rides you want to be in the FRONT for the best experience (Xcelerator comes to mind ASAP - riding in the VERY front row makes it a completely different ride than sitting anywhere else). But Ghost is one of the few rides where being in the BACK makes for the best ride. You get whipped around like crazy.
@@joealexander3210 hangtime imho is also way better back row your up higher and your the last to fall/get pulled by the carts in front of you its my most favorite/hated time in the park hahah im terrified of stalls and heights so it murders me in all the good ways hahah
have to agree i got to ride ghostrider before they closed the ride and the park down for the day i rode in the last seat one of the best experiences definitely going to do it again as soon as i get another season pass
@@jarezlemIn my opinion, I find Hangtime to be better in the front, the back is only good for the ejector airtime over the first drop, the front makes me feel all of the positive G’s, I also feel that dip before the cobra roll more in the front, but it’s just my opinion
Liz Manjarini start off on jaguar to get over to get over your fear then go on sidewinder or pony express or coast rider then pony express and coast rider so after jaguar go on sidewinder this might seem like a big jump from coast rider go on silver bullet and then montezooma’s revenge now go on ghostrider after ghostrider go on hangtime I know you’re ready for just about anything but now go on xcelerator to get completely over your fear go on supreme scream now you’re ready for anything
The Boomerang in Knott's felt like a San Andreas earthquake was going on all around you. Came off of the ride with a headache that lasted all day. Good too see it's replaced
oddly enough... I hate roller coasters... and I was at Knott's during the 7.4 quake a few months ago. lol. We have been going for over 20 years, and I never rode boomerang (hubby, then boyfriend did), but even as as someone that "hates" coasters, I sure love hangtime! I finally rode it this year, and now I take the opportunity every time we go!
After riding Ghostrider twice just recently (haven't been on it in a long time), I agree that it's the best coaster at Knotts. Long ride time, smooth without sacrificing intensity, great airtime, it just provides a lot of bang for your buck. :)
Jaguar was my very first rollercoaster!! I was terrified but my dad talked me through the whole thing and it was my favorite ride at Knotts for YEARS after that!! Now I just love coasters in general!
Still one of my absolute favorites i always end with it on a slow day so i can ride it a few times its so nice and chill and shows off half of the park so well, I always yel at the top of the temple becuase it will bounce the sound back at you, last time in the sideways loop there was a whole family of geese nesting 10/10
Knotts tickets are v cheap, if you go you NEED to get the funnel cakes there, preferably with boysenberry jam on it!! Alsl check out all the little shops inside and outside the park
At my recent trip to Knott's, we only rid Ghost Rider (a little kid was with us). It is my forever favorite. Airtime felt like I would cause all our downfall.
I find silver bullets’ cobra roll really intimidating with being an inverted coaster and all just from looking at it when you first enter the park, but it’s actually really smooth and quite enjoyable
Silver Bullet is quite smooth and enjoyable? No way is that true. Silver Bullet is the most insane ride on Earth. Ride it at night and in the very back row and you will definitely think differently. That ride took me 40 hours to recover.
I remember my first time going to Knott’s was in March of 2019. My friend joked saying we should go on Ghost Rider and I said yes not knowing what it was😅 Now we make it a ritual to go on Ghost Rider every time we go to Knott’s!!
Oh I just love Ghostrider and Knott's in general. Sometimes this great park gets overlooked due to it being close to Disneyland. Ghostrider was one of my first "grown-up" roller coasters, and I loved it, I remember riding it several times with my dad on that trip. My last visit to the park was before the re-track, and I must say it was very rough, I'm glad to hear GCI has made it smoother, now I need to go again. Xcelerator scared me on that first trip we made to Knott's, that launch is forceful
Backseat on ghost rider is hands down my favorite seat on the planet. I love the danger element so I miss getting bumped around before the retrack but still my favorite coaster by far. Also Montezuma was my first inverted coaster. Hopefully they never get rid of it!!!
when i was younger i went into pony express but i was too little so me and my friend i went with got “magic boots” from k-mart. they were just little cowgirl boots but they definitely made me tall enough to ride the ride!
knott's berry farm was one of the first theme parks ive ever been to, as i live really close to it, and its just amazing! the food, the scenery, the rides, the entertainment, just everything about it is perfect!
We just got back from our 4 park California trip. 35 new credits, Knotts was a great, fun park, but most Cedar Fair parks definitely outclass SF. It did on this trip and will on our 2 week East coast and midwestern trip in August. Shooting for 150 different coasters this year. Already up to 47, and have Cedar Point, Carowinds, Kings Island and Dominion, SF America and SF Great America, Darien Lake, Dorney, and Lake George. I may order a few shirts and see how many people give me a nod.
GhostRider never gets enough credit, and constantly gets overshadowed by the likes of el toro and such. It just hauls, and feels like a proper woodie should.
greg charles I mean in 2018 it was ranked #13 but golden ticket rankings don’t mean much to me personally (isn’t it a bit odd that the big yearly ace event for 2019 was in SoCal and nearly all SoCal coasters ranked significantly higher in 2019 than in 2018?) I have ridden El Toro and still like GhostRider more, but that’s because to me it feels more like a true woodie. Toro feels more like a steel coaster, not just in the type of elements but in the smoothness too. I mean it’s amazing, but I find the overall package of GR to be what I really love: the true rough “out of control” feeling (without being uncomfortable), the airtime (the millennium flyers are so easy to get tons of space on), the lats, and the pacing. GR has the best pacing I’ve ever experienced on any coaster ever. That’s just my opinion!
Great review. Haven’t been since ‘04 so I’d like to go back and ride Hangtime. Ghost Rider before the retrack was insane - the back row felt borderline unsafe it had so much ejector air. Still in my top 10! Keep the great vids coming. Look forward to meeting you if you come to Orlando soon.
i've ridden the back row as well before the retrack and man it was brutal lol i was bashed around since i weighed 110lbs. it was fun and still is! i always ride ghost rider last before i leave the park.
So glad to see you loved Ghostrider. It's honestly one of my favorite coasters of all time. And if you're able to, a night time ride on it is spectacular.
I was so sad when I went to Knotts. It was my birthday and the last time we went Ghost rider was closed. When it was my birthday, it was closed. We figured out that it was gonna open on June or July or something like that. My father was super sad because he really wanted to go on.
0:44 According to Cedar Fair, Timberline Twister is the same thrill level as Goldstriker at CGA. (They both have a 4 out of 5 thrill rating, dunno why Goldstriker is said to provide the same thrill level as family coasters.)
i'm going to give y'all a history of knott's, cause I'm a nerd and know little useless things like this in my cluttered brain, and this is to justify having said information in my brain. so yes, this is knott's berry farm, an iconic southern california amusement park that's been open technically since the twenties. It's in orange county, the county just south of los angeles. it was a roadside carnival within a berry farm in the twenties, to attract families and patrons to walter knott's berry farm, which sold berries, jams, then later chicken pot pies. it became known to be a fun carnival, and became quite famous within southern california. then in the late 40s, walter knott decided to just focus on an amusement park. he had a knack and fascination with the old west (as well as a good business ethic), and first made the famous 'ghost town' region of the park, as well as exactly recreate an old west mining town that existed in the mojave desert in the 1880s, called calico. mr. knott purchased calico in the early 50s and exactly rebuilt all but 5 of the buildings that stood there in the 1880s, made a mini- mine train ride, and had one of the mine tunnels be safe for people to walk through. it's been a government owned park since 1955. it's open to the public, and is located just east of barstow off the i-15. it's really fun, and i highly recommend it if you wanna take a break from a road trip! anyways, he based the section of the park off the same design as calico. he also built an old fashioned locomotive ride, that had interior scenes of mining life and scenes of the wild west, continuously updating it with new animatronics and special effects. all of which had an educational side to it, so many schools took field trips here. in the 1960s, he built the log ride with the same idea as the locomotive, but as a log flume. it was the first big ride built there, and was an instant hit when it opened in 1969. it grabbed a lot of attention and excitement in the area, and made it quite famous. so the park continued to grow. when disneyland opened in 1955 just a couple miles southeast of knott's, there were concerns of knott's falling flat. but to no avail, it's business stayed strong, a few reasons being how unique it was, and it wasn't such a fancy place like disneyland was at the time (you had to wear suits and dresses and such in the early days of disneyland, it wasn't as cheap, etc.). it had been pretty successful for the rest of the century, noted as being one of the first amusement parks in america to have a halloween scary theme, knott's scary farm, at night. the park and company was continuously growing, adding new "sections" in the park and many more rides. then in the nineties, it's stock dipped drastically, and unfortunately business started waning. in 1997, the ohio amusement park company cedar fair bought the park, and worked closely with the knott company to complete certain things about the park; to reform it, and to keep it having the same old western charm while still providing huge, awesome modern day rides.
My top 8(because I haven’t been on timberline or montezuma) 8.coast rider 7. Pony express (would be higher but too short) 6. Jaguar 5sierra sidewinder 4. Silver bullet 3.ghost rider 2. Hangtime 1.xcelerator
I rode ghost rider in July of 2015 right before they closed it to do the re track and refurbishing and holy shit that was a nightmarish experience. I’m used to wooden rollercoasters being rough and bumpy, but it straight up felt more like a car accident at some points especially since I was riding with someone else next to me. I didn’t know that they had redone it, so I was initially confused when it was put at the top of the list, let alone saying it was “smooth” 🤣
Ghostrider was my favorite wooden coaster on earth BEFORE the upgrade. A lot of rollercoasters are intense, but few sustain their intensity like Ghostrider. It's a white-knuckle experience from start to finish! I wonder if that intensity survived the upgrade, as I think the bumpiness was part of the formula. Glad to see it on the top of this list.
I'm 6 feet tall and rode Timberline Twister on a random day in August last year. All I did was politely ask the ride op if I was able to. She said yes, so I got in line and rode. Weirdly enough I ran into two enthusiasts from where I live (6 hours away, in Northern California) IN LINE for it. I had no idea they'd be at the park or even in Southern California. What a small world!!
Some fair ratings. #10 - good call. My niece rode that forever. Silver Bullet was #4 here but it is #1 for me. I d agree it is one of the smoothest rides out there. I rode with someone who is not crazy about Coasters and she loved it and how smooth it was. Seeing what 1-3 were I am OK with Bullet being #4 but I don't agree. Xcelerator is a far different ride in the VERY front row compared to any other. Ghost Rider is awesome to go on during a warm Summer Night
Knott’s has some of my favorite rides! I love how there keeping Montazooma’s Revenge up and running. Ghost Rider is such a amazing ride, especially in the back seat!
I HATED the montezuma coster! My arms were too small to hang on to the bar so the force of the ride to go up the loop PUSHED my head to the front, and then pushed it backwards, making my head go FAAAAAAR back.
I was 9 when I first went on the ghost rider, it was so amazing. It was at night and I will never forget the feeling of the rush and wind. That was the one and only time sadly :( Last time I went, it wasn’t opened. 😔
1:09 It sure was! I loved riding this as a kid, to me it felt like it was a real “big kid” coaster 😄even to this day if I, for some reason, have a dream I’m on a roller coaster, it’s usually this one!! Haha
I've been on Jaguar while the Montezuma cart was going. Front seat too- I was lucky. When it's going through, the loop feels like it's shrunken. What I'm trying to say is it feels like you can touch the cart- it's really cool and worth seeing.
My favourite was Silver Bullet, but Jaguar is pretty good for the view! I wasn’t thinking about Motezuma and Jaguar, I was thinking about Jaguar and Silver Bullet! Their paths collide, and I was imagining the two riders from the different rides touching with hands, like the famous Michelangelo painting.
I haven't been on GhostRider since before the retracking, and at that point it was actually my least favourite wooden coaster. I was 12 when I went on it and my mom, in the back seat, and I came off with massive bruises. I didn't ride another coaster for the rest of the day because of how much I'd been banged around, it spooked me too much. I'd be interested to give it another try now, it's been a little over a decade and I've heard good things about the retrack
Great list and I’m happy you found footage for Coast Rider. Knotts has a fantastic coaster collection and I’ll definitely have to ride Hangtime soon. Did you have a row preference on Hangtime?
you get some awesome ejector airtime after the holding break if you sit in the back row. Unfortunately every time I've gone on it they assign rows so you don't get to pick. Unless that's changed since April.
I agree on the Top 4 rides. I am a massive fan of Silver Bullet and would have put that at #2 bumping Xcelerator and Hang Time down a notch. But I am OK with it being #4. Ghostrider #1 is 100% right. The reason the wait can be 2-ish hours is that unlike rides 2-4 that last maybe 40-50 seconds, Ghostrider last 2:30. That is more than the other 3 rides in the T4. Combined. Riding it at night is even more amazing, especially in the Summer on a nice warm night
I like your list! Here’s mine: 1. Xcelerator 2. Hangtime 3. Ghostrider 4. Montezooma’s Revenge 5. Silver Bullet 6. Pony Express 7. Jaguar 8. Coast Rider 9. Timberline Twister I put Xcelerator as my number 1 because of the launch. I would’ve put Ghostrider higher if I got airtime in the back seat. Also when I rode Silver Bullet (last time I went was October 2018) it was incredibly rough and shaky for me.
I went there in 2014 before the refurbishment of Ghost Rider and the addition of Hangtime. And I haven't ridden Sierra Sidewinder yet because I was too nauseous to ride it. So for now, my favorite ride is Montezooma's Revenge followed by Xcelerator, Pony Express, Coast Rider, Jaguar, Silver Bullet, Ghost Rider, and Boomerang.
Only been to California once, and when I went a few years back, I went to Dinsey, Universal, and Six flags and all of those were great. When it came to Knotts, we made a not great decision to go to the knotts water park for the first half of the day, then roller coasters second half, ended up spending TWO AND HALF HOURS waiting in line for a 20 second ride (xcelerator), so i dont have great memories of it. Hopefully coming back this summer though
Thank You Knotts Berry Farm. I would consider you guys a shelter for a baby womb called "timothy" who had nowhere to go. You guys did your job and kept my energy high about life and giving me high hopes. Maybe it's time for me to close this chapter.
im going to knotts berry farm for the first time next week and this was definitely useful. i didnt know Ghost Rider would be so high on the list so now im *very* excited to get on that one!!!
Just be prepared for a looooong wait. The sign may say two hours, but that usually means it's a 3- 3 1/2 hour wait. Unless you get there before most people, I'd save that one for last or else you'll miss out on the others
The Goose of Moose really?? in that case ill consider buying a fast pass. waiting in lines is the absolute worst part about amusement parks. thanks for the heads up
I am a 13 year old. These are the rides I rode. Coast Rider was a good ride. Jaguar was good. Pony Express, OK I just got to say something the things that pressed against your back HURT! Montezoomas Revenge was amazing. Had technical deficulties when I was LITTERALLY the next to go. Silver Bullet was godly I swear it will wake you up. Xelerator was fun! I was in the front row and got a decent amount of time to look at the houses in front of me. Hang time was amazing! My sister screamed the whole time. Ghost rider I will remember till I dye! BTW I made an exact replica of Knotts berry farm on roblox theme park tycoon 2. Don’t judge me because I play roblox.
10. As a kid, my daycare went to Knott's a lot and this was really the main roller coaster we could have went on so safe to say I loved it. 9. Not a big fan of it really. It's just that one roller coaster that's there that I just never feel like going on. 8. By far the most satisfying roller coast to go on in the park, however it's a shame they took out the attraction that the Jaguar statues at the end would breathe fire occassionally. It's a good first ride for people. 7. Was not a big fan of it as a kid due to it being so short. I come to appreciate it as now that I'm older though. 6. Great ride for kids or people who don't like extreme rides. 5. If it's your first time, it's nerve wracking at first and it'll take some use getting use to especially going backwards. But still all an all a great ride. 4. Silver Bullet is a staple in the park and a MUST if you ever visit there. Unlike other rides like this, it won't make you sick but it will leave your head spinning a little. 3. By FAR the best roller coaster and my favorite roller coaster. Although it's short, the substitute for thrill is not there. I work right in front of this ride and Supreme Scream so I hear the riders a lot. 2. The Knotts employee break room is right behind Hangtime so imagine having to hear people freak out over the brake at the top. As a ride itself, it'll take some getting use to but it's a good ride. 1. An absolute MUST. Your day at Knott's is not completed if you did not go on Ghostrider.
I'm surprised by this list. Knotts is one of the theme parks I've actually been to. Xcelerator was by far my favourite, but i haven't ridden it in at least 10 years. This was long before hangtime opened and long before Ghostrider was re tracked. The vertical water ride that hangtime replaced was also awesome! I want to go back to ride all of these again. I'm glad you enjoyed your SoCal trip.
Montazuma’s was my first roller coaster ride ever, I went to Knotts earlier this month for my son’s birthday to find out they are remodeling it and it is currently closed down.. made me feel a bit sad but also excited for what is to come.
Whoever's in charge of the colours for these coasters deserves a medal, every ride looks beautiful.
But silver bullet isn’t silver XD
@@gamerfromsaturn3879 But It’s still beautiful.
It an amazing color pallet so I agree
@@gamerfromsaturn3879 sliver is shiny and bullets are fast so maybe they named it that bc it shiny and fast.
Well silver is a shiny mineral and since bullets are fast and wind is usually represented by blue a diamond color scheme would work
I’m only 10 minutes away from Knotts, and I cannot express how amazing Ghostrider is in the back row right before closing. Absolutely amazing and I’m glad it got the recognition it deserves!
BINGO! For most rides you want to be in the FRONT for the best experience (Xcelerator comes to mind ASAP - riding in the VERY front row makes it a completely different ride than sitting anywhere else). But Ghost is one of the few rides where being in the BACK makes for the best ride. You get whipped around like crazy.
@@joealexander3210 hangtime imho is also way better back row your up higher and your the last to fall/get pulled by the carts in front of you its my most favorite/hated time in the park hahah im terrified of stalls and heights so it murders me in all the good ways hahah
have to agree i got to ride ghostrider before they closed the ride and the park down for the day i rode in the last seat one of the best experiences definitely going to do it again as soon as i get another season pass
@@jarezlemIn my opinion, I find Hangtime to be better in the front, the back is only good for the ejector airtime over the first drop, the front makes me feel all of the positive G’s, I also feel that dip before the cobra roll more in the front, but it’s just my opinion
I agree, GhostRider at night in the back is absolutely insane
I'm glad you loved Ghostrider, its absolutely one of the greats
I am too scared to ride it
Got any advice to conquer my fears
Liz Manjarini it may seems pretty intense at first, but believe me you’ll love it
Liz Manjarini start off on jaguar to get over to get over your fear then go on sidewinder or pony express or coast rider then pony express and coast rider so after jaguar go on sidewinder this might seem like a big jump from coast rider go on silver bullet and then montezooma’s revenge now go on ghostrider after ghostrider go on hangtime I know you’re ready for just about anything but now go on xcelerator to get completely over your fear go on supreme scream now you’re ready for anything
Liz Manjarini please reply to this
The Boomerang in Knott's felt like a San Andreas earthquake was going on all around you. Came off of the ride with a headache that lasted all day. Good too see it's replaced
Spekticon hell yeaaa
Do you guys remember corkscrew?
I only got to ride ot once but I came off not feeling that well.
oddly enough... I hate roller coasters... and I was at Knott's during the 7.4 quake a few months ago. lol. We have been going for over 20 years, and I never rode boomerang (hubby, then boyfriend did), but even as as someone that "hates" coasters, I sure love hangtime! I finally rode it this year, and now I take the opportunity every time we go!
Spekticon I wonder if cedar fair sent it to Michigan’s adventure?
After riding Ghostrider twice just recently (haven't been on it in a long time), I agree that it's the best coaster at Knotts. Long ride time, smooth without sacrificing intensity, great airtime, it just provides a lot of bang for your buck. :)
“The best way to describe hangtime is a bowl of spaghetti”.
Of all things you choose spaghetti.
Gallium G the dude likes spaghetti!
He always finds a way to compare a ride to a food or a drink 😂
Coaster Dog wouldn’t bother me.
@Coaster Dog those rides are common in Wisconsin Dells
Spaghetti 🍝 with the sous
My first experience with Ghost Rider was at night and holy shit was it an insane experience that I will never forget
Same but I went with my friends and they dared me to get on it front row
@@tcollins330 I rode it in the back
MINE WAS TOO
Mine was at night tooo! It was fast so it was windy but it was a windy day as well so in the picture you can see my checks full with air 😂
Ghost Rider at night is insane.
Actually, sorry...
Ghost Rider at night in the very back seat is insanity!
I'm glad that they retracked Ghostrider. The layout is amazing, but it used to be so rough it wasn't any fun.
Retracking turns good rides into exceptional ones a lot of times. As far as coasters go, the more modern the better.
Now in 2024 it is rough again lol
Jaguar was my very first rollercoaster!! I was terrified but my dad talked me through the whole thing and it was my favorite ride at Knotts for YEARS after that!! Now I just love coasters in general!
I live in New York so my first ever roller coaster was a mini mouse at the Victorian Gardens in Central Park. Think a wild mouse but not as fun.
@@arshiapakk PoNiEs I lIkE pOnIeS
Same here Jaguar was my first "big kid" coaster.
Still one of my absolute favorites i always end with it on a slow day so i can ride it a few times its so nice and chill and shows off half of the park so well, I always yel at the top of the temple becuase it will bounce the sound back at you, last time in the sideways loop there was a whole family of geese nesting 10/10
Love that all these California vids are coming out now since I’ll be heading out there in a few weeks!!
Well hope u love California
I live in california
Knotts tickets are v cheap, if you go you NEED to get the funnel cakes there, preferably with boysenberry jam on it!! Alsl check out all the little shops inside and outside the park
When you say great vid and the video has only been out for two minutes
Yeah
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Yes
Gallium G 👍
Jason Wood omg u watch BFB too?! Awesome
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At my recent trip to Knott's, we only rid Ghost Rider (a little kid was with us). It is my forever favorite. Airtime felt like I would cause all our downfall.
This is my home park and I love it here! Great service and food, But the rides and coasters are the best there!
I find silver bullets’ cobra roll really intimidating with being an inverted coaster and all just from looking at it when you first enter the park, but it’s actually really smooth and quite enjoyable
Silver Bullet is quite smooth and enjoyable? No way is that true. Silver Bullet is the most insane ride on Earth. Ride it at night and in the very back row and you will definitely think differently. That ride took me 40 hours to recover.
@@outoftime7740 come on its really not that bad just ride it again and you will get used to it
Love the "Boomerang Now In Indonesia" In the middle of the wild mouse
It's called coast rider
@@jonnymlndz2372 we know
I remember my first time going to Knott’s was in March of 2019. My friend joked saying we should go on Ghost Rider and I said yes not knowing what it was😅 Now we make it a ritual to go on Ghost Rider every time we go to Knott’s!!
“Little Timmy and Grandma Florence” was funny.
Helpful video as I am going in a month.
Funny and Constructive.
I’m going to Knott’s for the first time tomorrow! So exited, and now I know what to definitely go on! Thank you so much
how did it go?
@@fish3975 IMAO U REPLIED A YEAR LATER AND SO DID I TO URS IM DYING
@@madi6437 I’m a week late to you lmao
@@Rwn.c5 ha 11 months late
7 months late 😂😂😂
2:43 last time I rode it with my friend that exact thing happened 😂
*also when I went yesterday, Ghost Rider was only a 20 minute wait.
Musta been a week day while raining when it was about to close. Only then could it take 40 minutes to get through the line. 20 minutes is unheard of.
go on weekdays; 0-5 minute wait on everything
I have been their when it's a walk on. Got 8 rides that day. It was amazing!
@@caitlynking2660 jesus thats hard to do. walk on?!?! only jaguar ever is walk on lol
@@ak2five282 Yep, it was on a weekday in the middle of February.
I love Knotts thanks for ranking I subbed
Oh I just love Ghostrider and Knott's in general. Sometimes this great park gets overlooked due to it being close to Disneyland. Ghostrider was one of my first "grown-up" roller coasters, and I loved it, I remember riding it several times with my dad on that trip. My last visit to the park was before the re-track, and I must say it was very rough, I'm glad to hear GCI has made it smoother, now I need to go again.
Xcelerator scared me on that first trip we made to Knott's, that launch is forceful
2:13
My man sneaking his vitamin water onto the ride 😂
Edit: 4:54
Now my man is taking his phone on the ride!
Cedar_Point 7142 duh how is he going to film?
Theme Park Crazy was exposing left and right
I'm glad you're also reviewing the family/kiddie coasters in addition to the really intense ones!
“For little Timmy and Grandma Florence”
I looked at that comment when he said that
I have to say you nailed it on this one u were right on on the way u picked the roller coasters.
Never even heard of this park before, but it is absolutely gorgeous. The color themeing for all of the coasters seems very "california"
It's really a great, underrated park. If you're ever traveling near Buena Park you have to give it a visit!
I didn’t even realize they even HAD ten coasters...of course you had to include the kiddie coasters...
edvaira6891 their have a lot roller coasters
I’m glad you liked hangtime it’s my favorite there
Backseat on ghost rider is hands down my favorite seat on the planet. I love the danger element so I miss getting bumped around before the retrack but still my favorite coaster by far. Also Montezuma was my first inverted coaster. Hopefully they never get rid of it!!!
I totally agree with you on ghost rider, literally right after I got off I went again
when i was younger i went into pony express but i was too little so me and my friend i went with got “magic boots” from k-mart.
they were just little cowgirl boots but they definitely made me tall enough to ride the ride!
knott's berry farm was one of the first theme parks ive ever been to, as i live really close to it, and its just amazing! the food, the scenery, the rides, the entertainment, just everything about it is perfect!
We just got back from our 4 park California trip. 35 new credits, Knotts was a great, fun park, but most Cedar Fair parks definitely outclass SF. It did on this trip and will on our 2 week East coast and midwestern trip in August. Shooting for 150 different coasters this year. Already up to 47, and have Cedar Point, Carowinds, Kings Island and Dominion, SF America and SF Great America, Darien Lake, Dorney, and Lake George. I may order a few shirts and see how many people give me a nod.
i love this man he is so innocent and hes a top 2 youtuber for coasters
GhostRider never gets enough credit, and constantly gets overshadowed by the likes of el toro and such. It just hauls, and feels like a proper woodie should.
TurboCass I would rather ride Ghost Rider then El Toro!
X_x.proxy.x_X Have you ridden El Toro?! Personally I think El Toro's the best wooden coaster by far!
TurboCass Ghostrider is ranked #6 this year for Best Wooden Coaster at the Golden Ticket Awards.
greg charles I mean in 2018 it was ranked #13 but golden ticket rankings don’t mean much to me personally (isn’t it a bit odd that the big yearly ace event for 2019 was in SoCal and nearly all SoCal coasters ranked significantly higher in 2019 than in 2018?) I have ridden El Toro and still like GhostRider more, but that’s because to me it feels more like a true woodie. Toro feels more like a steel coaster, not just in the type of elements but in the smoothness too. I mean it’s amazing, but I find the overall package of GR to be what I really love: the true rough “out of control” feeling (without being uncomfortable), the airtime (the millennium flyers are so easy to get tons of space on), the lats, and the pacing. GR has the best pacing I’ve ever experienced on any coaster ever. That’s just my opinion!
Great review. Haven’t been since ‘04 so I’d like to go back and ride Hangtime. Ghost Rider before the retrack was insane - the back row felt borderline unsafe it had so much ejector air. Still in my top 10! Keep the great vids coming. Look forward to meeting you if you come to Orlando soon.
I'm old enough to remember going on it and my dad losing his pager to the ride. lol
i've ridden the back row as well before the retrack and man it was brutal lol i was bashed around since i weighed 110lbs. it was fun and still is! i always ride ghost rider last before i leave the park.
Silver Bullet rules as the most insane ride at Knotts. Just ride it at night and make sure you ride in the very back row.
So glad to see you loved Ghostrider. It's honestly one of my favorite coasters of all time. And if you're able to, a night time ride on it is spectacular.
Another high quality ranking
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I was so sad when I went to Knotts. It was my birthday and the last time we went Ghost rider was closed. When it was my birthday, it was closed. We figured out that it was gonna open on June or July or something like that. My father was super sad because he really wanted to go on.
I love all of your vids! Can't wait to see more!
0:44 According to Cedar Fair, Timberline Twister is the same thrill level as Goldstriker at CGA. (They both have a 4 out of 5 thrill rating, dunno why Goldstriker is said to provide the same thrill level as family coasters.)
Once again, I marvel at your chosen analogies.
I’m going next week for the first time so I appreciate this video so much
i'm going to give y'all a history of knott's, cause I'm a nerd and know little useless things like this in my cluttered brain, and this is to justify having said information in my brain.
so yes, this is knott's berry farm, an iconic southern california amusement park that's been open technically since the twenties. It's in orange county, the county just south of los angeles. it was a roadside carnival within a berry farm in the twenties, to attract families and patrons to walter knott's berry farm, which sold berries, jams, then later chicken pot pies. it became known to be a fun carnival, and became quite famous within southern california. then in the late 40s, walter knott decided to just focus on an amusement park.
he had a knack and fascination with the old west (as well as a good business ethic), and first made the famous 'ghost town' region of the park, as well as exactly recreate an old west mining town that existed in the mojave desert in the 1880s, called calico. mr. knott purchased calico in the early 50s and exactly rebuilt all but 5 of the buildings that stood there in the 1880s, made a mini- mine train ride, and had one of the mine tunnels be safe for people to walk through. it's been a government owned park since 1955. it's open to the public, and is located just east of barstow off the i-15. it's really fun, and i highly recommend it if you wanna take a break from a road trip!
anyways, he based the section of the park off the same design as calico. he also built an old fashioned locomotive ride, that had interior scenes of mining life and scenes of the wild west, continuously updating it with new animatronics and special effects. all of which had an educational side to it, so many schools took field trips here. in the 1960s, he built the log ride with the same idea as the locomotive, but as a log flume. it was the first big ride built there, and was an instant hit when it opened in 1969. it grabbed a lot of attention and excitement in the area, and made it quite famous. so the park continued to grow.
when disneyland opened in 1955 just a couple miles southeast of knott's, there were concerns of knott's falling flat. but to no avail, it's business stayed strong, a few reasons being how unique it was, and it wasn't such a fancy place like disneyland was at the time (you had to wear suits and dresses and such in the early days of disneyland, it wasn't as cheap, etc.). it had been pretty successful for the rest of the century, noted as being one of the first amusement parks in america to have a halloween scary theme, knott's scary farm, at night. the park and company was continuously growing, adding new "sections" in the park and many more rides.
then in the nineties, it's stock dipped drastically, and unfortunately business started waning. in 1997, the ohio amusement park company cedar fair bought the park, and worked closely with the knott company to complete certain things about the park; to reform it, and to keep it having the same old western charm while still providing huge, awesome modern day rides.
My top 8(because I haven’t been on timberline or montezuma)
8.coast rider
7. Pony express (would be higher but too short)
6. Jaguar
5sierra sidewinder
4. Silver bullet
3.ghost rider
2. Hangtime
1.xcelerator
I rode ghost rider in July of 2015 right before they closed it to do the re track and refurbishing and holy shit that was a nightmarish experience. I’m used to wooden rollercoasters being rough and bumpy, but it straight up felt more like a car accident at some points especially since I was riding with someone else next to me. I didn’t know that they had redone it, so I was initially confused when it was put at the top of the list, let alone saying it was “smooth” 🤣
Ghostrider was my favorite wooden coaster on earth BEFORE the upgrade. A lot of rollercoasters are intense, but few sustain their intensity like Ghostrider. It's a white-knuckle experience from start to finish! I wonder if that intensity survived the upgrade, as I think the bumpiness was part of the formula. Glad to see it on the top of this list.
its absolutley great just smooth now
I actually managed to get the Timberline Twister credit when I went even though I’m a few inches over the max height limit
I haven't been to Knott's, Swap Jaguar and Coast Rider as well as HangTime and Xcelerator and you've got a perfect list from what I can see.
Wow - this park looks amazing!! 👍👍👍
My list
5. Silver Bullet
4. Montezooma
3. Accelerator
2. Hangtime
1. Ghostrider
My list 10 ghost rider 9 ghost rider 8 ghost rider 7 ghost rider 6 ghost rider 5 ghost rider 4 ghost rider 3 ghost rider 2 ghost rider 1 ghost rider I love ghost rider
I live 25 min away from this place been there like 50 times
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Me to I live in whittier
anyone else like ghostrider more before the smoothing?? i thought the roughness of the original track made it just that more exciting
I was waiting for this can't wait for you to hit 100k congratulations
Update: I’m going there today
I'm 6 feet tall and rode Timberline Twister on a random day in August last year. All I did was politely ask the ride op if I was able to. She said yes, so I got in line and rode. Weirdly enough I ran into two enthusiasts from where I live (6 hours away, in Northern California) IN LINE for it. I had no idea they'd be at the park or even in Southern California. What a small world!!
i went to knotts berry farm 2 days ago. my top two favorite was silver bullet and xellorator, or whoever you spell it aha.
Same! ✌️
Looking forward to seeing this video! Keep up the good work!
Some fair ratings. #10 - good call. My niece rode that forever. Silver Bullet was #4 here but it is #1 for me. I d agree it is one of the smoothest rides out there. I rode with someone who is not crazy about Coasters and she loved it and how smooth it was. Seeing what 1-3 were I am OK with Bullet being #4 but I don't agree. Xcelerator is a far different ride in the VERY front row compared to any other. Ghost Rider is awesome to go on during a warm Summer Night
Knott’s has some of my favorite rides! I love how there keeping Montazooma’s Revenge up and running. Ghost Rider is such a amazing ride, especially in the back seat!
Agreed! I always sit in the back or in the middle when I ride Ghostrider
I HATED the montezuma coster! My arms were too small to hang on to the bar so the force of the ride to go up the loop PUSHED my head to the front, and then pushed it backwards, making my head go FAAAAAAR back.
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I was 9 when I first went on the ghost rider, it was so amazing. It was at night and I will never forget the feeling of the rush and wind. That was the one and only time sadly :( Last time I went, it wasn’t opened. 😔
Theme Park Crazy you are amazing keep up the awesome videos
1:09 It sure was! I loved riding this as a kid, to me it felt like it was a real “big kid” coaster 😄even to this day if I, for some reason, have a dream I’m on a roller coaster, it’s usually this one!! Haha
I've been on Jaguar while the Montezuma cart was going. Front seat too- I was lucky. When it's going through, the loop feels like it's shrunken. What I'm trying to say is it feels like you can touch the cart- it's really cool and worth seeing.
My favourite was Silver Bullet, but Jaguar is pretty good for the view! I wasn’t thinking about Motezuma and Jaguar, I was thinking about Jaguar and Silver Bullet! Their paths collide, and I was imagining the two riders from the different rides touching with hands, like the famous Michelangelo painting.
Great job with the music, it makes the whole video even better than the stellar reviews.
my first rollar coaster was a ride called The Coastersaurus at Legoland in California
YAY! WE ARE IN FOR A TREAT!
With Knotts being my home park, I couldn’t agree more with this list. 👍🏼
Timberline Twister was my first coaster and one of my very first memories. I threw up and we had to go home. 😂
This park is my childhood theme park. Knott’s Berry Farm’s coaster never get old to me.❤
I haven't been on GhostRider since before the retracking, and at that point it was actually my least favourite wooden coaster. I was 12 when I went on it and my mom, in the back seat, and I came off with massive bruises. I didn't ride another coaster for the rest of the day because of how much I'd been banged around, it spooked me too much. I'd be interested to give it another try now, it's been a little over a decade and I've heard good things about the retrack
Great list and I’m happy you found footage for Coast Rider. Knotts has a fantastic coaster collection and I’ll definitely have to ride Hangtime soon. Did you have a row preference on Hangtime?
you get some awesome ejector airtime after the holding break if you sit in the back row. Unfortunately every time I've gone on it they assign rows so you don't get to pick. Unless that's changed since April.
I don't think it's changed
Definitely front row
I agree on the Top 4 rides. I am a massive fan of Silver Bullet and would have put that at #2 bumping Xcelerator and Hang Time down a notch. But I am OK with it being #4. Ghostrider #1 is 100% right. The reason the wait can be 2-ish hours is that unlike rides 2-4 that last maybe 40-50 seconds, Ghostrider last 2:30. That is more than the other 3 rides in the T4. Combined. Riding it at night is even more amazing, especially in the Summer on a nice warm night
My first coaster ride was on Ghost rider 😂
I am going their next Thursday and these are great tips!
Hello I'm watching this is the Cornovirus I miss knotts
Why did this get on my recommendation when I going there for my birthday on Sunday
Oooju no July 21st
I like your list! Here’s mine:
1. Xcelerator
2. Hangtime
3. Ghostrider
4. Montezooma’s Revenge
5. Silver Bullet
6. Pony Express
7. Jaguar
8. Coast Rider
9. Timberline Twister
I put Xcelerator as my number 1 because of the launch. I would’ve put Ghostrider higher if I got airtime in the back seat. Also when I rode Silver Bullet (last time I went was October 2018) it was incredibly rough and shaky for me.
Yess I've been waiting for this 😆
I went there in 2014 before the refurbishment of Ghost Rider and the addition of Hangtime. And I haven't ridden Sierra Sidewinder yet because I was too nauseous to ride it. So for now, my favorite ride is Montezooma's Revenge followed by Xcelerator, Pony Express, Coast Rider, Jaguar, Silver Bullet, Ghost Rider, and Boomerang.
Only been to California once, and when I went a few years back, I went to Dinsey, Universal, and Six flags and all of those were great. When it came to Knotts, we made a not great decision to go to the knotts water park for the first half of the day, then roller coasters second half, ended up spending TWO AND HALF HOURS waiting in line for a 20 second ride (xcelerator), so i dont have great memories of it. Hopefully coming back this summer though
I rode GhostRider at night when I was 7 and it was crazy!
SIDEWINDER is a one of a kind roller coaster,is a family coaster but it Carrie's quite a punch,I.love this coaster.
Knott’s berry farm is one of the like 5 parks I’ve been to in America. And I love it
i remember going for school in 5th grade i absolutely loved silver bullet and supreme scream! i actually pussied out on hang time lol
The only spinning Mack coaster I have ridden was the Time Traveler at SDC
7:28 and then intamin made rita queen of flops
Thank You Knotts Berry Farm.
I would consider you guys a shelter for a baby womb called "timothy" who had nowhere to go.
You guys did your job and kept my energy high about life and giving me high hopes.
Maybe it's time for me to close this chapter.
Supreme scream was pretty good too!
The Timberline Twister was one of the first roller coasters I ever went on way back in 1990,Great times.
While I was at knotts berry farm I only rode 5 coasters: ghost rider, silver bullet, montezooma’s revenge, hang time and xcelerator
Sierra Sidewinder was the first roller coaster i ever went on besides the kiddy ones. ITS SO FUN!
im going to knotts berry farm for the first time next week and this was definitely useful. i didnt know Ghost Rider would be so high on the list so now im *very* excited to get on that one!!!
Just be prepared for a looooong wait. The sign may say two hours, but that usually means it's a 3- 3 1/2 hour wait. Unless you get there before most people, I'd save that one for last or else you'll miss out on the others
The Goose of Moose really?? in that case ill consider buying a fast pass. waiting in lines is the absolute worst part about amusement parks. thanks for the heads up
I’m glad you have fun on these. I haven’t gone on them.
It's good to see that they finally fixed the track on GR. I'm a local, and GR was the one ride you didn't want to go on because it was brutal.
I love knotts so much
I am a 13 year old. These are the rides I rode.
Coast Rider was a good ride.
Jaguar was good.
Pony Express, OK I just got to say something the things that pressed against your back HURT!
Montezoomas Revenge was amazing. Had technical deficulties when I was LITTERALLY the next to go.
Silver Bullet was godly I swear it will wake you up.
Xelerator was fun! I was in the front row and got a decent amount of time to look at the houses in front of me.
Hang time was amazing! My sister screamed the whole time.
Ghost rider I will remember till I dye!
BTW I made an exact replica of Knotts berry farm on roblox theme park tycoon 2. Don’t judge me because I play roblox.
Also another thing I got to ride ghost rider multiple times because I was able to get into the park early and we sprinted to ghost rider
Knotts berry farm is definitely on my bucket list!!!...👍🏼❤️🥰👏🏻😎💯👌🏼😍😘🤩😊😀😄🎢🎢🎢🎢🎢🎢🎢🎢🎢🎢
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10. As a kid, my daycare went to Knott's a lot and this was really the main roller coaster we could have went on so safe to say I loved it.
9. Not a big fan of it really. It's just that one roller coaster that's there that I just never feel like going on.
8. By far the most satisfying roller coast to go on in the park, however it's a shame they took out the attraction that the Jaguar statues at the end would breathe fire occassionally. It's a good first ride for people.
7. Was not a big fan of it as a kid due to it being so short. I come to appreciate it as now that I'm older though.
6. Great ride for kids or people who don't like extreme rides.
5. If it's your first time, it's nerve wracking at first and it'll take some use getting use to especially going backwards. But still all an all a great ride.
4. Silver Bullet is a staple in the park and a MUST if you ever visit there. Unlike other rides like this, it won't make you sick but it will leave your head spinning a little.
3. By FAR the best roller coaster and my favorite roller coaster. Although it's short, the substitute for thrill is not there. I work right in front of this ride and Supreme Scream so I hear the riders a lot.
2. The Knotts employee break room is right behind Hangtime so imagine having to hear people freak out over the brake at the top. As a ride itself, it'll take some getting use to but it's a good ride.
1. An absolute MUST. Your day at Knott's is not completed if you did not go on Ghostrider.
I'm surprised by this list. Knotts is one of the theme parks I've actually been to. Xcelerator was by far my favourite, but i haven't ridden it in at least 10 years. This was long before hangtime opened and long before Ghostrider was re tracked. The vertical water ride that hangtime replaced was also awesome! I want to go back to ride all of these again. I'm glad you enjoyed your SoCal trip.
Montazuma’s was my first roller coaster ride ever, I went to Knotts earlier this month for my son’s birthday to find out they are remodeling it and it is currently closed down.. made me feel a bit sad but also excited for what is to come.
Great video to help me plan my trip to California! Hopefully you get to SDC to experience Time Traveler soon!!