We went to Knott’s Berry Farm yesterday. My wife and I had taken the day off with plans to take Babito to daycare while we cleaned up and organized the garage. We decided to make it a family day instead and headed over to Knott’s Berry Farm.
We bought annual passes a few months back when we visited with out-of-town relatives. We couldn’t pass it up, since annual passes were only $75 each. There are a lot of kid-friendly attractions for toddlers. Camp Snoopy has many rides that Babito likes, plus he got to see his new favorite character, Snoopy.
As a kid, I loved going to Knott’s Berry Farm. I liked it as much as I liked Disneyland. Now, Knott’s doesn’t seem as nice as it used to be. I think they’ve kind of messed up their theming, plopping rollercoasters everywhere throughout the park. Also, the maintenance doesn’t seem quite up to par with Disneyland, but what is, right?
One thing that Knott’s does have going for it is the quality of their employees. Without fail they were all friendly, polite, and went out of their way to be nice to Babito, and that’s appreciated. If you’ve ever been on the train ride, you know that train robbers walk through the train and “rob” it during the ride. They still do that, but the train robber was especially cognizant of Babito and made sure not to scare him. He actually stopped and talked to him and called him “little buddy.” When we got off the train, Babito said “That cowboy is a nice guy. He called me little buddy.”
Here’s the train robber:
Overall, it’s still a really fun place to take your kids. Babito loved it. The crowds were non-existant. We walked onto every single ride we went on. I’m actually surprised that they are open every day year-round. I would be willing to bet that there were more employees there than guests. Check it out:
Babito’s favorite was the log ride. We all went on it and my wife got soaked. Babito wanted to go again right away, so I took him again while my wife waited. (She was already wet, so why not go again, right?)
We arrived at 2:00pm and did everything we wanted to do before the park closed at 6:00pm. Of course, we didn’t ride any of the rollercoasters, but I looked and there were no lines for any of them either. I’d recommend going to Knott’s. It’s still a fun place. Go during the week before the summer and you should have a great time. It’s almost like having an entire amusement park to yourself!
And it was a whole lot more fun than cleaning out the garage.
Tags: amusement park, Babito, Family, Knott's Berry Farm
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#1 by WeaselMomma on May 12th, 2009
That sounds like a great day. Too bad e don’t live in the area. BTW, I like your purple.
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#2 by Writer Dad on May 20th, 2009
We live in Long Beach and have been talking about getting annual passes to Knotts for over a year. Looks like it’s time to take the plunge! Yes, it will definitely be better than the garage or any other chores we have lying around.
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#3 by Scott on May 29th, 2009
Precious!
When I was a kid, I knew nothing of the quality of a place–every place seemed like paradise. Of course the beach was always heaven (I grew up on the Alabama-Florida Gulf Coast), but so was everywhere else. My dad liked to collect antique tools–and he’d get most of them at flea markets. I remember one Saturday, when he took me along. I asked where we were going, and he replied “all over town”. He did indeed take me to flea markets all over the city (Mobile). And I’d rummage through all kinds of cool stuff, while he picked up old tools. To me, this trip “all over town” seemed like “all over the world!”
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