Knoebels Discussion Thread

^Thanks for the tip. I'm more likely going out of my way for a classic wild ride/water ride than a new big giga. It's got to the point where fun trumps credit count. Ah, to be over 40.

 

Skyrides, wild slides, classic flats, classic coaster vehicles here I come!

 

Fun beats bigger - I spent 3 days at Knoebels last year but only 5 hours at my local corporate park (on 2 visits). Gotta ride Whizzer

I’ve also figured that out and it’s why Knoebels is my favorite park. I do love awesome coasters but I’ve decided to not be a credit whore like I once was in high school because the number isn’t worth increasing by putting my 6’3 ass into a kiddie coaster car. As long as a roller coaster isn’t violently awful and painful I don’t care if it’s not the greatest layout of all time and enjoy the ride for what it is because I’m on a roller coaster and not auditing or something.

Soooo, I'm looking at planing our first trip to the park later this week. Is Flying Turns open yet?? I know they were doing some work on it recently. Wasn't sure if it had reopened or not.

It looks like they're doing some serious retracking/reprofiling based on the photos and videos I've seen, I expect it to be down for the season.

but I’ve decided to not be a credit whore like I once was in high school because the number isn’t worth increasing by putting my 6’3 ass into a kiddie coaster car.

Say it! At 6'1", you'd think I'd get into most stuff. I don't know where I was last year - maybe a carnival - and I decided I'd get one of those caterpillar coaster credits. I'm not even sure the manufacturer, but I could barely get in sideways, with my knees sticking straight up. Forget about the lap bar. I sat there, decided it wasn't going to work (before attention was focused on me) then politely worked my way out of the seat and walked down the ramp.

While we're on the topic of credit whoring, I'd like to remind everyone that Kosmo's Curves is actually a good ride worth a moderate wait, and is not just for a credit.

looks like they're combining the covered bridge festival and PPP this year into one event on saturday october 10th. hopefully this event still happens and isn't cancelled because of covid. yall think flying turns and/or impulse will be open for this?

They cancelled the Covered Bridge festival last week and it’s always the same time as PPP.

As for your other question... no idea

Impulse, maybe. Flying Turns was too dismantled when I was there last week to be ready for anytime this year, but stranger things have happened.

Impulse, maybe. Flying Turns was too dismantled when I was there last week to be ready for anytime this year, but stranger things have happened.

flying tunes is getting a 4th lift so I would say is not going to open this year.

Based on posted images from a local ACE member, the trough will no longer travel upward through that last curve to the first brake run, instead, it will remain at level and move into a lift.

If they're doing this it means that the last switchback section may have been a potential point of valleying... This will help with that and give them a higher range of speed with which they can operate it. They've always said that the coaster can't run with guests unless it consistently passes a number of speed checks throughout the circuit.

looks like phoenix phall phunfest is canceled for this year? i can't find any references to it on the park's website. anyone know more?

^Covered Bridge Festival was cancelled so I think it was just assumed PPP would be as well.

Honestly what even is Phoenix Phall Phunfest at this point? We go because we also like some of the stuff at the festival but it's just an 11-10 standard operating day open to everyone and a tent full of nerds that I don't go in. What else am I missing?

^ Two free slices of Cesari's pizza with the Phunfest Combo. Worth it.

I really don't even think that's still a thing. Is it, because then we got hosed?

We have gone the last few years because we enjoy getting a bunch of rides on Phoenix that night and you get some free food with the festivities. It's also just because we enjoy the craft festival and the haunted overlays. So, if we are going to go that time of year, we miles well go that weekend. Seems like they'll push my reservation back a year if I want, so I'll probably opt to go that route.

How are crowds on Saturdays this year. We are heading up.

Crowds on the late July Saturday I went were mild, but seating every other row on the woodies with one-train op resulted in 20-25 minute waits by mid afternoon. The only other ride with a comparable wait was StratosFear.

The Saturday I visited had fairly long wait times for most rides, and both Twister and Phoenix ran one train, and I waited like 15-20 min each. Many of the flat rides had pretty long lines that I chose not to wait in, partly because they were long, and also because it's harder to distance in many of the flat ride queues than in other rides.

Personally I'd recommend a Sunday or weekday, but you can still have fun on a Saturday.

So in other words, switch Dutch Wonderland for Saturday, and Knoebels to Monday.

You're spending an entire day at Dutch Wonderland?

Hey now, he may have small kids.

^ I agree. Dutch Wonderland is an excellent kids park except for one thing. Kingdom Coaster has a higher height requirement than the woodies at Knoebels or Comet at Hershey.

They really increased the height requirement a lot compared to when it first opened. I remember in the 90s it was 42" to ride alone and I want to say 36" to ride with someone else but not 100% sure on that.

I was there for half of Wednesday, all of Thursday and some of Friday. Impulse had people working on the lift and was testing Thursday. Parking lot guy had some rumors about Impulses lift being made quieter.

Anyone else notice the flyer ops being particularly strict this year? \

I also noticed they were rotating some of which rides were open, Satellite was running only Wednesday, Looper running Thursday and Friday and Black Diamond running Friday only.