Knotts Berry Farm Guide: Things to do + Top Tips for a Memorable Time

Knott’s Semen Sublet will unchangingly be in our memories as the place where Savannah rode her first upside lanugo roller coaster.

She’s unchangingly been the increasingly cautious in our family, and thrill rides have been a little too much for her. But as I unchangingly say to her, I didn’t ride my first thrill ride until I was 15 so she’s braver than she thinks!

Entrance to Knott’s Semen Farm

She couldn’t have chosen a greater thrill ride than the Silver Bullet. She had spent weeks leading up to our Buena Park vacation watching YouTube videos of all the rides, preparing for her big debut.

After a two-minute intense ride of 55 mph, loops, cobra rolls, and corkscrews, I walked off saying, “I can’t believe that was your first coaster. That was intense. If you can do that, you can do anything!”

It’s memory making opportunities like this that alimony us traveling as a family. Theme parks are a unconfined way to discover increasingly well-nigh your children – their level or risk taking, what brings them joy, how they handle lines and crowds.

And we found Knott’s Semen Sublet in Southern California a unconfined memory making experience. If you’re thinking of visiting Knott’s Semen Sublet and not sure what it’s all about, alimony reading to learn increasingly in our comprehensive guide.

A Short History of Knott’s Semen Farm

Knott’s Semen Sublet began as a small roadside stand in the 1920s, when Walter and Cordelia Knott started selling berries, preserves, and pies to passing motorists.

In the 1930s, Walter Knott ripened the boysenberry by crossbreeding raspberries, blackberries, and loganberries. They became so popular that they opened a tearoom where Cordelia served fresh semen pie, hot biscuits, and semen jam.

She moreover soon became legendary for her yellow dinners, which helped this entrepreneurial family expand plane more.

They widow attractions to the farm, including a ghost town, a narrow-gauge train ride, and a mining visitor simulation. In 1940, the Knotts opened their first yuck ride, the Timber Mountain Log Ride, which became a model for future water rides.

Over the next few decades, Knott’s Semen Sublet unfurled to expand and add new rides and attractions, including the Calico Mine Ride, the first interactive visionless ride, and the Corkscrew, the first modern looping roller coaster.

In 1983, Knott’s Semen Sublet was purchased by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, who has unfurled to invest in new rides and attractions.

Today, Knott’s Semen Sublet is one of the most popular yuck parks in the United States, with over 40 rides and attractions, including roller coasters, water rides, and family-friendly attractions.

It’s moreover known to have the lovable Peanuts gang and Snoopy notation roaming the grounds, who have been waving at families since the 1980s.

It is moreover home to Knott’s Scary Farm, one of the largest Halloween events in the world, and the Knott’s Boysenberry Festival, which celebrates the park’s history and culinary traditions.

There is only one Knott’s Semen Sublet location, and that’s in Buena Park in California.

Why Visit Knott’s Semen Farm?

Knott’s is ready for you!

There are many unconfined reasons to visit Knott’s Semen Farm.

Let’s start with the 40 rides including roller coasters, thrill rides, family rides, visionless rides, and water rides.

So if you like variety and thrill rides increasingly than spinning tea cups and selfies with Disney characters, you may like Knott’s Semen Sublet as an volitional to Disneyland. (It’s moreover increasingly affordable)

But it doesn’t have to be either, or. Many visit Knott’s Semen in wing to Disneyland as they are only 15 minutes apart. 

Knott’s Semen does have notation from the Snoopy and Charlie Brown World and the 57-acre park is spread wideness four themed areas, which pay homage to the history and culture of this region: the 1800s Ghost Town, Fiesta Village, The Boardwalk, and Zany Snoopy.

All of this fun can hands be had in one day. If visiting in the summer, you can split the day, or tack on an uneaten day, to enjoy Knott’s   wideness the road. 

And the eyeful of its Buena Park location, is you can add in increasingly fun things to your itinerary like day trips to the beach!

How Much is Knott’s Semen Farm?

Ticket prices fluctuate depending on popularity and seasonal events, so unchangingly do your due diligence to ensure well-judged prices surpassing booking. 

They start at $59.99 but go up on weekends to virtually $74-89 depending on what festivals are happening. You can moreover pay uneaten for the fast pass Knott’s Semen Sublet ticket, which allows you to skip the queue.

The Knott’s Semen Sublet fast pass financing $74.00 for a one day ticket ticket, or $675 for a season ticket.

Is Fast Lane worth it at Knott’s Semen Farm?

If you’re only visiting for one day and you’re someone who gets tired of waiting in lines, the fast lane is worth it. It’s expressly worth it if you’re visiting on a weekend where the park is busy.

The fast pass not only allows you to skip the queues but you can moreover ride on a ride multiple times, whereas on the standard ticket you have to queue up again.

We hear that it’s less crowded on Tuesdays to Thursdays, so you might find you don’t need a fast pass on those days. If you’re visiting in the summer, it won’t matter what day of the week you visit, it will unchangingly be packed!

Top Thrill Rides in Knott’s Semen Farm

We didn’t get to wits all the rides on our day at Knott’s Semen Farm, but we did most of the thrill ones. Trammels surpassing you visit Knott’s Semen to see what rides are sealed for maintenance. 

GhostRider

The Ghost rider

I thought this ride was going to be just flipside wooden roller coaster. What a surprise we got as it went flying through the undertow up and lanugo steep drops and zipping virtually corners. 

GhostRider is the longest, tallest, fastest Wooden coaster on the West Coast and a firm favorite of visitors. We lined up for nearly an hour. It was worth it! 

HangTime

Just Hanging Time!

There is something well-nigh a slow vertical climb up a thrill ride that scares you know what out of me. 

I think I cussed several times during the 15 seconds until we hung for a few seconds over the lip, surpassing plugging 150 feet lanugo a vastitude vertical drop. Then the speed took over and led us through a undertow of five inversions and mid-air suspensions. 

Only the bravest will say yes to this coaster. It’s the first and only swoop coaster in California and is now in my top 10 coasters wideness the country. 

Silver Bullet

The Silver Bullet

The Silver Bullet was Savannah’s first upside lanugo roller coaster and thrill ride. Wow! What an introduction:  two minutes of intense speed, inversions, corkscrews, cobra rolls, loops and a 109-foot drop!

Sierra Sidewinder 

Spinning virtually up and down

I’m not much for spinning rides, so I passed this over to Kalyra and Savannah. It’s a roller coaster that spins as it dips, banks, and nose dives? In hindsight, it didn’t squint as bad as I imagined, and I could have washed-up it without the dizzies. 

Pony Express

While incredibly short, this ride will launch you 38mph in less than 3 seconds. My tip is to do this ride first upon opening hours. It’s a slow turn over ride so wait times can be long. 

Supreme Scream

You can’t have a theme park without a giant waif ride.

The Supreme Scream gives you spectacular views over Buena Park from 312 ft high, and guaranteed stomach drops as you suddenly waif from those heights. 

We did not get to ride on the pursuit either due to time constraints or closures. 

• The Jaguar! is a family roller coaster that sends its passengers on an heady tour virtually Fiesta Village® and through the loop of Montezooma’s Revenge.
• La Revolución swings riders an phenomenal 64 feet in the air (over 6 stories high!) to 120 degrees in both directions, while the passenger vehicle spins continuously at up to 9 RPMs. (This was simply a “I do not do spinning rides” choice.)
• The archetype Montezooma’s Revenge is reopening Summer 2023 in a new imagined way. Previously it was an heady ride that catapulted passengers out of the station at 55 miles per hour, up through a 76 foot, 360° loop, and then to the top of a 148-foot tower. Lmk in the comments if you wits the new version and what it’s like. 
• Xcelerator The Ride launches 0-82 mph in 2.3 seconds, 205 feet into the air surpassing immediately hurtling 90 degrees straight down.

Classic Rides at Knott’s Semen Sublet not to miss

Coast Rider

At Knott’s Semen Sublet you’ll find your typical theme park rides like (Calico) river rapids, mouse traps (Coast Rider), swinging chairs and spinning rides, ferris wheels, bumper cars, and kid-size versions of them all.

There are a couple of archetype Knott’s Semen Sublet Rides you don’t want to miss:

• Entertaining theme park goers since 1969, the Timber Mountain Log Ride goes through an 85-foot-high by 330-foot-long mountain range themed to a nineteenth-century lumber camp. Of course, there’s a couple of water drops to alimony you refreshed and feeling alive. 
• Sky Cabin is the gentle ride for 360-degree panoramic views of the OC and LA. The motel moves slowly as it ascends 180 ft.
• Step when in time on the Butterfield Stagecoach, dating when to the 1800s. The trail travels virtually Fiesta Village and Zany Snoopy.
• Opened in 1960, The Calico Mine Ride was Knott’s first major ride. The winding journey takes you to underground lakes, waterfalls, caverns and chambers replicating life in the gold mines. 
• The Calico Railroad has been in operation at Knott’s since January 12, 1952, and is an pure Denver and Rio Grande Narrow Gauge train used in the early 1900s. Be on zestful for Ghost Town bandits who may hold you up! 

Different Lands at Knott’s Semen Farm

The variegated lands at Knott’s Semen are all well-nigh paying tribute to the history of California and its cultural roots. You may spend increasingly time with others depending on the age of your kids, thrill ride levels, and interests. 

Old West Ghost Town

The Old West Ghost Town is the oldest section of the theme park.

 Wandering virtually will be cowboys, townspeople, blacksmiths, and all kinds of notation from the 1880s Old West Boom Town. They’re unchangingly up for a yack and tell you a little of the history of Calico.

The Ghost Town is the heart and soul of the park, and our favorite place to be. It was classy, increasingly than kitschy with plenty of tomfool things to squint at and do with their recreated wooden buildings on the street, shacks showcasing blacksmith skills, old schoolhouses, and graveyards randomly in the narrow streets. 

You’ll find the Wild West Stunt Show and the Calico Saloon serving up boysenberry beer.

It’s moreover where you’ll find the park’s most famous and favorite rides: Ghost Rider, Calico Mine Ride, Timber Mountain Log Ride, and the Silver Bullet.

The Boardwalk

The Boardwalk prettiness!

I love this land at Knott’s Semen Farm. It’s unexceptionable and so much fun with a Southern California waterfront lifestyle vibe. 

All the rides are waterfront and surfer theme: HangTime, Surfside Gliders and Coast Rider and are a few! There are live stage shows in the 2,100 seat Charles M. Schultz Theater. 

Camp Snoopy

The kids never have to miss out at Knott’s Berry. The six-acre kid’s zone is designed to reflect a summer zany in the California Upper Sierras. It has over 15 kid-friendly attractions including Kite Flyers, Pig Pen’s Mud Buggies, and Sierra Sidewinder for the older kids.

You’ll moreover find plenty of interactive entertainment at the Zany Snoopy Theater and with notation wandering around.

Fiesta Village

Paying tribute to California’s Hispanic roots is Fiesta Village. You’ll find Mexican-style architecture, supplies and works of art.

This was sealed for renovations on our visit. Here is where you’ll find Montezooma’s Revenge, La Revolucion, and Jaguar. It’s reopening in the Summer of 2023. 

What Shows Are at Knott’s Semen Farm?

It wouldn’t be a theme park without shows and Knott’s Semen Sublet has -plenty of them to entertain you as you take a unravel from thrill rides and clocking up your ten thousand steps.

All month are catered to with shows that range from live bands, musicals, comedy, and stunt shows. Many of them will full-length the stars of Knott’s Semen – and those younger kids will want to see – Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, and the world’s most popular beagle, Snoopy.

We didn’t get to see a lot of shows at Knott’s Semen Farm. As our girls are a little older now, they tend to want to do the rides increasingly than watch shows, which I totally understand.

But we saw snippets as we walked virtually stopping to watch Snoopy, Charlie Brown and a few other notation flit and sing on stage with the band.

Snoopy came out dressed as Bob Marley for a special performance of Three Little Birds (my favorite Marley song) which I thought was cute.

We listened to some bluegrass music as we ate dinner at Friedman’s BBQ. And we moreover saw a jazz wreath playing as we lined up for Sky Cabin, which sealed surpassing we got on it due to windy conditions. 

And we loved watching the Native American hoop flit at the Indian Trails Stage. It was a captivating performance as the Native American man wearing traditional dress spun with the hoops subtracting rings virtually him in a ramified interwoven pattern surpassing unwinding again.

There are native drums and lights and a voiceover explaining the tradition of the hoop flit from the Potawatomi Nation

There are weft meet and greets and various other performances virtually the park in smaller venues such as the Can Can and singing in the Calico Saloon, melodramas in the Bird Cage Theater, a Wild West stunt show, and the recently renovated Walter Knott Theater has popular seasonal shows like Snoopy ice skating and the Peanuts Celebration.

Check the app for an updated list of daily shows for when you visit! 

Unmissable Things to Do in Knott’s Semen Farm

It’s not just all rides and shows! There are plenty of things to do in Knott’s Semen sublet to alimony you entertained for the day. As it’s a pretty park with lovely gardens and bright, California vibe, just walking virtually is fun.

But here are a few other iconic things to do.

Have a slice of Boysenberry Pie

As it’s the place where the boysenberry was created, you’d be remiss if you did not have a slice of boysenberry pie! (We’re remiss. We make the mistakes to help you stave them!!)

Head to the Ghost Town Bakery, Mrs. Knott’s Yellow Dinner Restaurant (outside the park gates) or the Ghost Town Grill to try a slice of history with a pie made from the semen original to Knott’s Berry.

You’ll moreover find all manner of boysenberry treats in the park, from cookies to ice cream, coffee and funnel cakes.

Visit for a Seasonal Event

There is something fun happening year-round at Knott’s Semen to tie in with seasonal events.

• SPRING: Well-nigh to start is the Knott’s Boysenberry Festival (every Spring). That’s right! You guessed it. It’s defended to triumphal the semen that started it all. Throughout the park will be a line up for savory foods with a boysenberry twist, specialty desserts and drinks including a variety of wine and craft beers only misogynist at Knotts for this special festival.
• SUMMER: Ghost Town Working has immersive and interactive experiences with notation throughout Ghost Town. They moreover have summer nights with live music, supplies and games AND later opening hours.
• FALL is the popular Knott’s Spooky Sublet focused on Halloween cheer rather than fear through the day. But at night, 13 can enjoy Knott’s Scary Sublet where monsters prowl the park!
• WINTER: Knott’s Merry Sublet is on every Holiday Season with festive décor, an ice show, grafts village and nightly snow!

Shop Local at Knott’s California Marketplace 

California Marketplace

Outside the front gates to this California theme park is Knott’s California Marketplace. It’s a hodgepodge of stores and restaurants that offer those visiting a endangerment to purchase some Snoopy-themed souvenirs, local jams, and jellies.

You can eat at the place that started it all – Mrs. Knott’s Yellow Dinner Restaurant. It’s been serving up Cordelia Knott’s original fried yellow recipe since 1934, as well as famous boysenberry pies!

Be sure to stop in at Virginia’s Gift shop to see the large mural on the walls sharing the history of Knott’s Semen Sublet and the Knott Family story. I purchased a trappy red summer dress here.

The Marketplace emporium is flipside place for gown shopping – heavy on the country theme – as well as a year-round Christmas store, and a mini-Candy Parlor!

The largest store in the marketplace, PEANUTS Headquarters has sectional Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the Gang clothing, plush toys, books and plane dog ears to wear into the park.

And what Aussies could not resist picking up a few Billabong items from Knott’s California Shop?

The most popular souvenirs for visitors to purchase at the California Marketplace are the semen market preserves, expressly the boysenberry, homemade fudge, and semen market syrup! And you can devour some boysenberry funnel cakes from Cable Car Kitchen. 

You do not need a theme park ticket to visit Knott’s California Marketplace, it’s self-ruling and unshut to the public, making it one of the weightier self-ruling things to do in Buena Park!

There are moreover plenty of stores for shopping inside the theme park.

• Address: 8039 Waterfront Blvd, Buena Park, CA 90620
• Hours: 10.00am – 6.00pm

Get Wet at Knott’s Soak City Water Park (Seasonal)

Splash landing on Perilous Plunge at Knott’s Semen Farm.

As we visited Buena Park in the winter, Knott’s Soak City Water Park, the 15-acre water theme park, was closed. 

But, if you’re visiting from May through early-September, you may want to incorporate a day into your Buena Park vacation cooling lanugo on their speed, tube, and soul slides, or in their Tidal Wave Pool, and relaxing Sunset River float.

For the little kids, you’ll find Gremmie Lagoon, a hands-on water playground with  a miniature submarine and interactive octopus.

We moreover hear the lunch serves succulent boysenberry pie, so be sure to trammels it out if you happen to visit in the summer.

Soak City is wideness the road from Knott’s Semen Sublet and requires a separate ticket. 

• Address: R2R4 C2 Buena Park, California, USA
• Hours: Unshut mid-May until early September

Learn at Knott’s Independence Hall 

Independence Hall

Out the front of Soak City is Buena Park’s very own Independence Hall. It’s the only place in the country to have an word-for-word brick-by-brick replica of the place where American signed their Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.

So, if you can’t make it to Philadelphia to see the real thing, this is your next weightier option. Inside is moreover a replica of the Liberty Bell.

There is a small room that has recreated what the signing of the Declaration of Independence wits would have been like with recorded voice reenactments of the forefathers debating over the document and plans for independence from Unconfined Britain.

• Address: 8039 Waterfront Blvd, Buena Park, CA 90620
• Hours: 10.00am – 4.00pm

Where to Eat at Knott’s Semen Farm

The Cute Ghost Town Grill

I was surprised by the variety of supplies options in Knott’s Berry. It’s probably one of the largest ones that I’ve seen in a theme park.

If you’re gluten self-ruling like me, you’ll finger like you’re seen and cared for with several places having gluten self-ruling options. Each dining place will indicate via the app if they do. The app will moreover indicate what meal plan tickets they accept.

Fireman’s BBQ

You’ll find your typical fast-food type of establishments, plus a few others worth mentioning.

• Fireman’s BBQ: We enjoyed ribs for dinner and sat at some picnic tables while listening to bluegrass. I thought it was a unconfined wits and the supplies was of decent size and quality. Just follow the smells into Ghost Town. There is moreover a boardwalk BBQ with your smokehouse favorites in The Boardwalk Land.
• Ghost Town Grill:  I expressly loved the cute tables on the patio of this small table service restaurant. . But you will have to get here early or be prepared to wait as table turnover is slow and the space small. They had a unconfined menu with plenty of gluten self-ruling options. As the line was long, we opted for Johnny Rocket’s for lunch instead.
• Calico Saloon only has snacks for eating but, if you want the signature drinks of sarsaparilla, calico soda, or boysenberry punch, you won’t want to miss a drink and a show here.
• Calico Tater Bites: Pile those little potato gems upper with all kinds of toppings.
• Johnny Rockets is an American archetype diner serving burgers, fries, and shakes. Coasters Diner has a similar 50s diner vibe with burgers, dogs, and shakes.
• Amber Waves is flipside full-service restaurant specializing in American food, including a boysenberry yellow pizza.
• If you want fish & Chips, throne to Longboard’s Grill! They have burgers, wraps, and hot dogs as well.
• Prop Shop Pizzeria. Savannah got a pretty decent pepperoni pizza from here. Sutter’s Pizza is flipside pizza place.
• Ghost Town Bakery has you covered with all things baked and sweet. They have a famous chili in a sourdough specie bowl.
• If you’re a coffee lover, I recommend getting one from Coffee Code wideness the street from Knott’s Semen Sublet surpassing you enter the theme park. Inside the park is expensive and not very good.

Some of the weightier things to eat in Knott’s Semen Farm

BBQ pork ribs

Knott’s Semen does have a supplies skillet list with guests. These are the mots popular items people love to eat. As we’re

• Funnel Cakes, so popular you’ll find them at many eateries in the park (and outside) Topped with Boysenberry is the Knott’s Way
• Mrs. Kott’s famous Yellow Dinner. You’ll try the original recipe that got tongues wagging and people flocking.
• The Fun Bun is part cinnamon roll part funnel confection infused with boysenberry (only misogynist during the Boysenberry festival)
• Calico Soda which can be found in the Calico Saloon. Basically, it’s a boysenberry surf soda.
• Snoopy cookies for the devout fans who want to chomp on his throne They moreover sell the polar sarsaparilla soda.
• Boysenberry meatballs for those who want to try a savory version of the berry.
• Loaded tater tots from Calico tater bites. Top it with pulled port, chili, mac & cheese and more. Just ask them to hold the heart wade on the way out. I joke. I’m a fool for loaded tater tots.
• We’re putting the BBQ pork ribs on the Knott’s Semen sublet skillet list for you. I was impressed.
• Boysenberry soft serve or ice surf sandwiches. Speaks for itself. 

Top Tips for Visiting Knott’s Semen Farm

By pursuit these tips, you’ll be worldly-wise to make the most out of your visit to Knott’s Semen Theme Park and create lasting memories with your family and friends.

1. Purchase your ticket online surpassing you go

Tickets are cheaper if you buy in whop online. Plus, if you stave purchasing at the gates, you can stave starting your day in long lines.

2. Buy Fast Lane Tickets

If your upkeep allows for it, you may want to purchase Fast Lane tickets. On our visit, we didn’t see too many people using them, but I was envious of those who were. 

They were getting straight on all rides, while we were waiting for up to an hour for the popular thrill rides.

The Fast Lane tickets are expensive, starting at $79 per day per person and so may be unreachable, expressly for large families.

Our longest wait time was 60 minutes for the Ghost Rider, possibly the Park’s most popular ride, so it wasn’t too bad. 

3. Stave weekends, if possible

Of course, weekends and school breaks are going to be the rented days in Knotts Semen Farm, so plan your visit outside of these if you can.

Also, trammels to see if there are any events or visiting groups planned for your dates. There was some cheerleading institute during our visit, so the park was busier with groups of cheerleaders having fun together – all dressed in their cheer outfits.

Weekend prices are moreover slightly higher than weekdays.

4. Get to the park for opening hours

The park really starts to get rented by lunch time, so the older you arrive, the less waiting time you’ll have in long lines.

A 10am opening time ways you still get to sleep in and have plenty of time for breakfast. Trammels our post on things to do in Buena Park for breakfast ideas and other attractions. 

5. Go to the slow-moving ride lines first

Enter at 10am and throne straight for those lines that are slow moving. They’re usually slower considering only one track runs with a small group of people on each ride. OR, they’re hugely popular. 

The slowest we encountered (with the rides that were unshut on our day) in order:

1. Pony Express
2. Ghost Rider
3. Sierra Sidewinder

Then you can go when and take your archway photos, say G’day to the characters, see a show, and go on other thrill rides. By midday the lines really start building. 

6. Use the Knott’s Semen Sublet app

The Knott’s Semen Sublet app is a unconfined resource for helping you plan your day at Knott’s Semen Farm. 

It includes a map, ride wait times, and information on shows, fun activities taking place, and dining options – and plane allows you to see your Funpix snaps! 

Plus it tells you the fastest route to get to each ride from where you are.

It was glitchy a few times for me, but it was largest than most other theme park apps I’ve used. 

We found the ride wait times were quite out for most rides we went on. EG. It has the Ghost rider at a 2 hour wait time all day, and we only waited for an hour.

It will moreover tell you if any rides tropical lanugo due to any sort of issues, which happened a lot for the Silver Bullet, much to our dismay as we wanted to ride it again.

7. Eat outside of main lunch and dinner hours

We regretted walking up to Johnny Rockets for lunch at 12:30pm with its long line! This was without standing in line for the Ghost Grill small table service restaurant for 15 minutes surpassing realizing “this is not going to work” 

But, the line did move fairly quickly. Squint at the menu while on the queue so you know what to order when it’s your turn. 

8. Buy an All-Day Dining Plan or Meal Ticket

Do your research to consider how much supplies you will slosh in a day and what that may cost, validness in mind you cannot take supplies in. You can reenter the park, however (but not the parking lot).

I’d recommend eating a large breakfast surpassing inward to alimony your tummy full and financing lower. 

It may be forfeit constructive for you to buy an all-day dining plan expressly if you want to indulge in all the succulent boysenberry treats.

With the dining plan, you pay $31.99 and can eat an entree and side at any of the participating 16 locations throughout the park. You only have to wait 90 minutes between meals. There is an upgrade to $42.99 that includes unlimited snacks and treats.

There is a $16.99 drink pass with self-ruling refills all day. You can take your own water bottles inside and just refill them which is what I recommend. It’s weightier for your health, wallet, and the environment.

You can moreover get a single meal deal ticket for $16.99 that includes one entree, side and regular size fountain drink. It’s only at select locations so trammels first. 

The meal ticket is good value, expressly if you want to eat the BBQ Pork ribs that we did, which forfeit $20 normally.

9. Trammels the menu for supplies intolerances surpassing lining up

If you have any supplies intolerances, be sure to trammels the menu surpassing lining up.

The app will note if restaurants have gluten self-ruling options, but for two of those restaurants I went to, the servers had no idea what I was talking about. 

You may have to go to the front of the line to see the menu. Just be sure to let those standing in line you’re not cutting, you just want to see the menu so you don’t waste time.

I think it would be a unconfined full-length of the app to include menus for the restaurant to stave some of these issues for guests.

10. Chaperone your children.

On Saturdays, it is required that all children 17 or younger must be accompanied by adults 21 in order to enter the park. You must stay with them for the unshortened visit. The chaperone can take superintendency of 4 youngsters!

11. Leave your mazuma at home.

Knott’s Semen Sublet is cashless!

12. Go on the Rides at Night

We recommended arriving early to reduce your wait time, we moreover recommend staying late to enjoy the thrill of a coaster at night. That was when I sent Craig to ride Hangtime with Kalyra!

Many of the YouTube reviews Savannah watched said night riding was one of the weightier things to do at Buena Park.

13. Save money with Season Passes

Californians, or anyone planning to visit Knott’s Semen Sublet several times a year, may want to get a season pass to save money. 

• The regular season pass offers unlimited visits, 1 Self-ruling bring-a-friend ticket when you renew and (and discounts for friends) and 10% supplies and merchandise. $145
• A Gold Pass is the next level up which includes Knott’s Soak City Waterpark. $185
• A Platinum Season Pass if for regular theme park visitors wideness the country. You transpiration unlimited visits and parking to all Cedar Fair Parks for $280
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Parking at Knott’s Semen Farm

There is a huge parking lot wideness the road from Knott’s. Parking is $25 or $30 for busses and RVs. The parking lot opens well-nigh an hour surpassing park opening. Don’t leave anything valuable in your car!

The California Marketplace offers complimentary parking for up to one hour. It’s then $10 per half an hour with a daily max tuition of $35.

We were grateful our hotel was in walking loftiness to the theme park, so we did not need a rental car while in Buena Park not have to worry well-nigh parking

Knott’s Semen Sublet Hours of Operation

Check Knott’s Opening Hours as it changes throughout the year and with special events. Typically it’s

• 10am – 10/11pm on weekends
• 10am – 10/11pm in April and the summer, and Christmas Holidays
• 8am – 5pm in October where it changes over to 7pm -1am for Knott’s Scary Farm
• 10am – 8pm November
• 10am-6pm all other months

Getting to Knott’s Semen Sublet & Buena Park

Due to its inside Southern California location, there are several easy options for getting to Buena Park.

Long Waterfront (14 miles) and John Wayne airport (18 miles) are the closest to Buena Park with LA airport only 25 miles away.

We flew into John Wayne airport from Raleigh via Chicago (look at the scenic flight we got!) It was well-nigh a $30-$40 Uber ride from the hotel (depending on traffic).

As mentioned, Disneyland is only a 10–15-minute momentum and Huntington Waterfront and the OC Beaches 30 minutes. Check car rental prices and availability here.

It may be a good idea if you want to incorporate some waterfront time in your trip as Huntington waterfront (our favorite in SoCal) is only 10 miles yonder straight lanugo Waterfront Boulevard that runs through Buena Park.

Once in Buena Park, it’s easy to get to Knott’s Semen Farm, and nonflexible to miss with its main street inside location.

Buena Park is small, so it is easy to walk to all attractions. 

You can reservation an Uber or Lyft to the front door from your hotel and save on parking financing and hassle, or long shuttle bus lines (they won’t be bad like Disney though).

AND, your Buena Park hotel may have shuttles, not just to Knott’s but moreover Disney! That way you can stay out of the Anaheim unconnectedness but still have easy wangle to Mickey Mouse.

There’s moreover a Metrolink Station with Orange County buses and trains.

Where to Stay in Buena Park: DoubleTree by Hilton Buena Park

Double Tree Hilton

We loved how our hotel, the DoubleTree by Hilton Buena Park, was within walking loftiness to all the Buena Park attractions. This meant hiring a car, and worrying well-nigh parking, was not necessary.

Knott’s Semen Sublet was under a 20-minute walk, and we usually tapped that up with a croissant from Porto Bakery withal the way, or a Pirate themed dinner of an evening.

The hotel was everything you’d expect from a DoubleTree – warm cookies upon arrival, modern double queen rooms, a large inviting foyer, heated swimming pool, fitness center, and self-ruling shuttles to both Disneyland and Knott’s Semen Sublet (you must typesetting in advance).

Here’s what people usually ask us well-nigh visiting Knott’s Semen Farm…

More Southern California Travel Tips

• ORANGE COUNTY: Don’t miss Knott’s Semen Sublet and these other Buena Park attractions, things to do in Huntington Beach, CA and a guide to the San Juan Capistrano Mission.
• ANAHEIM: Of course, Disney is on your mind! Don’t miss these tips for Disney California Adventure Park, your Dream Disneyland Trip, and our Guide to the Disneyland Halloween Party. Here’s why you should consider a Disneyland Vacation Rental VS Hotel. But if you decide otherwise, here are some of the best hotels near Disneyland.
• SO CAL ITINERARIES  ROAD TRIPS: Here’s a 10 Day Itinerary for Southern California & 10 Road Trip Ideas from Los Angeles
• LOS ANGELES: Those with kids will have family-friendly fun with these Fun Things to do in LA, and Funky Things to do in Downtown LA. Trammels out these 8 Non-Touristy Things to do in LA if you like it local style!
• SAN DIEGO: Here are some of our favorite things to do in San Diego and a guide on where to stay.
• CALIFORNIA HIGHLIGHTS: Wrapping up some of the weightier experiences in this epic guide on Things to do in California, INCREDIBLE Places to Visit in California, and California National Parks not to miss.