Xcelerator | Speed Launch Roller Coaster | Knott's Berry Farm (2024)

FAQs

What happened to Xcelerator Knott's Berry Farm? ›

Xcelerator closed again in mid-March 2022 due to a delayed shipment of a part. The park later announced that the ride would be reopening during the summer of 2023. However, On September 21, 2023, Xcelerator "went dark" after something broke while testing leaving an unknown reopening date.

82 mph

Xcelerator / Max speed

4′ 4″

Xcelerator / Height restriction

Timber Mountain Log Ride, one of the oldest log flume rides in the country, re-opens after a multi-million dollar refurbishment and restoration project. The classic attraction, which opened at Knott's Berry Farm in 1969, remains as one of the most elaborate log flume rides in the U.S.

Camp Snoopy is The Newest Orange County Attractions for Kids

More to Explore in 2024! Cross into the world of the reimagined Camp Snoopy and become an official camper, joining Snoopy and the PEANUTS Gang for the camp's annual jamboree, a fun week of camp competitions and activities.

Rocket 0-82 mph in 2.3 seconds as you fly 205 feet into the air before immediately hurtling 90 degrees straight down on Xcelerator The Ride® roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm. Slick back your hair and grab your leather jacket; happy days are here again!

GhostRider is the longest, tallest, and fastest wooden roller coaster on the West Coast! Looming 118 feet over historic Ghost Town, GhostRider is the largest attraction at Knott's Berry Farm and one of the longest and tallest wooden roller coasters in the world.

Guests' feet dangle below the ground as soon as the coaster train pulls out of the station. The inverted roller coaster then sends brave riders climbing up to a height of 146 feet before soaring back down with an initial drop of 109 feet into a track full of inversions.

Under this policy, all guests ages 15 years old or younger must be accompanied by a chaperone who is at least 21 years old in order to be admitted to or remain in the park.

Knott's Berry Farm's chaperone policy goes into effect after multiple teen fights. Effective Friday all guests 17 years and younger must be accompanied by a chaperone who is at least 21-years-old.

Can I bring a vape into Knott's berry Farm? ›

For the convenience of all our guests, smoking of any kind, including vapor and e-cigarettes, is only permitted in the designated smoking area near the park's main entrance. Please refer to our map for the specific location. Smoking is not permitted inside Knott's Berry Farm.

Xcelerator, a 1950s-themed roller coaster, has reopened to park guests, Knott's Berry Farm officials confirmed to KTLA. The ride initially closed in October 2021 to receive a new paint job and reopened briefly, only to close again in March 2022 for maintenance, the Orange County Register reported.

Cedar Fair, the owner of Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, and Six Flags are merging to create an expansive amusem*nt park operator with operations spread across 17 U.S. states and three countries.

Six Flags and Cedar Fair, which owns Knott's Berry Farm, merging in $8B deal - ABC7 Los Angeles.

New owners

(In 2024, Smuckers discontinued sale of the Knott's Berry Farm jams in grocery stores.) On December 29, 1997, the Knott family sold the amusem*nt park operations to Cedar Fair. Initially, the Knotts were given an opportunity to sell the park to The Walt Disney Company.

“The Hanging” ended its decades-long run amid increasingly intense negative feedback and the quickening pace of pop culture that made the comedy parody show tougher to pull off every Halloween. “It's been four years,” Tucker said during an interview at Knott's. “We have gone through a lot as a world and as a people.

HangTime is a steel roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. The Infinity Coaster was manufactured by Gerstlauer on the former site of Boomerang and Riptide.