Knott's Berry Farm - first visit since the re-opening.

Berry Tales 4-D, HangTime, and other rollercoasters!

While Knott's had been open in the form of food festivals for most of the pandemic, regular operations just restarted in the 2nd half of May 2021. The food festivals were a lot of fun, but at the same time it was a bummer to see all of the rollercoasters sitting idle. With that in mind, we set a May 29, 2021 park reservation and prioritized the "new to us" attractions of HangTime and Berry Tales 4-D followed by Xcelerator and Montezooma's Revenge. Pretty much the same M.O. as our other park visits - get there early, ride 3-4 attractions while the park fills up, and then walk around, grab a beer, get some food, etc. (not *that* Food Etc. however). Great trip overall - enjoy!

Magic Mountain Mondays #5: Psyclone

In August of 1995, I took a bunch of photos (on film no less) at Six Flags Magic Mountain using an inexpensive camera. I was working as an Operations supervisor at the time, and the purpose of the project was to create a slide show for an employee appreciation party for our Operations staff. I’ve carted these slides around for over 25 years and I finally had them digitally transferred this year. About 2/3s of them aren’t available for posting because they are crew pictures and I have no way to request permission to post them. But I do have 50+ available that are just various shots of the park. Enjoy this time capsule from August 1995.

DISPATCH!

A quick Sunday trip to Universal Studios Hollywood...things are busy!

May 23, 2021. It sure feels like there's pent-up demand here in SoCal for theme parks. It's only a couple of weeks into re-opening and things are busy, especially on the weekends. Reduced capacity sure, but with limits in indoor crowds the lines get pretty long, and are mostly out on the midway. We did a quick lap close to opening and rode Forbidden Journey, Flight of the Hippogriff, and Revenge of the Mummy all with 15 minutes (or less) of a wait. Then the park filled up and we moved on to food, beers, and walking around. Enjoy!