Knoebels Amusement Resort announced on its Facebook page that the Bayern Kurve will return for the 2023 season. The attraction is one of only three of these still in existence. Manufactured in 1963 by Schwarzkopf Industries, the parts will be...
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Our Experience Using Universal’s Attraction Assistance Pass (AAP)
Universal’s Attraction Assistance Pass (AAP) is intended for guests with a cognitive or physical disability or other condition that prevents them from being able to wait in the regular standby lines. It’s similar to Disney’s Disability Access Service (DAS) accommodations....
Continue reading...19 for ’99: Twister at Knoebels
We’ve finally come to the end of our 19 for ’99 series featuring 18 of our favorite roller coasters built in 1999, 20 years ago. For the last coaster in the series, we’re heading to Pennsylvania to take a look...
Continue reading...6 Reason to Visit Knoebels
Knoebels might have been the most interesting park I visited on my recent East Coast Coaster Roadtrip, or at least the most unusual. Visiting it sort of felt like going back in time. The park is filled with classic and...
Continue reading...My Plan to Visit Seven New Parks Over Nine Days
UPDATE: I’ve finished my roadtrip, and it was awesome! I’ve been steadily putting together trip reports, reviews, tips and highlights together. Everything related to my trip and the parks I visited can be found here. As the West Coast based...
Continue reading...Impulse Testing at Knoebels
Knoebels has been quietly building a Zierer steel looping “Extreme” coaster over the winter, and now you can virtually ride it for yourself before it opens this summer. The park shared the onride POV video of the coaster making one...
Continue reading...Knoebels’ Impulse Reaches Tallest Peak
If you’re like me, you may have embarrassingly forgotten that Knoebels is building a Zierer steel looping coaster for the 2015 season. It’s not that I don’t care about Knoebels. It’s one of my favorite parks that I’ve never visited....
Continue reading...Knoebels’ Koasters
For coaster enthusiasts, Knoebels seems to be one of those parks that you just HAVE to visit. They have two world class woodies and the recently opened Flying Turns. For years I have been anxiously awaiting the time I could visit...
Continue reading...Knoebels Announces Steel Coaster for 2015
The 2014 season hasn’t even begun for most parks, yet Knoebels is already announcing exciting plans for 2015. Earlier today, the park shared renderings of its new-for-2015 steel coaster, Impulse. The park tweeted: You’ve heard rumors… you’ve made guesses … now...
Continue reading...Flying Turns at Knoebels Opens
They were the words coaster enthusiasts have been waiting years to hear: “It’s true, will open at noon today.” Today, October 5, 2013, Knoebels officially opened Flying Turns after seven years of construction and delays. It was originally due to...
Continue reading...New Hope for Flying Turns at Knoebels?
Flying Turns, the unopened bobsled roller coaster at Knoebels, may finally open later this year or early next year after seven years of delays. A recent article in The News Item details the progress that the park is making in bringing...
Continue reading...Year in Review 2012
Earlier, John shared one of his best memories from 2012 so I thought I also would take some to reflect on the year and look forward to what’s coming. I was fortunate enough to visit eight parks this year, including:...
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