Knott's Berry Farm

45th Anniversary of Knott’s Scary Farm

<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;160924-Knotts-Scary-Farm-4&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;160924-Knotts-Scary-Farm-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"160924 Knott&&num;039&semi;s Scary Farm &lpar;4&rpar;" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"768" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12849" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Let&&num;8217&semi;s get right to the point&&num;8230&semi;if you have not experienced Knott&&num;8217&semi;s Scary Farm&comma; why are you delaying&quest; Knott&&num;8217&semi;s is the originator of bringing scary to a theme park&comma; and this year they are celebrating 45 years in the business&excl; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The most haunting Halloween event in Southern California&comma; Knott’s Scary Farm&comma; returns with unimaginable scares and innovative thrills for its 45th season&period; The fully transformed park will feature 13 uniquely haunted mazes and attractions&comma; including the return of <strong>Elvira&comma; Mistress of the Dark<&sol;strong>&comma; for her last performance as she bids farewell to the Scary Farm crowds with an all-new show&period; Knott’s Scary Farm is back for 25 horrifying nights from September 21 – October 31&period; This year’s Knott’s Scary Farm experience has all the ingredients of a truly terrifying nightmare&comma; but unlike most dreams&comma; Knott’s Scary Farm is a nightmare you can’t wake up from&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The new season will bring unnerving nightmares to life as it debuts three all-new&comma; unique haunted attractions&comma; each introducing new menacing storylines and heinous never-before-seen characters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Dark Ride &lpar;New for 2017&rpar;<&sol;strong> – Guests will journey through an abandoned carnival ride where cruel characters still linger in the shadows in Dark Ride&comma; Knott’s Scary Farm’s newest maze&period; The carnival attraction has become a refuge for sideshow freaks and now those shunned performers have created an ominous world where they plan to unleash terror on those who enter&period; Dark Ride will lead brave visitors through a treacherous path and into the bowels of a long neglected attraction as sinister shadows and horrifying scenes cast darkness over the once pleasant ride&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;12853" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-12853" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;2017-Knotts-Scary-Farm-Dark-Ride&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;2017-Knotts-Scary-Farm-Dark-Ride&period;jpg" alt&equals;"2017 Knott&&num;039&semi;s Scary Farm Dark Ride" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"540" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-12853" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-12853" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">©Knotts<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><strong>Pumpkin Eater &lpar;New for 2017&rpar;<&sol;strong> – Daring guests will attempt to survive the wrath of the murderous 7-foot tall creature that haunts the old woods surrounding The Hollow in this year’s new maze&comma; Pumpkin Eater&period; The notorious creature is on the prowl&comma; hidden within the dark confines of the haunted town he once terrorized&period; To escape the sinister Pumpkin Eater’s wrath all who enter must go on a quest through the silent town of victims&comma; face a cave of crawling insects and solve the labyrinth of thorns that blocks the only way out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;12854" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-12854" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;2017-Knotts-Scary-Farm-Pumpkin-Eater&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;2017-Knotts-Scary-Farm-Pumpkin-Eater&period;jpg" alt&equals;"2017 Knott&&num;039&semi;s Scary Farm Pumpkin Eater" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"540" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-12854" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-12854" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">©Knotts<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><strong>Trick-or-Treat&colon; Lights Out &lpar;New for 2017&rpar;<&sol;strong> &&num;8211&semi; Scared of the dark&quest; Returning more sinister and twisted than ever before&comma; guests are invited to step inside the Green Witch’s haunted home and venture through its dark pathways in Trick or Treat&colon; Lights Out&period; Armed with only a faulty flashlight&comma; brave visitors must face the terror of the Green Witch’s house completely in the dark&period; Featuring new state-of-the-art effects&comma; unexpected scares and other eerie surprises&comma; Trick-or-Treat is back to terrorize like never before&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;160924-Knotts-Scary-Farm-3&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;160924-Knotts-Scary-Farm-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"160924 Knott&&num;039&semi;s Scary Farm &lpar;3&rpar;" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"768" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12850" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Returning Knott&&num;8217&semi;s Scary Farm Favorites<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Returning for the last and final year at Knott’s Scary Farm&comma; Elvira is back with a bang&comma; in a brand new spectacular farewell show&comma; Elvira&comma; Mistress of the Dark&period; The exclusive performance will pay homage to the Queen of Halloween’s celebrated comedy-horror film&comma; complete with musical numbers&comma; dance and humor&period; Knott’s Scary Farm will be the exclusive home of Elvira for her final performance this Halloween season&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Special Ops&colon; Infected<&sol;strong> – The city is in need of brave soldiers looking to stop the zombie apocalypse in an all-out war against the undead in this interactive experience&comma; Special Ops&colon; Infected&period; Armed with specially designed laser guns&comma; brave groups of guests will embark on a mission to find the cure to the infection by navigating through sprawling city streets and buildings&period; The popular attraction includes blood thirsty zombies&comma; more interactive targets than ever before&comma; along with multiple action-packed surprises hidden around every corner&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Shadow Lands<&sol;strong> – A fulfilling life ensures a soul safe passage into eternity&comma; but what happens to the souls of soldiers slain in battle&quest; The Shadow Lands maze invites valiant wanderers to fight off demon samurais whose souls are cursed to rot within the depths of purgatory&period; Guests will embark on a quest through a sacred shrine&comma; an ancient Japanese temple and into the midst of the shadow lands&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;160924-Knotts-Scary-Farm-5&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;160924-Knotts-Scary-Farm-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"160924 Knott&&num;039&semi;s Scary Farm &lpar;5&rpar;" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"768" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12851" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shadow Lands is an absolutely stunning maze that you may just want to take your time going through it to enjoy the beautiful scenery&excl; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>PARANORMAL&comma; INC&period;<&sol;strong> – A fan favorite&comma; Paranormal Inc&period;&comma; returns to Hayden Hill for another bone-chilling year&period; Featuring high flying aerial stunts and scares&comma; guests investigate a haunted hospital&period; Where demonic spirits have been detected throughout the mysterious halls and new unexpected bloodcurdling surprises are hidden around every corner&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Red Barn<&sol;strong> – The horrifying&comma; blood-soaked Red Barn re-opens its doors&comma; filled with carnivorous animals seeking to prey on human flesh in the park’s goriest maze&period; Legend has it&comma; the farmer who owns the barn was transformed into a heinous creature who sends his sadistic sons to procure food and new victims&period; None dare enter the barn&comma; for those who enter&comma; never escape&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>The Tooth Fairy<&sol;strong> &&num;8211&semi; This twisted tooth fairy steals more than just baby teeth as he drags his victims out of their bedroom window and into a world of cruel dentistry&period; Unbelievable special effects include a blackout room through which guests must feel their way out&comma; a disorienting x-ray strobe light room&comma; and a final encounter with the terrifying tooth fairy himself&period; Say aahhh&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Voodoo<&sol;strong> &&num;8211&semi; Order of the Serpent&colon; The haunting legend of Papa Legba continues as guests follow him on his foreboding journey to conjure the serpent demon goddess in the outskirts of New Orleans&period; Trudge cautiously through the cursed swamps of the Deep South&comma; where creatures search the murky bogs for their next bloody sacrifice and demons curse the innocent with Voodoo hexes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>The Hanging®<&sol;strong>&colon; &&num;8211&semi; A live stage show on the Calico Mine stage irreverently looks back at the year&&num;8217&semi;s pop culture with killer comedy&period; Notorious for its special effects&comma; pyrotechnics and high-flying stunts&comma; The Hanging is a no-holds-barred assault on pop culture’s most infamous moments of the past year&period; A must see parody&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Scare Zones<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Knott’s Scary Farm is far more than a collection of haunted attractions&period; Every night monsters spill out onto the streets and turn theme park midways into murderous scare zones&period; From the world famous Ghost Town Streets to the Boardwalk area filled with evil clowns&comma; there’s nowhere to hide at Knott’s Scary Farm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;160924-Knotts-Scary-Farm-2&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;160924-Knotts-Scary-Farm-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"160924 Knott&&num;039&semi;s Scary Farm &lpar;2&rpar;" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"768" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12852" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Ghost Town Streets<&sol;strong> is the original and largest&comma; most terrifying scare zone that started it all&period; Bands of half-human&comma; half-animal monsters prowl the streets and inhabit the fog&comma; while the notoriously startling sliders lunge from every fog-filled corner of the land&period; <strong>Fiesta De Los Muertos<&sol;strong> features colorful costumes and larger than life stilt walkers in a dark scare zone&period; In the Boardwalk&comma; clowns crave your undying attention in the <strong>CarnEVIL<&sol;strong> scare zone&period; Returning for a second year&comma; <strong>The Hollow<&sol;strong> scare zone will terrorize guests as they find themselves in a war between three covens of witches and their armies of the undead&period; The fog-filled streets along with the army of the undead treacherously blend into the shadowy night as they frighten all whom they encounter&period; Featuring an all new fiery finale&comma; The Hollow is a practically all new with a themed maze to accompany it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Knott&&num;8217&semi;s Scary Farm does an absolutely amazing job with Haunt&comma; and we highly recommend going&excl; If you are visiting during Scary Farm&comma; we also highly suggest getting Fright Lane as there is a TON to see and do&comma; and fitting it all into one night can be difficult&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;2017-Knotts-Scary-Farm-Timber-Mountain-Halloween-Hootenanny&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;2017-Knotts-Scary-Farm-Timber-Mountain-Halloween-Hootenanny&period;jpg" alt&equals;"2017 Knott&&num;039&semi;s Scary Farm Timber Mountain Halloween Hootenanny" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"788" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12855" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We are also excited to see new features for the daytime Knott&&num;8217&semi;s Spooky Farm&comma; which is family friendly during the day&period; New for 2017&comma; Knott&&num;8217&semi;s will roll out Timber Mountain Log Ride as a Halloween Hootenanny&period; This family friendly Halloween overlay to the classic Timber Mountain Log Ride will be open every day during the Halloween season and features a brand new original song sung by Krazy Kirk and the Hillbillies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Knott’s Scary Farm Pass &&num;038&semi; Admission<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; The Knott’s Scary Farm Pass returns for the 2017 season and offers unlimited visits to all 25 event nights&period; Current 2017 Knott’s Berry Farm Season Passholders can purchase the pass at the limited time price of &dollar;80 and non-passholders can purchase the Scary Farm Pass for just &dollar;90&period; Prices valid through Sept&period; 17 or while supplies last&period; Plus applicable taxes and fees&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Single night tickets &&num;8211&semi; Buy tickets at KnottsScaryFarm&period;com and save up to &dollar;35 off the regular main gate price of &dollar;75&period; Knott’s Season Passholders receive a discount on single night tickets&period; Applicable taxes and fees apply to online orders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Fright &&num;038&semi; Fast Lane – For the first time ever&comma; ride and scream all night long with unlimited priority access to all mazes plus priority boarding on all Fast Lane rides&period; Fright &&num;038&semi; Fast Lane starts at &dollar;80 and varies by night&period; Separate Scary Farm park admission required&comma; and not included&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Combo Tickets offering admission plus Fright &&num;038&semi; Fast Lane are an especially great value starting as low as &dollar;115 plus applicable taxes and fees&period; This combo is only available online&period; Save up to &dollar;40 with this admission plus Fright &&num;038&semi; Fast Lane Combo and Knott’s Season Passholders save up to an additional &dollar;5&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Scary Farm Boo-Fet &plus; Early Entry &&num;8211&semi; Offered at Mrs&period; Knott’s Chicken Dinner Restaurant and Spurs Chophouse&comma; munch with monsters before Knott’s Scary Farm opens each night&period; Meals include a 2017 souvenir bottle&comma; which includes unlimited complimentary refills on the event night and &dollar;1&period;00 refills for the rest of the 2017 season&period; After dinner&comma; enjoy early entry into select parts of Knott&&num;8217&semi;s Scary Farm a few minutes before it opens to other mortals&period; Boo-fet dinner is &dollar;28&period;99 &plus; applicable taxes and fees when purchased online and &dollar;33&period;99 &plus; tax when purchased at the door&period; Separate theme park admission required&comma; and not included&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Knott’s Scary Farm General parking is &dollar;20 per vehicle and can be purchased online or at the parking booth upon arrival&period; Applicable taxes and fees apply to online orders&period; All Season Long Parking is valid for Knott’s Scary Farm nights&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Knott’s Scary Farm has welcomed millions of visitors over the past 45 years and has become an institution in the Southern California theme park landscape&period; This year&comma; the event returns September 21&comma; 22&comma; 23&comma; 28&comma; 29&comma; 30 October 1&comma; 5&comma; 6&comma; 7&comma; 8&comma; 12&comma; 13&comma; 14&comma; 15&comma; 19&comma; 20&comma; 21&comma; 22&comma; 26&comma; 27&comma; 28&comma; 29&comma; 30&comma; 31&period; Knott’s Scary Farm is open 7&colon;00 pm – 1&colon;00 am select Thursdays&comma; Sundays&comma; Monday and Halloween Night and 7&colon;00 pm – 2&colon;00 am Fridays and Saturdays&period; Due to the explicit and frightening nature of the event&comma; it is not recommended for children under 13&period; This year’s Knott’s Scary Farm experience is where nightmares never end&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For more information on Knott’s Scary Farm&comma; including admission&comma; park hours and events&comma; visit <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;knottsscaryfarm&period;com" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">knottsscaryfarm&period;com<&sol;a> or download the Knott’s Berry Farm app for your smart phone&period; Join the scary conversation by using &num;ScaryFarm on <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;knottsscaryfarm" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Facebook<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;twitter&period;com&sol;knotts" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Twitter<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;knottsberryfarm" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Instagram<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;snapchat&period;com&sol;add&sol;knottsberryfarm" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Snapchat<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>&ast; If you liked this post&comma; join other readers who have signed up to for our <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;newsletter&sol;">free Newsletter<&sol;a>&&num;8230&semi;because then you will never miss another update&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- --><&sol;p>&NewLine;

Justin

Find me enjoying the atmosphere, the shows and covered in sugar from an elephant ear.

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