Knott’s Day

For his birthday this year, hubby wanted to take Donovan to Knott’s Berry Farm, a favorite place from his childhood and from when our kids were growing up. (Fun fact: Knott’s opened in 1952.) He came down with a coldly-thingy on his actual bday, so we put it off until this past Sunday.

Have iPad (and Switch), will travel

We got a hotel room near the park Sunday night - Donovan was very excited - and bright and early Monday we headed to the park… A bit too early, since their weekend opening time and their weekday opening are different. Oops. 

I was really impressed with the very empty parking lot when we pulled in at 9 am (an hour before the gates opened.) At least we got a good parking spot??

D is not a fan of new things, he prefers to warm up to them gradually. 

We stood in line for the first ride, Camp Snoopy’s airplanes, but he changed his mind about going on when we got to the head of the line. 

No problem. 

We switched to something I could ride with him - the hot air balloons - and we were off and running…. right back to the airplanes. Success!

Donovan was not a fan of roller coasters - same! - or things with rolling motion that tends to roil your stomach (double same!)

but he ended up going on just about every other ride in Camp Snoopy,

and the Calico Railroad (one of my favorites),

with his favorite being……

The airplanes! He rode it twice and would happily have gone again.

All decked out for Knott’s Scary Farm

So fun but sad too that D is the youngest grand, and he’s getting older, and soon we won’t have anyone to take to Camp Snoopy anymore. At least we’ll have the (really fun!) memories. 

Knott’s still doesn’t do crowd control very well. We’ve joked about it for years - they definitely aren’t Disneyland, who are the masters of people-moving. Just a sign or two, to explain what line you need to be in, or how to get to a specific ride/exit, would be nice. It’s not rocket science…