PRO TIPS

Check out O.C. native and travel blogger Jill Parkin’s five strategies for visiting Knott’s—she and her family have gone over 100 times!

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Jill Parkin is the creative mind behind the lifestyle blog Sandy Toes & Popsicles, where she shares ideas for parents on how to travel with children, cook, craft, and celebrate every day.

Ride the Timber Mountain Log Ride and Calico Mining Ride. These rides are iconic.

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Visit Calico Ghost Town. This is the oldest section of Knott’s and full of history. If you see a cowboy or one of the townspeople of Calico, ask them to tell you a little bit about the history.

A must: get a slice of boysenberry pie at the Ghost Town Bakery, Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner Restaurant or Ghost Town Grill, since boysenberries were created 4

Check out the renovated Walter Knott Theater, where seasonal shows like Snoopy ice skating are top-notch entertainment.

If you are brave enough to ride do it! It’s the first and only dive coaster in California, and towers over 150 feet with a beyond vertical drop. Yikes!

KNOTT’S SOAK CITY

8200 Beach Blvd., Buena Park, (714) 220-5200, knotts.com/soak-city

Next door to Knott’s Berry Farm sits Knott’s Soak City, a separately gated, recently expanded, 15-acre water park. Soak City boasts 23-speed, tube, and body slides including: Shore Break, featuring six di erent waterslide experiences; the 750,000-gallon Tidal Wave Bay wave pool; the one-third mile Sunset River; family rafting at The Wedge, and the three-story Beach House, featuring 200 water guns, nozzles, sprayers, and other interactive surprises.

The littlest swimmers will enjoy the Gremmie Lagoon, a hands-on water playground with an interactive octopus and miniature submarine. The water park is open select dates late-May through mid-September.

DISNEYLAND® RESORT

8039 Beach Blvd., Buena Park, (714) 781-4636, disneyland.disney.go.com

In 2023, celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Walt Disney Company at Disneyland® Resort only five miles from Buena Park. The festivities kick o in January with platinum-infused decor, fashionable new outfits for Mickey and Minnie, special food and beverage o erings, and unique merchandise. Enjoy the all-new nighttime spectacular World of Color – One in Disney California Adventure® Park that celebrates Walt Disney’s storytelling legacy, discover the re-imagined neighborhood of Mickey’s Toontown in Disneyland® Park (reopening March 8, 2023), and meet superheroes at Avengers Campus in Disney California Adventure® Park. Come experience the magic that will certainly make you smile at “The Happiest Place on Earth.”