Reviews • Nathan F

Pony Express is weird. It's clearly a family ride, but its launch is too punchy to lend itself amazingly well to that. The leg restraints are odd, and...

Pony Express is weird. It's clearly a family ride, but its launch is too punchy to lend itself amazingly well to that. The leg restraints are odd, and the ride doesn't stand out in Knott's lineup. It's a great intro to launched coasters type ride, but it's also Knott's worst launched coaster.

This ride does some great laterals. Beautiful setting. Even a smidge of airtime. It does have a few prolonged sections of straight track that aren’t s...

This ride does some great laterals. Beautiful setting. Even a smidge of airtime. It does have a few prolonged sections of straight track that aren’t super interesting, but overall a fun ride. It’s probably not worth going out of your way to do this ride if there are any other noteworthy Southern California coasters that you haven’t ridden, since this ride is far from major population centers. But it is a good ride if you do end up making the trek.

It’s a fun family coaster. Some fun launches. A few fun pops to the side. Not a very forceful ride, but it feels long, has fun theming, and is overall...

It’s a fun family coaster. Some fun launches. A few fun pops to the side. Not a very forceful ride, but it feels long, has fun theming, and is overall a good addition to this park.

After riding its sister coaster in San Diego, I wasn’t expecting a whole lot out of this one. I was blown away. Lots of ejector airtime. Not the smoot...

After riding its sister coaster in San Diego, I wasn’t expecting a whole lot out of this one. I was blown away. Lots of ejector airtime. Not the smoothest ride ever but it holds up astonishingly well for a nearly-century old coaster

This is probably my favorite Sky Rocket II, between the lighting effects and lack of comfort collars. Fun launches, fun layout. Just wish it had a thr...

This is probably my favorite Sky Rocket II, between the lighting effects and lack of comfort collars. Fun launches, fun layout. Just wish it had a three car train and that Premier trains didn’t just suck in general.

This is a spinning wild mouse that inexplicably doesn’t spin. Once the spinning unlocked, the car just faced the same direction through the switchback...

This is a spinning wild mouse that inexplicably doesn’t spin. Once the spinning unlocked, the car just faced the same direction through the switchbacks. Once it got towards the ground it finally gave one spin, but it somehow failed at the most basic task of a spinning coaster - to spin.

It’s an older Zamperla Family Gravity Coaster, which means it has some jank newer ones don’t. I like the janky old ones more. End of the day though...

It’s an older Zamperla Family Gravity Coaster, which means it has some jank newer ones don’t. I like the janky old ones more. End of the day though, it’s a kiddy credit.

SLC's have a really fun layout. It's a shame that Kong is so rough. It was awful the first time I rode, and it’s awful now. This ride instilled a fear...

SLC's have a really fun layout. It's a shame that Kong is so rough. It was awful the first time I rode, and it’s awful now. This ride instilled a fear of inverted coasters as a whole in me for several years as a child. Kong is one of the worst coasters ever built.

This is a little different than your typical RMC, but it was way better than I expected.. This is more inversion focused, and those inversions are all...

This is a little different than your typical RMC, but it was way better than I expected.. This is more inversion focused, and those inversions are all spectacular. The airtime moments are all super powerful too. Easily the best coaster in the park and among the best I’ve ridden.

This ride doesn’t really do anything well. It’s just kinda there. It’s a little too big to be a kiddy coaster but it’s not really thrilling. Regardles...

This ride doesn’t really do anything well. It’s just kinda there. It’s a little too big to be a kiddy coaster but it’s not really thrilling. Regardless, it was still an enjoyable ride. Glad to have ridden it.

The only reason this doesn’t get 1 star is because it doesn’t fail badly enough in any category to be special. Grizzly may be the most underwhelming c...

The only reason this doesn’t get 1 star is because it doesn’t fail badly enough in any category to be special. Grizzly may be the most underwhelming coaster I’ve ever ridden. It’s slow and boring, with a decent rattle, though there are certainly worse. Grizzly isn’t the unenjoyable wreck it gets made out to be, but it’s bad at everything that makes a good coaster.

This is my favorite GCI layout. Lots of airtime pops, full of the twists GCI is known for. Even some light theming in the form of audio. Super comfy s...

This is my favorite GCI layout. Lots of airtime pops, full of the twists GCI is known for. Even some light theming in the form of audio. Super comfy seating too.

This lays on the positive G’s almost nonstop. A lot of inverts are intense, but Flight Deck has a special consistency to its intensity. It is kinda sh...

This lays on the positive G’s almost nonstop. A lot of inverts are intense, but Flight Deck has a special consistency to its intensity. It is kinda short though and has one notable dead spot before the second corkscrew.

Demon’s a pretty generic Arrow looper with some light theming to make it a little nicer. It’s very rattly through most of the course though, save for ...

Demon’s a pretty generic Arrow looper with some light theming to make it a little nicer. It’s very rattly through most of the course though, save for the corkscrews.

This ride is substantially rougher in 2023 than it was in 2020 when I first rode it. This ride still has excellent pacing/intensity. This is a good ri...

This ride is substantially rougher in 2023 than it was in 2020 when I first rode it. This ride still has excellent pacing/intensity. This is a good ride. Unfortunately, the re-track has not held up well and it can be quite uncomfortable as a result.

Wonder Woman is awesome. It has some killer airtime, and keeps its pace really well. It did run much more sluggish in the morning than in at night, bu...

Wonder Woman is awesome. It has some killer airtime, and keeps its pace really well. It did run much more sluggish in the morning than in at night, but even the slow ride was still very good, while the night ride felt like it was trying its best to toss me out of my seat. Excellent coaster. Also, a decently themed queue by Six Flags standards.