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Timber Mountain Log Ride reviews

Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Timber Mountain Log Ride, a flume ride at Knott's Berry Farm.

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Posted: April 15, 2011

Open in 1968 and originally known as the Calico Log Ride, this was the country's second log flume ride. (The first was at Six Flags Over Texas in 1963, and also was designed by Bud Hurlbut.) The ride takes you up and through an old west sawmill, with interior scenes featuring both Old West nighttime vistas as well as total darkness. Finally, you emerge from the mountain down a waterfall, into the splash zone below.

If this sounds familiar to Disney fans, it should. This is the attraction that Disney imagineers copied, almost to the letter, in building Splash Mountain. Think of Splash without the music and Song of the South critters, and you've got Knott's Log Ride.

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15 votes, so far

A fun log flume, the one that set the standard for all to follow. Ride for the historical significance, at least, but with one of the higher hourly capacities among Knott's thrill rides, this is an excellent choice for riding the during the crowded mid-day. (And the thrill isn't that intense, either. It's a very inviting family ride.) - Robert Niles

A true classic. - Todd Root

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