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Calico River Rapids
River Rapids at Knott’s Berry Farm, Buena Park, California. Opened 1988.
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- Ride time
- 4 min
- Designer
- Intamin
Calico River Rapids is a river rapids ride in the Ghost Town area of Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. Built by Intamin, it opened on May 26, 1988, as Bigfoot Rapids.
The ride closed in September 2018 for a retheme to match Ghost Town, with new animatronics, show scenes, a story and water effects created with Garner Holt Productions, and it reopened as Calico River Rapids on May 17, 2019. Riders in circular six-person rafts travel through the outskirts of Calico past rapids, waterfalls and wildlife scenes. Wikipedia gives a ride time of about four minutes.
Riders must be at least 46 inches tall.
Sources
- sixflags.com/knotts/attractions/calico-river-rapids (Park page: white water raft ride formerly known as BigFoot Rapids, renovated with new animatronics, show scenes, story and water effects; circular rafts for six; minimum rider height 46 inches.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_River_Rapids (Opened May 26, 1988 as Bigfoot Rapids; Intamin; retheme by Garner Holt Productions; reopened May 17, 2019; duration 4:00; six riders per raft; Ghost Town.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knott%27s_Berry_Farm (Calico River Rapids closed September 2018 and reopened May 2019.)
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