The Deterioration of Knott’s Berry Farm

In 1997, the Knotts family sold Knott’s Berry Farm to Cedar Fair. I had fears that the park would deteriorate. My fears come true when a friend of mine came back this summer and said this sentence! "The Damn place is dirty!" What a glowing recommendation!

My Grandparents met Walter Knotts back in the early sixties and I have visited there many times growing up. It was a fun place and the haunted shack was Hilarious. It was a entertaining place I still believe it had the best Log ride up until Splash Mountain came around.


But the real problem was that after Walter Knotts had pass away, the part began it long run to deterioration and needed something to happen since no one including the Knott's family care to do so! When the Knott’s family were given an opportunity to sell the park to The Walt Disney Company. The park would have been amalgamated into the Disneyland Resort.
The Knotts refused to sell the park to Disney out of fear that most of what Walter Knotts had built would be eliminated, but ironically, Cedar Fair ended up eliminating more than would Disney would have done! The park would have been kept clear, and the parking problem Knott's berry farm had would have been solved!

The Knott’s Family could have assisted that Disney keep the name “Knott’s Berry Farm” and perhaps add Disney’s Knott’s Berry Farm. It would have been a crown Jewell to the Disneyland Resort label and with added new Disney Rides and even perhaps extending the monorail to Knott’s the longevity of the park would have been sealed

But currently the Knott’s Berry Farm could end up going the way of Coney Island, the owners seem to careless! And Cedar Fair well who should stay back east where they belong!