Knott's Bear-y Tales - The ORIGINAL 1975 Adventure!
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- The original Rolly Crump dark ride that started it all! Keep in mind that the footage here doesn't do the original ride justice and that this footage shows the ride having a bit of disrepair and care in its final days. Video cameras were unable to capture the magic of this ride with its use of Blacklight, Incandescent, and other special effects found throughout the ride.
Knott's Bear-y Tales focused on the Bear-y Family (composed of Boysen, Girlsen, Razz, Flapper, and Elder) making Boysenberry jams, jellies, and pies for the Country Fair to win the Blue Ribbon Prize. Alongside their friends who even help out by making Pickled Eggs and even Meats as well! However, there is a villain on the Bear-y Family's tail named Crafty Coyote who just wants to steal all the Boysenberry goodies for himself.
The Journey of the ride took guests from the Factory in the beginning to a wild number of adventures that many will see on their way to the Country Fair. The zany Frog Forest complete with the namesake critters hopping around their toadstool houses, lily pads, and even holding tryouts for the jumping contest as part of the Fair. The mystical Fortune Teller's Camp which saw riders having their fortune read in multiple ways by Theda Bear, Zaz Owl, Sarah Skunk, Thelma Frog, and Wanda Fox. The mysterious Thunder Cave filled with lighting and home to fuzzy glow in the dark spiders within this dank area. The very Weird Woods that is home to a lot of bizarre creatures, scary trees and even the antagonist of the ride, Crafty Coyote. Then guests enter the big finale of the ride known as the Country Fair. Where they see all the characters from every part of their journey show up and where the Bear-y Family wins their Blue Ribbon Prize for all their accomplishments.
Knott's Bear-y Tales lasted from 1975 to 1986. The ride would be replaced by Kingdom of The Dinosaurs in 1987 until that too closed in 2004. Afterwards, the space was gutted and turned into the shooter dark rides that exists now. Our hearts will forever be with the original Knott's Bear-y Tales and Kingdom of The Dinosaurs. The true Dark Rides of the space.
Video Credit goes to David O'Neil
Guy says “should I tape it” and thank god he did lol
Watching today after the opening of the new version. Glad this was revived.
I wish we had more videos on the classic ride. There is so much not done justice of the original.
We're also happy how well the new ride turned out! We love that it did its own thing and kept the style of Rolly Crump alive
God bless this person for taking this video! This brought back so many memories! I LOVED this ride! This was a must when going to Knott's. We wouldn't leave the park without going on this ride. The video wasn't so great, but the sounds and music brought me back!
Yep! They made the right choice to record it! Thank goodness for that! Also, if you're interested we have the soundtrack to the ride on this channel!
That and they have brought the ride back. But it is a modern interpretation and homage to the classic ride.
@XYZ3_gh0st I know! I haven't ridden the new ride yet, but I'm looking forward to it!
Now this is the Knott’s Berry Farm’s I know. While this was being filmed I was just 1/2 a mile down the street living in my house w my parents as a 3 or 4 yr old.
This was by far one of the most memorable rides/experiences from my childhood at Knotts (The Mystery House and the Soap Box Races were the other, now gone, rides). I was so upset when I finally went back with my nephew and all of them were gone. :/
Glad this ride is finally getting a revival
And now, that’s what I called a reboot.
Loved this ride so much as a kid. I always said I would one day bring my kids here to ride this. Sad I was when I found out they removed it for the dinosaurs. .😢
Anyone else find themselves whistling and singing along?
I still have this song in my head.
we used to love this ride as kids. Classic rides are always the best.
The only good news is that Knott’s bear y tales has remake of the 4D ride.
Yes, it's too bad we didn't have low light cameras back then. But even hearing the sounds again and catching a few glimpses of portions of the ride were great. But yeah, for someone who has never been on it, it doesn't do it justice and they probably wonder why we rave over it!
Exactly! Its a ride that is difficult to capture all the praises of. When someone looks at it from video, it just comes off as not being great to the viewer. We still cross fingers that someday good footage exists out there of the ride...
@@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved Did Knott’s themselves really not ever have some professional footage of this ride taken?
@@gregg5958 We don't even know. There is the lights on footage, but lord knows if more exists. I still to this day cross my fingers that professional footage is out there. I hope someday it will be found...
So crazy how the camera used to film this back then was probably the size of a small suitcase, and now a camera of the highest quality fits comfortably in one hand and in our pockets. I still have memories of an uncle who would always bring his big shoulder-mounted home video camera to family stuff as a kid. Man, that technology improved crazy fast!
Aww, I miss this original ride. Brings back fun memories with my little brother then.. I'm so glad this was recorded! Way before we had our phones to now record EVERYTHING! Lol...I just saw a video of the new version of this ride, completely different but when I can, I hope to take my 4 niece's (sisters) to KBF, they're under 11 but just moved back to California. They heard so much about KBF from me and my sister, and they really want to go there and to Camp Snoopy for my baby niece who two. I haven't been to KBF since 2000! 😬.. Time to go back! ❤
Doctor Fox wasn’t operating so well 9:05 such a sham. That was the last year of the ride but don’t let our hopes down, cause the new version is opening soon!
That exit into the arcade was pretty special too. Imagine making an exit like that today and trusting people with the honor system to just not walk up the exit ramp to sneak on.
This was my favorite!
I’m listening to the soundtrack while working on something really cool!!
I bet :)
And if I remember right it smelled good in there too
yep
Me too I remember the berry smell. Brings back memories.
Loved This Ride!
It was truly an awesome ride. Can't wait for the return of it in the new form its taking!
I wish we can see amintronics in present day now
Probably their biggest mistake right there. And while I do enjoy the latest ride, I wish they could have just done a modern take on this ride and made it a better version of the 1975 ride. It could have been a ride better than the original if they played their cards right.
That and it could have shown everyone why we loved this ride in the first place. Too bad the videos and such do not do the original justice. That and you got the jaded folks who are terrified of things like It's A Small World and whatnot thinking this ride was some Horror experience. But hey they're a small group...
@@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved
Knott’s just doesn’t want to invest in animatronics. Screens/projections are much easier to fix from a maintenance standpoint.
Fact:That airplane noise is sill here today
Only encountered it a few times!
So cool that you have this!
Thanks for the vid!!
I miss this ride
Great job Rolly Crump!
My favorite ride. Thank you
We got the 4D ride.
We sure did!
Animatronics in the 70s were so scary. Splash Mountain creeps me out, and I would not have enjoyed this bear ride either. I just went on the current version of this ride for the first time today, and it was pretty fun. I wish I grew up going to Knott's Berry Farm, but I have only been there twice in my life. It really is a nice park.
My bud Al is there right now....he's on the new version of the ride. Good stuff!🤙
I forgot about this ride until I heard the ride's creator died this week I guess he previously worked for Disney on It's Small World and the Tiki Room.
Thunder Cave gives me a Scooby-Doo -ish vibe, probably because of how it used the same "Castle Thunder" sound effect many older Scooby-Doo/Hanna-Barbera cartoons used.
Awesome! I figure this audio was sourced from somewhere. What about the other sound effects found in the ride like the Chug?
I can barely see the mop head next to the sign
I can't wait to ride this ride
Sadly this version closed in 1986, but I can't wait for the new one opening next month!
@@TheHaloRed I knew that what sucks is that I wasn't born when this version opened and closed. I'll see how the new one is when it opens
Thankfully many of the props and figures from that original version live on! As for the new one, it rocks in its own way!
It’s only in 4D ride to shoot the coyotes from stealing the boysenberry 🥧.
Aw that is so cool. Looks as similar as the today one...
I remember a berry smell
i want a copy of this video my mom and dad and my brother and i rode this ride when we went on a vacation in 1980 i cant wait to go to knotts berry farm next year for my vacation.
Was this really in 1975?
The ride was, but the video here is from 1986. The final year of the ride.
❤
Its hard to see but is this the ride that had the frogs on or under the moon and also smoke that turned into cartoons? Ive been trying for decades to find that ride from my childhood memories and think this is it. I remember frogs on the moon and smoke turning into cartoons
This is it
@@darkridearts thank you!
Sitting out on front of it now! Prefer the original. There is a huge cheerleading Competition here.
Who is Jim?
This is so werid it looks like a POV but on an old jvc camera
Maybe! Not sure what was used to record this footage