Knotts Berry Farm Buena Park, CA…read more Current Gold pass member and reoccurring Knotts go-er Knotts Berry Farm is where I went for my first date with my partner and it is our anniversary tradition to go every year Date went 7/3/26 from 10:00am to 5:00pm First half of the day was empty Second half of the day was packed (longest wait time for a ride 45 minutes) +'s (positives): - You get your money's worth from buying a pass and there's no blackout dates - Went on almost every single ride in the park in a single day and left 3 hours before park closing - Great mixture of rides for adults, teens, and children - Most wait times for the rides we went on were about 15/20 minutes - I only purchase one item food from the park every time I go; the BOYSENBERRY CHURRO SUNDAE, IT IS A MUST -'s (negatives): - Parking is $40 and they no longer take cash - The shops have remained relatively same in regards to inventory over the course of YEARS. Please incorporate small businesses or small creatives that can create unique knotts merch you can sell in shops. Do a seasonal competition for best designs for marketing via Instagram and X (Twitter), you could be bringing in so much more revenue !!! (Ex. Trader Joe's bags with limited drops but Knotts edition in collaboration with big/small artists) - Knotts please add more shaded canopies above your lines and add fans!!! - There's only one bathroom I like to go to in the whole park because it's not crowded and relatively clean every time I use it - I don't like to purchase actual food from knotts due to taste preferences and price. Knotts needs to up their food game like Disneyland The positives outweigh the negatives, buy a Knotts pass over a single day ticket! It's worth it!

I would put 3 stars, 3 for many reasons, First reason; I don't have custody of my kids and the…read morecourts call me bitter so therefore 3 stars and not 5. Next; I was wrongfully terminated when I was a teenage parent attending high school, Knotts Berry Farm was NOT flexible in my scheduling at all despite my numerous attempts to management and even showing proof of school and daycare from the school! I was given unlawful ultimatums so I told them, I'm a no call no show and I'm quitting and I did!! I also kept the wardrobe and threw it away, they won't rehire me but hire felons the worst kind! DEI as well! Lastly; They don't accept food stamps for me to buy boysenberry sauce

I finally went again at the very end of April 2026 on a weekday and it was as fun as always, but…read moremassively crowded...in fact, the most crowded I've seen for a weekday! I try to go every 3-4 years, so I've been a couple of times since writing my last review. I ALWAYS like going to places like this at opening time, which I arrived about 15-20 minutes into opening this time. It's so nice to get away from the daily grind for several hours! The BBQ place where we ate lunch was good too! I wish I stayed 2-3 hours longer, but fatigue and tired feet got to me, so I didn't get to ride Space Mountain nor It's a Small World this time. Fortunately, I'll get to go to California Adventure soon in July 2026 and I havne't been there in 17 years (back when ticket prices were $69). Stay tuned for my review for that.

Disneyland!! What's not to love about the phrase, except for how it puts a giant dent on your…read morepocket!! Ugh - it's the happiest place on earth,"and yet I still need to pay rent!! The last time I went to Disneyland my son was younger and there was a deal for a three day park hopper ticket for $120 for an adult and then $90 for a child's ticket, since he was six years old. He still qualified. I don't even want to get into the ticket prices today and that's only for one park! Considering Disneyland is every child's dream to go I think dreams should come true for children of any age group as well as any working class, family or single parent could afford!! Disneyland does not disappoint, everything is amazing and magical, but it's incredibly expensive. The rides are all different and interesting and they do cute themes all the time especially the holidays, but the prices are outrageous! Not to mention, there's never a spec of trash anywhere in sight, there are so many Disney employees walking around constantly everything is fully stocked and organized!! But the prices are outrageous! That's the only reason why I'm giving a lower rating by overall satisfaction, post Disneyland made me realize I need to pay rent and not pay for a day pass at Disneyland!! Maybe they'll get another discount with AAA again and I can attend, or I could win the lottery and just save my money. I don't think I'll be coming back again, but it was amazing!!

Love walking through here during the oogie boogie nights. Line may be a bit long right when it…read moreopens. If you wait while the parade is going it may have a bit of a shorter wait. All walk through immersive experience of artistic displays to bring out the childhood movies that we all know and love. Each area has a separate theme to discover the portrayed character. No treat trail here this year. Definitely a must stop if you enjoy artistic expression. If you're more about the rides & candy this may not be as appealing.

A walk through during the Oogie Boogie Bash event they change the Redwood Creek Trail into Villians…read moreGrove which is basically lights, Sounds, voices, music throughout the trail. This is usually a popular thing during the Bash and lines can be over an hour or two so plan accordingly. Of all the bashes this was the first time we went through cause usually the line was super long all the time we went around 20 mins before closing time and the line was manageable. The lighting is cool and the sounds and the displays are interesting. Overall it's good to see at least one time in my opinion but do plan accordingly.

Always clean and a fun time! Family lives going here. Our favorite thing is Clarabelle's ice cream…read moreshop! We got the cutest ice cream bucket that this mama is going to keep for years haha. DCA will be forever a happy memory!

California adventure is my 2nd favorite California Disney park. Yes I know there's only two lol. We…read morealways park at Toy Story parking and just ride the bus to the park. It's rope drop is different than Disneys there's no centralized rope drop sometimes it starts at the center sometimes it's near the entrances to each land. This makes it hard to plan sometimes. This is the park with the better food, better shows, more alcohol, but less rides so the lighting lane rides fills up insanely fast. I highly recommend reserving your lightning lane for guardians as quickly as possible and pushing it out to later in the day or before your park hopping because the ride lines are insanely short in the early morning and lightning lane fills up so quickly for it. The Radiator springs racers are one of the longest lines in this park and rightly so. If you just do single riders it moves so much faster and I highly recommend because paying for a single use lighting lane for a specific ride is crazy to me but to each their own. ‍ For food they have amazing food festivals and a magic key terrace with some of the best Osso Bucco I've had and I'm not just saying that. I was honestly shocked at how good it was. For alcohol Pyms Testing Lab has a huge selection and Pyms Test Kitchen has the best coffee in the park in the Cookies and Cream Cold brew.

Everyone seems to have their complaint about this place. But when you look at the big picture its a…read morewash. Look how many families are coming in and out of this place. The percentage of negative reviews is probably not a blip on the great scheme of things. People always writes reviews when something negative happens but when things go right majority of people dont. You go here and expect madness. Kids everywhere, crowds, etc. You want tranquil all to yourself feel and vibes, go vacation to a remote island somewhere. This is for the kids. Plenty of things to do. The water slides are enough to keep kids having fun for a while. For added fees there are other optional activities but seems more geared toward younger kids. so why 4 out of 5 stars? Because I've been to the one in northern california (manteca). This property seems older. More crowded, and just doesnt have the same lodge vibes. There simply isnt the same WOW factor as the Manteca location. There is no parking garage in Manteca but instead a vast land of parking spaces. So the Lodge just commands attention and shows you are about to enter something grand. Here they use a parking structure and although efficient it just doesnt give of same vibes. The "Grand Lobby" here is also just meh. The area and space seems so fragmented and doesnt have a good flow. The manteca location is structured so well. You walk in from the main entrance and you are really in a Grand Lobby with the towering fireplace. Here its off to the side and now filled with arcade games. That fireplace is usually the photo spot for families in Manteca. Here you really dont have that. People have said the waterpark itself is better here. If it is, I didn't notice it too much. It isn't that much better to really matter. The wave pool here definitely is stronger which is very cool. But the lazy river, and everything else seems on par. I believe they have an extra attraction with the surf/wake board simulator. So IMO, the Manteca location is better overall. But this is a much better location being in SoCal with lots of other things to do here. While Manteca is basically nothing but Great Wolf Lodge.

Honestly- our one night trip was simply better than expected. Hassle free, easy, fun. I would have…read moregiven 5 STARS but there was a ton of construction on the property (not the biggest deal, but kind of a bummer). Details below. -parking was easy. -room check in at the kiosk was easy. -the kiosk printed our wristbands out. -I got a text with our room number about 30 min later (I would have preferred no wait, but it was the busy check in time). -we went to dinner at BJs down the road, no wait, very good 2 family dinner. Great M-F deals. -my kids did the high ropes course and liked it. We hit the arcade for about 15 minutes, they didn't really like it (but it's under construction, they were moving machines up into the lobby). -I brought chocolate croissants and muffins, we ate bfast in the room. The rooms have large mini fridges, there's a small microwave where the ice machines are on each floor, there's a good enough weird coffee machine in each room. -we loaded our regular bags into the car, checked out of our of the room at 9:40, got into the line for the pool. -got plenty of chairs together for the adults. -my advice: you do not needs chairs for each kid, especially older kids. They stop by, sit, and bounce. Most people eat at the tables, there are signs that people can only sit at tables for 30 min, we never had a problem eating at tables (it's so much easier). Don't waste a bunch of chairs on kids who never use them.... -the bar drinks at the pool were very very good. the Bloody Mary was the best one I've ever had. Yep. We had a mango pineapple rum drink that was so good, not too sweet at all. -every staff member we encountered was on point, very helpful and kind. -I charged everything using my wristband, very easy. CONS: -I've been several times. In my option, the pizza place is the only food worth getting when you are at the pool. The Bucket food place in the pool area is just not good, it's very cafeteria and expensive. -I saw about 15 people slip and fall, mostly near the life jacket stand outside the wave pool. Like full on hard falls. An employee has a floor squeegee, but it's pretty useless. Even people walking slipped. -the headboards in the renovated rooms are pretty bad and dangerous. They have posts spaced out like 5 inches that have right-edge corners, so, sharp. And the pillows are not enough and not fluffy. When you lean back, your head slams into those pillar posts. My daughter's head went right between two posts so she hit both sides of her head on the posts. I hit my head too. Who the hell thought that was a great design? After that issue, I noticed all the hard corners on everything in the room. My kids are older now, but parents or younger kids, take note.

Attended a birthday party here. My kiddo wasn't the guest of honor, but had an amazing time. This…read moreplace is CLEAN!! Even the bathrooms. If you are the business owner and checking reviews - we were there Sunday from 10-2 and your staff was on their game. If you are hosting a party and have a wide range of ages from smaller kiddos to teenagers I'd recommend this place.

Peter was a great host. He was very attentive and helpful. He was kind and very involved with the…read morechildren. We had a party here and he helped the day flow smoothly. Thank you, Peter!

We came to Boomers for the first time and it was so fun! My whole family had a blast mini golfing…read moreand go-karting. Shout out to DEON at the go-karts! He was fantastic and was so friendly and provided top notch customer service! Thank you Deon! We will be back! We had a lovely time!

I used to come here 20+ years ago when it was Palace Park, and I swear the mini golf course hasn't…read morechanged since then...except it's aged about as well as a forgotten carpet. The turf is ripped, full of holes, and in rough shape on pretty much every hole. We honestly considered turning around and asking for a refund, but our kids were so excited to play that we stuck it out rather than crush their little mini-golf dreams. The staff was genuinely friendly, so no complaints there--they were the best part of the experience. I can't speak for the other attractions, but if you're coming for mini golf, I'd recommend spending the extra few bucks and heading to Holy Moly at the Spectrum instead. At least there, the biggest obstacle is the course--not whether the carpet will survive another round.

Castle of fun! My group bought the $48 Golfland Fun Pass and it was worth it. All attractions are…read moreincluded but the attractions we did were mini golf, laser tag, bumper boats, race cars, and everyone used all 35 points on their arcade card. You get around 6 minutes of play time per attraction. To access attractions, you press a service button to call over an employee. It was not crowded on a Monday afternoon and there was plenty of free parking. + We started off our day with bumper boats to cool off in the summer heat. Each boat had built in water shooters. We were spraying each other and everyone got soaked. + We went on race cars to dry ourselves off. The cars were surprisingly fast. - For race cars, there was no working service button. Instead, there was a picture of a button taped to the wall which was a bit confusing. We ended up finding a staff member who let us in. It would be helpful to have a note with instructions on what to do. + The laser tag arena was bigger than expected with plenty of walls and obstacles to hide behind. There were even a couple of jump scare surprises lurking in corners. + Mini golf was fun with different colored golf balls and decorated courses. + Plenty of arcade games for all ages. - Some games were broken or out of service. + Clean bathrooms. + They sell Dole Whip here.

We came mainly for the arcade games, and while we still had an okay time, it wasn't quite what we…read moreexpected. We spent about $40 on arcade games, and it didn't go very far. The game selection is fairly limited, and some of the games weren't in the best condition. For example, the ring toss game was missing a lot of its rings, and I later noticed several of them scattered on the floor. Overall, the arcade could definitely use some updates and renovations to make the experience more enjoyable. That said, I would consider coming back if they offered better deals or promotions, as I think the place has potential with a few improvements.