Knott's Bear-y Tales

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Knott's Bear-y Tales
Kingdom of the Dinosaurs
Ride statistics
Attraction type	dark ride
Manufacturer	Fantasy Fair
Designer	Rolly Crump
Theme	Imagination and Fantasy
Music	"Welcome One and All"
Length	600 ft (180 m)
Site area	20,000 sq ft (1,900 m2)
Vehicle type	Omnimover
Riders per vehicle	4
Duration	8:00

Knott's Bear-y Tales was a

while others stayed within Knott's to become a part of a walk-through experience in 1987 located at the Camp Snoopy area. That attraction also closed and was removed in 1998.

On November 7, 2019, Knott's announced that a new 4-D interactive attraction serving as a sequel to Knott's Bear-y Tales will replace Voyage to the Iron Reef for the 100th anniversary of the park, titled "Knott's Bear-y Tales: Return to the Fair".^[4]

Ride experience

Guests are taken to the Boysenberry Factory, where they are first introduced to the villain of this ride: the notorious pie thief, Crafty Coyote. Guests will also encounter and meet Boysen and Girlsen, the heroes, waving to them as they spin on a gear. As they travel through, they will see many sights around them. Upon visiting the Boysenberry Bakery, guests will see some beavers, baking boysenberry pies, and they will see Crafty in the back attempting to steal pies off a cooling rack. From here, Guests visit the Frog Forest, home to frogs big and small. Guests will see all the mushroom-shaped houses and swamps around them. As the ride continues, guests see two frogs on a boat under the moon. One singing a song to serenade the other. From this point, the ride exits Frog Forest and reaches the Gypsy Camp, where guests meet the Gypsies and fortune-tellers. They will see Sarah Skunk, with her movies on her crystal ball. They will also see Wanda Fox, with her spirits and her teapots. They also see Theda Bear, with her floating

. They also see sights like the puppet show, dances, and hot air balloons all around them. Towards the end of this event, guests see the Boysen and Girlsen, with their family, winning the blue ribbon for their pies and posing for a photo. Crafty Coyote appears again, but now he is locked up in a box, with a pie just barely out of reach. This is when the ride begins to conclude, but not before the characters like Boysen Girlsen, the family, and Crafty Coyote all wave goodbye to the guests on the ride. At this point, the ride ends and the guests return to the ride station.

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