Knott’s Hang Time!
By Erin
*I attended the media night to check out the new ride, Hang Time. All thoughts and opinions remain my own*
Do you love roller coasters? If you do, then you need to head on over to Knott’s Berry Farm ASAP! Knott’s Berry Farm has a new roller coaster, HangTime, the first and only dive roller coaster in California. This brand new steel coaster towers 150 feet over the Boardwalk area, showcasing gravity- defying inversions, mid-air suspensions and twisting dive tracks. HangTime sends riders up a vertical lift hill into a 15-story 96-degree drop- the steepest drop in California. The coaster’s train then comes to a halt once it is at the highest peak, and leaves riders hanging at the crest for several seconds, before descending down a beyond-vertical drop, through 2,189 feet of steel track and five gravity-defying inversions. Catch HangTime at Knott’s Berry Farm this summer! It’s a super fun ride you will want to go on again and again!
“HangTime’s disappearing track creates a memorable illusion of the unknown as riders feel like they are hanging over a cliff, staring at the ground in nervous anticipation,” said Jon Storbeck, vice president and general manager, Knott’s Berry Farm. “People who crave that adrenaline rush will want to ride this coaster again and again. Introducing a coaster like HangTime firmly positions Knott’s Berry Farm as a must see attraction among Southern California theme parks, and we look forward to welcoming our guests to this new experience.”
HangTime comes to life and illuminates the Boardwalk area at night with colorful nighttime track chase lighting that will accompany the coaster train’s travels across the smooth steel track. The coaster continues Knott’s legacy in rollercoaster innovation and industry firsts; the park introduced the very first corkscrew inversion rollercoaster with Corkscrew, and the first flywheel launch coaster with Montezuma’s Revenge.
HangTime is manufactured by Gerstlauer Amusement Rides, GmbH, and is the company’s next- generation “infinity coaster” model.
Fun Facts about the ride!
* Height: 150 feet
* Track Length: 2,189 feet
*Capacity: 3 trains with 16 single passenger carrying units each
*Maximum velocity 57 mph
*150-foot Vertical Lift
*96-degree First Drop
*5 Inversions
*Holding Break at 60 degrees- ride will hang guests looking down over the first drop before starting
*The Negative-G Stall Loop- only the 2nd roller coaster in the Western Hemisphere to have this feature offering unprecedented hang time
*Colorful nighttime track chase lighting that will accompany the coaster train as it travels across the track
Would you ride it? I did! 🙂
You can experience an entire season of fun including the thrill of HangTime with a 2018 Knott’s Season Pass, on sale now at the best price of the year. A Regular Season Pass includes unlimited admission in 2018 to Knott’s Berry Farm with no blackout dates, and a Gold Season Pass includes unlimited admission in 2018 to both Knott’s Berry Farm and the newly expanded Knott’s Soak City Waterpark with no blackout dates. Regular passes are just $92 or nine easy payments of $10.22 and Gold Season Passes are $110 or nine payments of just $12.22. These offers end October 29, 2017. Applicable taxes and fees apply online. Payment plans are only available at knotts.com.
For more information about HangTime, Knott’s Berry Farm and Knott’s Season Passes, please visit knotts.com. Join the conversation about the newly announced dive coaster coming to Knott’s using #KnottsHangTime #KnottsBerryFarm.