Is Knotts Scary Farm different from Knotts Berry Farm?

Knott's Scary Farm is a special event and requires separate admission. The nighttime event is NOT included with a Knott's Berry Farm Season Pass.



Yes, Knott's Scary Farm is a completely separate, specially ticketed evening event that takes place inside the Knott's Berry Farm theme park during the Halloween season. While Knott's Berry Farm is a family-friendly destination known for Snoopy and its world-class roller coasters, Knott's Scary Farm is a high-intensity, "adult" haunt event. During the day, the park operates as normal; however, it closes early to the public, and only those with a specific "Scary Farm" ticket are allowed back in for the night. The event transforms the entire park into a series of maze attractions, immersive scare zones, and sinister live shows, featuring over 1,000 costumed "monsters" lurking in the fog. It is the longest-running Halloween theme park event in Southern California (celebrating over 50 years) and is not recommended for children under 13. For families with younger kids, the park offers "Knott's Spooky Farm" during the daytime, which features trick-or-treating and non-scary festivities, maintaining the distinction between the daytime "Spooky" fun and the nighttime "Scary" terror.

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Knott's Scary Farm is the most terrifying Halloween event of the SoCal theme park Halloween season. The Knott's Berry Farm Halloween Haunt was the original theme park Halloween event in the early 1970s that launched them all.

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Beyond the festival and the 8-foot-tall boysenberry sculptures, what surprised me about Knott's was the sheer quantity of rides. Knott's is only 57 acres, compared with Disneyland's 100 acres, but there are so many more rides at the berry farm.

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But to be technically accurate, you have to give credit to a different Walt(er) and an entirely different enterprise. Disneyland opened in Anaheim in 1955, but Knott's Berry Farm, established by Walter Knott in Buena Park, can trace its history all the way back to 1920, and its incarnation as a theme park to 1940.

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Is there an age requirement to attend Knott's Scary Farm? Does my baby in a stroller need a ticket? There is no age minimum for the event. However, this event is recommended for mature audiences only and not recommended for children under 13.

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Children/Teens - Notice to Parents & Guardians In addition to our chaperone policy, we strongly recommend that minors (under 18) be accompanied by an adult. The park does not assume any responsibility or liability for unattended minors.

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Knott's Berry Farm's chaperone policy goes into effect after multiple teen fights. Effective Friday all guests 17 years and younger must be accompanied by a chaperone who is at least 21-years-old.

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In short, if it's thrills, spills and squeals you're after, Six Flags Magic Mountain is the LA theme park for you. This is an impossible category for any theme park to win when pitted against Magic Mountain, but Knott's Berry Farm holds its own admirably, with a fine selection of rip-roaring hair-raisers.

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