Pony Express is a steel launched motorbike roller coaster located at the Ghost Town area of Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California.
History[]
Pony Express was manufactured by Zamperla and opened at the park on May 22, 2008. The ride was built at a cost of $9 million on the former site of Wilderness Scrambler, which was put into storage and later moved to the Boardwalk. The trains features motorbike-style seating on fiberglass "ponies" and are launched by a flywheel at up to 38 mph.[1][2][3]
Gallery[]
The loading station
Videos[]
Pony Express POV - Knott's Berry Farm 2022
Pony Express launch catch car - Knott's Berry Farm 2022-11-06
Pony Express launch flywheel - Knott's Berry Farm 2022-11-16
References[]
- ↑ Knott's Berry Farm Historic Timeline, Knott's Berry Farm. 2023-01-01.
- ↑ New at Knott's: Part 1 - The Boardwalk, NewsPlusNotes. 2013-06-13.
- ↑ After reading so many fond memories about Whirlpool, I went through my archives and found these pictures of its next incarnation, as the Wilderness Scrambler. by Bob Barber, Facebook. 2024-01-12.
External links[]
- Pony Express official webpage at Knott's Berry Farm
Pony Express (Knott's Berry Farm) at Coasterpedia- Pony Express at Knott's Wiki Farm
- Pony Express at the Roller Coaster DataBase
- Pony Express (Knott's Berry Farm) at the Roller Coaster Wiki
- Pony Express (roller coaster) at Wikipedia
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