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Knott's Berry Farm's Sky Cabin breaks down

December 31st, 2016, 5:23 am

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passengers rope evacuated by firefighters after being stuck for FIVE HOURS.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -ride.html

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Re: Nott's Berry Farm's Sky Cabin breaks down

December 31st, 2016, 5:44 am

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Some people pay to abseil 100ft

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Re: Nott's Berry Farm's Sky Cabin breaks down

December 31st, 2016, 5:52 am

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mkingy wrote:

Some people pay to abseil 100ft

it doesn't look 100ft but it is, according to the article. at least they didn't get stuck at the top!

Re: Nott's Berry Farm's Sky Cabin breaks down

December 31st, 2016, 7:13 am

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^ Phew I'm glad to hear that no one got hurt on the ride! Friendly Reminder: Imagine Knoebels when you spell "Knott's" correctly for some reasons. (Eh... not "phonetic" ones, though.)

^ The rides are, I hope, always safe!

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Re: Knott's Berry Farm's Sky Cabin breaks down

December 31st, 2016, 10:06 am

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THAT is some BS and one hell of an evacuation.

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Re: Knott's Berry Farm's Sky Cabin breaks down

December 31st, 2016, 10:25 am

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Windseeker is getting its revenge

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Re: Knott's Berry Farm's Sky Cabin breaks down

January 1st, 2017, 8:12 pm

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The reason why it came to a stop is still unknown.

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Re: Knott's Berry Farm's Sky Cabin breaks down

January 1st, 2017, 11:06 pm

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It's probably like 40 years old.

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Re: Knott's Berry Farm's Sky Cabin breaks down

January 2nd, 2017, 12:12 am

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honestly I thought that thing would be gone by now, it's completely useless

Ok but how desperate you have to be to voluntarily fly from another country to go to Thorpe?

Re: Knott's Berry Farm's Sky Cabin breaks down

January 2nd, 2017, 12:53 am

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I'm glad nobody was hurt, but according to some articles it took 8 hours to get everyone off. That is completely unacceptable. Knowing the state of California, I've got a feeling this may be the last we've seen of the Sky Cabin, as I'm guessing they'll require some pretty extreme modifications before allowing the ride to reopen. It is 40 years old and was supposed to be removed for Windseeker, so it wouldn't surprise me if Knott's opts to tear it out rather than invest money to fix it.

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