Peanuts fans can mark their calendars for the grand reopening of Camp Snoopy after a month-long delay pushed back the original planned return of the kiddie land.
The reimagined Camp Snoopy will officially open on June 27 at the Buena Park theme park after blowing past a Memorial Day Weekend debut that was postponed due to construction delays.
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The Camp Snoopy makeover will add a new family coaster and super-sized kids swing, update an off-road rally race and miniature train ride while removing two original attractions from the themed land that opened in 1983.
The last major Camp Snoopy overhaul took place in 2014 for the 30th anniversary of the kiddie land when Knott’s added Charlie Brown’s Kite Flyer, Pig Pen’s Mud Buggies and Linus Launcher – all from Italy-based ridemaker Zamperla.
It’s always possible that a few of the new and refreshed rides could soft open before the official return of the land.
The four new and refreshed attractions will be ready when Camp Snoopy finally returns this summer.
Snoopy’s Tenderpaw Twister Coaster
The new Snoopy’s Tenderpaw Twister Coaster will take the place of the 1983 Timberline Twister roller coaster and the 1992 Camp Bus flying carpet ride.
The Tenderpaw family coaster will take riders on an off-road adventure with Snoopy in his Beagle Scout uniform at the wheel of a jeep-like vehicle. During each ride, the launched coaster will travel twice around the twin helix track.
The new Zamperla family coaster will be similar to the Daddy Pig’s coaster at the Peppa Pig mini-park at Legoland Florida.
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Sally’s Swing Along
The new Sally’s Swing Along will replace the 1983 High Sierra Ferris Wheel that offers birds-eye views of Camp Snoopy, La Palma Avenue and the Claim Jumper restaurant just outside the park.
The two-sided backyard swing set will sweep young riders 10 feet in the air as they sway back and forth on a bench seat.
The Zamperla Happy Swing will be themed around Charlie Brown’s younger sister, Sally, and feature a playlist of songs she longs to sing to her long-time unrequited crush, Linus.
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Camp Snoopy’s Off Road Rally
Camp Snoopy’s Off Road Rally will revamp the Rocky Mountain Trucking Company road rally ride – transforming the big rig trucks into four-wheel jeeps.
The new backstory for the ride will be a celebration of the annual Camp Jamboree with humorous checkpoints along the route marked by Woodstock sculptures.
Each of the jeeps will be themed to an individual Peanuts character – including Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy, Franklin, Sally, Pigpen and Peppermint Patty.
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Beagle Express
The Grand Sierra Railroad will be rethemed as the Beagle Express, with a new electric locomotive replacing the steam engine.
Show scenes along the miniature train route will reflect the Camp Jamboree theme – with Charlie Brown participating in a sack race with a sack over his head and Beagle Scouts earning their horticulture badge by tending to the boysenberry vines.
With a little help from Woodstock, the Beagle Scouts will wrap Lucy in bandages from head to toe like a mummy.
Camp Snoopy Theater
The Camp Snoopy Theater will not be opening this summer. A reopening date for the outdoor theater has not yet been announced.
The Camp Snoopy Theater will be reoriented with the relocated stage facing the midway and a shade cover over new log-style seating.
During the theater closure, Peanuts fans will still be able to take photos with Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Pigpen and Peppermint Patty.
The first extensive makeover of Camp Snoopy in a decade removed several rides from the 1983 birth of the themed land; originally, it was a High Sierras camping experience unrelated to Peanuts.
The Timberline Twister roller coaster, High Sierra Ferris Wheel and Camp Bus magic carpet ride were removed as part of the makeover while Woodstock’s Airmail kiddie drop tower will be relocated.
The Timberline Twister was the first roller coaster experience for generations of Knott’s riders during the past four decades. The 1983 Bradley and Kaye Little Dipper climbed to a height of 30 feet before taking riders on a twisting and dipping course over 480 feet of track, according to Roller Coaster Database. Each ride came to end with the help of a manual hand brake.
