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Calico Mine Ride

Een klassieke mine train-darkride door grotten, mijnschachten en geanimeerde Calico-taferelen.

Calico Mine Ride is een van de attracties die Knott’s Berry Farm van boerderijbestemming naar volwaardig themapark duwde. Gasten stappen in erts-wagens en reizen door donkere mijntunnels, ondergrondse meren, dampende potten, watervallen en een grote mijnscène vol figuren. De rit is historisch belangrijk én nog steeds publieksvriendelijk, juist omdat hij avontuur, showbuilding en ouderwetse mechaniek rustig laat samenvallen.

Normal 15 min
Average 17 min
Highest measurement 75 min Measured at 17-07 15:12
Type Ride
Category Dark Ride
Photos
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Coaster profile

Classification

Scale family_thrill
Official profile Opened November 1960; first major Knott’s ride; 46 inch minimum; thrill level 3; Fast Lane
Official refurbishment January 2014 five-month restoration with Garner Holt Productions; over 50 new animatronic figures
Reference Hurlbut Amusement Company tracked dark ride; designed by Bud Hurlbut; Ghost Town

Notes

De officiële Knott’s-pagina noemt Calico Mine Ride de eerste grote ride van het park, geopend in Ghost Town in november 1960 en ontworpen door Bud Hurlbut. De pagina vermeldt ook de 2014-restauratie met Garner Holt Productions en meer dan 50 nieuwe animatronics. Coasterpedia/Dark Ride Database noemen Hurlbut Amusement Company als ontwikkelaar/bouwer.

Theming

De rit verbeeldt een werkende goudmijn rond Calico, met houten laadvloer, 1850s-mijnsfeer, grotten, stalactieten, stoom, explosie-effecten en animatronic mijnwerkers.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now 30 min
Normal 15 min
Average 17 min
Highest measurement 75 min Measured at 17-07 15:12
Measurements 3898
Outage measurements 167
Avg. outage duration 28 min
Often busy 22:00 24 min average
Often quiet 10:00 5 min average
Reliability High 3945 measurements, 13 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

Spread of wait times, outage duration, and the number of outages per day based on available historical data.

Wait times

3898 measurements

0 min 20 min 40 min 60 min 80 min
Min
0 min
Q1
10 min
Median
15 min
Q3
15 min
Max
75 min

Typical wait time: around 15 min.

It usually falls between 10 min and 15 min.

See more than 15 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 10 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

35 outages

0 min 30 min 60 min 90 min 120 min
Min
5 min
Q1
5 min
Median
10 min
Q3
29 min
Max
109 min

Outages usually last about 10 min.

Some are over quickly (sometimes within 5 min), others take longer (up to 29 min). That varies per outage.

Already longer than 29 min? The attraction may stay closed a while longer.

Outages per day

15 days

0 1 2 3 4
Min
2
Q1
2
Median
2
Q3
2
Max
4

On days with outages, we see an average of 2 per day.

That usually falls between 2 and 2.

On quiet days it was 2, on busy days up to 4.

Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

Today Expected Historical
Horizontal axis hours, vertical axis queue minutes. 0 min 10 min 20 min 30 min 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 20:00 22:00