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The ride begins with the trolley vehicles entering the famous Bear'y family boysenberry pie factory. There are two scenes featuring the pie factory. As the ride transitions to the frog forest scene, riders leave the pie factory with a view of a chug machine prop with the number 27. The frog forest scene features 3 scenes. The scene scene features backlit flower and water projections. The fortune teller camp features a 3 tents with interactive projections. The thunder cave features no projection screens. However, unlike the other screens on the ride, thunder cave features physical props and blacklight. Weird woods features two projections screens. One features the coyote pups exiting a crashed boysenberry cart onto a tree and other where the pups enter the weird juice tub. The ride ends with 4 projection screens. Above the ride vehicles are fair and tree branches decorations. The ride ends with physical props of the entire boysenberry family and a spot where riders can view their high scores.
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boysenberry pies. Conversely, riders can experience the ride as a traditional dark ride and visually take in the surrounding experience. One particular feature which was also returned back from the original is the famous boysenberry smell. The boysenberry smell is featured in both of the Bear-y family boysenberry pie factory. All of the ride screens blend the large projection screens with black lighting physical props and sets. One major new advancement technology developed by
Triotech is interactive shadows. Wind effects are used in the weird woods, thunder cave and county fair scenes.
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Knott's Bear-y Tales: Return to the Fair uses 600 ft of track. As with the original ride, Knott's Bear-y Tales: Return to the Fair follows the same order of the ride scenes as the original. They include the pie factory, frog forest, fortune teller camp, thunder cave, weird woods and the county fair.
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While the original dark ride incorporated animatronics and physical sets, the re imagined version incorporates 3D animation blended with physical props, sets, figures as well as wind effects. The ride can be experienced as interactive where riders use the boysenberry blaster to capture the stolen
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under the initiative. The experience uses 4D technology blended with physical props and set pieces. The
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in conjunction with Knott's Berry Farm, the ride opened to the public on May 21, 2021, and season passholders were given access beginning May 6, 2021. The ride is a follow-up to the defunct dark ride
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in 1986, the park has been faced with a demand from enthusiasts to bring the ride back. The popular ride was known for its originality and family-friendly ride atmosphere. At the
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Knott's Beary Tales: Return To The Fair features multiple physical props. New technology includes riders blasting the coyote pups on projection shadows.
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