Perilous Plunge water ride at Knotts Berry Farm - HDThrillSeeker
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- Perilous Plunge at Knotts Berry Farm
Filmed in April of 2012 with a Sony HDR-CX700V and a Go Pro Hero 2 with chest harness
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At a Glance
Location: Boardwalk
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
Height Requirement: 48 Inches
Speed: 50 mph
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Just 34 feet shorter than mighty Niagara Falls, Perilous Plunge in the Boardwalk themed area sends boats down a 115-foot water chute at a revolutionary 75-degree angle - just 15 degrees from a sheer vertical, waterfall like drop-off!
Location: Knott's Berry Farm
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The ride was closed 12 years after a guest fell out and died, so it was not closed due to that tragedy. From what I've read that's available on the internet, the ride was too expensive to maintain, or something like that. I remember going on that ride twice, and each time the wait was long because of the time it took to secure the riders in the restraint belts, which had been improved upon after the guest died. It was worth the wait though, as it was one of the best rides I've ever been on in my entire life. Just perfect on those hot summer days.
I was on this ride 4 years ago
its took expensive really, Knott's berry farm has or quit there whining
zoolzool1 so the tide is close in 2017
they demolish them on all the tall waterides like this one including the one at Holliday world because of Metal fatique which could cause a collaps or tower to fall over.
Do you know what’s funny? I’m welsh so now I’m the one with the luxury of a rare attraction now lol. Btw hydro was bigger than this one even when this was operating so fuck yeah
i remember riding this as a little girl and it being my favorite ride there. I went 2 weeks ago and saw the coast rider and a little fish go round type of ride and just seeing that spot just gave me a huge wave of nostalgia. :/
you're so lucky you got to go on perilous plunge =) to bad they took it out.
SexyVixen1011 somebody died on it soooo
@@fatfat7140 And people die in car accidents every day. If we took down and stopped everything on which people have died, we'd lose a lot of stuff. Plus, this ride was taken down long after the guest died, so that isn't the reason.
EnglishatHeart ok
This ride was fun! I'm pissed that they took it out and the boomerang.
I wish I had a chance to get on it
This is so much better than Coast Rider...
My legs hurt
Honestly, anything is better than ankle and neck destroyer: the ride
Aaron Ragasa Luckily I rode Coast Rider before the shin guards were added!
You are hot af
Shut up marc
This was my FAVORITE RIDE of ALL-TIME. Watching this- Brings me back! The BEST RIDE for those HOT SUMMER DAYS!!! 🙌🏼💯❤️
my all time favorite ride at knott's! i had no idea someone fell out and died on it years ago, but looking back it makes sense because it took almost 5 whole minutes for the kids working there to strap all of us in! but it was always very worth it for me.
I MISS THIS RIDE MORE THAN ANYTHING!!😭😭😭
They have an almost exact replica at magic mountain.
+Wool TheonlywaytogetanewthreadinaNemo sort of, but this one is definitely scarier. The one at magic mountain is just over 4 stories tall, and this one was 12 stories. The one at Magic mountain also drops at about 45 degrees, while this one is a lot steeper at 75 degrees
+Wool TheonlywaytogetanewthreadinaNemo ...no they don't
rollercoaster24 Yeah they do. Just called today wave.
Wool TheonlywaytogetanewthreadinaNemo You said almost exact replica. They have completely different tracks and boats and everything, from the angle of the drop to the speed and height.
Rider, 40, Dies in Plunge at Knott's
Tragedy: The Duarte mother of five falls out of her seat on a flume ride during a private party. How she slipped out remains unknown.
A guest at Knott's Berry Farm fell more than 100 feet to her death late Friday night while riding Perilous Plunge, billed by the theme park as having the steepest and highest drop of any water ride in the world.
Knott's officials immediately closed the attraction, and state investigators tried Saturday to determine how the accident occurred.
Lori Mason-Larez, a 40-year-old Duarte resident, "somehow got out of the ride or came out of the ride," said Len Welch of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
She landed in a body of water at the base of the attraction. The Orange County coroner's office said the cause of death was multiple blunt trauma.
Each passenger on Perilous Plunge is restrained by an individual seat belt and lap bar that is checked by operators before the ride begins, said Dana Hammontree, Knott's public relations manager. The belt and bar at Mason-Larez's seat were in their locked positions when the ride completed its run, she said.
Knott's advertises Perilous Plunge, a 90-second ride, as one of its most exciting attractions, rising to 115 feet and hitting a top speed of 50 mph during the descent. Mason-Larez fell as her boat was on its way down, but officials at the Buena Park facility said they did not know exactly where she slipped out of the car.
The ride carries three boats with 24 passengers each, climbing a hill and moving around a corner before hitting a steep flume.
It's the second time in less than a month that a visitor has died on a ride at Knott's. Three weeks earlier, a 20-year-old woman from Congo suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm on the Montezooma's Revenge roller coaster.
Mason-Larez was married and the mother of five children ages 10 to 18, a relative said. Her family declined to comment further.
Knott's was closed to the public Friday for a private party sponsored by Target stores. Mason-Larez was at the park as a guest of her sister, who works at the chain's Duarte store. Steve Michael Lyman, sales floor manager of the store, said employees who were at the amusement park Friday night were allowed to stay home Saturday because of the incident.
The accident occurred at 10:20 p.m. Mason-Larez was immediately treated by the park's emergency medical personnel and paramedics, who arrived from a fire station across the street from Knott's. An ambulance then took her to West Anaheim Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Hammontree said this was the first time anyone had been injured on Perilous Plunge, which opened a year ago.
Employees stationed at the ride Saturday told patrons only that it was closed.
Besides the Knott's tragedies, two other people died this summer on theme park rides in California.
In June, a 28-year-old Fontana woman died after riding the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia. An autopsy revealed that she suffered from hypertension-related heart disease, and a ruptured brain aneurysm was determined to be the cause of death. A 42-year-old woman died in July after riding a spinning attraction at Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo, apparently from bleeding in the brain.
More than 35 thrill rides are making their debut this year at U.S. theme parks, according to the International Assn. of Amusement Parks and Attractions.
She fell out because she was too fat for the bar to come down and lock all the way...
The woman must have been riding near the rear of the car, watch how it catapults the people at the back when it starts down the slope.
That happened at six flags texas
Thank u
1971 superlead copied off some website lol
The only reason they really took off this ride was because the maintenance costs were high , because even after the lady died it was still open so
For starters... victims on this ride were A) too skinny to be locked in properly or B) too big... The casualties happened when the lap-bars were installed, but when the OTSR restraints were put in it got safe... just super painful
Literally one person bro, and it wasn’t the reason it closed
The scariest part was waiting in line, I was in 1st grade when I first rode this. My chaperone was a really fun person, so he dragged a bunch of little kids on this ride, we had such an amazing time. Hands down my favorite drop on a water ride.
Thee best water ride on the planet and you got soaked on the bridge watching the ride come down. Miss it so much! :,(
I tried this ride one time when it first came out. I love rides but I knew something like this would happen. It damn near tossed me out.
same. I almost fell out myself!
I miss this ride so much
_OMG i'm totally going in that thing and this kinda reminds me of Jurassic park when you go down_
zαcнαry мιтcнell™
_oh wow_
Blue the Raptor they destroyed it
zαcнαry мιтcнell™ No its defunct its been gone for 3 years
+mulitmaaaa films how?
she fell out of her seat and hit the water too hard below, killed her instantly
It was the worlds steepest water flume drop... riding in front of Universal's Jurassic Park ride.
zvchs wait until Hangtime opens up.
@@benjaminmartinez8181 hes talking about water rides not rollercoasters
Thumbs Up if you miss/remember The Parachutes.
prada4meonly they removed those because people would jump off of them at large heights and commit Suicide....
@@munchi674 one person* and it wasn’t the reason it closed
@@munchi674 It was removed because the manufacturer didn't make replacement parts for it anymore. I worked there in 1993-94.
I was like 12 when I rode this & I can still remember the massive headache I had after it.
I miss this ride. It was fun.
I’m so sad I never got to experience this ride :( especially with how hot it gets in Buena Park
So they finally decided to close this down...after taking so many deaths... This ride is insane... I went on it once and never wanted to go back on it again... It's like a 90 degree drop... it's so steep, I seriously felt like I was going to fall out too... It's scary. I really hurt my crotch on it.
I was about 8 when I went on this I think my mom made me ride it and I loved it
I was about 8 when I went on this I think my mom made me ride it and I loved it
+pinokiyo 1 death where the fuck did you get multiple deaths from?
+pinokiyo One death is a lot, isn't it?
I was 9 when I rode this ride and I fucking loved it.
its a shame its not there any more back in 2009 when i visited the park with parents i went on this, best ride in the park i remember since i was a single rider and got to skip like at least 100 people in the que!!!
loved this ride, i was the only one in the front seat lol nobody else wanted to sit with me up there
3:05 "Big D's Exotic Island" xD
lel XD
straight to funnel cake baby forget the towels
i went on this in 2001 no lie i was the only one that sat in the front lol nobody else wanted to. i stood on that bridge and got soaked everyone was laughing at me i didn't care it was hot out i loved it
Das war schon eine krasse Wasserrutsche. Schade, dass es die anscheinend nicht mehr gibt.
I wish it was still here
In case anyone is wondering the 3 rides that replaced this are "Pacific scrambler" a spin swing ride and a small roller coaster.
Pacific scrambler, Surf gliders, coast rider
I remember as a kid seeing this ride and I just remember it and I thought that it had to be my child mind over exaggerating it. But no it’s real
it's been taken down since november. the ride replacing it as already up, not sure if it's open yet.
Big d's exotic boat tours I didn't notice any of this shit when I was younger 😂😂😂
3:08
This ride was so fun!!! I can believe they closed it 😭😭😁😱😫💁😣
Didn't they put coast rider when this ride was removed?
The Dudez that are boss yes
They also added a new Boardwalk pier expansion
The Dudez that are boss,no. Coast Rider was a replace for the ride Boomerang.In 2018, Knott's Berry Farm's replaced it with the ride HangTime.
Safia ??? No, HangTime replaced RipTide
Safia ??? Lmao what no hangtime replaced riptide and boomerang and pacific scrambler, surfside gliders, and coast rider replaced perilous plunge
what camera are you using and what harness are you using, love the video. took my kids here this past weekend, they loved it. wish i could have fil,ed them too. priceless laughs and screams. thanks for sharing this video
He is using a go pro hero 2 with a chest harness
They stay taking out good rides
Yeah everytime i've ever gone to knotts berry farm its been closed. I never got the chance to go on it.
I wanna go on this one. They were just building it when I was there last.
i was the one sitting next to one of the guests and i will never forget so i never have gone to an amusment park sience
I was 6 when my mom declared that to be her favorite ride but it’s gone now sadly
Hello,
Can I use with your permission your off-ride footage for an Intamin video analysis on my channel? Your channel will be credited with also a link in the description.
Best,
Philippe
Last time I was here which was like 8 years ago, this ride just closed down not long before i got there because someone fell off of it & died.
The whole park closed when the lady fell off back in 2001
Too bad I wasn’t there when that ride was there or I would have gone on it
It doesn't look like a big drop how did they die
Im watching this in 2020 and i see three rides that don’t exist there anymore 💀
i don't no why that they took this ride out
What boomerang use to be purple?
Now It's Called Hang Out
Dirty Random310 Hang Time not Hang Out
@@davephantom5150 😂 Hangtime ya dum dum.
there's a similar one at oakwood theme park in wales.
***** i heard about the fat lady got the pole through her head? News said that
Even though this looks sick it's probably was a waste of space considering the park is landlocked and it probably didn't take up as up ride capacity as the three rides there now
Can you go do stuff on RUclips about pleasure pier Galveston island? That would make our day!
Hmmmm....I don't see why not. Maybe in the near future we will head that way.
That means they change it to boomerang and change it to hang time
How was this recorded whatever it is I want it especially if I don’t have to hold anything
sad to see this one go...good times
Sad theres no references to this ride in Voyage to the Iron Reef.
***** really
Nicky DeGirolamo Thank You AJ LEE I am a paige namoi guy I like your name XD
ikr
I can only imagine the ppls face when they saw the lady fall ;-;
It was her fault thought so her family couldn’t sue or anything
Boxopizza Inurfridge gp
I love América and cermany
This is not as good as Divertical but it's a fantastic water ride
Bruh it looks like the cart is gonna fly off the track when it was coming down
I went on this when Knott's had it
Does only one boat operate on that thing.
How wet did you get on the ride
They may have replaced it but it didnt even work any more it would break down all the time
They should add a Mack PowerSplash
Where is the entrance for this ride.
Unfortunately, the ride is no longer there. :( It used to be towards the back of the park, when it was there.
***** i went there when it was there, sadly i never got to ride it cause i was like 6, but now im going back this year to ride silver bullet and im 10 and finally 2 inches taller then i need to be :) so excited!
***** I worked there when a woman fell out of the boat on the drop and was run over. Unfortunately, she was killed.
I never get to been on that ride either when they had it their..
+Kevin Day Was it a problem with the ride's design, or was she doing something stupid?
Knotts berry farm is in California
Oh no the kid didn't get the teddy bear
3:10 Big D's
Is this new?
I loved this ride omg but when I heard about the lady dying because of it.. it completely fucked me up
Is that in soak city or in knotts
It was removed 😢
How'd u like that plunge?
I miss perilous plunge3
Scariest ride in the park
SO glad this ride is gone. It was a NIGHTMARE to operate and the long lines made guests whiny and moany.
do they still have this ride??
Nope!
+HDThrillSeeker do you know why?
+SilencedChaos a women did on this ride, that's why
+Patrick Star died*
thats not why they removed it to ad the stupid new ride coast rider
AND DEN A GAI DAIED! DEEE EEENNNDDDD!
how tall is it?
RIP
I have never seen this ride can someone tell me what area at knotts it's at :)
I believe they have other rides there now :(
Somebody died on it so the closed it
meredith b No, they closed it as they had to replace the cars each month due to fracture marks and stress points. So they got a new car, but that car just chewed up the chain. So they decided it would be cheaper to ditch it.
Daisy Szabo
The fatality was in 2001. The ride wouldn't have taken another 11 to close if that was the sole catalyst.
The problem with the ride was that it was a mechanical money pit. It cost a lot of money to operate, and as mentioned, it quickly became a maintenance nightmare because of how it was structured.
How did the lady die on this though?? Does anybody know?
not sure sorry!!!
She was too FAT and defied the warnings so her restraints malfunctioned and she fell.
@@vvvnokk8309 uh but IF SHE WAS FAT THAT MEANS SHE WOULD BE TO TIGHT IN THE LAP BARS TO FALL OUT
I FUCKING HATED THIS RIDE SO MUCH I'M GLAD THEY TOOK IT OFF.
IKR
Yeah that's gonna be a hard no from me boss.
R.I.P
around 0:50, there's a ride in the background. what is the name of that ride? :D thank you
ps - wicked video!
The purple track was boomerang, the flat ride was called riptide I believe
It doesn't look that straight
Are you now sorry for going on this ride?
They removed the parachutes because people would jump off of them at large heights and commit suicide....
this is like the copy of drencht oakewood park wales
I meant 3
why did they shut this ride down
Someone died on it I think
Too much maintenance and money for a ride that never has a line bigger than 10 minutes. Someone did die on it but that was almost a decade before it closed.
And i have the gold pass for knotts bery farm and soak city
They closed that ride down because some one died
Too steep for me.
3:09 "Big D's" heh... heh...
wow they replaced this with three new rides for like 3 year olds
But coast rider…
uh. no.
U people it's closed now
is this still open?
No I went there a long time ago
Bruh that’s like 70 degrees what the fuck
A lady died on this ride