I’ve taken rides on this thing for almost 30 years, and it’s wonderful to see it’s in better shape than when I was a kid (even tho I do miss the driver narration). Long live the Calico Mine Train!

There´s this weird fascination with these old Animatronics i have. The movement is so nonhuman, but also haunting at the same time. Can´t really describing it better, but i love it.

@kriskater

3 жыл бұрын

Yes ! When I was little I was so scared but now I love them ! So charmingly creepy !

@jkoz8358

3 жыл бұрын

The uncanny valley?

@umcamry

3 жыл бұрын

same here! like it's creepy in a nice way???😂😂😂

@DamnFlippers

3 жыл бұрын

Funny thing is those animatronics are the newer ones for the park. They replaced all the original static figures in the mid 2010s on this and the log ride

@kriskater

3 жыл бұрын

@@DamnFlippers yes and they look fantastic!!!

I gotta say, I'm really impressed. The number and size of the water feature, the size of the rooms you pass and the theming is perfect. A lot of though went into this ride. I gotta check it out

@RabbitsInBlack

3 жыл бұрын

If you notice it's actually one LARGE ROOM you go around.

@garlandcopeland3137

3 жыл бұрын

@@RabbitsInBlack I did and it looks amazing. Definitely putting it on my bucket list

@999haunted

Жыл бұрын

This ride actually opened in November 1960. And the only changes made since then was the animatronic miners and better lighting in a couple spots

@janetmarlena6815

Жыл бұрын

This is better themed than Spider Man Blasty whatever it's called

Way better then the newer rides they are making with mostly digital screens and very few animatronics.

@briansanchez5758

3 жыл бұрын

Very very true. Its in my top 5 right there with the Timber Mountain Log Ride when I go to Knotts. Screens and technology are cool but this old school dark ride is still classic and one of the best. The technology behind this when it opened was crazy with how many animatronics there were.

@timkunk3498

3 жыл бұрын

Or animatronics, with digital phases.

@timkunk3498

3 жыл бұрын

Faces! God, I hate this spell Check.

@Jessemasonpalmer

3 жыл бұрын

@@briansanchez5758 fax I think they should make the whole place just a western town

@brandonogc8936

2 жыл бұрын

Why should anyone think of disagreeing.

I'm amazed by the size of some of the rooms and the excellent lighting of each scene.

This is a great attraction, one that is lacking from the modern Disney Parks. It is very relaxing and fun for everyone.

Used to dislike this ride as a kid, but now as a young adult, I appreciate all the work and art inside this ride. Definitely a good ride to take it in when you’re feeling tired. Or honestly a great ride in general.

My favorite ride from my childhood to the present. I shed some tears riding it in 2015 for the first time in decades.

As a kid I loved this ride and I'm glad it's still there. It seems like they have improved the scenery instead of just letting the ride deteriorate.

I was a driver on the Calico Mine Train Ride from 1997 to 1999. Nothin' beats the narration from the actual train driver. Get rid of the robot narration. Long live the Pot Room!

@analleyboy

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. That's awesome

@andrewheld2475

3 жыл бұрын

Could you provide some info on operating the train? It seems to me to be mostly braking, as the layout is on a continual downgrade, correct? I'm also curious about the upstop rails they've put in place... was derailment a common occurrence prior to their installation?

@LibertyHound78

3 жыл бұрын

Nope we operated speed and braking. There is a lift mechanism on the track about half way through the ride to bring the train up to the upper level. Train is completely controlled by the operator, except for when it engages with the lift.

@Lil_cauty

3 ай бұрын

And your proud and happy that was your job 🤦🏿‍♂️

@LibertyHound78

3 ай бұрын

@@Lil_cauty Being 16 years old then and having a job and not sitting in my mom’s basement playing video games like you… yep, I proud that I was working.

These old school dark rides are like a window into the past. Whenever you ride them, you can seriously _feel_ the energy they have. I truly hope this ride never changes. To change it would be to destroy history at this point. Preserve this ride exactly as it was from the day it first opened.

As one who explores and documents abandoned mines in the American Southwest, I can definitely confirm that everything depicted in this ride is very authentic. I rode this a few years ago and was really impressed with the level of detail and how accurate things were. That large room the others have mentioned in their comments is what the miners would have referred to as a “stope.“ A stope is the large chamber that remains underground after the miners remove a large body of ore.

This is my favorite ride at Knott's

This shows that Cedar Fair parks have some pretty good themed rides.

@alexassumma

3 жыл бұрын

This was built way before Cedar Fair’s ownership in the park. It was designed by Bud Hurlbut and funded by Walter Knott himself in 1960.

@ThemeParkAvenue

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexassumma that is true. I’ll edit my comment to be worded better.

Grew up with Knotts so many great memories....just seeing the sights and hearing the sounds brings back all those memories from the park. Thanks!!

@uberefficent3936

Жыл бұрын

@Daniel Brockman texantard spotted

Still better than these modern dark rides!

This was the first ride I went on when our school did this pre-last day of school trip. I actually liked it, I can smell the water and feel the heat from this video. edit: the stalagmites/stalagtites (or however it's pronounced) part felt sorta eerie yet surreal with the music it used.

The right that you’re going on I’ve been on there when I was five and that was my favorite ride. It was my favorite. I never got scared, but sometimes I cried, but it was my favorite ride still.

That’s more impressive than I expected!

I love caves, that this ride is so for me! I love roller coasters! One of these days I would love to go to Knott's Berry Farm.

I've loved this ride since I was a little girl🤗

Bud Hurlbut knew what he was doing when he made this. The recent refurb looks great, I'm lucky to have ridden it once since then. In the decades prior to that there were sections of fiberglass mountain falling away and you could see into the next room. It's funny to think Walt Disney liked it so much he borrowed Walter Knott's ride for his own park ( Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland ) and yet it still never held a candle to this one. I'm glad this ride is still around.

So incredibly detailed inside. I wish Australia had these sort of rides

My all time favorite ride at Knotts. I ride it atleast 2 or 3 times before I go. Can't wait to ride it again this summer 🤗

Love this ride. I was fascinated by it as a kid.

The best of all the video POV's I have ever seen. Great camera work!

Ok this is amazing!!! Can’t wait to go back to Knotts Berry Farm. I’ll be going in July

This was a really nice ride and I was impressed with how much they included. I was expecting more of a two minute "kiddie" ride, but this was really enjoyable. Thank you so much for sharing it.

That looks gigantic!

I love this ride!! I haven't been on it in years!! Thank you for posting!!

This ride looks pretty cool to go on I'll ride it myself too!

Great ride! Obviously not all that speedy but the length is so much better than most, and the animatronics and feel is really fun.

great looking vid. i loved this ride during the halloween haunt when they had monsters in it!

This looks like so much fun!!! I’ve never been there, would would love to go!!! Fabulous!!! 😁👏💗

What an awesome cave

I am going there as a 6 grade field trip and I am so exited

my dad used to always love this one, glad its still open, cant wait to go again sometime, glad its still open unlike mystery lodge :( that was my favorite, i love this one too, i miss it

Looks better then ever

this ride looks super cool & super long !

This is my favorite ride, maybe the main reason of why i want to go to knotts xD

Absolutely amazing...❤ this

Haven't been on this ride in almost 50 years and it looks the same.

"I want to go on something more thrilling than Calico Mine"

@kryptism

3 жыл бұрын

Big Thunder at Disneyland!

@guillaumecardon

3 жыл бұрын

Man of culture.

@stevenmoody4531

3 жыл бұрын

🎢

@embeetoast2211

3 жыл бұрын

Calico Mine was a great value

This looks amazing!

Happy 100th anniversary!

This is like an update for mine train through natures Wonderland

Fun ride!

Woow!! Thats so very nice !! Is awesome😱❤

I used to go on this ride all the time, during the week nobody would be on so I would have most of the train to myself. During the dark parts I used to climb from cart to cart and confuse the workers when I would be in a completely different cart by the end of the ride lol and to hurry up at the end if no one was looking I would jump off as it ends so I can go run to the front of the line to ride again.

Old Mine train of Nature’s Wonderland

Great video- so fun!

Very nice

올만에 영상올리시네 밑에 한국분 반가워용~

Nice ride!

Love it.

Looks great

Wish I could go back there again

I like that this ride

Echt gut gemachter Darkride.

so cool

The video quality is amazing! What camera are you using? It has such incredible quality in low light!

Very nice 👍👍

this is the earliest i’ve ever been :O

Very nice 👍

Awesome this is better than big thunder mountain

Knotts is the best cedar fair park❤

This attraction looks so awesome! I bet it cost a fortune to build. I hope I get to ride it one day

@TheHaloRed

3 жыл бұрын

It opened in 1960, and cost just over $1 million.

@timmy2870

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheHaloRed Yes, I read that, too. To my understanding this is quite a lot of money for the sixties

❤very cool❤

대박 😳

ビックサンダーマウンテンみたいで乗ってみたいなー

I've only ever rode this attraction during Knotts Halloween Haunt.

It's not a thrill Ride but it's fun to sit on the cool off on that you know and you write off enough you get to know the miner's names like the one that's pushing the cart in the alcove his name is Fred. 😉

I think this opened very soon after the Mine Train Through Nature's wonderland, so it's kinda like knowing what it's like to ride that.

クオリティー高いなぁ

nice

I’m the 306th person to watch this video-

I wish I had the money to go there. It looks like so much fun, especially during Halloween.

The first ride I went on

Can you do one for Reese’s Cupfusion at Hersheypark? Pretty please?

I was scared of this ride when i was a little kid lol... The park was ruined when they added coasters.. I miss the steeplechase ride.. Now it's like just another theme park..

I miss having the monsters in it during scary farm

Way longer than most rides today.

4:30 is that a face on the pillar or am I just seeing things?

@thefiend7418

3 жыл бұрын

It does look like it

It would be nice to go there

Cedar Fair’s only THEME park.

How did they put the lift hill into this ride HOW...?

@alexguerrero4497

2 жыл бұрын

They did it by doing the Lorax clap

@alexguerrero4497

2 жыл бұрын

👏👱‍♂️

😁🍾🙏

The best Disney ride is made by… CEDAR FAIR

what happened to the cavern music?

Does it have any drops or scary for children?

*SCREECH*

What’s with the loud metal noise in the pond room?

I wonder how they keep inside from getting moldy from all the water and steam during the ride?!?!?

@TheHaloRed

Ай бұрын

The water is chlorinated.

I can't get over these accents.

Samsung gear vr moves on 360 in this video

This is based on a true story

Can’t Scare Me

Home Depot the Lumber Yard Night Ride

How the heck would they ever evacuate the guest if there was a fire?

@thefiend7418

3 жыл бұрын

They have emergency exits hidden around

haha weird noises