The trip report is a few months late, but I wanted to have some photos of the 2017 version of the Boysenberry Festival posted here.
We went to the Boysenberry Festival on the next-to-last weekend, on April 15th. In the past, we have gone on the very first Saturday of the festival, but those two first weekends in April were booked from other commitments.
Noticed that the festival seems to get more and more popular every year, in terms of crowds and publicity. Also, Knott's has been expanding the dates of the festival, which I believe were only two weekends the first year (while still being promoted as Knott's Berry Bloom for the main event, and Boysenberry Festival for the boysenberry themed stuff in Ghost Town). This year, Knott's expanded the event for the first time to four weekends plus the weekdays in between.
We had read here and on other Knott's fan sites that the queues for the more popular items like the boysenberry pizza were outrageously long. We arrived a little before the 10 am opening time (season passholders get early admission) and headed toward Ghost Rider to get in one ride. Then we started with the boysenberry panna cotta (sort of like a boysenberry pudding, not too sweet) at the Ghost Town Bakery.
Even though there were only three or four people in front of us, the line moved very slowly because there was only one worker who was selling the festival tasting cards, taking the money, and then getting the pre-made Panna Cotta and putting the almond topping on the little dishes.
We went to the Boysenberry Festival on the next-to-last weekend, on April 15th. In the past, we have gone on the very first Saturday of the festival, but those two first weekends in April were booked from other commitments.
Noticed that the festival seems to get more and more popular every year, in terms of crowds and publicity. Also, Knott's has been expanding the dates of the festival, which I believe were only two weekends the first year (while still being promoted as Knott's Berry Bloom for the main event, and Boysenberry Festival for the boysenberry themed stuff in Ghost Town). This year, Knott's expanded the event for the first time to four weekends plus the weekdays in between.
We had read here and on other Knott's fan sites that the queues for the more popular items like the boysenberry pizza were outrageously long. We arrived a little before the 10 am opening time (season passholders get early admission) and headed toward Ghost Rider to get in one ride. Then we started with the boysenberry panna cotta (sort of like a boysenberry pudding, not too sweet) at the Ghost Town Bakery.
Even though there were only three or four people in front of us, the line moved very slowly because there was only one worker who was selling the festival tasting cards, taking the money, and then getting the pre-made Panna Cotta and putting the almond topping on the little dishes.
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