[HD] NEW! FULL Voyage to the Iron Reef Ride-through - Immersive Dark Ride - Knott's Berry Farm

[HD] Immersive Dark Ride experience - FULL Voyage to the Iron Reef 4-D Interactive Experience Ride-through 2015. Be sure to visit Knott's Berry Farm in person to truly enjoy the ride. Video does no justice.
"Voyage to the Iron Reef, a spectacular new 4-D interactive ride, will surface at Knott's Berry Farm on 5/15/15. Get ready to grab a freeze ray and join the battle to save Knott's from the mysterious creatures that are emerging from the waters beneath the Boardwalk! " - Knott's Berry Farm website
The designer of this ride is Triotech Amusement. Which is the same designer who designed Wonder Mountain's Guardian in Canada's Wonderland Amusement park in Ontario, Canada.
Knott's Berry Farm Dark Ride.
Voyage to the Iron reef is so much better than the Disney Parks Toy Story Mania rides.

[@dqikon_senpai9786]

Bro I miss this ride, one of my favorites

[@failure4lunch]

This ride was such a blown opportunity for the park.

[@questionablekristina]

My favorite part of this ride is the suspense of "did the photo part actually work?" At the end

[@ChrisOnStage2]

So..........if you DON'T shoot, does that squid-thing demon WIN??

[@Nekoneko937]

Charles Francis no it’s a recorded screen so it’s the same result either way

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

Nope, we tested it on the final night to see what happens and it ends the same way. No matter if people shoot haha.

[@rolandviado]

this ride/game looks so chill

[@enricopucci5724]

Rest in peace old friend

[@nononsensenovelist3052]

Loved this ride.

[@anabarrera9223]

Voyage to the iron reef was a good attraction but it was worth it to close it for Knott's bear-y tales to come back

[@Dronkey64]

Haha I love how this one was based on actually Knott's Berry Farm how creative :) I miss it tho. The beary one is cool too. But either way, still all the same ride. I love the idea that there's a nearby ocean or beach at Knott's in the pre-ride. Or line queou

[@fvrrljr]

this is where the dinosaur ride use to be, memories...

[@yachtboy6756]

I remember when ride was 'Knott's Beary Tales"

[@sideeswipe]

Yacht Boy I remember when it was voyage to the iron reef

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

Well, now you can come back to it. Of course in a new form...

[@bm373]

Dinosaurs!

[@Cap_Briggsy]

poor iron reef was replaced with a crappy kids ride

[@rexrabbiteer]

Iron reef was garbage though, can't you see that in the video? You sound like a dumbass

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

Although not a perfect ride, it was fun for what it was. Now we await Bear-y Tales...

[@LauraBow]

They should have at least put some atmosphere in between the screens.

[@theultimatecrab9085]

I mean they kinda did

[@gavo3o]

I went to iron reef when It just opened up just went to knotts again after a while and realized they closed it, it was a lot better than I thought it was but that's probably cus it was a school trip and a lot of things were a lot more fun in a large group

[@jeffdonoho2448]

The voiceover has Christopher LLoyd vibes going

[@Cap_Briggsy]

i love this ride so much it really sucks they replaced it with a kiddie ride

[@BOOBERRY105]

Yeah

[@drippy_20]

Bear-y tales is disgusting 👇

[@1ROCKET-]

It's the exact same ride, plus the "kiddie" ride is based on the exact same theme that the ride was originally as it was originally a dark ride based on the bears from the new ride... it's so much better than Iron Reef due to that history aspect

[@Cap_Briggsy]

@@1ROCKET- Ik that, Iron Reef was just so much cooler than this is. I loved the theme infinitely more than beary tales.

[@themeparksofamerica]

If I liked Voyage to the Iron Reef better and though it was more immersive back when I was 5, I think Knott's would need to make a better excuse than the 100th Anniversary of Knott's although I do think it's a good tribute to the old dark ride but the ride shooters are only better in terms of design and they hurt my shoulder after each ride on Knott's Bear-y Tales and it just feels a bit like a ripoff to Toy Story Midway Mania now.

[@rll33490]

I had never heard of this ride until it was announced it was closing which is crazy since my mom was working at Knotts at the time this video was made.

[@allthatisman1]

i feel old.... I miss the time travel dinosaur ride

[@vivianruiz3519]

Same here lol

[@hcjr103]

I thought It was still there :|

[@jerrygalvan7541]

Me too haha

[@NAVEMAN3]

+Underweight Sumo They got rid of it years ago.

[@fifthrider]

I feel older. I miss the Knotts Beary Tales ride that was there before the Dinosaurs. Rolly Crump designed that one.

[@retrob9346]

Sure do miss the dinosaur ride over this one

[@Dave_Williams200]

Ya it was pretty cool

[@retrob9346]

@@Dave_Williams200 right

[@TwilightLink77]

Love the Easter eggs in this ride.

[@fifthrider]

Recently Bob Gurr was asked to speak at Google about how they did things back in his day versus now. He mentioned that today's business ( and Imagineering ) are bogged down in too many processes, not enough "just get it done" philosophies. He cited this attraction of Iron Reef as a good example of how some Canadian company could make an attraction for ( I forget what, $3 million or so ) versus Disney Imagineering spending about $17 million on Toy Story Midway Mania. Yes, this isn't that comparable but I actually found it to be BETTER in some ways. ( I loved the multi-colored shots so you could tell who was hitting what - it helped me change the priorities of what I aimed at instead ) Sorry to hear all the hate for this ride but at a vastly lower expense I would say it provided more bang for the buck.

[@octopus3081]

This makes me wanna go back and I miss knots berry farm but our passes got expired😥

[@bckay5134]

Its a good thing I found out about this. My little brother doesn't like going on any of the rides expect rides like bumper cars and water rides (minus the really big one) Thanks for the video!

[@DynamicThrills521]

Took a look at this after watching a Return to the Fair POV. Good lord, that really highlights just how trashy Iron Reef was.

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

Yeah, the Iron Reef was terrible. But at the same time, I am glad it existed because it led to Bear-y Tales taking what was bare bones in this ride and really making it feel like "it's the shit" when it comes to it being more of a Dark Ride. Believe it or not, Bear-y Tales was considered to return as far back as 2014. But that concept got shot out for this ride instead. I'm honestly glad it didn't come out in 2015 because chances are that it would have sucked and probably could've killed the Bear-y Tales IP. Thank god for the Reef's existence.

[@JoshuaOrro-MustangPrinceOR-YTB]

i should give this one a go when i head for Knotts next month

[@WhiteboyAxel24x]

Awesome video! :D and that ride looks really fun to go on! :D

[@Broncosfolife]

And ur a dumbass

[@sixtocortescastaneda4169]

It's a great ride if you're a gamer. I went on this 7 times throughout the day to try and beat my scores. Good thing the lines were about 10 minutes long each time.

[@wampabutt]

Awesome. Let's gain a new respect and fascination for nature and the ocean. With a shoot-em-up ride where we blast everything IN the ocean. Such a lame update. It's just a video game on wheels.

[@retrob9346]

I agree 100% with u such a lame replacement ride

[@Nekoneko937]

And? Toy story midway mania is the exact same thing and yet nobody’s complaining

[@myraisshort7208]

I like this , can't wait to ride it (:

[@Mrmcfat3]

omg that's me in the black jacket @ 0:21

[@jenlove2976]

+CoasterDude 7 Dude Shut Up No one cares about u.

[@jenlove2976]

OMG LOL SO U WHERE THE ONE WITH THE BLACK JACKET COOL!!

[@monsleepsalot]

THATS COOL!!!!!

[@hyunjinstruwife]

I dunno why but I screamed on that ride

[@henhair1018]

Just watching this ride gives me anxiety!! Bring back Kingdom of the Dinosaurs!

[@TDEL88]

They need to bring back a classic dark ride with animatronics. Iron Reef is all about ease of updates instead of immersive experience and detailed work. Need to update the ride? Just upload some new scenes to the computer.....sad. Bad choice. Bring back KoD.

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

Hate to say this, but that ride is never coming back. It was the most expensive one in the building and doing it nowadays would take a Disney styled budget to make it happen. That only happened once and can never happen again. But it would be great to see it and Bear-y Tales in the same park to experience...

[@warriorseamonkey1693]

RIP this ride

[@abovethefirehouse]

that was the old kingdom of the dinosaur ride. ahhh the old days

[@dodger4018]

It should have been more like Astro Blasters at Disneyland

[@dorkydragon5055]

Thank you sooo much for putting this up. Would have been kinda a let down to use a Scarryfarm ticket on this ride. This made Ozumat from WoW look realistic on the screen quality :\ I guess they wanted a ride like that Toystory one in Cali Adventures Boardwalk but even that one had props.

[@nicchauvin1096]

They shouldn't have put out much hype for this. It's so much less than I expected it to be.

[@ishiki5111]

Nic Chauvin Yet people line up for days to ride it. It's really not that interesting.

[@bbueno2009]

It’s fun tho 🤡

[@bbueno2009]

Scaring your little cousins onto this ride is the greatest.

[@gamera.8828]

this doesn't come close to even the oldest rides at universal, and those are 26 or more years old

[@PrimeStoneToons]

This used to be the home of a ride called Knott's Beary Tales.

[@1ROCKET-]

The Beary tales theme is back!

[@glasstechs]

Weird question, even though it's super late, but how long has this ride been abandoned as KoD

[@liirthropp3956]

BTW they had to shut down the Dino ride a few years ago because a piece of the loading dock snapped and hit a person in line.

[@jennyvine2086]

I was there this last Monday

[@victhebric66]

Which one's better? This or Justice League Battle for metropolis at Magic Mountain?

[@BOOBERRY105]

This one

[@abovethefirehouse]

is it the same track layout?

[@LTisKing]

That's sad! This was my cousins fav ride! Will have to tell him the bad news 😢

[@BOOBERRY105]

Mine too

[@1ROCKET-]

The ride is still there, only the theme changed and it's actually much better now

[@skaladarrellgodeater1070]

This kind of attractions are allways funny. I expected: ok, that s in the sea, it s gonna be a bigger monster fish, and was a robot tentacle. Ok, not bad x33 Nice x33

[@adelinepaxinos9099]

Really I want to go on it

[@yachtboy6756]

Bring back Knott's Bear-y Tales Ride

[@sideeswipe]

Yacht Boy Well isn't this ironic

[@TheLostBoysGirls]

It's returning as a 4D shooting ride next year replacing Voyage to the Iron Reef.

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

Its coming back, but in a new form...

[@yachtboy6756]

What is the best way to aim? My kids killed me in scoring.

[@justpapi]

Noooooo my dinosaurs!!!!!!!!

[@evilgabe666]

I thought this was better then toy story at Disney. Just saying, it was fun and my 6 year old love it.

[@evilgabe666]

Don't get me wrong. I totally miss kingdom of the dinosaurs. RIP

[@jillsmith3937]

That is cool

[@beignsofthebrotherhood8419]

im going there in 5 days

[@kcchiefs201010]

Wow wish the just fixed up the old Dino ride over this :(

[@kcchiefs201010]

They*

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

That will never come back. Knott's would have to have a Disney styled budget to do that again.

[@Mailklover100000]

I was at knotts and made a line for this ride & the line was huge & ran so slow

[@SnoopyMan6000vids]

I want this at my home park Cedar Point

[@katherinaarcos5341]

Was that kbf submerged?

[@valyayarovenko5585]

where is it

[@jacobgregersen377]

Am I the only one that likes this ride

[@ernestolopez63]

Great video but this ride it's like Disneylands Toy Story Mania

[@joewells3330]

I totally agree...I thought Toy Story Mania too when I watched it, only darker

[@TheHaloRed]

Ernesto Lopez It's a shooter ride. They're all pretty much the same, only the theming is different.

[@pinhead35]

Well this one has a story and they did have help from a Disney Imagineer

[@TheHaloRed]

Nick Pelayo Actually Bob Gurr didn't help design this ride. He was invited to opening ceremonies because he helped design Kingdom of the Dinosaurs. This ride was developed and designed by Triotech and Knott's. Gurr did give this ride a thumbs up, though! :)

[@Broncosfolife]

No shit short luck people are pathetic

[@Epic_Fail82]

am i the only one that is tired of these types of "rides"? this isn't a ride, this is a video game and if i wanted to play video games, i would either stay home or go to the arcade that is usually in the park. they need to stop this and bring back the actual dark RIDE.

[@ReadingGalaxy]

dj necrosis the

[@369284ab]

I agree..

[@JRogo83]

Not tired of these rides, wish there were more interactive rides out there actually.

[@d8adspartan354]

Do you mean bring back the bad dinosaur dark ride that used to stand there

[@Nekoneko937]

So? Toy story midway mania is the exact same thing

[@djayricky]

wow.. this was bad. its just a virtual reality video game. Kingdom of the Dinosaurs was EXTREMELY nostalgic. Unfortunately it wasn't updated or maintained well like most dark rides at Disneyland that have survived the test of time.

[@laskoski1]

I wish Magic Kingdom replaced their Winnie the Pooh ride for this (think of like a futuristic 20,00 Leagues Under The Sea theme to pay tribute to the original attraction) and might be a more immersive version of this with at least a few great realistic animatronics.

[@HauntFreak13]

Sergio Laskoski I like that idea but kids today don’t know what 20,000 leagues under the sea is. Disney only cashes in on what’s relevant at the time. It would most likely be marvel or frozen

[@rubylopez3651]

djayricky who cares if it is a game it’s fun and you don’t know nothing

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

That and here is a fact for you. Those Dinosaurs were built without means of repairing them. Talk about even more Maintainance issues...

[@sheilanunez4119]

they used to ride on this

[@rextony22]

i dont expect that ride to last for a long time. maybe something new will replace that ride. reef will not last forever.

[@TurretMusic]

+rextony22 Nothing lasts forever.

[@RobinThomas2000]

@rextony22 Knott's Bear-y Tales: Return to the Fair opening this summer! 🙂🙂 this ride closes this sunday.

[@Warmachine1709]

@@RobinThomas2000 the bears suck tbh

[@valyayarovenko5585]

can you tell me please

[@richardwilson6404]

What ride is this

[@richardwilson6404]

Alright I'll ride

[@richardwilson6404]

Disney ride

[@richardwilson6404]

Have Been there

[@richardwilson6404]

I do that

[@wit4104]

Its not at disneyland he has been there are you blind

[@adrienneshirley884]

This ride would have made sense to cedar point.

[@Mr_Ro.0k]

Did you enjoy this ride?

[@valyayarovenko5585]

is it scary for you

[@valyayarovenko5585]

so scary rite is there a monster

[@robertsarabia4817]

BRING BACK KINGDOM OF THE DINOS ILL TAKE AN UPDATED VERSION OF THAT MINUS THE GAME PLAYING PART

[@dickjohnson5979]

Knott's Bear-y Tales was much better!

[@TheLostBoysGirls]

Well good news. They are bringing it back as a 4D interactive shooting ride.

[@carlosrincon1551]

I don’t remember this ride at all.

[@BCBoy98]

Am I the only one who read something about there supposed to be a drop section to it? Like the one at Canada's Wonderland? Still looks like a great ride though!!

[@nolanoatmeal5116]

BCBoy98 I had assumed this would happen because I read an article that said the kraken pulls you down to the sea floor, and I thought there would be a drop there. But it looks like the ride system can't handle that

[@wannabejack]

***** Doesn't look the ride system can handle much of anything...

[@intwaves9269]

The arcade is below the ride, which means less space for a drop.

[@adelinepaxinos9099]

I love knots berry farm and I love that ride I am going there soon and now I am going on ghost rider for the first time becuase of your other vidio and I am 9 years old I am scared though becuase my 12 year old brother went on it and he was scared

[@dorkydragon5055]

+Adeline Paxinos That one can be a back breaker XD its a lot of fun at night.

[@bellmaker5613]

I like the ride but they could have made it like transformers the ride

[@bbueno2009]

this ride is actually really fun but keep hating 🤪

[@somerandomguy3185]

F ME,I looked at the thumbnail and I thought it was guardians of the galaxy F

[@ScottHarding1]

This looks very disappointing and very boring.

[@pitbullhq7036]

it is actually. Last time I went we waited almost 2 hours to ride for five minutes of disapointment

[@alcris9173]

pitbull hq if you don't want to make it boring try to be on the look out for hidden Easter eggs like rides from the past

[@bendonabendo9962]

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[@wellywiryanto5388]

Did you where glasses

[@tjberrie]

yeah they give them to you when u ride it

[@kennethcook8857]

That was a great ride. I miss it. Been replaced by "Knott's Bear-y Tales: Return to the Fair".

[@EpicGamer-gy8vv]

Yeah, I rode it today and it wasn’t as good as this

[@1ROCKET-]

The new ride is 1000 times better

[@Cap_Briggsy]

@@EpicGamer-gy8vv I went on it with my dad when they reopened, and we were disappointed. Iron Reef was better.

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

@@1ROCKET- Totally. Although I think the original rides before Iron Reef were way better.

[@1ROCKET-]

@@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved oh yeah definitely, sucks that I never got to experience anything before Iron Reef

[@jeffowns2585]

This was like a crazy on rails arcade shooter. Think house of the dead or area 51, but your moving and its in 3D with wind blowing at you. I thought it was pretty sweet. Way better than the boring dinosaur ride.

[@KramSacul]

Jeff Owns Not.

[@rachallen4987]

It looks like Its scery

[@Taijifufu]

Why do rides like this always have PS2 graphics? I mean if the entire ride is really just a light gun game, the least you can do is have graphics that don't already look over a decade old on day *one.*

[@TheZacharoni]

It's a 4D ride. With glasses it look much better

[@josuedelangel4200]

Kraken the queen has gone Knott’s berry Farm has safe snoopy and Woodstock look a fireworks one live happily ever after

[@joanndepierre5551]

I must like the nostalgia of the dinosaur ride or beady tales what does this boring ride have to do with knotts they have these everywhere like an arcade game

[@monsterzack9544]

chip ride disneyland style if i have kid i go for itbut just a waste of time....

[@valyayarovenko5585]

you missed it ha ha ha

[@Disneyfan4life]

There is nothing immersive about that ride. It's a shoot at the screen ride.

[@syco579]

They replaced kingdom of the dinosaurs with an arcade shooter, this has got to be one of the most lazy and unimaginative ride replacements I've ever seen, they could've at least done what Disney did with that buzz lightyear blaster ride and had physical objects to shoot at and not a screen.

[@hushmypuppy]

Knott's will forever be Diet-Disney

[@chrisslater4053]

Bbbooorrriiinnggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg!!!

[@zartdart]

Cool, a bunch of TVs.

[@user-zw6ih6it3u]

日本で言うバズ・ライトイヤーアストロブラスターとトイマニ合わせた的な？

[@MrBROTHERFELDER]

Invade the habitat of many interesting sea creatures....and KILL them! (Kind of a weird concept for a ride I think)

[@sixtocortescastaneda4169]

Well, those creatures are killer robots.

[@waffleduck1573]

Lol where does one even begin when criticizing this...

[@keyman6689]

Oh man that music is dreadful!

[@krnsngr85]

1st like!!!

[@ewabatyk3258]

zuzią batyk

[@jish55]

So besides going to knotts for Ghost Town and mystery lodge, the only other reason I enjoyed it was for the dinosaur ride (which was definitely in need of repair and to be fixed up). Instead of fixing it and making it work better, they did this, a crappy buzz light year nock off with the need for 3d glasses that is already a pain for anyone who has to wear glasses anyway. Well glad to know I no longer need to visit Knotts.

[@Blockheadgeorge]

Geoff Roach I’m sorry but not every ride is supposed to be like the over commercialized spoiled brat land we called Disneyland, at least Knott’s can think of new rides that aren’t from a movie or a franchise, (except for camp snoopy, but that’s it) so if you wanna talk shit about a theme park that pre dates Disneyland for everything, try looking at the affordable admission and then we’ll see you take back what comes out of your mind

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

@@Blockheadgeorge Amen