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robotic tentacles ripped the boat into pieces. The now washed up sailor, found himself on a sandy beach. He looked around, only to find an island with Knott´s Berry Farm on it. This is where the sailor enlists his armada of riders to stop these mechanized sea creatures and their leader, the Kraken Queen. Riders must save the park to stop her and her army from taking over the park
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that symbolically shoot freeze rays at enemies onscreen, which crystallize and break apart after being hit a successful number of times. An LED display in front of every rider displays the score. Iconic symbols from the park's history are animated onscreen, such as the
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to the media and a limited audience on May 13, 2015. It opened to the public two days later on May 15. The total cost to the park was estimated at $ 10 million, though the official amount was not disclosed. On
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An old sailor was out at sea, when all of a sudden, he saw a mechanized crab on his boat. It ripped apart the boat piece by piece. He tried unsuccessfully to stop it. At this point metal tentacles appeared from the ocean. Seeing the threat before him, the old sailor jumped into the sea and the
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in 2014. The part roller coaster, part dark ride attraction made use of available space in the park's Wonder
Mountain area. Following its success, Cedar Fair announced plans on November 13, 2014, to build its next dark ride attraction in the series, Voyage to the Iron Reef, at
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queue area and board the ride from an open-air loading platform. The dark ride contains eight pairs of two submarine-themed vehicles that move along a steel track and stop momentarily at various points throughout the course.
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591:"History of the Iron Reef Building"
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