PEANUTS Off-Road Rally

PEANUTS Off-Road Rally
This is the logo that is used currently for the ride.
Location	Kings Island
Area	Planet Snoopy
Status	Operating
Opening date	1972
Manufacturer	Hampton Amusement Corporation
Theme	Peanuts
Capacity	400 riders per hour
Duration	1 minute and 15 seconds
Previous Names	Pee Wee Raceway, Motor Mouse, and Go Diego Go

PEANUTS Off-Road Rally is a children's amusement ride that is themed to peanuts. Guests will board different types of automobiles and will travel on a circular track. This is basically a variation of the classic carousel ride. PEANUTS Off-Road Rally is located in the Planet Snoopy section of Kings Island amusement park in Kings Mills, Ohio.

History

Linus' Beetle Bugs originally opened at Coney Island in 1969 .^[1]

PEANUTS Off-Road Rally opened in the year 1976 as Pee Wee Raceway with the park's grand opening. In 1998, there was a renovation of the children's area, which at the time, was The Happy Land of Hanna-Barbera, and it caused the ride's name to be changed to Motor Mouse. In 2006, came the complete makeover of The Happy Land of Hanna-Barbera, with 3 new rides and attractions. The area then became known as Nickelodeon Universe. This makeover included complete rethemeing of all the Hanna-Barbera rides to fit the Nickelodeon theme. That is when the ride became known as Go Diego Go. Although Cedar Fair Entertainment Company had the rights to continue using the Nickelodeon themes through 2016^[2] following its purchase of the park in 2006, it was decided to remove all remaining Hanna-Barbera and Nickelodeon themes from the kids area in time for the start of the 2010 season. So in 2010, the area went through a another re-themeing to fit with other Cedar Fair's kid's areas. Nickelodeon Universe then became known as Planet Snoopy. To fit with the re-themeing, Go Diego Go became PEANUTS Off-Road Rally.

Fun Fact

PEANUTS Off-Road Rally has given 8,836,792 rides since 1972, the 23rd-most in park history. Its record year was 1982, when 332,817 rides were given.

Layout

References

1. ^ Island, Kings. "PEANUTS Off-Road Rally". www.visitkingsisland.com. http://www.visitkingsisland.com/public/park/rides/planet_snoopy/peanuts_off_road_rally.cfm. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
2. ^ Sloan, Sam (2006-06-01). "Paramount Parks Sold to Cedar Fair". www.sliceofscifi.com. http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2006/06/01/paramount-parks-sold-to-cedar-fair/. Retrieved 2010-04-15.