As guests enter the kitchen, riders see workers preparing Paul's breakfast of giant pancakes, with an enormous bottle of Knott's Berry Farm brand Boysenberry Syrup on the table left over from the park's Camp Snoopy days. Background Īfter going through a queue winding through a mine within the attraction's mountain, guests board their logs and make their way through Paul's logging camp, with one of his axes being set near a bend in the river while singing can be heard throughout. The ride is also the site of Harmon Killebrew's 520-foot home run record at the former Metropolitan Stadium and is marked by one of the stadium's original chairs located on the wall above the ride. A 2022 April Fools Day prank had the attraction become the " Kenny Loggins Chute" with Paul being dressed as the musician. For Halloween, Paul has been dressed as a pirate, Jim Hopper from Stranger Things, and Hulk Hogan promoting the short-lived Pastamania restaurant once housed in the mall. Holiday overlays for Halloween and Christmas have been put into place since 2017 with the "Fog Chute" and "Yule Log Chute", with the animatronic characters being dressed in festive costumes.
The attraction was designed to keep riders dry enough so that they could comfortably continue shopping. The ride is based on the tall tale of Paul Bunyan and is set in a mountain lumber mill featuring two lift hills and two drops as passengers experience singing animatronics, including a 19-foot tall Paul Bunyan (modeled after the Brawny mascot) and Babe the Blue Ox. It opened on August 11, 1992, and is one of the mall's oldest surviving acquisitions from Knott's Camp Snoopy. Log Chute, formerly known as Paul Bunyan's Log Chute sometimes Fog Chute for Halloween or Yule Log Chute for Christmas, and the Love Chute for Valentine's Day is a log flume attraction sponsored by Xcel Energy (formerly sponsored by Brawny) at Mall of America's Nickelodeon Universe in Bloomington, Minnesota. The statement concluded, "Until that work is completed, we will not speculate.Final splashdown chute at the end of the rideģ6 in (91 cm) with adult, 47 in (120 cm) alone
The ride is currently undergoing a thorough inspection by our safety and engineering teams and will remain closed until further notice."
In a statement obtained by Fox News, a spokesperson for Six Flags Great Adventure said, "The safety of our guests and team members is always our highest priority. He reportedly told the news outlet, however, that he was impressed with how the park’s staff handled the situation and helped the riders. It is unknown if it was like this before or after the incident.Īccording to USA Today, the footage was recorded by Noel Brown, who happened to have a high-quality camera on him at the time. In the footage, which has been uploaded to Youtube, it appears that the railing on one section of the track has been dislodged. Also, two passengers on the ride at the time of the incident were reportedly taken to the hospital to be checked out.Ī visitor at the park, however, caught video of the aftermath.
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