Knott’s Berry Farm to require weekend chaperones after fights at theme park

Days after a string of fights at Knott’s Berry Farm, the theme park is requiring that every one guests 17 and youthful be accompanied by an grownup chaperone on Fridays and Saturdays.

A number of fights amongst youngsters broke out at Knott’s Berry Farm over the weekend, forcing the theme park to shut three hours early Saturday. Movies circulated on social media displaying teenagers throwing punches and safety guards who had been caught within the fray. The violence despatched park visitors running for security, as seen in video posted to Twitter.

In mild of the mayhem, theme park officers are rolling out a brand new chaperone coverage, requiring that guests youthful than 18 be accompanied by an grownup who’s at the least 21 to enter the park.

Chaperones should current a photograph ID with a date of start and may accompany as much as three visitors, based on the coverage, which was posted on Knott’s Berry Farm’s “code of conduct” web page Wednesday.

“Chaperones should accompany their get together throughout entry, stay with their get together always throughout their go to to the park, and be obtainable by telephone all through their keep,” the coverage states.

Youthful visitors who’re discovered with no chaperone may very well be ejected from the park, based on the coverage.

The chaperone guidelines will go into impact Friday and can stay the rule on Fridays and Saturdays “till additional discover,” Knott’s officers mentioned in a press release.

“Tens of millions of visitors have counted on us for his or her every day dose of healthful household enjoyable, and we’re dedicated to maintaining that promise going ahead,” the assertion mentioned.

The violence on Saturday was captured on movies, together with one wherein a visitor described being caught in a stampede and hiding out within the park’s Construct-A-Bear Workshop retailer.

The fights introduced a response from the Buena Park Police Division. Two individuals who had been injured within the fracas had been taken to a hospital by paramedics.