Knott’s Berry Farm Roasts Disneyland With Staged Fire During Halloween Show – Deadline

Knott’s Berry Farm is draggin’ Disneyland.

The SoCal theme park took a potshot at its rival down the 5 Freeway during a show tied to its annual “Knott’s Scary Farm” event ahead of Halloween. While castmembers of “The Hanging: Uncanceled” worked the stage, a giant dragon in the background “caught fire” — an obvious dig at the accident that closed Disneyland’s popular Fantasmic! show in the spring.

See the guest-shot video below.

In it, a man onstage yells, “Oh, f*ck me!” as flames erupt from the dragon’s head. He adds, “Where did you guys get this thing from — Anaheim?” After a while, we hear, “Don’t worry, I’ll put out the fire.” Then, a narrator says, “Walt Disney presents” and a chorus adds, “the wonderful world of water,” an unveiled swipe at Disneyland World of Color water show.

It’s a pretty sharp elbow to the ribs from Knott’s at its decades-long Orange County rival, whose Fantasmic! show was derailed when a fire engulfed an animatronic dragon in April.