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-W WW WWW REPUBLIC FINAL; -rr cnr The Arizona Republic Sunday, July 24, 1983 -T do mieedl for iroy ghimig if at Knott's Camp Snoopy ByCeneLuptak Republii Staff The trail weaves through the towering balls but lacks the challenge of climbing Spike's Peak. At Pat N. Pending Inventions While Wait, there are 16 computer terminals where children can select a game to help In most cases, parents can enjoy the rides with their childen. Terry Van Gorder, Knott's general manager, said, "Families will be a))le to interact much more in Camp Snoopy than trees and bumps alongside huge boulders. There is a lookout point at trail's edge, and amusement them develop various learning skills.

across the way a waterfall cascades down rocks to form a fast-running stream. is possible in most other parks. here, are programs tor children 5 and A pontoon bridge stretches across the There are plenty of rest stops in Camp i younger, 7 and younger, 7. to 10 and 10 and stream and leads to a cave in which the Snoopy, including an idyllic, grassy area older, bordered by boulders and the 'clear- Advice to parents: If you decide to dIhv wind whistles all the time. The croaking of frogs is heard along the splashing water.

Nearby is Reflection Lake, a placid body running creek. Parents can sit on the grass one of the 10 and older games, do not get and enjoy a snack while children climb on discouraged if you cannot figure it out or of water on the edge of the tall trees. the rocks and even plunge hands into the water. At the entrance to Camp Snoopy are the side-wheeler steamboat Cordelia and the stern-wheeler steamboat Walter which take visitors for a ride on Reflection Lake. Along the trail are other adventures for both the young and the "young at heart," as Marion Knott likes to describe Camp Snoopy.

The Old Mill Fun House is a two-story wooden building that has a churning waterwheel propelled by the stream pass make mistakes. Some of them are tough. But there are attendants, wearing park ranger outfits, on duty to help those who are confused. Other attractions at Camp Snoopy include a wobbly suspension bridge over the creek, Grizzly Creek Lodge restaurant, a theater where there are puppets, live music and animal acts and American folk music such as On Top of Old Smokey and She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain on the loudspeakers. There also are the Red Baron plane ride, Peanuts 500 radio controlled cars, play- Can this be a scene in the High Sierra? It is not, but its creators want visitors to think they are hundreds of miles away in the forest.

The creators are the owners of Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, near Los Angeles. The boulders, waterfalls, streams and lake are man-made. There are no frogs near the water; the croaking sounds come from the throat of a tape recorder. This is Camp Snoopy, the six-acre addition to Knott's Berry Farm that opened earlier this month. The comic strip's lovable beagle has found a permanent home where he and his longtime friend Woodstock roam the trails to shake hands with children who have ing on its way to the lake.

A fun way to get to the second floor is to ground area, toy store and pedal-car ride A visit at night is especially attractive. walk on the swaying cargo net stretched flocking to Camp Snoopy since opening day. There is much to do. Visitors can ride a railroad, Ferris wheel, roller coaster or paddle-wheel boat in the lake; enter Pig Pen's Petting Zoo, play in Old Mill Fun House, and learn mathematics at the computer center. At the opening ceremony of the $10 mil- The suspension bridge is lighted and floodlights are on the waterfalls and stream.

Even the croaking of frogs sounds more realistic Admission is $10.95 each for persons 12 and older, $8.95 for children 3 to 11 and free for visitors younger than 3. The admission price allows visitors unlimited rides in all five theme areas of the 150-acre Knott's Berry Farm: Camp Snoopy Ghost Town, Fiesta Village, Roaring '20s and Knoft's Airfield. Camp Snoopy is not the only section of Knott's Berry Farm geared to younger children. They will find plenty to do in other areas of the park. One 6-year-old boy who was at Camp Snoopy on opening day decided he liked Knott's Beary Tales ride in the Roaring 20s area the best.

This ride takes visitors in carts through several animated lands a bakery where the coyote pie thief likes to hang out, frog forest, strange woods where there are all Snoopy, G5 from the ground to the second-floor loft Inside the building is a room full of punching bags hanging from the ceiling, a delight for youngsters to charge through. Nearby is the strobe shadow toom where a person's "shadow" is transfixed on the' wall for a minute or so, prompting awkward poses. There also are mirrors that make people look weird, and a circular slide that is the fastest mode of transportation from the second level to the ground floor. Spike's Peak is another favorite for children: With shoes removed, they climb onto a ledge apd jump into a sea of yellow, red and blue plastic balls, sometimes disappearing for a moment until their heads bob up. In the middle of the thousands of balls is a 9-foot, plastic canvas peak.

Children climb up the steep sides, often letting go to plunge into the balls. For children less adventurous, there is the Beagle Ball Room, which is full of the lion addition, Marion Knott, the youngest daughter of the amusement park's late founders, Walter and Cordelia Knott, said Camp Snoopy wasn't designed to be just a ride or historic park. "We want it to be a family park," she said. Although the 30 rides and attractions in the hew addition are designed for children 1 1 and younger, it is a place parents, brothers and sisters can go for family entertainment Snoopy and Knott's Berry Farm employee Daine Lang welcome visitors to the new Camp Snoopy. Domestic rates cheat Westerners ik A Wrttr at.

iii i fnVi 'Mtmm, fare bargains out of European air spokesman, and the service is extended through December By Thomas Goldthwaite Republic Staff It may be frustrating for Westerners to read about East Coast travelers who are hopping aboard London-bound 747s this summer for $149 a seat, or booking a week's London package for $638, or flying off to the Bahamas for $99. Is there any cheap way we can fly to Newark or New York to cash in on these bargain fun packages? No, there is not "The old $99 red-eye specials from Los Angeles to New York are gone for the time being," a Phoenix travel agent affirmed last week. Recalling the heyday of cheap coast-to- If you' go, that route, it will round trip. Reservations for flights after October can be made by calling PEOPLExpress (201) 596-6000. Keep that budget fare in mind when new autumn fares are announced by the Jbig commercial airlines, among them' Pan Am and TWA, which are expected to offer in mid-September a Phoenix-to-London package at $673, a proposal subject to approval by the U.S.

and British: governments. TWA will route the flights from Phoenix through one of several TWA gateways: New York, St Louis, Boston. The identical fare for Pan Art. mO' gV3" Wk'LmJL ii i A 1 il which does not service Phoenix, includes flight fare to Los Angeles Phoenix. Pan Am's pro-; posed autumn Los Angles-London round-trip fare $595.

This summer, the com coast midnight flights, she said, "They were giving seats away because they needed bodies to fill up their planes." Today, the cheapest air from Phoenix to New York hover around $400. American Airlines' nighttime flights this month are $30 less than its daytime $399 round- trip fare. -However, be prepared for a new flurry of ing prices. Even at first glimmer of the newly proposed discount fares this summer, most airlines Mission San Juan Capistrano, where the swallows hang out, is 207 years old. Swallows aside, Capistrano offers much mercial lines are charging about $550 for New York to London round-trip fare.

I But the proposed Sept 19 price cuts would find the revived tan Am among others, at $395, about $100 more than PEOPLExpress, but. with: free airline amenities." i Palli ValdezRepublic Current Phoenix to. Next, San Juan Capistrano. question arises: Does' it have more than swallows? Is there actually a town oh lhat sloped shelf of land between highway and sea with its own charm and past and contemporary attractions beyond those well-publicized little birds arriving from Argentina like clockwork each March 19? At the town's Chamber of Janice Arnone says, i get' 35,000 people here during Swallows Week. We have 180 groups in the parade alone, which is one of the largest non-motorized parades in the nation." But she has more than swallows to tout She points By Peter Rose Republic Staff SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.

Interstate 5, a swift strip of asphalt between San Diego and Los Angeles, provides more than speed. To the west is the Pacific Ocean. It has more blues than a jazz band and is decorated by ships and white ruffles. Windswept slopes to the east are trimmed, as if in a Monopoly game, by neat little clusters of housing. Above the large Camp Pendleton Marine base, where the land is rough and scarred by tracked vehicles, helicopters provide a sort of air choreography.

At San Onofre, nuclear power is housed with artistic grace in twin cement cups rising with perfect curved symmetry above the ocean line; above steep cliffs and surfers. It is all enough to arouse the curiosity of a visiting motorist Why not exit for something more than an odometer view? The sign for San Clemente pops up. From the highway, it looks like a slick place. Slanted rooftops, meandering drives, opulent shrubbery. Maybe too slick; the memory of Richard Nixon comes back through recent political history.

His Western White House was located here. to a case of shelves loaded with pamphlets. A hot springs offers "Tubbing By The Hour" in a pastoral setting beneath sycamore, live oak and alder have already announced an Aug. 1 raise in fares, $20 to $40 in some cases, a flat 5 percent in others. i' 1 The airline game is like poker.

If one company raises its prices, the others follow. Conversely, if one company slashes fares, it is throwing down the gauntlet to the others and price wars result Even the prospect of a new wave of airline price wars in late summer may not relieve the lament of Westerners who are forever going to face the reality of the continent: flying coast to coast is not inexpensive, trains are no cheaper and a bus trip to New York eats into vacation time. And yet the much-publicized bargains on the East chiefly conducted by small entrepreneurial companies, may not be so urgently attractive after all The biggest attention-getter is PEOPLExpress, which operates out of Newark, N. flying 747s to London once a day Mondays through Fridays. One way, no-frills fare is offered at $149.

There are 390 seats available on each flight No frills is right Meals and movies are extra. Premium class seats go for $439. PEOPLExpress has proved so popular that its flights are fully booked through October, according to a company London fare, with a gateway stopover, is about $800, Some longtime air travelers can remember paying almost the same fare a dozen years ago, when 747 carriers were flying -half empty to London from the U.S. I It was only two years ago that an airline price war centered in Phoenix when five airlines offered a Londqnj. round-trip fare for about $500.

People were even flying over from Los Angeles to book flights. That is the consumer advantage in a price war. It is, however, a short-term advantage, much' as the old overnight red-eye specials were attractive but short-lived. The heady days last winter saw the airline industry slashing trans-Atlantic fares from both coasts, including weekend excursions to London from New York in the $200 range. The happy binge contributed to the great debts that plague the industry.

But in bad economic times, it kept thev aircraft flying. Although customers welcome price wars and discount, battles, they invariably throw the industry into chaos. And' for the airlines, this may be the worst of times to wage war. "For the last three years our losses have been $1.3 million a day," reports Daniel Z. Henkin of Air Fares, G5 trees.

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AUNATUREL Two American women wanted to experience the real Russia. They discovered a microcosm of Soviet society as a whole at the steam baths. G4 FABULOUS 14 Arizona'8 county courthouses sit in dated grandeur. Arizona camera, G3 These new-fangled resorts don't hold a candle to the genuine 'ma and pa' re8ort on the Crow Wing Chain of Lakes near Akeley, Minn. G8 In either Germany, East or West.

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