The park's owner, Cedar Fair, had originally planned to add another major roller coaster in Knott's Ghost Town area.

Instead, Knott's used those funds to begin a major refurbishment and upgrade to the Timber Mountain Log Ride.

On January 6, 2013, the ride closed to undergo a five-month renovation done by Garner Holt Productions to include animatronic figures and new scenes, while retaining its theme of a lumber camp.

[5] The park's in-house staff also assisted in the renovation of the ride by adding roughly 100 sequoia trees, a distinctive feature of the mountain.

Originally known as the "Calico Log Ride" (considered groundbreaking in its time)[7] it takes riders through a 330-foot long mountain with a theme of a 19th-century lumber camp.