SaluteScoutKnott’s Berry Farm Military Discount — Sources and Search Audit
Seven of ten original result bodies were readable. One readable result states a percentage; three original URLs remain unknown, so the full top-ten gap cannot be established.
Search sample and official page bodies checked September 23, 2026; published September 24, 2026. No purchase or eligibility verification was performed.
Search method and rank comparison
Query: knotts berry farm military discount. The bare Google page was opened in the signed-in Chrome session on September 23, 2026 with hl=en&gl=us&pws=0. The footer showed “Results are not personalized” and “Unknown – Can’t determine location”; the configured U.S. language/country parameters are preserved, but the physical search location is unknown.
The bare page rendered nine natural-result headings. The page-two continuation at start=10 returned the Reddit result as rank 10; start=9 returned the same overlapping candidate. AI Overview, People also ask, videos, and other non-organic blocks were excluded.
The web-results view (udm=14) matched bare ranks 1–4, then changed order beginning at rank 5. The Google basic request with gbv=1 was normalized to gbv=2; it matched bare ranks 1–7, then differed at rank 8, so it is not described as an independent no-JavaScript result. The Google homepage search box was filled one character at a time and submitted; its first nine organic results matched the bare page in order.
Ten original natural-result page bodies
“Yes” in the base/restrictions column means the readable body names at least one concrete offer product, eligible group, quantity cap, or usage restriction. It does not mean the page gives a complete reference-price denominator. The percentage column counts only a percentage explicitly attached to a military-related Knott’s ticket offer; hotel or unrelated savings are not counted. Article/post dates do not count as offer dates.
| Bare rank and original URL | Military percentage | Base and restrictions | Claim channel | Offer or data date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 — Six Flags / Knott’s official ticket page | No — the body displays a ticket price, not a percentage. | Yes — single-day ticket, selected date, up to six family/friend tickets, and non-combination rule; exact ticket-price denominator is not stated. | Yes — online checkout with ID.me prompt. | No — no start/end date; “valid on the date selected” is a visit-date rule. |
| #2 — Military.com | Unknown — ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR on two opens. | Unknown — original body unreadable. | Unknown — original body unreadable. | Unknown — original body unreadable. |
| #3 — ID.me Shop | Unknown — HTTP 403 on two opens. | Unknown — original body unreadable. | Unknown — original body unreadable. | Unknown — original body unreadable. |
| #4 — GOVX | Yes — the body says “Save up to 45%.” | Yes, partial — single-day tickets for ages 3+; no regular-price base or exact eligible-group list appears in the readable body. | Yes — GOVX sign-up/member storefront. | No — no offer-validity dates in the readable body. |
| #5 — Visit Buena Park | No — discounted admission is described without a percentage. | Yes — military admission; active, retired, and veteran personnel; up to five guests; valid military ID; selected Monday–Thursday dates. | Yes — “Discount Tickets” links to the Knott’s event ticket page. | Yes — November 3–20 and December 1–18, 2025; event dates have passed. |
| #6 — TravMedia press-release preview | No — the military event states $25 per person, not a percentage. | Yes — $25 admission per person, up to five guests, and a military-member-present rule for spouses/children. | Yes — Knotts.com, ticket booths, and participating Military Ticket Offices are named. | Yes — the event dates are Nov. 3–20 and Dec. 1–18, 2025; the page is dated Oct. 24, 2025. |
| #7 — March Air Reserve Base Facebook post | No — it says free admission for the member and discounted family tickets, without a percentage. | Yes — free entry was member-only; family/friend discounted tickets are a separate item; valid military ID required. | Yes — family/friend tickets through Tickets and Tours, Building 434. | Yes — event dates May 24–26; the post is dated May 21, 2014, and does not separately print the event year. |
| #8 — Tripadvisor forum quoting a press release | No — free entry and fixed ticket prices are stated, not a percentage. | Yes — active/retired military; immediate family capped at six; $31.99 regular Knott’s ticket and $25.99 regular Soak City ticket are quoted separately. | Yes — the quoted release points to knotts.com. | Yes — May 29–30 and July 3–4 event dates are printed; the forum displays “15 years ago,” not an exact offer year. |
| #9 — Six Flags / Knott’s Military Tribute Days | No — the event ticket is listed at $25, not as a percentage. | Yes — $25 single-day admission, active/retired/veteran personnel, up to five guests, date-specific use, ID rules, and member-presence limits. | Yes — online, Knott’s ticket booths, and participating Military Ticket Offices. | Yes — Monday–Thursday, Nov. 3–20 and Dec. 1–18, 2025; those dates have passed. |
| #10 — Reddit r/KnottsBerryFarm | Unknown — HTTP 403 on two opens. | Unknown — original body unreadable. | Unknown — original body unreadable. | Unknown — original body unreadable. |
Counts over readable original bodies only
Among the 7 of 10 original bodies that could be read, 1 of 7 states a military-related percentage, 7 of 7 states at least one product/eligibility/quantity boundary, 7 of 7 gives a claim or purchase route, and 5 of 7 gives an offer/event date. The percentage is GOVX’s third-party “up to 45%” headline; the readable page does not show its comparison price or exact eligible-group list.
Three original bodies remain unknown: ranks 2, 3, and 10. The percentages above describe only seven readable originals. With those three URLs unreadable, the full ten-result gap cannot be established. An unreadable body is not counted as “No,” and no replacement result was mixed into the original ten.
Alternate result orders are kept separate
| Rendering | Ranks matching the bare page | Changed tail kept separate |
|---|---|---|
udm=14 web-results view | Ranks 1–4 match. | Rank 5 Reddit r/KnottsBerryFarm; 6 Visit Buena Park; 7 TravMedia; 8 Facebook Redlands group; 9 Six Flags Military Tribute Days; 10 Retail Salute. |
gbv=1, normalized to gbv=2 | Ranks 1–7 match. | Only nine result headings rendered; rank 8 was Six Flags Military Tribute Days and rank 9 was Retail Salute. This sequence was not mixed into the bare sample. |
| Google homepage, character-by-character query | Ranks 1–9 match the bare page in order. | The bare-query continuation at start=10 identifies Reddit as rank 10. |
Official six-field offer register
The entries below come from the actual page bodies read in Chrome. “Review date” records when the page was checked; it does not substitute for a policy start date or expiration date.
| Official source | Rate / listed amount | Product base | Eligibility and limits | Route | Date and status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knott’s military / first-responder ticket page | Single-day ticket from $57; Gate Price $110 is also displayed; no military percentage. | Single-day park admission; taxes may apply. | Page wording includes active/retired military, veterans, first responders, and immediate family; up to six family/friend tickets; selected date; cannot combine with other offers or sales. | Online; ID.me prompt after choosing the product. The page says all offers must be redeemed online. | Read Sept. 23, 2026. No start/end date stated; price is a page observation. |
| Scary Farm ticket block on the same page | From $65 each; no percentage. | Scary Farm event admission, not regular daytime admission; taxes may apply. | Military and first-responder block; a separate ticket cap is not stated in that block. | Online only. | Date selection is available; no program window or expiry stated in the readable block. |
| Knott’s Military Tribute Days page and expanded FAQ | $25 per person; no percentage; taxes may apply. | Dated single-day admission. | Active, retired, and veteran U.S. military personnel; up to five guests; event-specific ID list and member-presence rule, with separate deployed/deceased-spouse exceptions. | Knotts.com, ticket booths, or participating Military Ticket Offices for the 2025 event. | Nov. 3–20 and Dec. 1–18, 2025, Monday–Thursday; ended. |
| Knott’s Hotel military offer | Up to 15% off; no exact amount. | Overnight lodging only. | Active and retired military; valid military identification at check-in. Exact rate base and detailed limits are not on the readable page. | Knott’s Hotel booking page. | Select dates; exact dates and offer expiry are not stated. Read Sept. 23, 2026. |
Sources, access results, and interpretation limits
Official offer pages
- Six Flags / Knott’s Military & First Responder Tickets — body read September 23, 2026; direct ticket, ID.me, ticket-cap, date-selection, and non-combination wording.
- Six Flags / Knott’s Military Tribute Days — body and collapsed FAQs expanded September 23, 2026; listed 2025 event dates, price, purchase channels, ID forms, and family exceptions.
- Knott’s Hotel packages — body read September 23, 2026; separate up-to-15% lodging offer for active and retired military on select dates.
Readable non-official and historical pages
- GOVX Knott’s listing — body read September 23, 2026; the “up to 45%” text is a GOVX member listing, with no readable regular-price base or exact eligible-group list.
- Visit Buena Park — 2025 Military Tribute Days — body read; dated regional event and ticket link.
- TravMedia press-release preview — dated October 24, 2025; reports the 2025 $25 event and related channels.
- March Air Reserve Base Facebook post — visible post date May 21, 2014; its event year is not separately printed.
- Tripadvisor forum quoting an older press release — body readable; the page displays “15 years ago” and quotes event dates without stating their year.
Original bodies that stayed unknown
- Military.com — two opens returned
ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR. - ID.me Shop — HTTP 403 on two opens.
- Reddit r/KnottsBerryFarm — HTTP 403 on two opens.
Search-result titles and snippets were used only to identify the ranked URLs; inaccessible snippets were not used to fill body-level cells. Historical event prices, the hotel rate, and the GOVX member headline are not combined into a single Knott’s military percentage. No statement is made that unreadable pages or absent directory entries prove Knott’s has no other offer.