ACE Northern California Region Blog Posts

Welcome to the January 2011 edition of ACE NorCal News! In this issue: Congratulations to Nicholas Laschkewitsch! Giant Dipper carries 1,000,000 riders in 2010! Pixar: 25 Years of Animation at the Oakland Museum of California Scream Machines at the Lawrence Hall of Science California’s Great America, January 2011 update Gilroy Gardens, January 2011 update Playland-Not-at-the-Beach,…

Please join me in congratulating Nicholas Laschkewitsch on being appointed as Assistant Regional Representative for the ACE Northern California Region! Nicholas promises to be a terrific addition to our team! He already has shown himself to be a great asset to our ACE region. Watch for a more complete introduction in a future update. Meanwhile,…

Close to the end of December, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Giant Dipper had carried nearly 1,000,000 riders during 2010. In an attempt to reach this goal, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk launched a “Giant” promotion. Starting on December 26th and ending on December 31st, the Boardwalk allowed patrons to pay only $5, the price…

Pixar:25 Years of Animation is in its final week at the Oakland Museum of California. The exhibit closes on January 9th. We went on Family Day last month and were able to attend a lecture by Pixar Animator Matthew Luhn. Mr. Luhn’s family owns Jeffrey’s Toys, in San Francisco and other Bay Area locations, which…

I apologize for not being able to get the word out on this exhibit, as I only found out about it on its last weekend. It closed on Sunday, January 2nd. Matthew and I visited the exhibit at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley on Saturday, January 1st. This traveling exhibit on the science…

California’s Great America is closed for the season. It will reopen in the spring. If you’d like to work at the park, there’s a job fair this month for new hires on January 21st. For those who worked at California’s Great America last year, the job fair will be on January 15th. For more information,…

Gilroy Gardens has concluded its 2010 10th Anniversary Season. The 2011 Season opens on March 27th. If you’d like to work at Gilroy Gardens, the park is having a job fair next month on February 27th. For more information, see: http://gilroygardens.org/employment.html Gilroy Gardens web site: http://www.gilroygardens.org/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gilroy-Gardens/122943674395623 — photo: Steven Wilson

January highlights at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach include tributes to the Muppets; Martin Luther King, Jr.; and Disneyland. For more information, see: http://www.playland-not-at-the-beach.org/calendar_01.html Playland-Not-at-the-Beach nonprofit Museum of Fun, open to the public every Saturday, Sunday, and school holiday. Open evenings for private events 365 days a year. 10979 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530 (510) 592-3002. http://www.playland-not-at-the-beach.org…

The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk’s rides are open for limited operation — weather permitting (call 831 423 5590 on the day of your visit to confirm) — on weekends and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January. For hours and dates, see the operating calendar for January here: http://www.beachboardwalk.com/calendar/2011/january.html You can buy the brand-new poster…

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s 2010 season has come to a close. Opening day for 2011 is March 19th. Want to join the SFDK team? The park is having a job fair on January 29th. For more information, see: http://www.sixflags.com/discoveryKingdom/events/JobFair2011.aspx Six Flags Discovery Kingdom web site: http://www.sixflags.com/discoveryKingdom/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/discoverykingdom photo: Steven Wilson