ACE Northern California Region Blog Posts

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk May Highlights: The new Haunted Castle ride opens Memorial Day Weekend! Also see in this issue: Photo report: SCBB Haunted Castle Construction — 4 May 2010 More May highlights… Amgen Tour of California Bike Race May 18, Boardwalk Your chance to see Lance Armstrong and check out this huge international sport.…

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is open Friday through Sunday in May and on May 31st. Why not take mom to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom for Mother’s Day? The park is offering a special Mother’s Day Picnic: http://www.sixflags.com/discoveryKingdom/events/MothersDayPicnic.aspx Also, if you thought you’d missed out on the $49.99 season pass offer, it’s been extended through the…

Welcome to the April 2010 edition of ACE NorCal News! In this issue: MEDUSA’s Tenth Anniversary Celebration Nicholas’ Excellent VIP Adventure at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom San José has a new roller coaster! California’s Great America, April 2010 update Gilroy Gardens, April 2010 update Playland-Not-at-the-Beach, April 2010 update Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, April 2010 update…

ACE members pose for a group photo during MEDUSA’s tenth anniversary celebration. Ten years ago, the coaster wars were raging in Northern California. Stealth versus Medusa generated a lot of media buzz with competing media preview days, a war of words about which was truly the world’s first flying coaster, and even airplanes flying about…

Captain Lee, Nicholas, and Park President Eric Gilbert One of Northern California’s most avid roller-coaster lovers and member of ACE, Nicholas Laschkewitsch, was recently treated to a once-in-a-lifetime adventure at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (SFDK) in Vallejo, CA. Nicholas was the winner of a contest sponsored by SFDK in which he referred more fans to…

Happy Hollow Park and Zoo has improved! Now their rides include a roller coaster: the Pacific Fruit Express. The roller coaster is dedicated to a train that took fruit all over the Santa Clara Valley. Fruit labels decorate the side of the coaster and fruit trees are planted around the area. Roller coaster restrictions are…

Planet Snoopy and the Peanuts characters have arrived at California’s Great America. There is even a new Planet Snoopy web site: http://planetsnoopy.com/cagreatamerica/ There are plenty of changes. So come on out to California’s Great America to see for yourself. California’s Great America is open weekends this month. It’s also open for spring break now through…

Celebrate Gilroy Gardens’ Tenth Anniversary with special offers for children age ten and under from now though 31 May 2010. For more details, see: http://www.gilroygardens.org/events2.html The park is open for Spring Break from now through Sunday 11 April 2010 and Wednesday 14 April through Sunday 18 April 2010. After that, the park is open on…

The photo above shows crowds flocking to one of the sold-out showings of the documentary “Remembering Playland” at the Balboa Theater in San Francisco. The documentary will be released on DVD in the near future. It will be available for purchase at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach. Playland-Not-at-the-Beach recently was featured in an hour-long program on KQED Radio. You…

The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is hosting Comcast Spring Break at the park through Friday, 9 April 2010. There’s entertainment and special activities. For more information, see: http://comcastspringbreak.com/ On Saturday, 10 April 2010, present your Season Pass card at the Casino Arcade entrance from 9:00 AM — 11:00 AM to enjoy exclusive free play time…