ACE Northern California Region Blog Posts

Welcome to the August 2009 edition of ACE NorCal News! In this issue: Don’t Miss Chutes at the Beach! ACE Day at the California State Fair, 2009! Sacramento’s Funderland California’s Great America, August 2009 update Gilroy Gardens, August 2009 update Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, August 2009 update Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, August 2009 update –…

Don’t miss the opportunity to see an amazing historic amusement park and roller coaster presentation at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach this weekend! Read more below… Playland-Not-at-the-Beach, the non-profit Museum of Fun developed by ACE member Richard Tuck, is hosting a special event this weekend commemorating Chutes at the Beach, the original amusement park at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach.…

Remember to save the date, August 25, for our 2009 ACE Day at the California State Fair! Our good friends at Butler Amusements are finalizing the details over the next week or so. We are going to be in for a real treat! Stay tuned to your email inbox. As soon as the details are…

Funderland Amusement Park, located in Sacramento’s William Land Park area, has a Wisdom Industries Flying Dragon roller coaster with a thrilling top speed of 8 mph and a drop of 8 feet. The seven-car train seats one or two guests per car. For $1.50/$1.75 per ride, this coaster is a bargain to add to your…

¡Adiós, Diego! Hit the road, Blues Clues! See your favorite Nickelodeon characters at California’s Great America for the last time during the remainder of the 2009 season. In 2010, Nickelodeon Central will be replaced with Planet Snoopy, featuring Snoopy and the Peanuts characters. The park is open on weekends and on Labor Day Monday in…

Enchanted Wings continue to flutter at Gilroy Gardens through August 16th. This special event includes the return of the “Friends of a Feather” bird show to the Lakeside Amphitheater. New this year is the addition of an animal training center near the amphitheater where children, under the supervision of animal handlers and trainers, can have…

Free performances of Cirque Magnifique continue daily at the Boardwalk through August 20th. Two free shows are offered daily. Monday through Thursday, the shows are at noon and 3:00 PM. On Sundays, the shows are at noon and 6:00 PM. For more on Cirque Magnifique, see: http://www.beachboardwalk.com/cirque/ In August, the popular FREE Friday Night BANDS…

It’s Shark Week at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom! Check out the special activities, including the opportunity to spend the night with Sharks in the Dark on Friday: Shark Week at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Have you experienced the park’s new-for-2009 Odin’s Temple of the Tiger yet? Well, what are you waiting for? It’s open now…

Welcome to the July 2009 edition of ACE NorCal News! In this issue: ACE Day at the California State Fair, 2009! Terminator Salvation The Ride! Keep ACE up to date! Remembering Frontier Village, 2009 Remembering J’s Amusements California’s Great America, July 2009 update Gilroy Gardens, July 2009 update Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, July 2009 update…

Save the date: Tuesday, 25 August 2009! Butler Amusements has generously offered to host our annual ACE Day at the California State Fair on Tuesday the 25th of August! This late-summer ACE NorCal tradition had always been hosted through the generosity of Ray Cammack Shows, for which we remain most appreciative. This year, there’s a…