Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

Location	Santa Cruz, California, USA
Status	Operating
Operating season	Year-round

Park entrance

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is an amusement park in Santa Cruz, California, USA.

History

The Boardwalk operated intermittently in 2020 due to restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. It opened in 2021 on April 1.^[1]^[2]

Roller coasters

Present

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Giant Dipper	Arthur Looff	Wooden	May 17, 1924	Operating
Sea Serpent	E&F Miler Industries	Family	2000	Operating
Undertow	Maurer AG	Spinning	October 19, 2013	Operating

Past

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate	Replacement
Hurricane	S.D.C.	Sit-Down	June 22, 1992	September 3, 2012	Relocated to Western Playland	Undertow
Jet Star	Schwarzkopf	Sit-Down	1972	1991	Relocated to Thrill-Ville USA	Hurricane
L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway	L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway Company	Wooden	1908	1923	Scrapped	Giant Dipper
Orient Express	Wisdom Rides	Family	1998	1999	Relocated to Palace Playland	Sea Serpent
Wild Mouse	Self-built	Wild Mouse	June 21, 1958	1976	Scrapped	Logger's Revenge

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Beach Swing	Zamperla	Happy Swing	2013
Bouncin' Buggies	Zamperla	Jump Around	May 7, 2016
Cave Train	Arrow Dynamics	Tracked Dark Ride	June 1961
Cliff Hanger	Dartron	Cliff Hanger	February 8, 2003
Crazy Surf	Technical Park	Miami	2019
Convoy	Zamperla	Track Ride	2000
Cyclone	Dartron	Round-Up	2004
Double Shot	S&S Worldwide	Drop Tower	March 19, 2005
Fireball	KMG	Frisbee	April 12, 2003
Freefall	Moser Rides	Drop Tower	March 2002
Ghost Blasters	Barbisan	Tracked Dark Ride	2001
Haunted Castle	I.E. Park	Tracked Dark Ride	June 4, 2010
Jet Copters		Junior Jets	1990
Lighthouse Liftoff			November 7, 2020
Logger's Revenge	Arrow Dynamics	Log Flume	April 1977
Looff Carousel	Charles Looff	Gallopers	1911
Pirate Ship	HUSS	Pirate Ship	1984
Riptide	Sellner Manufacturing	Tilt-A-Whirl	1973 or earlier
Rock & Roll	Bertazzon	Matterhorn	June 29, 2002
Rock-O-Plane	Eyerly Aircraft Company	Rock-O-Plane	1954
Sea Dragons	Sartori	Junior Jets	1976
Sea Swings	Bertazzon	Waveswinger	October 18, 2008
Shockwave	Zamperla	Disk'O	June 17, 2017
Speedway	Zamperla	Junior Whip	May 2002
Sky Glider	Hopkins	Ropeway	1967
Speed Boats			1982
Speed Bumps	Unknown	Dodgems	1996
Tornado	Wisdom Rides	Tornado	2000
Tsunami	Bertazzon	Superbob/Musik Express	March 27, 1999
Twirlin' Teacups	Zamperla	Junior Teacups	June 1, 2019
Typhoon	A.R.M. (USA)	Ranger	June 30, 2017
Wave Rider			February 20, 2021
WipeOut	HUSS	Breakdance	1998

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate	Replacement
Auto Scooter	Unknown	Dodgems	1948	1992	Scrapped	Wipeout
Autorama	Arrow Dynamics	Track Ride	June 1961	1984	Scrapped	Great Auto Race
Chaos	Chance Rides	Chaos	March 22, 1997	December 1, 2002	Relocated to Belmont Park	Fireball
Bermuda Triangle	Eli Bridge Company	Scrambler	Unknown	October 20, 2002	Unknown	Cliff Hanger
Big Rigs		Big Truck Convoy	1996	April 2002		Speedway
Crazy Surf	Sartori	Miami	1998	2011	Unknown	Crazy Surf
Crazy Surf	KMG	Miami	April 2012	2018	Travelling UK	Crazy Surf
Ferris Wheel	Eli Bridge Company	Ferris Wheel	1959	October 29, 2017	Scrapped	Wave Rider
Flying Cages	Unknown	Swinging Gyms	1962	1972	Unknown
Fun House	Unknown	Funhouse	1925	1971	Scrapped
Great Auto Race	Morgan	Track Ride	1985	1999	Scrapped	Ghost Blasters
Haunted Castle		Tracked Dark Ride	1973	August 23, 2009	Renovated	Haunted Castle
Kiddie Bumper Boats		Bumper Boats	1996	2003		Starfish
Paratrooper	Hrubetz	Paratrooper	1965	1985	Unknown	Wave Jammer
Rugged Buggies	Hampton	Roundabout	1975	2015	Unknown	Bouncin' Buggies
Spider	Eyerly Aircraft Company	Octopus	1975	1988	Unknown	Rock-O-Plane
Spin Out	Arrow Dynamics	Teacups	1989	2003	Relocated to Santa's Village AZoosment Park	Cyclone
Starfish	Unknown	Junior Musik Express	May 8, 2004	September 3, 2012	Unknown	Shockwave
Super Round-Up	Hrubetz	Round-Up	1972	March 31, 1991	Unknown	Typhoon
Trabant	Chance Rides	Trabant/Satellite	1968	1983	Unknown	Pirate Ship
Typhoon	Fabbri	Ranger	1991	October 21, 2007	Traveling	Sea Swings
Venturer Simulator		Motion Simulator	1995	September 2004	Scrapped	Double Shot
Video Storm	Unknown	Superbob/Musik Express	1987	1998	Scrapped	Tsunami
Wave Jammer	Reverchon	Quasar/Explorer	May 9, 1986	October 21, 2001	Relocated to LeSourdsville Lake Park (never operated)	Rock & Roll
Wipeout	Chance Rides	Trabant/Satellite	1993	1996	Unknown	Chaos

References

↑ Wooley, Eric (October 27, 2020). "Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Poised to be the First Theme Park In California To Re-open". Coaster101. https://www.coaster101.com/2020/10/27/santa-cruz-beach-boardwalk-poised-to-be-the-first-theme-park-in-california-to-re-open/. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
↑ "Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk". Screamscape. Archived from the original on April 2, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210402115306/https://www.screamscape.com/html/santa_cruz_beach_boardwalk.htm. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

External links

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

[1] Wooley, Eric (October 27, 2020). "Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Poised to be the First Theme Park In California To Re-open". Coaster101. https://www.coaster101.com/2020/10/27/santa-cruz-beach-boardwalk-poised-to-be-the-first-theme-park-in-california-to-re-open/. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

[2] "Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk". Screamscape. Archived from the original on April 2, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210402115306/https://www.screamscape.com/html/santa_cruz_beach_boardwalk.htm. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

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