Giant Dipper at Belmont is scared to come outside now.

Nice! I was born and raised in Santa Cruz but now live on a sailboat, preparing to sail the world. I cant wait to sail back there. Enjoy, and stay safe!

Well Gilroy isn’t going to be inundated by vampires any time soon.

I've been to Gilroy Garden's once and had a magical time. Early October 2019 I decided to hit as many coasters in the bay area as I could in one day. SFDK -> CAGA -> SCBB -> GG. I got to Gilroy around 8 pm, well after sunset. It was chilly, the park was practically vacant, and the holiday lights were up. It was just me wandering around until closing, hitting the rides, wandering down random paths filled with color and the sounds of water, in this amusement park that gave me the vibe of the chocolate river room in Wonka's factory. One of my favorite rides that night was the swing ride, enveloped almost completely by trees instead of out in the open, it felt like constant near misses with branches. And it looks like a giant mushroom!

Coming from someone who lives in northern ca Gilroy Gardens is very nice and giant dipper is insane with air on a hot day

I've been following you for a little while now and I'm glad that you finally made it out to my home parks (CGA, GG, & SCBB). I really appreciate your honest and non biased opinions. You're definitely one of the better coaster vloggers. Keep up the great work dude👍🎢 Gilroy Gardens originally opened as Bonfante Gardens and was a horticultural park. The original owner actually never wanted it to have rides but it was sold and the new owners changed that. The Giant Dipper @ SCBB is the oldest operating roller coaster in all of California and is an ACE Landmark. There are lots of cool information signs as you wait in line and there are several movie posters of some of the most popular movies filmed there (Lost Boys, Us, Bumblebee among others). It's a shame you didn't stay until night time. The boardwalk is awesome when everything is lit up. Enjoy the rest of your trip in Nor Cal. I look forward to your other videos👍

Just did the giant dipper in Santa Cruz first time last week with my ten year old step daughter. Shes done some kiddy coasters before and Jaguar, which is arguably a kiddy coaster, but shes a kid and i want her to have a good time associated with coasters, so i let her decide what rides she wants to do and i support her. So last week when we were uo there on vacation, towards the end of day i was thinking i would ride Giant Dipper solo at the very least. After a meal break she asked if we could ride it. I looked her dead in the eyes and said "hell yeah, finish your chicken bowl" which she wasnt able to cause it was a loaded bowl, but thats the hoy of taking kids to amusement parks, you pay to feed them and you can finish whatever they dont eat, because you oaid 15 bucks for it. And as a well adjusted adult, even if youre hungry, youre not as cranky or irritable as the kids are. I digress. She absolutely loved it and i was beyond impressed. I rode the ine in Belmont when i was her age, at the time i thought it was a cool ride, qs an adult i know how lame it is, but its historical so tou don't trash it. The one in Santa Cruz is ikder and just better in all way, i was expecting a rougher ride than what it was seeing it was 99 years and a month old. Her first words afterwards was "i wanna ride Ghost Rider next time at Knott's" which we have season passes to. I couldn't have been prouder as a step father, Ghost Rider is honestly my favorite ride ever. So idk, Giant Dipper might have invoked something in a young child to become a coaster enthusiast. We will wait and see. Like i said earlier, i dont believe in forcing a child on a ride, simply suggest it, talk with them as much as they're willing to, and let their comfort level decide. Coasters are fun, i love them, but i remember being a kid being afraid of some of them. I know having good experiences lead me to become a coaster fan myself (magic mountain was my home park as a kid). Either way, i see youre a smaller channel, but putting in the grind and you got ablove of coasters. I respect that and decided to give a like and subscribe. Youre less annoying than that Torro guy and some of the other amusement oark and coaster vlogers.

I hit the same 2 parks in the same day but it was wayyyy more crowded than you got. Giant dipper impressed me this year but didnt quite get the rave review you gave it

Oooh I'm so glad you enjoyed the giant dipper! I havent been on for like 3 years even though its only 10 minutes away from where I live so its good seeing that its running great. Hope you come back again when the other coasters are open!

Quicksilver express is the first coaster I remember marathoning. I must’ve been 6 or 7.

You can never go wrong with the Giant Dipper.

Gilroy Gardens could REALLY use an Excalibur clone 😍😍

Gilroy looks like a nice little family park. I can’t say much about it but if they were to get a newer family coaster like a Gravity Group then I’d be up to give it a visit.

Love your POV's!! We like seeing the nature stuff!

coasterdash coasterdash i am so sad. i do not get to ride wooden warrior again until next year.

Great video and great Vlog! Those looked like 2 very nice scenic parks! Especially the first one! I enjoyed watching!

Coaster Gash

Gilroy is so nice, its beautiful, also, southern california does too have trees!

Yes, stop moving to LA-it’s full

omg idek u came to norcal, i personally love boardwalk, its my happy land ;( n great america LOLSLSKJDJ

coasterdash, why does your hair always look wet? lol

What do you use to record and how do you record it? Get permission? And how if you do.

I was in California in late winter and even though Gilroy Gardens was closed, I went out of my way to take a picture with the sign for one of the biggest laughingstocks in the coaster community.

yoo coasterdash i was at knotts yesterday were you at knotts yesterday please please pleasae please

I was wondering inst boardwalk open in summer only!?

14:11 lmao geez