That was a lot of fun to watch. Brought back a lot of memories. I spent a lot time in Santa Cruz during my high school days. Building bonfires on the beach, kegger parties and a lot of time playing games and riding rides. Good times! Thanks Eldon.

My wife and I will be there in may to celebrate our 25 wedding anniversary along with the giant dippers 100th anniversary. We were married on May 16th flew to Ohio and road our first coaster as a married couple. I'm hoping the boardwalk will help me surprise my wife with an announcement in the station and flowers when we return back. Hope to see you there 🤩🤩

Great excursion! I miss Santa Cruz...haven't been in years. Nice to see they are maintaining it and adding new things. Cheers Eldon! 😁

Most People take for granted where they are lucky to be born. If I were fortunate to live there; I'd always be out and about living. The Mid-West is flat farm land with nothing for hundreds of miles.

What a fun day! Loved the beach and sunset, always my favorites❤️Downtown was really cool, there’s so many places to check out there. As far as your interview, just know that you did your best😊What is meant to be, will be! No matter what the outcome is, just keep smiling bright and always stay positive✨

The roll a bingo is HARD.

My old stomping grounds. Brought back memories. My sister used to live in Santa Cruz. I used to stay there all summer. love the boardwalk! I need to go down there and check it out. Thank you for taking us along .

Me and mom are planning on taking my daughter there this summer.

That must be a hoping place when busy. Sure is colourful!! Right on the beach too! Awesome area!

Thanks for sharing ❤️

There used to be a ride known as Rock n Roll right there. Cool to see the wheel testing, really surprised the gates are just wide open. Love Rock o Plane as much as it reminded me I'm not 20 anymore. Major head rush. Pinball... I think you need to take a trip to the Pinball Museum in Alameda, $20 all you can play all day, over 100 machines!

Went there twice when I was working in Mountain View. Giant Dipper for turning 100 is such a great ride.

I ❤❤❤❤ the Clam Chowder soup in breadbowls from Fisherman s Wharf on the Pier. Good soup and its good for tourists from out of town to check stuff out in Santa Cruz. Enjoy your time folks before you go back home. I live approximately 3. 3hours and a half from Santa Cruz depending on traffic. Oh the train pulls into the boardwalk to exchange passengers from time to time. Oh yeah Roaring Camp train still runs by there

Hey Eldon....I think the little coaster replaced what was once called the Wild Mouse. It was the same type of coaster with the tight turns. circa early 70's. There used to be a swimming pool where the mini-golf is.

I still have an ash tray i won from there when i was 7 lol

Check out Old Town Sacramento for Gold Rush Days.

The ferris wheel replace a ride I believe was called rock n roll

Before that Undertow spinning coaster ride there was THE HURRICANE but they took it down....somebody must ve bought it off from Santa Cruz. I rode the Undertow and a long time ago there was a ride called JetStar. I was fortunate to ride the JetStar

Of those 4 movie posters on the Giant Dipper wall....I have all 4 movies in my DVD Library. They re in my bedroom closet shelf

Pleasure Pizza lol the look on your face 🤣😂 it’s named after the original location in Pleasure Point. It’s a cool little place, you can eat pizza and chill down at the Hook and watch surfing. There’s a pizza place downtown can’t think of the name of it, but they put on a show while you eat. There will be a few people who will spin and toss pizza dough. There’s also Pizza My Heart, you can’t go wrong.

Great video. Dang I haven’t been to the boardwalk in a long time. I used to be there all the time when I was a kid. My dad used to compete in arm wrestling competitions all over but Santa Cruz was always my favorite place ❤ By the way how were the cookies??

Mmmaaannnnnn i can't remember the last time i went to the boardwalk....maybe like 2017? Lol. I forgot it existed. It's full of bitter sweet memories for me, but maybe I'll go back one of these days. It still looks exactly the same lol Also "bahia" is pronounced "bah-ee-aww". H is silent. It means "the bay" lol

Huh, they took down the speedway to make room for the new ferris wheel. Now you can probably see way further from one end to the other. Not sure if I'd like that or not, I just moved from Santa Cruz to Charlotte at the end of February :/

The boardwalk has 2 parking lots where you pay a flat fee for the whole day. We will be taking our whole family there soon!

That wheel seems very inadequate for that park. A Chance 90 ft, same one used at Santa Monica (Pacific Wheel), would have been better. Or another Big Eli (original wheel) instead.

Quick Question: Are you going to be at Hurricane Harbor Concord during this off season to give us a small update like you did in spring 2022? I just recently noticed that one of their slides got taken off the website and it would be cool to see an update if you are still working there.

Vlog from good vibrations! Hahahah

"Curaçao" koo-ra-sow

Who do I thank, you or Kevin (or both 😏)??? I just so happen to have the ingredients and the perfect glass….

I’ve been blamed again blue Hawaiian! 😂

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Man, I gotta say I'm kind of disappointed with the new ferris wheel. I thought they were gonna go all out with it and do a Mickey Fun Wheel version. I expected it to be a lot bigger as well, and be placed up against the edge of the boardwalk instead of facing inward... The area looks really cluttered now. :/ Also Pleasure Pizza is really good. I had it last year when I visited in Summer.

The Boardwalk has gone cashless. Just a heads up smh.

Good luck landing the gig brother!