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Park News - (6/11/09) Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is celebrating the 85th birthday of the Giant Dipper. A fun article that includes a POV video of the Dipper in action can be found here.
  (8/13/08) ThrillRide has posted a new trip report from the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
  (8/6/08) A very detailed account of just what took place on the Cyclone at SCBB has now been reported online by the mother of the injured boy who was actually on the ride next to him. Making sense of it all, the boy was in the “cage” right next to the door section which swung back and forth, banging into the area of the ride around him several times before breaking free entirely and flying off into the midway just barely missing a few guests in the process.
  (8/5/08) An accident took place at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk when the “door” to the Cyclone ride broke free and struck a young boy on the ride. The Cyclone is a Round-Up style flat ride, the kind that you ride standing up while it spins and sticks you to the wall while tilting sideways. What I don’t quite get is how the “door” section to this ride was said to have flown off while the ride was in motion, but somehow hit a boy on the ride, which would place him in the interior. Regardless, something odd did happen and they still don’t know how or why the door came free from the ride, but thankfully it sounded like the injury was minor.

2009 - The Vault: Laser Maze - Now Open - (6/13/09) According to the park’s website the new The Vault: Laser Maze attraction is now open. Laser Maze is a new game where you enter a room full of green laser beams and try to navigate to the finish line without crossing any of the beams. You can see some fun pictures from other Laser Maze locations here.

2010 - New Haunted Castle - Delayed - (5/3/09) While we wont get to enjoy a new Haunted Castle in 2009, I’ve heard that the project was simply put on hold for another year due to the uncertain economy in the hopes that things will be more normal in 2010 when they do plan on opening it. On a related note, we were sent a link to an interesting video that was discovered on the official SCBB website that shows off concept artwork for the new ride.
  (4/30/09) According to a few e-mails that came in today, SCBB decided to delay the Haunted Castle project until next year because the Sea Swings opened so late (Fall 2008) that they will promote them as the new 2009 attraction instead.
  (4/23/09) According to one of our readers who dropped into the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, the Haunted Castle was up and running, and still the same old ride as before. It looks like the poor economy has caused the park to delay their plans upgrade the ride once again. Anyone know more?
  (8/26/08) Screamscape sources obtained some interesting new artwork showing off what seems to be the New Haunted Castle at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. In addition to seeing the concept artwork for the new exterior of the ride building, there was also a sketch showing off the basic look of the new two-bench ride cars that will have a roof and appear to be able to rotate.
  (7/18/08) things are apparently moving forward on the new Haunted Castle project which will finally go under the knife this fall. No word on if they will keep it open through Halloween or be forced to close it sooner to make sure the new updated version will be ready by next season.
  (5/7/08) Our sources tell us that the official word is spreading that this will indeed be the last year to experience Haunted Castle. From the sound of things they expect to demolish the current building by the end of the year to begin work on the brand new two-story (basement level will go down below the boardwalk) version of Haunted Castle. 
  (8/20/07) A reader visiting Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk came across a building permit sign posted at the park that mentions the demolition of the existing Haunted Castle building to construct a new Haunted Castle dark ride in the same location. The new building will have a basement, first and second stories, with the basement extending under the boardwalk itself. The load and unload area will be on the ground level with the remainder of the ride going into the basement level. The rest of the ground level space will be used for games, concessions, first aid and office space while the second floor will be used for office and employee areas.
  (2/21/07) A Screamscape source claims that with all the other work taking place around the SCBB for the big 100th Anniversary, plans to add a new dark ride to replace the Haunted Castle may have been bumped back a year. The new ride system was described as being a classic dark ride style without any sort of guns to shoot at targets, which seems to indicate they may be shooting for a true scare ride. We have heard something about it using roundish cars, which is either just a design choice or perhaps this ride may allow for spinning. We've also heard that the attraction is expected to be two stories tall, starting on the boardwalk level and dropping down a floor underground to the beach level.
  (1/25/07) We’ve got some new rumors from Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk of interest to dark ride fans. We’ve been told that this will be the last season for the Haunted Castle and the plan is to replace it with a new and improved dark ride next season.
  (3/2/06) Screamscape has dug up another interesting rumor about a proposed dark ride. We still don’t know a thing about the theme, size or exactly what kind of ride it may be, but we have heard that it will feature some kind of spinning cars.