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Park News - (10/20/09) I’ve heard that The Vault Laser Maze attraction may be rebuilt next season where Desperados is. Desperados is also rumored to get an update and  rethemed as an all new game. Alterface, the creators of Desperado, have been showing off a new Pirate’s Plunder game program which would be a good fit if put to use.
    (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.

2010 - New Haunted Castle - (11/4/09) A great time lapse video showing off the construction progress so far on the new Haunted Castle at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk has been posted to YouTube and embedded below.

(10/26/09) A couple of pictures showing off a couple of new creepy insect inhabitants of the new Haunted Castle ride can be found posted to the park’s Facebook page.
    (10/19/09) It seems The Vault: Laser Maze attraction didn’t last long at all, as it was demolished along with the remaings of the old Haunted Castle building. Speaking of the Haunted Castle, all new construction pictures have been added showing off concrete being poured down into the underground level of the new future building structure.
    (9/22/09) New construction pictures from the Haunted Castle can be seen here.
    (9/15/09) You can find a video showing off some of the Haunted Castle’s demolition here as well as take a look at the sign they’ve put on the fence.
    (9/14/09) The demolition of the old Haunted Castle ride began on Friday. I wasn’t expecting them to rip apart so much of the building actually, but it’s like they needed to let the light of the sun shoot in there to cleanse it of the old evil before they can begin anew. You can see pictures here.
    (9/9/09) We’ve got a few bits of info about the new Haunted Castle ride coming next year. The current ride is said to be only about 6,000 square-feet while the new version will expand into new space, dropping down into a basement level, and be around 10,000 square-feet. The plan is to reuse some classic elements from the current ride, mixing them in with all new elements.
    (9/4/09) The local news has posted an article about the history and future of the Haunted Castle attraction.
    (8/20/09) I’ve been sent a few facts about who is involved in the new Haunted Castle project. All new track and ride cars will be coming from I. E. Park (Italy) which will likely be based on this dark ride system. The overall design is being done by R&R Amusement Designs, with some scenic effects coming from Duncan Designs while the Animatronic and other action pieces to be provided by Sally Corp.
    (8/8/09) I don’t know if they’ve signed the contract with them or not, but we’ve heard that SCBB was considering hiring Sally Corp. to handle the upgrade to the Haunted Castle dark ride for next season.
    (8/6/09) The official Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk page on Facebook issued a notice yesterday that the Haunted Castle will close on August 23rd so they can work on a new “Haunted” ride to open in June 2010. While they are thinking about keeping the Haunted Castle name for the new ride as well, they are open to suggestion for other new name ideas. They also posted that same preview video we found earlier to YouTube for everyone to see.

    (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.
    (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.