~Nicholas
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
December 8th, 2010 - Family Tower Ride / Merry-Go-Round 100th
~Nicholas
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Haunted Castle: The Curse of the King (Fan Movie)
Friday, July 23, 2010
New $9M Haunted Castle ride vandalized at the Boardwalk; Stockton teen arrested
Police said the 16-year-old boy was on the ride Saturday night when he allegedly tugged on a prop — a cloth-covered table — dragging it into the tracks. The car behind the teen's struck the table, then was rear-ended by a third car.
No one was injured, but the collisions bent the tracks the cars travel on and severed electrical cables, according to Santa Cruz Deputy Police Chief Rick Martinez.
With help from Boardwalk security officers and surveillance camera footage, police identified the Stockton teen as the possible culprit and arrested him. He was booked into Juvenile Hall on suspicion of vandalism causing more than $5,000 damage, according to police.
"It just trashed the ride," Martinez said. "It pulls their new ride out of commission in the middle of summer."
Martinez estimated the ride could be out of commission for about two weeks, but it actually reopened Sunday afternoon, according to Boardwalk spokesman Kris Reyes.
The Haunted Castle revamp, which began last fall, cost the Boardwalk $9 million. Single-ride tickets for the new attraction are $5 and about 5,000 people had been experiencing the ride daily until it was damaged Saturday.
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This really angers me... as always, thanks for reading!