Santa Cruz Boardwalk - Three Amazing Dark Rides and Walkthrough Haunt and Much More! Santa Cruz, CA
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
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I'm going through a really tough time in my life right now mentally and physically, I just wanted to let you know that binge-watching your videos lately has been a huge comfort to me. I'm not sure why, but watching you is giving me a little peace, and I can't thank you enough for that.
Same! These are great! Wishing you healing! ❤🩹
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I truly hope you are feeling better soon.
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I loved the Cave Train!
I want to visit here just because of
ThE LoSt BoYs
@@Savagemister are used to live in California, and went there many times…
A lot of fun there!
RUclipsr- Urban Historian
One of the greatest small parks for sure especially at sunset. A must visit for Lost Boys fans.
I live in Santa Cruz and enjoy your channel. One thing that Santa Cruz has is a lot of Alferd Hitchcock, inspirations, including the Psycho house, and the movie the birds. His former residence is in Scotts Valley. I am sure you know these things, just throwing it out there, of course all of this is on the internet.
@@joesherer6961 awesome
I worked at the boardwalk from 2008-2017. I was a ride operator for the new haunted castle ride on its very first day open to the public. The old one used to break down all the time lol. I worked all the rides from the pirate ship to sea swings (first half of the park). Some of the best years of my life working there as a teenager and meeting tons of people. It’s where I met my husband who worked as a security guard at the time and now we bring our kids there. It will always have a special place in my heart ❤️
Another great video! Being handicapped i appreciate seeing places that I will never be able to visit in real life.
I think this is so fun. We don't get too hot or too cold and we're not spending money 😊
@@mollysmith1226 agreed…
Plus I have already been here many times when I lived in California…
RUclipsr- Urban Historian
@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803 that's wonderful
49:23 Enjoyed your tribute to “Laffing Sal.” Most interesting story about the woman talking to Sal. Nice. 👍
The Santa Cruz Boardwalk is what I'm going to miss the most when I move out of California in a couple of weeks. My dad used to have his Co. Picnics there back in the 80s. It's like saying goodbye to a good friend. 😢
Amazing day. I’ve been going to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk since I was a child in the early fifties. Many changes over the years.
@@user-il2py5ez8m my parents and I used to go also a lot when I was a child, and we lived in California, now they have been passed away the past three years… And I am a RUclipsr also, love to film, amusement, parks, abandoned places etc., when I can
My grandma and her family used to come by train from San Francisco starting in the 1930’s. She then took my mom and her siblings (once they moved to San Jose) starting in the 1960’s, and then they took me and my brother starting in the 1990’s! I plan to someday take my children here and pass on our tradition on for our “Local Disneyland” 😁
When I was a young kid, in the 70's, the Rocko-Planes was my all time favorite carnival ride. I used to be able to keep that thing flipping endlessly when I rode it.
Yes, the Rock-O-Plane is an older ride that I remember too from the late 1960s-early 70s. 👍
I'm really enjoying all of the dark rides. It's great to know that there are so many.
@@julie-lh2cx same here…
RUclipsr- Urban Historian
The Lost Boys is my favorite movie of all time, and the Santa Cruz Boardwalk is definitely on my bucket list. Hope I can make it out there someday.
Hey Jacob! Great seeing you give the Santa Cruz Cave Train so much love. I’m in my early 60s and spent many summer days at the Boardwalk as a kid. It’s been my favorite dark ride for years. I’m lucky to have made it a tradition with my own kids, and now my grandkids when we visit Santa Cruz. Thanks for all the great content.
@@pabloroboto I miss that place…
RUclipsr- Urban Historian
You are currently the Dark Ride King! 😂
@@jennyf6446 lol… yes he is
That is one of the BEST Boardwalks I have ever seen!!! There used to be one like that in Daytona Beach back in the 1970's when we were kids we went there on vacation EVERY year for years n it too was jam packed with rides n gift shops n so many things to do it took more than one day, but one of the hurricanes knocked it out n it had never been replaced!!! Dark rides were totally AWESOME DELUXE n there were so many!!! What a GREAT video!! Attaboy, Carpetbagger!!! Another fine video!!!
Lost Boys is one or my favorite movies and I got so happy when Jacob mentioned it ahhhhhh.
The dipper packs more of a punch than you would expect… for a small wooden rollercoaster it is a must!
@@steveburns6503 😀👍
My favorite carpetbagger video so far! Mostly because I'm obsessed with the lost boys. Now i need to make a trip!
Your videos are therapy, much love from Virginia!
@@mal4805 agreed
The creatives at Sally must be living their best lives
I remember being scared of haunted castle when I last went there. Laughing sal also freaked me out
@@eraser2592 now when I was younger, I was afraid of a lot of scary, creepy stuff, but now I love it and thrive on it!
Plus, I am a RUclipsr also .
the firs time i thought i legitimately might die was in 1982, when 4 or 5 year old me get lost in a (probably miniscule lol) mirror maze which featured a laughing sal, reflected around every corner, her laughter mocking me as i convinced myself there was no way out. i think that happy trauma has informed a good deal of my life, and it's always fun to hear about others who went through the same thing. : D great videos these past few days, as usual! thanks jacob!.
oh wait, that was the second time. but the first time was getting lost at wahl drug, so it's much the same situation. XD
Love this place thanks for stopping my friend!
Oh how funny I was just slow binging all of your Santa Cruz videos getting excited for an upcoming trip!
@@George_vv yay! 😀
498k subscribers!!! Almost there :)
I'm getting so excited 🎉😊
I absolutely loved this upload 😎 Santa Cruz is one of my favourite places in America ,, reaped in history ,, inc Ed kemper the serial killers old stomping ground !!
I visited back in 2014 and got so emotional with nostalgia for the Lost boys ,, when you went on the Carousel I literally had flashbacks of the cast there ❤️
Great video Jacob ,, deff one of my favourites 👌🏻
Lost Boys! Love that movie and Kiefer Sutherland 🖤🦇🖤
@@silverghostcat1924 🙌🏻👌🏻 yesss !! Absolute classic 80s movie & actor
@@80sforever589 Flatliners was another good movie with Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon to name a few, though it was a 90's movie.
I have one word for the typhoon "NOPE"
This is my local theme park. glad you think so fondly of it and had a great time!!
Welcome back to my neck of the woods almost. Just over the hill. Glad you had fun in Santa Carla ;)
Hello Jacob 🙋🏽. I hope you are having a wonderful time ‼️ Be Careful and Safe out there ‼️👊🏽👍🏽👋🏽💯.
its always great to see Santa Cruz, what an amazing place. Those dark rides are world class
I really hope they bring back that big swimming pool 1 day
It can't be a Carpetbagger video if he screams like a little girl and says, "Ahhh! Who are you? "Who is that?", or "No scares on stairs. " Can't wait for Halloween season to start 🎃🎃
My 3 y/o repeats "No scares on stairs"!
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@@samuelnielsen9979hi
@@Mashleighhi
I was literally there that evening!!!!
"sweet home ALABAMA!" the kid singing LMAO!
Also I love the movie the lost boys
I took my mom on a bi-plane ride, I was shocked to learn (just like ferris wheels) that many people use it for suicide, so no single fliers are allowed. It never even occurred to me before that. Great video as always Jake.
@@Sparty-pi3jq oh, wow 😮
RUclipsr- Urban Historian
IT MAKES SENSE THOUGH!!
The giant dipper is one of my favorite roller coaster
Gonna get a copyright claim at 6:36 for Sweet Home Alabama LOL
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@@Mashleighhi
hate that lol not like carpet bagger inserted there on purpose lol but hey its rock and roll an uncontrollable noise pollution lol but wth I LIKE IT give me some more lol
This looks like a very fun day. ❤
@@robylove9190 agreed…
I always had fun when I used to go there …
RUclipsr- Urban Historian
Keeping my fingers crossed for a Patreon Carpetbagger postcard with the Cave Train and/or Laffing Sal!
Do you receive a real postcard in the mail or a digital postcard via email?
@@ShelleeGraham it’s a good ‘ol fashioned real one 😄
@@pabloroboto That's really COOL! I'm a fan of real postcards! Thank you.
@@ShelleeGraham you’re welcome. ☺️
I know what you mean. I still prefer physical media in general.
The "paper eating lion" sounds exactly like Marty Moose.
I was just there yesterday for my birthday!!!
🎉❤😊happy birthday
Jxy1635 how old are you
Calling this adventure "The Dark Ride Departure"
wow what a view.
@@nanrichter I couldn’t agree more!!! 😀👍
Absolutely love that you visit and capture these awesome dark rides!
I remember coming here in 2016, and was a little scared to go on the cave train because of the monster at the end of the ride.
My sister and I got on the Cave Train together in 1966 and my uncle said that the Grizzley Bear inside was real so at the last moment I jumped out, leaving my sister to go on the trip alone. Later, I became an operator and drove the train many times. It was a real bear, but it was stuffed.
Carpetbagger loving these dark rides is what got me to visit the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk for my first time recently! Unfortunately it was raining when I went so of the 3 dark rides only got to go on the Haunted Castle, but they let us go on the Fright Walk as part of the wristband! One of if not THE best boardwalk amuesment parks.
@@HelloIAmClutch I also love all the dark rides, I miss going to this place used to go a lot when I lived there in California.
I wasn’t a RUclipsr then, but now I am.
I have 9 more days in L.A. has been great to be here a lot of changes over the years
Heck yea another video too look forward too after work ! Thanks for your everyday entertainment jacob much appreciated 👍👍
@@derekthell1019 agreed… I love the every day adventures!!!
RUclipsr- Urban Historian
I’ve been a huge fan of you for years and you’re hands down my all time favorite RUclipsr! So humble and such a joy to watch! I’d love to be able to run into you one day and aspire to be like you, much love!! ❤️
I think if I ran into him, I probably faint 😂
Jacob- was that your bodyguard team in the background during the opening :) hahaha
@@JohnnyG10178 lol
end shot with the boardwalk behind you is fab!
That heyyy you guyysss puts me at peace
Santa Cruz boardwalk is awesome! Maybe one day i will make it to California, I'm 56 and live in Tampa, Florida
@@markteicher5785 it is a lot of fun. I used to go all the time when I lived in California with my parents as a kid. I haven’t been there for a while now and now I am 60.
And also a RUclipsr…
Urban Historian
i have such fond memories of coming here every summer when i was a child and preteen. we’d get the season pass and make the drive down every couple weeks to enjoy the park and the beach. then they started screening The Lost Boys right on the sand and it was such a blast. it’s changed a lot over the past 15 years but it’s nice to see some of my favorite rides are still around. i gotta go back soon and just walk around!~
The title of a horror film 🎥: The Carpet Bagger meets Laffing Sal. You will never walk up a set of stairs again!
huge fan also i love your videos
The Big Dipper is a wooden rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure beach in England and is just over 100 years old. Maybe you've heard of it and that's why you refered to the giant dipper as the big dipper 😊.
Looks like a great boardwalk! I liked the Cave Train, lots of fun details. It was good weather when you went.
@@zig_zagman it is a great boardwalk… but I miss it a lot haven’t been in years used to go all the time when I lived in California…
RUclipsr- Urban Historian
The Fright Walk under the boardwalk was actually frightening lol. How cool would it of been if they snuck a vampire in there 😏
One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach: all the damn vampires.
They did have the Killer Klowns from Outerspace masks, which the final scene of the movie was shot at the Boardwalk
The caveman bar scene was so fun to watch. ♥It really does make you feel like you're in another world. The dark rides were awesome and I was happy to see a summer haunt. Never too early to be scared! : ) The Laffing Sal story was also very sweet. 😊
Good Morning " YA ALL " Jacob the Carpetbagger..!!
@@craigholstine2154 good afternoon… 👋
RUclipsr- Urban Historian…
From Washington
Moved to AZ 9 years ago from the SF Bay Area. 40 miles closer to Disneyland but really miss heading down to the Boardwalk and the beautiful drive along the coast. For those in AZ, the coast is where the ocean and shoreline meet.
I have so many fond childhood memories spent at that park.
I miss you mom.
next time you are at a fair or someplace that you need another ridder ask your crowd if they would like to be your partner for the day. try to set it up the day before . might be fun?
it always makes me pleased as punch whenever someone makes content about my hometown! I have fond memories of the boardwalk, cave train adventure is such a platonic ideal of a dark ride.
I'm starting to appreciate the old theme dark rides art since watching to your channel 😊 Great video Jacob 😚
Longtime fan! You recently visited the Lehi ancient life museum, which is around where I live, but I was in Santa Cruz while you were there. Now you are in Santa Cruz while I’m back home! I just think that is wild!
This brings back memories I used to go there a lot as a kid and as an adult it is a Kik
Giant Dipper's an absolute classic - for its age, I found it to actually be smoother than a number of modern woodies. Can tell SCBB takes pride in their park with its appearance, operations, and efficiency.
I love the cave train ride
This boardwalk looks super fun. Too bad I will probably never make it to the west Coast in my lifetime, so I do not mind living vicariously through you
Loved the video, Jacob. Till the next one, take care my friend and as always safe travels.
@@paulfuryes203 🙂👍
Agreed
I grew up 30 minutes from Santa Cruz. I knew every inch of that park in the 90s. Awesome vid
I grew up in the 50s and spent many a summer Saturday in Santa Cruz. The pool was called the Plunge. So many memories. I haven't been to Santa Cruz since the mid-70s. Glad I enjoyed it in earlier days with fewer crowds.
Wow amazing video! I have not been to Santa Cruse for meany years! They have come such a long way since my day, thank you for sharing with us
Thank you for showing us all these great places😊
Very amazing 🤩 beautiful here in California right
@@InykaWarner yes, and it gets very hot there also.
Thanks for the video 😊
Grew up going to the boardwalk. It’s such a classic!
Jacob I have a request for you when you go to the State Fairs do the Cow barns. I love cows. Last year you missed for the most part the cow barns. Thank You Jacob !!
Looks like you're having a fantastic time in California. I'm enjoying your adventures this summer very much. Keep up the fantastic work, and stay safe.
I live about 45 minutes away. I love this place. Been going there my whole life!
My hometown and I didn’t know all this stuff was there all these years lol 😂. Damn! 😊
Yes, Laughing Sal scared me as a child at Playland, too. 😊
Great time with you in Santa Cruz! Best Rich (& Brenda) 😊😊
My wonderful childhood of visiting family!!! I miss Santa cruz so much
I gotta take a trip soon and check out how it is now
Two-Face Clown and the Spooky Girl: either my new favorite morning zoo crew radio show or the rap duo that's gonna drop the hottest album of the year.
I've been here before, and I hope one day I come back and see this magnificent place.
That's the best traditional dark Ride I've seen in a minute🎉❤ great haunted house under the boardwalk as well!
i have not been here since probably 1986 when i was 4 years old, nice to see its in good condition!
I remember the 90s made-for-TV movie that was shot on this boardwalk. It was called Thrill. I loved rollercoasters back then. So this movie was a stand out for me. I got to go to the boardwalk during the year 2000. The coaster didn't disappoint! It was wild. Everything fell out of my pockets during the ride! 😂
Enjoyed this a lot. I like the old school non-shooter dark rides the best. Loved Laffing Sal and the lady’s story.
My family has been to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and so has my former para from my former middle school, which is located somewhere in California, of course. Nice video that you uploaded. Good heavens, is that Laughing Sal? I remember seeing her from Musee Mecanique which used to be located below the Cliff House in The City by The Bay.
Looks like a fantastic day at a terrific park! The only thing missing was 8 more darkrides and a crooked house.
@@kennethgustavison1812 🙂👍
Old Tucson Studios has a dark Ride...
This was so nostalgic! I used to love the cave man ride as a kid. Thats all I wanted to get on at the boardwalk 😂
always enjoy your videos...thanks!
Dude, we just this last Saturday and Sunday so we just missed you!
I wish I knew you were coming to santa cruz It would have been awsome to meet you my son and I have been following you for a long time