Castle Park (Riverside CA) removes Spinning Mouse

I drove by Castle Park earlier this week and noted that their long troubled Spinning Mouse had been removed. It was closed more than it ran over the last few years, but it's finally been removed. That alone would be troubling enough, but given the other issues the park has had with closed attractions, it sure puts a cloud over the park's future.

Cute little park with a TON of Amusement Industry history (see Hurlbut, Wendell "Bud").

Honestly, I'm glad it's gone. It was an awful ride with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

Here's hoping that the park puts something better in its place.

I thought that ride was fun, and the park was outstanding. More fun than Magic Mountain this past time. Maybe they’ll get Scorpion.

Have they cleaned that place up? It was a dump when I went in 2019. Half of the rides were closed and many were completely disassembled. Mini golf course looked like it hadn't seen water for years and was falling apart. That was especially telling since that was the home park for Palace Entertainment before they moved HQ to Pittsburgh shortly before the pandemic.

I thought it was a nice little park when I stopped by in 2009. The mini-golf course is is huge!

In the past year, they have removed the Sally dark ride - Ghost Blasters, the Spider ride, and the Screamin Demon - spinning coaster; and they added a picknik area and a couple of arcade games. They also discontinued Anthony the Magic - the one entertainment show that they had. The miniuture golf course fountains are all broken and have not held water in years. The chain must be broke or this park must not be doing very well to spend any money on it.