Favorite Wildwood "smell"?

[Al Alven]

What is it?

Be as vivid as possible! ;D

[FlyinGN]

man.. thats a tough one..... The one that comes to mind is the ocean smell as we pass Rio Grand into wildwood. We roll down the windows at that point:)

Then later the food on the boardwalk. Id say my fav is the Macks pizza smell:)

Then later.. around the rides there is the smell of 'machinery'.. grease, electricty.. You smell it around the coasters and the bumper cars..

Then in the morning, we take sunrise walks on the beach.. mmmmmmm the smell of the morning ocean.. It does stuf to me:):)mmmmm

[momto2]

hmmmm
The hot spot making breakfast
Cotton Candy
Curley's Fries
And we can't forget the fuel in that boat game where you shoot the balls at it

[FlyinGN]

yea the exhaust smell from those boats is very strong..

I forgot Curley fries:)

[momto2]

shame on you how can you forget those fries!
You would think with all the crap I eat on the boards I'd be big Im 5'4" and maybe 115

[Al Alven]

Here are my two favorites…<br>
Current: The combination of smells at the corner of 26th and Boardwalk

The aroma of the Curley’s Fries stand at the base of Morey’s Pier combined with the fresh-baked scent of pizza, cheese and oregano over at Sam’s Pizza is incredible. It attacks all of your senses at once, especially when the breeze is blowing in from the ocean and beach, and from Morey's Pier nearby. That, to me, is the definitive Wildwood smell. It is something that must be experienced to be understood.

All-Time: The first hill on the Golden Nugget Mine Ride

Frank mentioned the memorable smell of the machinery of the amusement rides. No such scent was and remains more memorable to me than the one that hit you as you ascended the first hill of the old Golden Nugget Mine Ride at Hunt’s Pier. The combo of grease, electricity and general mustiness was almost as empowering as it was distinctive, as it only heightened your sense of anticipation as you entered the first leg of what is surely one of the greatest amusement rides of all-time.

[FlyinGN]

my wifes same way. Shes 5'-1"/108.. lol

momto2 said:

shame on you how can you forget those fries!
You would think with all the crap I eat on the boards I'd be big Im 5'4" and maybe 115

[FlyinGN]

exactly Al! Thats the smell!

Frank

Al said:

Here are my two favorites…<br>
Current: The combination of smells at the corner of 26th and Boardwalk

The aroma of the Curley’s Fries stand at the base of Morey’s Pier combined with the fresh-baked scent of pizza, cheese and oregano over at Sam’s Pizza is incredible. It attacks all of your senses at once, especially when the breeze is blowing in from the ocean and beach, and from Morey's Pier nearby. That, to me, is the definitive Wildwood smell. It is something that must be experienced to be understood.

All-Time: The first hill on the Golden Nugget Mine Ride

Frank mentioned the memorable smell of the machinery of the amusement rides. No such scent was and remains more memorable to me than the one that hit you as you ascended the first hill of the old Golden Nugget Mine Ride at Hunt’s Pier. The combo of grease, electricity and general mustiness was almost as empowering as it was distinctive, as it only heightened your sense of anticipation as you entered the first leg of what is surely one of the greatest amusement rides of all-time.

[AnthonyV]

The smell of Coppertone on a hot but slightly breezy summer day always brings back memories of WIldwood and the shore for me. Open a bottle of Coppertone in the dead of winter and you can be transformed to a hot summer day at the shore!

The Wildwood boardwalk pretty much smells like any other NJ boardwalks like Seaside and Point Pleasant in my opinion - which is still unique! A blending of sweetness from the various candy and fudge shops, the smell of pizza everywhere, the smell of hotdogs, sausage, onions and peppers being fried, the smell of the brittle wood from the boardwalk being petrified in the summer heat.

I do known that the smell coming in from Rio Grande off the grassy sound and back bay on a hot summer day was one that used to be very different near where the Visitors Center and bridge is today. And although it would sometimes be an "odd" sometimes foul smell, it was a smell that was so distinct that I knew I had to be coming into Wildwood.

[MMM]

The smell of the air after leaving the Parkway at 4B and going through Rt. 47 to the bridge/Rio Grande Ave. With that smell, I know I've arrived, though I agree it doesn't seem to be as pungent as it once was.

I never thought of the smell on the Golden Nugget on its own, just as a part of the whole experience of being on my favorite ride. Thinking of that smell now that Al mentioned it put a smile on my face. I can feel myself ready to make the turn at the top and go down a bit into the Mine.

[MrBoardwalk]

[glow=green,2,300]My favorite smell has to be the Golden Nugget Mine Ride smell. It is a combination of track grease, old wood and mold. The ride has smelled like that for as long as I can remember and still does.[/glow]

[novacancy]

Smells definately conjur up vivid memories for me. If I'm having a very LONG winter (like this year) I can't help but stop and sniff the Coppertone at CVS to immediately improve my mood and remind me of Wildwood's old signs "Tan don't Burn...". The hot tar odor of the boardwalk is also vivid...you know, when the timbers get hot in the direct sun and you can smell the tar. I LOVE candy shop smells, like the over powering sweet smell of Douglass Fudge. While most people would be repulsed by the slightly musty smell of a vintage Wildwood motel...I love it. I'd take that weathered smell over new carpet odor any day.

[FlyinGN]

[Doowopper]

That odd smell of cleaners mixed with the salt air and air conditioner vapors that surrounds the motels (at least the cleaner ones) Nothing like the clean salt air though.

[ContessaAnisha]

Salt air after a big storm...the bumper cars...cotton candy and sauted peppers and onions...pizza...that slightly moldy smell you get as you pass the shops just after the season starts...BBQs on lazy summer afternoons.