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Post by wildwood4life on Aug 6, 2006 22:13:44 GMT -5
Alright I'm gonna take a guess at this..... If it was the building with the 3 triangles on the roof would this happen to be the place they made the new entrance for the new Hunt's Pier in the late 80's?
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Post by Robert on Aug 6, 2006 23:02:19 GMT -5
Here is a shot of the pier entrance www.angelfire.com/nj/wwbysea/HUNT/newhunts.html As you can see, there were four game buildings, with a triangle above each entrance. Was that a double deck carousel just inside the entrance? Like the ones Morey's have? Hunt's used to have a standard one deck carousel which was located next to Keystone Kops. There was also a regular carousel just inside the entrance during Dino Beach. I guess it was one of those Chance carousels, I think there's one on the Morey's south pier.
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Post by Rob Ascough on Aug 7, 2006 9:25:51 GMT -5
Yes, Robert, those building were constructed after the Flyer was torn down. Back then, the pier had a completely "open" entrance to the boardwalk.
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Post by Robert on Aug 7, 2006 15:19:21 GMT -5
What was the whole point of the Flyer demolition? Was it because the owner felt he could make more money on newer rides, including the Kamikaze coaster? There have been wooden coasters torn down elsewhere, such as at Nickels (too costly to maintain), in NE PA at a park called Rocky Glen, the park closed and the coaster was left to rot and eventually torn down, a park near Hazelton at Drums, PA called Angela Park had an identical copy of the Flyer called Valley Volcano and it's final season was 1988 like the Flyer. It was torn down a few years later after closing. We drove by the park site on Rt. 309 one time and it looked like there was nothing left of the park. I guess Angela couldn't compete with Knoebel's and Dorney Park. I have a brochure from the park. I think they had a pretzel dark ride and it was probably lost after the park closed. Why did so many old parks close around the 1987-88 time period? Mountain Park in Mass. was another big loss at that time. Maybe Rob you can answer that.
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Post by Rob Ascough on Aug 8, 2006 10:23:30 GMT -5
Parks close for a number of reasons. Sometimes it's competition from other parks but more often than not it's because people find other things to do. It's a vicious cycle- guests entertain themselves elsewhere, parks don't make the money necessary to maintain the property and add new rides and more people stop going because they claim the park is run-down and dangerous. Parks also close because the owners no longer want to be bothered with running a park and take a wad of cash handed to them by a developer for the land, which is usually worth a fortune. I can supply you a list of wood roller coasters and traditional amusement parks that have been lost in the past few decades but it would be nauseating.
I'm not sure why the new owner of Hunt's Pier decided to rip everything out but I'm guessing he felt that those "old" attractions couldn't cut it when compared to everything else on the boardwalk and wanted to modernize. There are many ways to modernize and that was the most extreme way of doing that. Parks like Hershey have modernized the right way- that place is modern while acknowledging its historic roots.
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Post by bono715 on Aug 8, 2006 20:59:35 GMT -5
My husband and I were down in Wildwood July 26-30 (stayed at the Caribbean). We walked the boardwalk three times from begining to end and back. And every time I walked by Sam's Pizza it reminded me how weird it was not to see The Shore Plaza and not seeing people sit in thier boardwalk-side balconies looking at all the people walking by and hearing the action. Such a shame a landmark like that is gone for good. But Sam's was alive and kicking though.
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Post by MMM on Aug 8, 2006 21:11:01 GMT -5
Did you enjoy your stay at the Caribbean?
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Post by bono715 on Aug 8, 2006 21:20:12 GMT -5
MMM,
Yes, we did enjoy ourselves at the Caribbean. It is such a nice, clean place and we had a fun, relaxing time. This was our second time at the Caribbean and we decided that will be our place to stay in the future. I love the funky style and room decor and especially the horseshoe shaped pool. Everyday there is a maintenance man outside either hosing down the pool deck, washing the outside of the room windows, cleaning the pool and fixing whatever needs to be repaired. Maid service is pretty prompt and does a nice job.
I also like the idea of only being 2 blocks from the boardwalk and 1/2 a block from the beach. Can't ask for more!
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Post by MMM on Aug 8, 2006 21:27:06 GMT -5
Good to hear! It really seems to have received the right new owners...
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Post by Rob Ascough on Aug 9, 2006 8:36:09 GMT -5
Yeah, if only more motels could be that lucky.
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Post by fuzzyscorpio on Aug 9, 2006 10:35:31 GMT -5
Yeah, if only more motels could be that lucky. Amen.
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