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Post by plokoon on Sept 10, 2008 14:02:32 GMT -5
The ride may possibly be demolished for a paint shop. Mrboardwalk the manager of the MB site has seen a demo contractor inspect the ride.
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Post by lorenzothegeek on Sept 19, 2008 5:51:58 GMT -5
about time
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Post by robert on Sept 23, 2008 12:41:24 GMT -5
No!!!! Please don't demo it! It is the last pre-1980 dark ride left in Wildwood and the last Hunt's Pier ride left standing. It should be restored and preserved as part of a new amusement pier with the new wood coaster from Morey's to Hunt's. I don't know what Jack and Will have up their sleeves, but I heard that they left the Nugget standing until they figure out what to do with it. I heard that it would be very costly to restore, which might make them think twice about bringing it back if it won't be as popular today and achieve a return on investment. I hope it would come back, though.
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Post by gljh319 on Sept 24, 2008 11:21:11 GMT -5
sorry to say, but it looks like it wont be anything but a pile of rubbish soon. rumor has it, its F.U.B.A.R. (F***ed Up Beyond All Repair) it seems time took its toll on the ride, and waiting to do anything with it made it worse. as for demo contractor on site, thats b.s. no ones been onsite all summer execpt to shoo off some people who got too close. looks like the death knell for this once great ride.(sorry robert!)
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Post by robert on Sept 25, 2008 0:59:30 GMT -5
Was the Nugget in any worse shape in 1995 when it was closed? Dino Beach did a great job restoring it for 1996 and adding the modern safety features like lights, fire extinguishers, whatever they added to it. I have pictures of it from 1995 and 1996. I remember riding it in 1980-1983 when my father was alive, those were the glory days of Hunt's Pier when Bud Hunt and Vince Kostek were running the pier. Bud Hunt made a big mistake selling the pier to those investors in 1985/1986 because they really screwed up the pier in 1989. Those guys (1986-1990) didn't care that they were ruining classic rides, they just wanted to make a buck. If Dinosaur Beach hadn't failed in Sept. 1998, the Nugget might have still been running today. It's the Morey's fault that the Nugget is the way it is, they failed to do preventive maintenance on it to keep it stable and less likely to crumble. Well, they boarded up some of the mine shafts to keep unauthorized people out. More likely a liability/safety issue than preventing people from breaking in and vandalizing it or starting a fire. They could care less what happens to the Nugget itself, they just don't want anyone to enter it and get hurt and sue their a**'s off. If you want your kids (and you) to be able to ride it, you know those kids who weren't around when it last operated, you had better pressure the Morey's to keep it and find a way to fix it and get it running again. It's a shame that the number of Wildwood's dark rides dwindled to such a low number, and besides Dante's, the other dark rides plain suck. Nobody seems willing to build a new horror attraction at the shore anymore, like the old castles and mansions, but parks like Cedar Fair parks will do all these haunted attractions for haunt events like what Dorney Park is doing between this Saturday and Nov. 1st.
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Post by gljh319 on Sept 25, 2008 11:17:59 GMT -5
they did remodel it but not enough. the bad shore winters took its toll after all these years. i heard the main remodeling problem is asbestos. E.P.A rules are strict on things like that. i cant see anyone trying to do anything with it, except watch it crumble, and ultimately, like every other dark ride, burn down. your right, there arent many huge dark rides around like brigantine, draculas, but i think costs of building such rides are too expensive. (remember they have to be a.d.a. approved too) i believe that they want to do something with it, but it would be too cost prohibitive. but, think positive, its still standing, and as long as it is, its a potential point of sale to somone looking to preserve a great dark ride. lets keep our fingers crossed!
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Post by robert on Sept 26, 2008 2:47:37 GMT -5
You know what, ADA didn't exist when the old haunted attractions were built in the 1970's, like Morey's Haunted House, Brigantine, Dracula, Castle Frankenstein, Haunted Mansion, etc. ADA was formed in 1990. So it was easier to build such attractions in the 70's without all the stupid laws and ADA. Dorney Park just built a new haunted house for their haunt event called Club Blood. It looks like a rectangular shed building with a peaked roof. It has some graffiti art on the front, and the Club Blood sign. Dorney Park has all the safety features in their haunts like fire extinguishers, emergency exits, glow in the dark dots on the floor and signs on doors like emergency exit, and security guards. Now Dorney has 4 indoor haunts, and 3 outdoor haunts. The Haunt opens this Saturday and runs until Nov. 1 on Fri, Sat, and Sun. The Haunt opens at 6 pm, on Sat and Sun from noon-4 pm it's called Boo Blast! and is family-friendly, only one indoor haunt is open, the Magical House on Boo Hill. It becomes Kill Hill at 6 pm and the other haunts open. The Cedar Fair parks are really going all out with haunts, most of their parks added new ones this year.
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Post by getajob on Sept 26, 2008 12:14:11 GMT -5
Shocketoberfest, my favorite "haunt" has added a dark ride to their line-up this year. It will be interesting to see if it is a standing structure or a travel ride that they purchased.
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