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The above photos show a side view of
Fun Pier from the beach. Photo to the left shows the north side
of the pier and was taken shortly before the fires of 84'. The
photo to the right shows the south side of the pier and was
taken in 1980.
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Pictured above is the Lost World dark ride. To read more on
this attraction CLICK
HERE.
The photos above show the Jungleland
darkride on Fun Pier and were submitted by Jack Seddon. To read
about the elephant pictured above
CLICK HERE.
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The Sky Tower was developed by Universal Design Limited which
was located at the CMC Airport.
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Universal Design Limited also
developed the Fun Pier Monorail system. Both attractions
were added to the pier in the mid 60's. To see more
photographs of the Monorail
- Click Here!
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Joe Barnes on the pier in 1966.
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The Seascape Dark ride in the late 60's.
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Side view of the ride in 72' (missing a few letters)
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Seascape was located at the back of the pier on the
southeast corner.
CLICK BELOW TO READ ABOUT
1984 was not a good year for Fun Pier. The
August fire which had claimed several attractions including
a defunct Castle Frankenstein had barely cooled when just
three months later another fire ripped through the pier. It
was on November 24th on a brisk and bright Saturday afternoon
when the fire was called in to police by a passer-by at 1:37pm.
The fire successfully destroyed at least eight amusement rides
and attractions and caused part of the pier to collapse. When
firefighters arrived at the scene the flames were shooting
60 to 70 feet into the air along with thick black smoke and
appeared to be burning in the center of the Lost World dark
ride and traveling east toward the ocean. The blaze was brought
under control by about 3:30pm. Some of the rides lost in the
flames were the Crazy House, the Jet 400 roller coaster, the
Mirror Maze, the Lost World and a Scooter Ride. The Sky Tower
also sustained some damage.
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Wildwood fireman drench the
great ape of Lost World with water in hopes of saving
him from the flames.
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