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Casino Pier was an amusement facility center featuring numerous rides, games, and concession stands. Before Hurricane Sandy, there were 38 rides on the pier, ranging from family rides to roller coasters; other attractions include a rooftop miniature golf course, a chairlift that runs the length of the Seaside Height's boardwalk north of Casino Pier, a figure 8 Go-Kart track, and numerous ...
Star Jet was a replacement for the similarly-named Jet Star roller coaster, which operated on Casino Pier from 1970 until 2000. [2] The similarity in names between the Star Jet and its predecessor has resulted in Star Jet being frequently misidentified in the media as Jet Star, [3] and even misidentified on Casino Pier's own website following Hurricane Sandy.
Hydrus is a steel roller coaster at Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Opened in 2017, it was the sixth Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter roller coaster to open in the United States [1] and the first Euro-Fighter 320 model in the world. [2] It replaced Star Jet, which was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
Jet Star, sometimes stylized as Jet-Star, was a steel roller coaster which operated between 1970 and 2000 at Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.It was replaced by—and sometimes confused with [1] —Star Jet, [2] the coaster that was swept into the Atlantic Ocean by Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012.
Jet Star (Casino Pier), a former roller coaster located at Casino Pier from 1970 to 2000; Jet Star (Knoebels), a former roller coaster located at Knoebels Amusement Resort; Jet Star (Luna Park), a roller coaster located at Luna Park La Palmyre; Jet Star (Morey's Piers), a former roller coaster located at Morey's Piers
Heidi: The Ride: Plopsaland: Wooden roller coaster: Great Coasters International: April 2 [29] Hydrus: Casino Pier: Euro-Fighter roller coaster: Gerstlauer: May 6 [30] Hype: Särkänniemi Amusement Park: Launched roller coaster: Premier Rides: June 18 [31] InvadR: Busch Gardens Williamsburg: Wooden roller coaster: Great Coasters International ...
On May 2, 1988, a 22-year-old man was injured after falling twenty feet off the ride onto a cement pier. He suffered a broken leg, pelvis, ankle, several ribs, and a punctured lung. He recovered at Hershey Medical Center. He sued but was not awarded any damages as he had lifted the safety bar and stood up during the ride. [112] [113]
But the balance of his reported $250,000 per year gross income came from his several roles as dance hall impresario, bandleader and promoter, which by August 1943 included seven nights a week at the Aragon Ballroom, Friday and Saturday nights with the Swing Shift Dances (12:30 a.m. to 5 a.m.) at the nearby Casino Gardens, monthly dances for ...