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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.
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.
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 ...
The iconic Wonder Wheel and Luna Park (today’s site is a reincarnation of the 1903 original) and its Cyclone roller coaster (this seaside attraction was the site of the world’s first roller ...
The Seaside Heights boardwalk is bookended by two 300-foot-long (91 m) piers that feature amusement rides, carousels, log flumes, roller coasters, Ferris wheels and more. One of these piers is the world-famous Casino Pier , home to the Hydrus roller coaster The other was the Funtown Amusement Pier, which was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy with ...
Seaside Heights paid over $1 million for restoration of the machine, and another $2.3 million for the new pavilion to house it (in both cases, assisted by grants — $750,000 from Green Acres for ...
The roller coaster at Casino Pier in Seaside Heights was demolished on May 14, 2013, after sitting in the ocean for nearly six months. As of the 2016 summer, many oceanfront homes in Mantoloking had been rebuilt, while a stretch of several blocks had empty lots where homes once stood near the Mantoloking Bridge.