Today I went to the Golden Nugget Goodbye ceremony that was open to the public on Hunt's Pier in Wildwood, NJ. In the hour before the ceremony a few hundred people stood on the boardwalk to enter the picket fence covered entrance of the pier. The ceremony was held inside the Golden Nugget, which got my interest in attending. Upon entry I got a gift bag with a piece of lift chain and a plastic miner hat. I noticed some people got track pieces and some got banister pieces, not as cool. The Morey's were quite surprised to see the larger than expected crowd on hand. They expected 200 but got well towards 500. Afraid that there wouldn't be enough chowder what do you get to fill in between? Philly soft pretzels that is. You can always get that in an instant in South Jersey. The Golden Nugget was gutted of track for all but a small section of the loading station were there were two cars in the corner. There were pics of the memorable times for the ride on the walls. I got to take a few pics of the lift hills and touch the structure. After the Morey's opened the ceremony, the Hunt's grand daughter spoke, John Allen's son, and representatives from PTC, DAFE, and ACE. It was freezing cold, but after the ceremony there were tours of the Morey's paint and coaster shop. At the reception of clam chowder and pretzels there was the model of Morey's proposed two pier coaster. I've seen pictures before of it but there were some details I didn't notice before. Really juicy features. I appreciate very much the free gesture and goodbye by the Morey's organization. I really got my money's worth today for the initial credits/high ticket price years ago. All is good.

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Thrillnetwork Moderator - Sophomore Original sn: CHILLERLC1
2008 & 2009 TN Coaster Draft Champion
You knew I wanted the other repeat too

any photos ?
is this the same model they had at Eastcoaster last year
clear plastic ?

The model was next to overhead blueprints. It was a wooden model.
I may put some general photos in our database here for the Golden Nugget.

I knew about Kamakazi at Hunt's, which went on to become Ninja at SFOG. Learning that there was a wooden Sea Dragon/Scooby Doo coaster clone on Hunt's Pier called Flyer, especially in NJ, in the past was a killer to me. I like that small coaster model.

I realized today the proper location of everything, the piers. Kamakazi's inverted cousin, similar in layout, rose just a few feet away as Great Nor Easter.

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Thrillnetwork Moderator - Sophomore Original sn: CHILLERLC1
2008 & 2009 TN Coaster Draft Champion
You knew I wanted the other repeat too

Yes I rode and have many pics of Kamikaze
It was a great coaster for pictures with the interlocking loops or so it seemed it looked like when when looked at at certain angles

I missed the event today but will be at Eastcoaster I'm sure they will have the same model on display

Also all signed up for Coasten by the Ocean

Sounds like quite the event. I was surprised to hear about the gift bags. I agree the lift chain is cooler then the banister piece. but I would take either.

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Michael C