i was the make up director and the 2nd one to be employed from its in speciation to it true demise in between the years of 2013 or 2014.the ship was a total 15 mins to walk threw with a second level we have 15 actors in those years. we where the #1 haunt in the east coast all of those years that ship spawned moreys fears it to was a hit with summer goes and locals. rest in peace jack Moery he was the man behind it all with out him it would have never happened. the ship that you just seen is a quarty of what it use to be. still a lot of fun thank you dark in the park for shooting this let keep the memorys alive.
I remember I couldn't wait for this to open. Still have the hat somewhere lol It was so much better then, longer and many actors to scare you. Still awesome though!
Rebuild Castle Dracula, keep up the maintence, repairs, staff and you will have a landmark that will bring in customers till the end of time. Morey's need a vision that is unique and different from amusement parks. This is different and will last but invest on the second floor and give people what they pay for. It's tome to bring back the character of the 5 piers in the past. That was great. Nothing like it running from pier to pier.
They used to have that ship horn set so loud you could hear it from the south hotels. Really REALLY loud. They don't do the horn anymore, as far as I'm aware.
Yes, I remember the air horn. It is still mounted on the second floor, but they stopped using it after a couple seasons....probably because people complained of the noise.
@@ryliebrown5925 Also I'm one to say something but I think I prefer the horn not being used. I believe the second floor isn't being used since it's still being worked on after not being used since 2020
Yes, the second floor hasn't been open since 2019. Apparently, there is lots of repairs that need to made up there and the owners aren't sure it's worth the expense.
@@DarkinthePark No but I can prove that he's not right and right at the same time, if you go to the waterpark, and are queuing up for the slides nearby the ship. You can definitely see that they've been trying to work on it, it definitely looks like some amount of progress has been made. But the cost part isn't right either, It's probably due to the fact that they don't have enough scare actors to operate the top of the ship this late into the park season, considering we're almost nearing Labor Day Same issue they had last year when they soft opened it right before the end of the 2023 season. I believe one of the morey's stated that it can happen, but not at the current moment of time.
This isn't bad but it's high maintanance and takes up too much room for what it REALLY is. It doesn't at all compare to Castle Dracula and dungeon boot ride that existed before the fire. I more or less understand the reasoning behind why they didn't rebuild it but I STILL believe they looked at it from the wrong perspectives and ultimately dropped the ball on something that could have very well been an international show piece that brought even more tourism to the Wildwoods. Imagine how much more grand of a footprint it could have been. This is nice to look at from outside but that's about it.
Currently, only the first level is open. The ship was closed for 3 summers during the pandemic. When it finally opened last summer, it was determined that the second floor was too deteriorated from being closed for so long that it wasn't worth reopening that portion of the ship.
