Thank you for sharing this. I loved seeing the Boardwalk as i remember it from my childhood. I played so many rounds of Mini golf there!

The Pirate Ship... with the tilted rooms & quicksand, skeletons, that was the best... thanks.

@DarkinthePark

3 жыл бұрын

yes...it was our favorite too! Don't forget the rope bridge at the end with all the pirates drinking their rum.

It's a real crying shame that Hunt's Pier is defunct. That was the best pier on the Wildwood Boardwalk. I visited it between 1980-1983. Too bad Dinosaur Beach didn't last as well. At least they have a cool mirror maze on the boardwalk end. But the rest of the pier is just storage and maintenance and go-karts. This vid as well as Michael Hawthorne's vid from 1988, and Mel Toxic's 1986 vid takes you back to when Hunt's Pier was still intact although under new ownership 1986 and up.

Oh my goodness the memories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you! My grandmother had a summer home in Wildwood and my family would vacation there every year in the 70s to early 80s. Hunt's Pier was my favorite place on the boardwalk.

I miss this Wildwood, it had better shops like the Nut Hut and Fun Shop. There were multiple piers with fabulous attractions like the giant slide. Thank you for the post, it takes me back to a better time.

@DarkinthePark

4 жыл бұрын

Things have changed in Wildwood..but not all for the bad. A new generation is making their own Wildwood memories now.

@geo386

4 жыл бұрын

@@DarkinthePark I know there are more new things it's just I miss all the stores that were once there. I don't think all change is bad. I am just nostalgic sonetimes.

My parents worked there in 1988 i love hanging out in hunts pier

Thank you for this. Love those wildwood days

Thanks for uploading! Brings back wonderful memories!

Thanks for the trip back in time. This is how ww looked back when I was a kid. I was 11 in 88

Man I miss this

I miss Hunts Pier

Hunts pier was the best. I loved those rides so much.

@marymccloskey9450

2 жыл бұрын

Every year my family stayed at 424 E Poplar and later at night I’d sit on the porch and listen to the sounds. Across from the pier was a wonderful shop, an arcade, movie house and mini golf. 50 years later, I still had my wooden nickel! It was so sad when Mr. Hunt passed away. He had build something truly special.

I wish Hunts was still there!

@DarkinthePark

Ай бұрын

We all do.

Always loved the Whacky Shack and the Golden Nugget Mine Ride as a kid. In fact, that’s why I love exploring abandoned mines today as an adult here on my KZread channel!

@DarkinthePark

4 жыл бұрын

I checked out some of your videos...you are nuts going in those old mines. I'll stick to the old fake falling timbers gag rather than the real thing. Stay safe friend!

@AbandonedMines11

4 жыл бұрын

Dark in the Park What can I say? I also love haunted houses to this day. And I owe all that to the Whacky Shack and the other haunted house that had live actors in it on another pier. I also remember the walkthrough pirate ship called Skua on Hunt’s Pier. These things greatly influenced my childhood imagination every June when we would go there for a week on vacation.

@DarkinthePark

4 жыл бұрын

@@AbandonedMines11 The Skua was our favorite ride on Hunt's. I would love to go back in time and do one more walk-through...with a high quality camera.

Here is the timeline of Hunt's Pier since 1957. William C. Hunt ownership 1957-July 1970 Bill Hunt passed away William D. "Bud" Hunt and Guy Hunt ownership July 1970-1975 Guy Hunt passed away Bud Hunt ownership 1975-1985 Bud Hunt and manager Vince Kostek retired after 1985 Hunt's Pier Associates - David Kami, Ted Snyder and two other guys 1986-1990 Several classic rides on north side of pier razed Feb 1989. Flyer, Ghost Town Iron Horse railroad, mini hot rods, Jungleland, Pirate Ship Skua Conko's Party Pier 1991 Ocean Pier 1993-1994 Limited rides running like Hunt's Horror and Golden Nugget. Log Flume and Keystone Kops closed I believe, walk through haunted house located between Hunt's Horror and Log Flume Atlantic Pier (Catanoso brothers) 1995 Tony Catanoso and his brothers won the NJ lottery in 1993 and leased the former Hunt's Pier in 1995 to redevelop it. Kiddie rides running at front of pier with wall blocking old Hunt rides. Tony Catanoso and his brothers own Steel Pier in AC. Hunt's Horror, Nugget, Flume and Rapids SBNO. Hunt's Horror removed early 1996, props removed and put into storage somewhere in Wildwood. Building trashed, pushed into dumpsters on beach. Dinosaur Beach - Family Kingdom, Inc. Catanoso brothers 1996-1998 Morey Organization 1999-present

When the miniature golf was on the rooftops And phone booths Where everywhere

my wife and I walked the board walk.... is hunts Pier there ????

@cherprod

6 жыл бұрын

The pier is still there, but it is mostly used for storage and maintenance buildings for the Morey organization.

@briancrowley6413

6 жыл бұрын

+Bill Cherkasky *sigh*,...... thanks

@robkrasinski6217

5 жыл бұрын

@@briancrowley6413 Yep, after Bud Hunt sold it Feb 1986 it went downhill. The Hunt's took pride in their pier and the custom built rides, the new owners not so much. In fact, after 1988 several rides including the Flyer were destroyed. The pier was Dinosaur Beach 1996-1998 then was bought by the Morey's and had go-kart rides, and the Golden Nugget just sat. The log flume was taken apart and sent to a park in Iowa where it was rebuilt. Now, the pier has a mirror maze along the boardwalk.

I swear that is my mom and dad in the beginning of the video

@DarkinthePark

5 жыл бұрын

Ask them...maybe it is.

@ElleCee62978

5 жыл бұрын

Dark in the Park My father passed away in 1991. My mother is alive but doesn’t care for Wildwood

@ElleCee62978

5 жыл бұрын

Dark in the Park we stayed at the Shore Plaza and literally all of the sounds on this video are the soundtrack of my childhood. Thank you for bringing it back.