Not so much a “dark ride” as a very light ride. Very disappointing
@user-sf8vo2oy4w4 сағат бұрын
summer of 1978
@user-sf8vo2oy4w5 сағат бұрын
That is me at 6:59 working the picture frame in the front room. I was 17 and now am 64. That was by far the most fun job I ever have had. I started upstairs in the rat hallway , I used to wear a hang mans rope and would take it off then strike the metal grate on the floor while screaming at the people , they would run to get away . After a while they moved me up front to the picture frame. After my short speech on the mantle , often times I would jump off the mantle and land into the group , wearing heavy boots {loud thud} then remove my heavy hang man rope from my neck and pound the floor with it. My favorite was every now and then a person would faint , many times they would run out of the room screaming with me right behind them.
@daveku9910 сағат бұрын
As a little kid, I remember the TV commercials. They scared the crap out of me.
@fredstopper990610 сағат бұрын
Awesome attractions I enjoyed it and fished there
@chrismayo490210 сағат бұрын
What a walk down memory lane’ absolutely couldn’t go up the boards without going there and enjoying the scene’ it was awesome’ now it’s nothing but 200 stores all selling Chinese garbage of the same things just arranged in different spots in the store’ and the same old rip off games you can’t win.
@michaeladamo627914 сағат бұрын
Your pop did a great job! Thanks for sharing this video
@MaxChampagne6915 сағат бұрын
Doggone it ! This was my favorite haunt in the early eighties. Fast forward to 2009, I wanted to take my new Bride to the Castle on our honeymoon. I hadn't been to WW since '85. Didn't know about the fire, the Castle website led me to believe it was still in operation. We walked up and down the whole boardwalk looking for it. No dice. Asking locals and learned it had burnt down. Heartache. Thanks for the video trip down memory lane ! Wife now sees what I was talking about all those years ago. As a haunted attraction afficionado, Castle Dracula will always be the benchmark I compare others to, and none has ever met the mark.
@DavidJones-kz6ikКүн бұрын
Tubes of Terror - lol Only in the 80's!
@louisfinley4631Күн бұрын
in some ways it's a good thing young folks today dont have any idea how much life in america has deteriorated since the turn of the century. well at least there are 10 thousand water parks to go to right, right?
@DonDiesel885Күн бұрын
Wooow! That's really is sooo wild. this documentary showed up in my feed and hit me with a serious nostalgia bomb!! What great memories dude, thanks.
@stevenwhitehead8468Күн бұрын
Does anyone remember the pizza stand right under Draculas Castle? A large pizza, cut 5 ways and a $1 a slice. Burned the roof of my mouth every time!
@DarkintheParkКүн бұрын
@@stevenwhitehead8468 how do you cut a pizza into 5 slices?
@stevenwhitehead8468Күн бұрын
@@DarkinthePark with a wheel knife, how else?
@DarkintheParkКүн бұрын
@@stevenwhitehead8468 Pizza typically gets cut into even numbers of slices so that the pieces are equal in size.
@nelmat73Күн бұрын
Those kids got away with their crime with a slap on the wrist. 🤬
@lil_jawaКүн бұрын
So, I heard this was coming back? Is this true?
@gyges5495Күн бұрын
2 dopey kids ruined it! Way to go - probably their biggest achievement in their lives
@user-uf6fy9mw2bКүн бұрын
Can u upload one without the girls carrying on its too hard to focus and I hate kids
@johntroup8453Күн бұрын
Spent summers on Glenwood ave...dad owned bay isle apartments....days on diamond beach..nights on boardwalk.....whatvwas once ,will never be again...
@WrestleFreaksGymКүн бұрын
I love these docs so much.
@CCC-wi1oe2 күн бұрын
I worked for the nickels bros (Nicky's games) for many many years. Angelo aka Nicky
@OfficialBabyboii2 күн бұрын
Purchased the boardwalk for $90,000! 😭 You need at least a million now.
@DarkinthePark2 күн бұрын
Well, he only purchased an old run-down pier for 90k.
@marqijackson61032 күн бұрын
I think I was 5. I couldn't remember the name of it till this video. My memory was the best haunted house ever. Now I know it's name
@sharonfrick50642 күн бұрын
I think I was there
@tomjones56502 күн бұрын
We went on school trips. The blacks from W. Philly would rob the white kids.😊😅😂
@mattsnyderARTIST2 күн бұрын
My family went to Wildwood once in '78 (once because I think Jaws from 2 yrs earlier left an impression on my 6 yr and my brothers 11 year old mind.) My Mom was a horror fan and wanted to go through (My Dad and my brother and I were just too scared). In retrospect it doesn't look as creepy as Brigantine looked 😂 back then. Boy did we miss out on something cool. Instead we did the King Kong ride. As a kid I made up for missing this by riding the Bucket of Blood at Dorney Park, another classic dark ride lost to a fire 🫤
@DarkinthePark2 күн бұрын
We also rode the old Bucket of Blood back in the 80s, but I don't remember there being much in there other than darkness and a lot of noise.
@springsogourne3 күн бұрын
Poor rats 😢😢
@MissMeh-fm9or3 күн бұрын
Omg I luved that place
@marcrapaccuiolo24063 күн бұрын
They had to write an essay oh boy 🙄
@1down4upworkshop613 күн бұрын
I live in Philly and was born in 1970 ... My entire youth was spent down in the Wildwoods and Castle Dracula and Brigantine castle were awesome .. Such great memories ...
@tannerslomko3 күн бұрын
I'll never forget when I was like 6 years old in 1989, I was standing by the railing and one of the cast members reached through and grabbed my leg and tried to pull me through. I was screaming and crying. I was scared of everything for like 5 years after that. Too bad my kids won't get to experience anything like that. Truly a special time in life on the Jersey Shore.
@WrestleFreaksGym3 күн бұрын
What a great doc. Thanks for this! I am going to contact Halloween Machine magazine to get a hold of you. This rules.
@daveb19644 күн бұрын
One of my favorite attractions when I was a kid.
@richardgordon58094 күн бұрын
Legendary is an understatement. We would usually start at 15th street cause that’s where our house was and there was no way the night was complete without walking down and seeing the castle, it was an always will be the best
@scarlettleaves90424 күн бұрын
Wow that was a great ride ! I’ve never seen a video in this format before either, amazing !
@antonioborriello52874 күн бұрын
So many memories!!! I'm a young kid All over again after watching this! Part of my past forever
@feloniousbutterfly4 күн бұрын
Extremely, extremely cool, thanks
@oneinthemixonthestreets15344 күн бұрын
Wish they would just rebuild this I bet if we started a Go Fund me we can get it done CMON !!
@vectorwolf4 күн бұрын
Looks like the tunnel is down.
@DarkinthePark4 күн бұрын
yes, i noticed that.
@michaeladamo11884 күн бұрын
If I’m no mistaken I think he refused to sell to the moreys. I believe he got it through a straw purchase
@michaeladamo11884 күн бұрын
Thank god this man exist! Too bad he didn’t get his hands on hunts pier. When bud hunt was selling it!
@oneinthemixonthestreets15344 күн бұрын
I remember as a Kid in the 90's I went in the Dungeon Boat Ride of the Castle and was scared. I wanted to go in the Castle but never did. Would love to find memorabilia from the castle from my childhood really loved that going to wildwood in the 90's seeing it. Sad that teens burnt it down!
@orcwarchiefreviews4 күн бұрын
I want more of this I actually like the fact you guys are doing stuff like this
@Strange-the-skeleton4 күн бұрын
This is amazing! Thank you so much
@johnmartin71824 күн бұрын
mega content/ channel as alwaysthe best stuff
@AnthonyC-uu7uw4 күн бұрын
I miss that maze 😭
@joerusso42194 күн бұрын
Place looked like a dumpy Disneyworld ride
@DarkinthePark4 күн бұрын
You really can't compare small family built attractions to what you find at a billion dollar amusement resort.
@williamworth27464 күн бұрын
was there in the 90s early 2000s
@wolfgangtrack4224 күн бұрын
I loved that place as a little kid
@4for4phillylang5 күн бұрын
Johnny Freese. Myman..he was our mechanic at Payboys Arcade also part of the time..many a great time listening to johnny play guitar downstairs in basement at Payboys..Johnny and my good buddy Russ were like twins. Totally different personality but looked almost identical. Johnny’s trademark OP corduroy shorts with his tucked in shirt and his ginormous set of keys that you could here him walking past Snow Whites to Payboys..glad to see your still going strong Johnny if by chance you get to see this. Its Scottie Payboys Changeboy/Counter Guy/Morning Shift “boss”/slacker/Russ’s little brotha from anotha motha/mikey n Ron’s big brotha from anotha motha/retired in 2002….best summers of my life were from 1990-2003 (ages 13-25) Miss coming downstairs in your office “to talk to johnnie” buddy. Hope all is well. RIP to a great man Mike Panetz. Arcade wasnt same after he left us. I know we all had our personal familys but the fact that i was literally with mikey today talking about payboys is further proof that we had a special crew there that enjoyed our jobs but more importantly enjoyed eachothers friendship. Payboys reunion coming late summer of 2024
@TDJUNKIEOZ5 күн бұрын
Wow thanks for posting this video!!!! I grew up traveling this road as a kid on the way to the shore. The memories came barging back like the koolAid man.
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Not so much a “dark ride” as a very light ride. Very disappointing
summer of 1978
That is me at 6:59 working the picture frame in the front room. I was 17 and now am 64. That was by far the most fun job I ever have had. I started upstairs in the rat hallway , I used to wear a hang mans rope and would take it off then strike the metal grate on the floor while screaming at the people , they would run to get away . After a while they moved me up front to the picture frame. After my short speech on the mantle , often times I would jump off the mantle and land into the group , wearing heavy boots {loud thud} then remove my heavy hang man rope from my neck and pound the floor with it. My favorite was every now and then a person would faint , many times they would run out of the room screaming with me right behind them.
As a little kid, I remember the TV commercials. They scared the crap out of me.
Awesome attractions I enjoyed it and fished there
What a walk down memory lane’ absolutely couldn’t go up the boards without going there and enjoying the scene’ it was awesome’ now it’s nothing but 200 stores all selling Chinese garbage of the same things just arranged in different spots in the store’ and the same old rip off games you can’t win.
Your pop did a great job! Thanks for sharing this video
Doggone it ! This was my favorite haunt in the early eighties. Fast forward to 2009, I wanted to take my new Bride to the Castle on our honeymoon. I hadn't been to WW since '85. Didn't know about the fire, the Castle website led me to believe it was still in operation. We walked up and down the whole boardwalk looking for it. No dice. Asking locals and learned it had burnt down. Heartache. Thanks for the video trip down memory lane ! Wife now sees what I was talking about all those years ago. As a haunted attraction afficionado, Castle Dracula will always be the benchmark I compare others to, and none has ever met the mark.
Tubes of Terror - lol Only in the 80's!
in some ways it's a good thing young folks today dont have any idea how much life in america has deteriorated since the turn of the century. well at least there are 10 thousand water parks to go to right, right?
Wooow! That's really is sooo wild. this documentary showed up in my feed and hit me with a serious nostalgia bomb!! What great memories dude, thanks.
Does anyone remember the pizza stand right under Draculas Castle? A large pizza, cut 5 ways and a $1 a slice. Burned the roof of my mouth every time!
@@stevenwhitehead8468 how do you cut a pizza into 5 slices?
@@DarkinthePark with a wheel knife, how else?
@@stevenwhitehead8468 Pizza typically gets cut into even numbers of slices so that the pieces are equal in size.
Those kids got away with their crime with a slap on the wrist. 🤬
So, I heard this was coming back? Is this true?
2 dopey kids ruined it! Way to go - probably their biggest achievement in their lives
Can u upload one without the girls carrying on its too hard to focus and I hate kids
Spent summers on Glenwood ave...dad owned bay isle apartments....days on diamond beach..nights on boardwalk.....whatvwas once ,will never be again...
I love these docs so much.
I worked for the nickels bros (Nicky's games) for many many years. Angelo aka Nicky
Purchased the boardwalk for $90,000! 😭 You need at least a million now.
Well, he only purchased an old run-down pier for 90k.
I think I was 5. I couldn't remember the name of it till this video. My memory was the best haunted house ever. Now I know it's name
I think I was there
We went on school trips. The blacks from W. Philly would rob the white kids.😊😅😂
My family went to Wildwood once in '78 (once because I think Jaws from 2 yrs earlier left an impression on my 6 yr and my brothers 11 year old mind.) My Mom was a horror fan and wanted to go through (My Dad and my brother and I were just too scared). In retrospect it doesn't look as creepy as Brigantine looked 😂 back then. Boy did we miss out on something cool. Instead we did the King Kong ride. As a kid I made up for missing this by riding the Bucket of Blood at Dorney Park, another classic dark ride lost to a fire 🫤
We also rode the old Bucket of Blood back in the 80s, but I don't remember there being much in there other than darkness and a lot of noise.
Poor rats 😢😢
Omg I luved that place
They had to write an essay oh boy 🙄
I live in Philly and was born in 1970 ... My entire youth was spent down in the Wildwoods and Castle Dracula and Brigantine castle were awesome .. Such great memories ...
I'll never forget when I was like 6 years old in 1989, I was standing by the railing and one of the cast members reached through and grabbed my leg and tried to pull me through. I was screaming and crying. I was scared of everything for like 5 years after that. Too bad my kids won't get to experience anything like that. Truly a special time in life on the Jersey Shore.
What a great doc. Thanks for this! I am going to contact Halloween Machine magazine to get a hold of you. This rules.
One of my favorite attractions when I was a kid.
Legendary is an understatement. We would usually start at 15th street cause that’s where our house was and there was no way the night was complete without walking down and seeing the castle, it was an always will be the best
Wow that was a great ride ! I’ve never seen a video in this format before either, amazing !
So many memories!!! I'm a young kid All over again after watching this! Part of my past forever
Extremely, extremely cool, thanks
Wish they would just rebuild this I bet if we started a Go Fund me we can get it done CMON !!
Looks like the tunnel is down.
yes, i noticed that.
If I’m no mistaken I think he refused to sell to the moreys. I believe he got it through a straw purchase
Thank god this man exist! Too bad he didn’t get his hands on hunts pier. When bud hunt was selling it!
I remember as a Kid in the 90's I went in the Dungeon Boat Ride of the Castle and was scared. I wanted to go in the Castle but never did. Would love to find memorabilia from the castle from my childhood really loved that going to wildwood in the 90's seeing it. Sad that teens burnt it down!
I want more of this I actually like the fact you guys are doing stuff like this
This is amazing! Thank you so much
mega content/ channel as alwaysthe best stuff
I miss that maze 😭
Place looked like a dumpy Disneyworld ride
You really can't compare small family built attractions to what you find at a billion dollar amusement resort.
was there in the 90s early 2000s
I loved that place as a little kid
Johnny Freese. Myman..he was our mechanic at Payboys Arcade also part of the time..many a great time listening to johnny play guitar downstairs in basement at Payboys..Johnny and my good buddy Russ were like twins. Totally different personality but looked almost identical. Johnny’s trademark OP corduroy shorts with his tucked in shirt and his ginormous set of keys that you could here him walking past Snow Whites to Payboys..glad to see your still going strong Johnny if by chance you get to see this. Its Scottie Payboys Changeboy/Counter Guy/Morning Shift “boss”/slacker/Russ’s little brotha from anotha motha/mikey n Ron’s big brotha from anotha motha/retired in 2002….best summers of my life were from 1990-2003 (ages 13-25) Miss coming downstairs in your office “to talk to johnnie” buddy. Hope all is well. RIP to a great man Mike Panetz. Arcade wasnt same after he left us. I know we all had our personal familys but the fact that i was literally with mikey today talking about payboys is further proof that we had a special crew there that enjoyed our jobs but more importantly enjoyed eachothers friendship. Payboys reunion coming late summer of 2024
Wow thanks for posting this video!!!! I grew up traveling this road as a kid on the way to the shore. The memories came barging back like the koolAid man.