![]() ![]() I’ve been going to OC since about 1974 and almost every year since 1990. – Laughing Sal from the early 30s! I really miss her! Ok, just kidding.”įrom DianeR: “Geez, I remember Elvis from the 70s and 80s. He had literally two or three teeth in his mouth and he was always covered in grease! This ride closed sometime in the late 80s. Extremely fun Wild Mouse ride that was operated by a very scary looking man. The hotel suffered major damage and never reopened. We always stay there) when we heard all of these sirens. I was at the Atlantic Hotel (The best hotel in OC I might add. – The George Washington Hotel is on fire! I remember it well. Well, not really, but one night in 1988, some drunk patron at the Purple Moose Saloon ripped the moose head off the wall and threw it through the front window! Must have scared the hell out of people walking past it on the boards. Best damn pizza in OC They closed the boardwalk shop several years ago, unfortunately. He may have passed away, but I am not sure. – Elvis, AKA “Norman.” Elvis was a well know OC institution for over 30 years! All day, every day he would cruise up and down the boards in his polyester shirt and pants and cowboy hat, while carrying an old 8 track cassette recorder (which always played Elvis tunes), while humming along with a kazoo. tradition ended sometime in the late 80s, early 90s. Back in the 80s this street was known as “Freak Street” because it was the main hangout spot for “Metal Heads” and “Punks.” On any given night, you would see dozens on them just, well, hanging out! Again, this O.C. The street that leads into Trimper’s Amusement Park. Not exactly family friendly stuff, but for a teenager, it was hilarious! Bozo got the boot sometime around the late 80s, early 90s. Nothing special about this, but it was Bozo himself who was, how shall I say it, “unique.” This guy would taunt you with all kinds of derogatory insults! “Your girlfriend is so ugly…” – That kind of stuff. He sat in a cage and you tried to dump him in the water by hitting a target with baseballs. I think it closed in the lates 80s or early 90s. At one point, they had a guy who would chase you out at the end with a chainsaw! They don’t make haunted house attractions like this anymore. Great interior design work, and very scary. It was a fantastic, walk-through haunted house. I can’t remember the name of it now, “Haunted Manor” or something like that. ![]() – The old haunted house at the Pier Rides. So if you remember any of these old places, be sure to search your scrapbook for pictures and share your memories with fellow vacationers.įrom JJ_Walters: “Most of my memories come from circa 1980s: Others, it’s like they never existed – not even a mere mention online other than on the thread. Some people want to know what ever happened to their favorite old jaunts, so after a little research, I was able to compile a bit of information about such places of Ocean City’s past. More on this place later.īelow are some notable posts from “Reminiscing,” and if you’re interested, you can read more or add your own right here. This is one of my favorites of many cool finds from the “Reminiscing” forum. I’d never even heard of the spooky old walk-through ride on the boardwalk that haunted families for 20 years, but sure enough, someone had old pictures of Morbid Manor to share with others who remember the defunct haunted house. I love old haunted houses and dark rides, so when I stumbled across the forum, I thought maybe someone would have some old Trimper’s haunted house photos to share. I discovered the thread when I was looking up old pictures of my favorite place on Earth, the Trimper’s Haunted House, which has undergone tons of renovations and changes over its 50+ year history. On the thread, users share their memories and reflect on the restaurants, motels and rides that they frequented back in the day, some of which still exist and others that have been sadly lost to the sands of time. It’s these little differences that spawned a thread on our forum in 2004 called “ Reminiscing – Ocean City of Yesteryear.” A user by the name of songbird made the first post and opened up a nostalgia-inducing six-page-long discussion that continues to this day. Sky-grazing condos are built and uninitiated families are constantly discovering all the joys that OC has to offer. But there are subtleties that make the town just a little different from year to year, too: businesses come and go. In some ways, barely anything has changed: the beach and boards have been here seemingly forever and Coastal Highway will eternally be lined with hotels, motels, mini golf and Dumser’s. Some of the older folks who have been vacationing here for decades can still remember when the boardwalk wasn’t past 33rd street. For many families, visiting Ocean City is a summer tradition.
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