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Post by trleft on Nov 9, 2008 17:46:12 GMT -5
What was Bill Tracy's fisrt project?
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Post by wayne1977 on Nov 10, 2008 19:46:09 GMT -5
According to my own research, Bill Tracy's earliest known project was Jungleland at Hunt's Pier in Wildwood, NJ. This jungle-themed water ride opened for the 1959 season. I cannot seem to find any projects of his dated 1958 or earlier.
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Post by Robert on Nov 14, 2008 21:27:34 GMT -5
Oh, man, I miss the Jungleland. It was there 15 years before I was born, and it was taken from us when I was 15 (in 1989). I believe the last time I rode it was 1983 or so. In fact, I miss every old haunted attraction, dark ride, fun house that used to be at Wildwood. 1980 would have been the pinnacle year for the most number of such attractions at Wildwood at the same time. Because in Aug 1981 Hitchthingy Manor (Fred Mahana) burned down, in 1984 Castle Frankenstein walk-through, Lost World dark ride, and Crazy House (Bill Tracy) funhouse on Fun Pier burned down. And Morey's removed the Haunted House attraction following 1984, it was built 1972. We lost quite a few Bill Tracy rides in the past several years but some of the stuff was saved like track, cars, props. Like Haunted Castle, Miracle Strip, Panama City Beach, FL removed following 2004, cars, track, some props used for a temporary dark ride in Birmingham, AL, There are plenty of old and new photos of this on flickr. The Fright Zone, Erieview, Geneva-on-the-lake, OH removed following 2006, parts in storage at Conneaut Lake Park, PA, Phantasmagoria, Bell's, Tulsa, OK removed following 2007, parts in storage for new dark ride at new park location. The Whacky Shack walk-through at Lake Winnie was removed several years ago, but the dark ride Castle is still there. Dr. Blood's House of Horror on Sportland Pier, Wildwood was ripped down Jan 2007 but most of the props are in storage at the old Woolworth building. It looked like during the tear down process that they were saving some stuff like the carts, and the figures like the Swamp Ghost-like creature on the beach that hung from the ceiling on the incline along the back wall at the beginning of the ride, before that was a psychedelic room with white walls and wavy red patterns and colored squares at the end wall. There is a pic on laff in the dark.
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