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The games company was named MRB Games and is/was based in New Rochelle, NY. MRB stood for Mel, Ronnie and Beatrice. They were contracted by the park to run the games department. They also managed some of the slot machines at Foxwoods and other casinos.

A great story is that when the games commission came through to do an inspection they were reviewing the various games to decide if they were fairly run or not and whether or not they were games of chance. Games of chance were not allowed. Games of skill were the only ones permitted. The inspector was going to nix the milk jug toss where the object was to put a softball through the top of an old time mik jug. Games inspector said it was too difficult and therefore a game of chance - that no one could do it as a developed skill (the clearance on the milk jug top was very very narrow to the size of the ball). The games manager escorting the inspector around disagreed and picked up a softball right on the spot and tossed it directly into a milk jug. The inspector then relented and the game stayed.

....the games manager had never before been successful in tossing the ball and was never able to replicate the shot afterwards...

Part 2: In other words: Yes, an employee did die as I described on the Skyliner...and yes the ride continued to operate, although I believe it was closed the rest of that season.

I doubt that there are any rides hidden on the property. There may be ride parts such as the Skyliner cars that are possibly located in the tunnel. There is also a small possibility that some damaged Cyclone cars that were stored in the bottom of the Shore Dinner hall are still there. It was pretty well documented where most of rides went subsequent to the auction.

There is no federal agency regulating amusement parks. Nor is there any federal rule that if someone gets significantly hurt or even killed on a ride the ride must be dismantled. Some states do have inspectors but what one state chooses to do has nothing to do with what another may choose. As a result most regulation comes by way of the insurance companies. They may simply refuse to insure a particular ride after a certain point. The law of a particular state may require insurance. Even if a particular state's insurance rules do not mandate insurance coverage (I suspect every state requires it now) an amusement park owner would be insane to operate a park without it.

All amusement parks have deaths. This includes super-parks like Disneyland/Disneyworld. Anytime you have humans using heavy-duty machinery you have the opportunity for people to get hurt. Be it a car, train, backhoe, plane, trash-compactor or amusement park ride. When parks are open long enough things do happen. RP was open over 145 years and had more than one incident.

Some amusement parks do have policies regarding the liquidation of rides in the event of a major accident. This does not mean disassembling or destroying the ride. It usually means reselling the ride to another park. Six Flags Chicago for instance has a policy that if a ride has significant bad publicity they get rid of the ride. Six Flags freefall which was built for them (at the time there were only 10 in the world) had an accident where a car fell back down the lift and people got hurt. The freefall was then sold to Rocky Point and is now in Ohio.

Someone did attempt to surf down the big hill on the log flume ride. They made it to the bottom of the hill and, when the log hit the slow down brake, got flung over the front of the log and run over. Logs were 600lbs empty. He did survive due to the heroic work of a crew chief of the ride who stormed through the trough and pulled him to safety before the 2nd log came along. The newspapers got the story wrong though. So...JMayoh if you read that particular story in your research I assure you there was no 'lifeguard' who swam through the trough and saved the guy. That part was totally fabricated by the newspaper. You may be interested to know that the crew chief in question was also one of the artists who re-drew the monsters on the House of Horrors ride several years later. His name was Robert Cubellis.

They also had an embarrassing incident where they posed a lot of people on the log flume deck for a photo-op and the deck collapsed.

Creepy little stairwell.

Janice: theyre the theater seats.

I love the narrow balconies. I've never seen another theater with long balconies going down the side of the room before. Must be kind of hard to see the stage from up there.

Its probably how they taught sex ed
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isnt that where the soap dispensers go???

wow you go from wheelchairs to these...GRrRrRR. hope none of experimental patients ended up in these.

Mott,
I have heaters just like that. hot water runs through & cools to make hot steam. they wouldn't catch fire & it does make it less hot. I've touched one once & I blistered. it sucked!

wow that totally reminds me of the old bikes that were way off the ground. it looks like a pretty fun ride to me, kinda like the suv of wheelchairs, you get a higher view of the road.

wow great shot! i love the way the white walker looks so pristine and bright next to the derelict reacher. great colors as usual.the rust next to the white with the green on the floor is inspiring!

well it was open until the late 80's so it was probably from then!!!

maybe you need to read instead of yell!!

it's the party machine where everyone went to get lei'd.

Yes! a new gallery(or 3)lol.
wow great shot as always love the colors and the mood the green gives off once again you give us great images motts :)