1,034 Comments for Rocky Point Amusement Park

im a rhode islander, was never old enough to actually see the place, now i wish i could go

I have some news, the Dr. Blood's House of Horror on Sportland Pier, Wildwood, NJ was just torn down. It was inactive since about 1983. Now I hear this house of horrors at Rocky Point will come down. When was the last year this ride operated? 1995? All the great dark rides are going away. And these two at Rocky Point and Wildwood were built by the late Bill Tracy. I guess the New England area has practically no dark rides anymore. They tore down the Kastle Frankenstein at Salisbury Beach two years ago. Rye Playland, NY still has all it's dark rides. Wildwood, only has a few left, Dante's, Pirate's, Jersey Junkyard, Zombie World, Den of Lost Thieves, Golden Nugget SBNO.

i dont live too far from the park most of the buildings are still there infact i ripped off one of the letters "h" in house of horrors and i have it hangin in my garage but man all i gotta do sis close my eyes and i remember every square inch of this place

Actually the carosual was at the dels lemonade stand on plainfeild pike right near the landfill kids used to ride it but i think the sold the horses seperatly to people

This photo breaks my heart. This carousel was beautiful!! I can still hear the happy tunes blasting from it's band organ in my mind.

I remember when they were auctioned off it's wooden animals. (I think it was Sotherby's NY that had the auction). I knew the demise of the park was not far behind.

Thanks for posting these incredible but sad photos.

I remember this carousel too. It was part of the kiddie land. It was a small all horse carousel, and the big one had a variety of animals.

This carousel is still spinning in Cranston RI at an ice cream place.

These photos are amazing and so sad. Rocky Point was a wonderful park and I have great memories of going there. A trip to the Shore Dinner Hall for clamcakes and "chowda" was a must!

What a great photo. What a sad sight! The carousel was my favorite ride at Rocky Point, it had a large variety of animals, not just horses. It was beautiful! It was made by the Herschell Spillman company, and all the animals were hand carved. It was built in the early 1920s.

The original figures were auctioned off but the frame is still intact with newer figures and is located at Misquamicut (Atlantic Beach Park), so you can still go for a spin.

i swear i had a dream of that building. i never seen it before ecept in dream.

Who had the contract for this place? The local high school? Well, I never...

I wonder if they tore the house of horrors down yet? There was a fire at the park last October 06 and the mayor ordered the remaining buildings razed including the house of horrors. Good thing you got pics of the inside in case it does come down. It's a shame that no one appreciates this stuff anymore and the powers that be who are clueless about the rarity and history of this stuff would rather see it come down (can you say "eyesore"?) and build expensive homes there that mean nothing to us park/haunted dark ride fans. A shame that Bill Tracy's work such as this is/could be lost over liability fears. Oh well, Rye Playland still has dark rides. Ocean City, MD still has a Bill Tracy Haunted House ride built 1962 and a Pirate's Cove walk-through built by him, too. There's a few others around including Waldameer's Erie PA Whacky Shack ride and Pirate's Cove walk built by Bill in 1970, 1972 shortly before his death. The Erieview Park Ohio Fright Zone was moved to Conneaut Lake Park for 2007 because Erieview closed for good and auctioned off the rides last October. Fright Zone was built by Bill Tracy in 1963 as Haunted House at West View Park, Pittsburgh which closed 1977 and Erieview bought the ride and moved it in 1979 to Erieview rebuilt it as a one level and renamed it Fright Zone. Now it will live on at Conneaut in a different building.

If you guys are saying the House of Horrors opened in 1963, why is this month's Rhode Island Monthly saying it opened in 1938? And was there REALLY" teenage gang violence" in the park as Rhode Island Monthly claims?

I was in the park 2day.No 1 saw me,I was walking around-looking 4 the last time,it was 50 out!Wonderful Day!I wish is place was still alive!Long live the NPG!!!

wish I would have known about this site before they demolished Whalom Park in Lunenburg, MA. The Park has been closed for many years and was home to many historical amusement rides. The "whip" was made by the original maker of this ride. The carousel also has huge history of which I'm unsure of, but I know they have left that one structure on the grounds.

Its so sad to hear they want to knock this place down. I love it walk through it just closing my eyes and thinking of all the memories this lonley place has to share

i took a photograph at rocky point last year thats almost exactly the same as this.

does anyone know the current status of the park??