1,034 Comments for Rocky Point Amusement Park

I realize now it was "Canobie" not canopy lake.

Does anyone remember a quote written on th wall inside the haunted house "When there is no room left in hell, the dead walk the earth"
I'm trying to figure out if this was in the Rocky Point house or perhaps Canopy Lake Park or another New England park.
It would of been by the graveyard scene, I think.

Although I grew up @ Crescent Park, this was the last of the line to die.......man I miss those days. Thanx for the memories

...and the answer is...CF was general mgr in the early 80s.

Here's two for you. The t-shirt gift shop was owned separately from the park. Who owned it?

In the early years of the park all the rides were owned by individuals and they leased the space for the ride.. Eventually, the park owners bought up all the rides. What was the last ride to be privately owned within the park?

O.K. John....Answer this one....who was the general manager of Rocky Point in the early eighties?

It's a real darn shame that classic dark rides are left to rot, or the parks removes them, or they burn down. There's quite a few old classics left, like the Ocean City Bill Tracy Haunted House built 1962 and Pirate's Cove, and the Haunted Mansion at Rehoboth Beach, and Rye Playland's dark rides, Dante's Inferno's at Coney and Morey's Pier in Wildwood NJ, and there's a few Bill Tracy classics still surviving across the US, there's articles on all of them at the dark ride sites, Whacky Shack, Phantasmagoria, etc. Wildwood had a Bill Tracy Whacky Shack it was located on the now defunct Hunt's Pier which still has the SBNO 1960 PTC/Bill Tracy Golden Nugget Mine Ride but the Shack was torn down early 1996 because the owners at the time who bought the pier in 1995 were redeveloping it into Dinosaur Beach and apparently a classic Bill Tracy dark ride didn't fit in their plans, but they saved the Nugget and "dinosaurized" it. It last operated in 1998. There's also an abandoned dark ride at nearby Sportland Pier, it was called Dr. Blood's House of Horror and last operated around 1983. The Castle Dracula attraction on Nickels Midway Pier which opened in 1977 burned to the ground Jan 2002 due to two young male arsonists who had nothing better to do that day than to skip school and break into the castle and light matches to see in the dark. A real shame, they also lost the 1919 old mill boat ride under the castle which was the Dungeon boat ride and most of the props were handmade. You can see what the castle looked like at www.darkinthepark.com Let's hope tomorrow's kids will have a dark ride to ride. I like Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 because you can build virtual dark rides in it, as well as entire parks and ride your rides.

Right back at you...there were actually three rides that did that - Musik Express, Apollo 11 and the Carousel. The first two played contemporary music and the last more traditional calliope music. I dont recall if the little carousel in Kiddieland played music or not.

You've got to make the questions harder than that!

I look at these pictures and want to cry. Rocky Point was such a part of me. But all good things come to an end. Politics and corruption were definitely part of the parks demise. I did eventually become part of upper management and saw the nasty underbelly of business. After all, it was run by Italians (Myself being one!) One bright and shining moment, though, is that I met a girl there. I was a ride operator on the Apollo in 1984 and she kept coming on my ride. Turns out we've been married for 19 years now and have 3 children. I am amazed that all of you are so fascinated with its history. I thought the park was long forgotten but thanks to you, it lives on. You guys are great! O.K. enough sappy crap! John, I've got a trivia question for you.... Which two rides at Rocky Point played music as patrons spun around? Good Luck! Talk to you all soon!!!!

I remember being there about 35 years ago. Was wondering if the place was still open. We had some good times there.

It all makes me think of Astroworld. I so loved Astroworld, and last year they destroyed it. And with Katrina destroying most of Louisiana, it's like my childhood has been completely destroyed. *sniff*

Ahaha, I remember this part of the ride! I thought this was the coolest hauntedhouse ride because at some parts it was like a rollercoaster. I cannot stand WALKING through (amusement) haunted houses!

Aww! This was the place where I went on my first up-side-down rollercoaster!

Good site

This was actually where u waited for the train.. its sad

Speaking of band that played the stage at the park. It was a great venue for us local bands to perform too. Ocassionaly the crowds were large an we had alot of fun working there. I recall that it was an easy set up and tear down as the hieght of the stage was about the same hieght as out equipment truck. I also recall that one had to be a mountain climber to rig the band lighting. The lighting trus was way up there. We were the first to enter the park and the last to leave starting early in the day to set up and tearing down the lighting and equipment untill the wee hours of the morning. We had the park to our selvs and allways had a ball. Like all of the areas gone but never forgotten parks, linkin park, and before that paragon park, its was very sad to see it go.