1,034 Comments for Rocky Point Amusement Park

cause this is thrillerrrr, thriller night and no one gonna save you from the beast about to strike...hee hee

Something else that just occurred to me. Something scary from Rocky Point history. A 15 year old serial killer (four murders without specific cause although he claimed botched robbery) worked there during the time he had already committed murder. You can google his name with the word killer to get more info...although none of the stories are likely to mention the park. He worked in the foods department and his name is Craig Price.

I don't think that either of the two men mentioned selected the subject. The cars had been painted with Dracula, Wolfman, Frankenstein's monster, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the Reptile for years and years before either of them worked there. It would have been more accurate to say that they re-painted them. I don't mean to say that they traced an existing pattern or anything - they did actually paint them. They painted cars completely over and then drew new renditions of the creatures that had been on them before.

I never knew that it was from a Hammer film titled the Reptile though. Its kinda cool to know that. I used to wonder about that specific car because I recognized all the other creatures.

It's cool they painted it with a far lesser known monster of the horror genre.Cool movie aswell.

I concur with PEB. The building in the background is the Shore Dinner Hall. It served Clamcakes in the summer and operated as a flea market in the winters. There are probably still spare roller coaster cars from the Cyclone in the basement.

For those who commented on the it possibly being Windjammer/Palladium I would point out that you would not have been able to see the ocean on the right if you were facing the Windjammer/Palladium (ocean would have been behind you). From this perspective the Cliff House/Park Offices would be behind you. Incidently the Cliff House was reputed to be haunted. Several of the employees hated going into the old club section of the Cliff House which was no longer used as a club but was used as storage and was very poorly lit.

It was painted on the ride by one of two park employees of the time. Either Robert Cubellis or Robert Kemychek. The former a native of Warwick the latter from England who actually came over on an exchange program along with the college or gap year students (year off between HS and College in England) in the late 80s early 90s - although he was a few years older. Interesting guy. Was a member of a Heavy Metal band named Metallic Rose and was proficient in Kung Fu.

This carousel and an Eli Whitney Ferris wheel were the two oldest rides still operating until the park shutdown in the mid 90s. The wooden animals that made up the ride were actually sold separately several years before the park closed and were replaced with cheapy ones. I believe the collection of wooden creatures sold for more than 1 million. The carousel itself was from apprx 1895. (The Eli Whitney Ferris wheel was apprx 1920).

Someone commented that this carousel was being restored at Oakland beach. This is not so.The oakland beach carousel was a separate item that was gone many decades before the park closed. i.e. Its not the same carousel.

PEB is correct. This is the Beer Garden (one of 2) that was in the shadow of the Corkscrew Roller Coaster (no longer there obviously).

Yumm... People burgers! Can I get mine with cheese and no mustard?

...and believe it or not the people grinding comment is not far off the mark. This ride had, to my knowledge, the bloodiest death in the parks history. Each morning ride maintenance went down checked out all the rides. The skyliner's far end is not in view from the control deck shown in the picture. To avoid accidents ride maint mechanics would pull the fuses out from the control at the control deck so that the ride could not be turned on while they checked the equally large wheel at the other end. One morning a ride operator was sent down to start the ride. He threw the power switch and nothing happened (fuses pulled). Most ride operators did not know a whole lot about their ride beyond operation. This was an exception. The operator knew the ride, opened the control panel, inserted the fuses (thought he was saving the maint crew an additional job), and started the ride. It was said that there was a scream you could hear throughout the park (223 acres). The ride mechanic was working on the wheel on the other end and was caught in the spokes and cut in half...

From that point forward the ride mechanics not only pulled the fuses - they took the fuses with them to the other wheel.

I know this park. The building pictured was a video arcade.

There is a guy at my dad's work named John P. He has a handle bar moostashe. I remember going to his work and thinking he was in the circus, and being dissapointed when i found out he wasent in the circus. ='(

Right PEP

Right Mimi. the Bumper Car building was not a free standing building it was in the middle of a
few other things ....redemption center? fortune tellers?

Or it could be the Windjammer.... not sure.Anyone know?