Moreys Piers Discussion Thread

Oh man, that is awesome. Best 2019 addition?

The backwards POV of this is gonna be pretty fun.

Especially with "our guy" in back there.

And have SourBill's voice making

announcements for the "tram tours." (o;

We've gone vertical. I'm hearing mid-to-late June opening.

Ummm... these trains look a little.... Yeah...

This guy looks like he’s giving to the train from behind....

And the train looks like he has had about enough...

^ LOL

But...

Well, there goes the "family" in Family Coaster. (o;

If you think this stuff is off/weird, you've never been to Wildwood.

^ Noted. Then again, you can easily find any and all of this wild and wierd theming, throughout Japan!

I miss Japan.

Some more shots, they are moving quickly now. Might have this done by the target date.

Courtesy of Wildwood 365:

(nice view of our fave rooftop bar Joes Fish Co. on the top left. Pay no attention to that awful pizza scab)

And courtesy of Sam in the Moreys Conn group:

It's very cool that they have the train already on track, and the tracking isn't even finished, yet!

Its no Flitzer but it should be fun. Looking good.

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That "guy" on the back of it, just looks too cool, LOL! Very fun to watch.

That looks so fun.

Wasn’t someone asking about this? I can’t find the post

Nice new Nor'easter footage by Zach Clarke

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Bill and I had a ride a few weeks ago and this thing is smooth as butter. I'm convinced they got rid of the lone pothole coming out of the twist before the last turn.

That's awesome. Glad they're taking care of it; it's the best of its kind and one of Morey's best rides.

Mini report! Was down again for the weekend and got up early AF Sunday morning to head to the beach for sunrise. Got this wicked pano from atop one of the lifeguard stands.

I was only on the piers for about 2 hours Saturday afternoon. In that time I did IT a half dozen times, Kong & Great White once a piece and the Screamin' Swing 4 times, had 1 slice of Macks and 1 small mint+chocolate twist from Kohr. Saw absolutely no signs of life from Runaway Tram. It's kind of super lame but oh well.

OK soooo I'm pretty sure they reprogrammed the cycle on IT to make it run even longer. Good god. After 3 consecutive cycles, IT broke, so I rode Kong once and then stalked maintenance over at IT until IT reopened. As soon as IT was back up I walked over and right on the ride, and while I thought they'd make me wait for more riders to show up, they just loaded me and sent me up alone. My first ever zen ride, awesome stuff. Got another 2 rides before it developed a short line and I moved on.

Lunch. Macks was very busy, as it should be.

One train ops on The Great White.

Dessert.

One more sunrise shot from Sunday morning. Sounds like I'll be back in two weeks!

Nice report!

Sucks about Runaway Tram. Really doesn't seem like the type of ride that should get delayed as much as it has.

Looks all ready to go. All I keep hearing is its waiting for the OK from the state.

I still can't believe you actually went to the beach. Proud of you...

PS: That last shot is insane. If that's not in the calendar then WTF are you even doing?

You should be proud. I had to take not one but to showers Sunday to convince myself I'd cleaned all the sand out of my toes. *shudders*

^ Isn't the point of a boardwalk so you can be next to the ocean and not get sand in your toes?

Great photos, btw.

I’ll never understand you people.

OK soooo I'm pretty sure they reprogrammed the cycle on IT to make it run even longer. Good god. After 3 consecutive cycles, IT broke, so I rode Kong once and then stalked maintenance over at IT until IT reopened. As soon as IT was back up I walked over and right on the ride, and while I thought they'd make me wait for more riders to show up, they just loaded me and sent me up alone. My first ever zen ride, awesome stuff. Got another 2 rides before it developed a short line and I moved on.

Out of curiosity, does "it" often breakdown? I remember it breaking down a few times the one time I went to Morey's.

But that's crazy to hear they made an already awesome frisbee even better.

 

Out of curiosity, does "it" often breakdown?

In my experience, yes. But isn't that generally a prerequisite for most kick-ass rides?

It was down a good chunk of the season last year (including the entire weekend Bill & Brit visited, but they got on this year). They did do some refurb this last off season in addition to the new paint/LEDs, and it seems a bit more reliable this year, but almost every visit this season its broken on me once. They get it back up and running pretty quickly though so I always do something else nearby and come back.

^ Isn't the point of a boardwalk so you can be next to the ocean and not get sand in your toes?

 

Great photos, btw.

This guy gets it. And thanks.

It sh*t itself mid-cycle a few years ago while we were on it apparently but I uh... don't remember much about that experience (or anything that happened that afternoon).