ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Epilogue – Ocean City, MD On Saturday, June 23 and Sunday, June 24 the ACE Mid-Atlantic Region held Ocean Fest at the parks of Ocean City, MD. We left the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg Saturday morning headed for Ocean City. We arrived around noon for the first day which would be at Jolly Rogers at the Pier and Jolly Rogers Amusement Park.
Jolly Roger’s at the Pier
This park extends out over the water. I had been here before in 2010. While we did not have ERT, we were given tickets for all rides at both parks. We started at the Pier.
Looping Star (Pinfari, Zyklon ZL42, 1996) Like each of these I have ridden it has rough transitions, but it was not as painful as the one at Brighton Pier – 1 ride.
Morbid Manor: On my previous visit we did not get to ride this as the park closed early due to rain, so I was looking forward to it. When we first walked up they were having a problem with it which took a while to fix, but they eventually got it open. It is fairly good as such seaside darkrides go, with some good stunts along the way. It has an outside portion with a bit of a drop – 2 rides.
Hurricane: Music Express – 1 ride.
Giant Ferris Wheel: Good views – 1 ride.
Double Decker Venetian Carousel: I rode on the upper level – 1 ride.
Bumper Cars: Fairly small – 1 ride.
Other rides include Kraken, Power Surge, Tornado and Slingshot (for an additional charge). The Pier has 4 kiddie rides.
Ripley’s Believe It or Not Mirror Maze: This is outside the park, but pretty good – 1 walkthrough.
Jolly Rogers Amusement Park
This park is located away from the water. Our evening meal was provided here and our wristbands were good until 6:00.
Wildcat (Schwarzkopf, Wildcat-65m, 1970/1979/1999/2002/2015) Relocated from Cedar Point as Wildcat, Valleyfair! as Rails, and Jolly Roger Amusement Park as Wildcat, it was then on the fair circuit before returning here. It is a replacement for Wildcat (Schwarzkopf, Wildcat-54m, 1974/ 2008-2014), which I rode in 2010 and later was named Avalanche, which had been relocated from Bell’s Amusement Park as Wildcat and was later sold to a park in Lima Peru It gives a great ride. With the rails wet and the car full, it was almost hard for the brakes to work! – 7 rides.
Wacky Worm (Fajume, Wacky Worm Family Coaster, 2005 or earlier) Interestingly the train is tighter than the other two in Ocean City – 1 ride.
Sea Serpent (Miler Manufacturing, Kiddie Coaster, 1985/2015) Having operated on the fair circuit, this coaster was added since my last visit. This was a replacement for Sea Serpent (Miler Manufacturing, Kiddie Coaster, 2014/2015) that was relocated to Adventure Park USA as Tumbleweed (See Prologue) which was not here on my previous visit – 1 ride.
Mardi Gras: Funhouse – 1 walkthrough.
Iron Horse Train: This gave a good tour around the park – 1 ride.
Spyder: I love these and this had pretty good spinning – 1 ride.
Carousel: Small carousel – 1 ride.
Giant Ferris Wheel: Good views – 1 ride.
Flying Dutchman: Music Express – 1 ride.
I did not ride Bumper Cars, Swings, Heart Flip, Monkey Mayhem and Fun Slide or do Treasure Golf or Jungle Golf. The park has 12 additional children’s rides. Since my last visit Nightmare Castle, one of the weakest darkrides I have been on, and Glass House have been removed. They provided a nice meal that evening.
That night we returned to the Pier to get some rides in at Trimper’s due to limited time the next day.
I paid to do a standalone Haunted House that evening, which was good – 1 walkthrough.
Baja Amusements
The next morning we stopped by Baja Amusements, a family entertainment center.
Wacky Worm (Fajume, Wacky Worm Family Coaster, 1998) Expected ride – 1 ride.
They also have Bumper Boats, Baja Mini Golf and Go Carts along with two children’s rides.
Trimper’s Rides
We then headed to Trimper’s Rides, a park that has been in the same family for 128 years. The park owner, Brooks Trimper, talked to us and told us about the history of the park. They were presented a recognition by the National Amusement Park Historic Association. We were provided with a five hour wristband, but due to a long drive Richard and I would have to leave in two hours, and so would David and Vanessa in order for him to make his flight.
Tidal Wave (Vekoma, Boomerang Shuttle Coaster, 1986) What is neat about this coaster is that they have put Endeavor in-between the elements, so that adds to the ride – 1 ride.
Wacky Worm (Fajume, Wacky Worm Family, 2006) Another Wacky Worm, our third – 1 ride.
Spinning Coaster: (SBF Visa Group, Family Spinning Coaster, 2015) – 3 rides.
Sooper Jet (Wisdom Rides, Powered Kiddie Coaster, year unknown) Adults are not allowed to ride, but we were this day. It was a pretty tight fit, so as David said as we got off, just because you are allowed to ride doesn’t necessarily mean you should! – 1 ride.
Haunted House: This two story darkride was designed by the legendary Bill Tracy and has classic stunts throughout. The ride vehicles are coffins which take you through a 6 minute ride. This is excellent and to me one of the best classic ride through haunted house – 2 rides.
Pirates Cove: I missed this funhouse on my previous visit and it has a lot of classic funhouse stunts with an interesting theme – 2 walkthroughs.
Mirror Maze: I missed this in my last visit so I was glad to get to do it – 1 walkthrough.
Big Merry-Go-Round: (Herschell-Spillman, Classic Wood Carousel – 3 rows (12 Jumping Horses, 11 Standing Horses, 25 Menagerie Animals (1 Camel, 2 Cats, 1 Deer, 2 Dogs, 1 Dragon, 2 Frogs, 2 Giraffes, 1 Goat, 1 Lion, 2 Mules, 2 Ostriches, 2 Pigs, 2 Roosters, 1 Stork, 1 Tiger, 2 Zebras), 4 chariots), 1912) Trimper’s Rides & Amusements, Ocean City, MD (1912-present). What a classic ride, and it is in its original location – 1 ride.
Endeavor: These modern versions of an Enterprise are fun and its placement between the elements of Tidal Wave made it really fun – 1 ride.
Rock O’Plane: These are so much fun – 1 ride.
I did not ride Big Dodgem; Freakout; Himalaya; Merry Mixer, a Scrambler; Pirate Ship; Rock & Roll Matterhorn; Tilt-A-Whirl and Zipper. In addition the park has 24 children’s rides. Unfortunately Aladdin’s Lamp, a funhouse, was removed since my last visit, and I didn’t get to do it then as the park closed early due to rain. This is a nice park squeezed into a tight space. I did not get to do it justice in the short time here, but I did get more done than on my last visit.
After a quick meal on the midway, Richard and I left about 2:00 for our long drive back to his house in South Carolina. We arrived around midnight, and I was back on the road at 5:30 to make it to work on time. I was tired, but it had been a great trip, celebrating ACE’s 40th anniversary at some great parks. It was time to get ready for the next big trip – Japan – East Meets ACE in September.
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