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Dark Rides


Afraid of the dark?


In part two of North American editor Paul Ruben’s special feature on classic East Coast dark rides, we travel through the dark depths of New Jersey before moving up to New York’s Coney Island


Morey’s Ghost Ship


The Ghost Ship on Morey’s Mariner’s Landing Pier is a frightfully haunting dark walk-through shrouded in mystery. It is a 150-foot-long (46 m) and 14,000- square-foot (1,300 sq m) cargo ship that is 50 feet (15 m) high with multiple interconnecting decks and ramps. It contains 1,120 linear feet (341 m) of walkways and 20 scenes. It is named “Ignis Fatuus,” a ship that apparently crash-landed into Morey’s Piers at the site of the former miniature golf course. Ghost Ship is a completely immersive experience featuring eight to ten costumed actors and a dozen or


more animatronics in a haunted setting. The walk-through covers two levels, the upper deck open to the sky. It lasts nearly half an hour, or about ten times the average length of a typical attraction. As such, it is a worthy successor to the tradition of the grand dark walk-throughs that have appeared on the Jersey Shore over the years. The Ghost Ship took two years to design and six months to construct. More than 100 workers were


involved in its construction. Inside there are 15 scare boxes and numerous mystery props. The construction began in January 2010 under the direction of Jack Morey. Over 100 designers, technicians, and builders took part in the formation of Ghost Ship, costing approximately $3 million to construct. Make no mistake - Ghost Ship is a one-of-a-kind attraction, the kind that has been missing from the Jersey Shore for years. It recalls the macabre Pirate Ship Skua that once challenged visitors to Hunts Pier, although Skua was much smaller than Ghost Ship. The Jersey Shore has a rich history of elaborate dark walk-throughs. At one time there were three large haunted walk-throughs. These included the Haunted Mansion in Long Branch, which burned down in 1987, the Brigantine Castle in Brigantine, that closed in 1984, and Wildwood's Castle Dracula that burned down in 2002. Because of this history of fires in dark attractions, Ghost Ship has state-of-the-art fire systems including sprinklers throughout. Morey's Piers also currently operates several smaller dark attractions.


SEPTEMBER 2018 57 Morey’s Dante’s Dungeon


Located on Morey’s Surfside Pier, Dante's Dungeon was installed as Dante’s Inferno in 1981. This Italian double-decker by Ernesto Soli was a ride in transition for the 2004 season. In 2005 Dante's Inferno was converted to Dante's Dungeon. All the original inside stunts have been removed over the years. The current gags were created by Halloween Productions. The original Soli ride cars were replaced by cars from Bertazzon in the 1990s. The original smoke- exhaling demon and the three-headed dragons are still intact on top of the facade, but the park commissioned artist Peter Bielings to repaint the lower level with gruesome scenes of hell, some of which had to be later modified. by park staffers. Beach goers obviously love dark rides.


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