Funtown Pier

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Funtown Pier

Seaside Park, New Jersey, USA

Status

Defunct

Opened

1957

Closed

2012

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Funtown Pier was an amusement park in Seaside Park, New Jersey, USA.

History

The amusement park opened as Funtown U.S.A. in 1957. The pier was extended the following year and new attractions were added. The park was still going by the name "Funtown U.S.A." in 1982, but this was later changed to "Funtown Pier".

In October 2012, most of the pier was destroyed during Hurricane Sandy. On September 12, 2013, a fire destroyed the remaining part of the pier.

Past roller coasters

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Dragon Wagon	Wisdom Rides	Kiddie Powered	1999	2012	Unknown
Funtown Family Coaster	E&F Miler Industries	Kiddie	2004	2012	Storm damaged - scrapped
Jet Set	Schwarzkopf	Sit-Down	1977	1979	Unknown
Looping Coaster	Interpark	Sit-Down	August 23, 1989	2012	Storm damaged - scrapped
Mighty Mouse	Miler Manufacturing	Wild Mouse	2005	2012	Storm damaged - scrapped
Roller Coaster	Unknown	Kiddie	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Swose	Allan Herschell Company	Wild Mouse	1961	1963	Unknown
Toboggan	Chance Rides	Sit-Down	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Wild Mouse	B. A. Schiff & Associates	Wild Mouse	1957	1960	Unknown
Zyklon	Pinfari	Sit-Down	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Past attractions

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Arctic Circle	Wisdom Rides	Superbob/Musik Express	1999	2012	Storm damaged - scrapped
Giant Wheel	Kroon	Ferris Wheel	1989	2012	Storm damaged - scrapped
Log Flume	Arrow Dynamics	Log Flume	1977	1997	Stored then scrapped
Skycoaster	Sky Fun 1 Inc.	Skycoaster	2007	2012	Storm damaged - scrapped
Sky Ride	Allan Herschell Company	Monorail	1961	1976	Scrapped
Starship 2000	Wisdom Rides	Rotor	Unknown	2012	Unknown
Thaiphoon	Zamperla	Frisbee	2011	2012	Unknown
Top Spin	HUSS	Top Spin	2011	2012	Travelling USA
Tower of Fear	S&S	Drop Tower	2000	2012	Storm damaged - scrapped

External links

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  Funtown Pier on the Roller Coaster DataBase.