Friday, June 22, 2007

Good Riddance Rocky Point

KISS cover band aside, this place was one disappointment after the next.



Pick a crappy prize! Any crappy prize!

The scariest part is that people are waiting in line for this crap:


The infamous Free Fall: Fun not included.

4 comments:

DKC said...

Awww, I don't know. It wasn't all that bad, was it? I mean, the Flume was a classic, and in later years they did put the Cyclone in. Not everyone is able to go to Waterpark Extravanza you know.

DKC said...

Although that whole "Sky Ride" thing really sucked.
Don't think it ever cut anyone's feet off though.

Octopunk said...

For me, Rocky Point will always be the face of scuzzy, honky-tonk amusement parks.

There was some sea-side snack there, like a hush puppy but with potatos in it -- basically a ball-shaped french fry. Rocky Point's vibe is perfectly personified in my memory of JPX finding a paper bag of those fried potato balls that wasn't even half empty. Score!

Greasy, bad for you, dangerous... and you couldn't wait to go back.

JPX said...

I have great memories of that haunted house! I kept riding it over and over again with my 15-year old girlfriend for second base purposes.

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