Attention all credit "whores" near Jersey. Wildcat

[Medusa1861]

So as anyone looking for easy credits in New Jersey (James.. who couldn't even ride Sea Serpent) Wildcat has been closed for awhile. About 5 years ago, i saw it run, but didn't ride it because there were no ticket booths open(didn't know i could just pay with cash) Well, I didn't have a car so i couldn't get back (The park is literally only 5 minutes away from me.. because of 35mph and 25mph speed limits) As the years from 2004 went on Wildcat looked more and more hopeless; rumors of it being sold were high and a newspaper article about the park being removed (it's been operating for over 100 years). To tell the truth, i didn't expect it until last weekend i heard a rumor that "The owner is going to refurbish it" 3 days later my brother tells me "I saw people waiting in line for it". So today i decided to check it out for myself.. and well here it goes:

The other credit. You're already at the park already, might as well ride. It's actually REALLY fun too...

AFTER!

Before...

And it comes with it's own paint job too!! well.. sort of. The bottom is blue, everything else is purple

Yup, it's reopened! One train, but it's (most likely) and original, one of the last Schwartkopfs..

Does it look open? Not really. Does it look old and beat up.. YUP

[bgwfreak]

I always need more Phython Pit credits.

[Shavethewhales]

One car? Geez, that hardly makes it worth running. I'm glad to see it open though, as I absolutely love these rides. Has the park been doing very well?

[StealthFan]

Its always nice to see coasters refurbished even in the slightest just to keep them going.

 

That coaster hasnt been operating for over 100 years has it?

[asr]

Its always nice to see coasters refurbished even in the slightest just to keep them going.

 

That coaster hasnt been operating for over 100 years has it?

 

Uh, no. It's a Scharzkopf Wildcat, thwe earliest it could have opened was the sixties.

[Medusa1861]

No, the ride is probably about 30 years my guess. And no, the park is not in great shape. It houses some nice real old rides. Loop-o-plane for example, it's also got the last of it's kind dark ride. i don't know anything about dark rides though. The park is just usually empty, and there are still rumors that it might be torn down for... You guessed it.. (probably) Condos. One train operation really isn't too bad considering that the park is usually empty, i waited about 5 minutes and got on.

 

So if you're in the New Jersey area, looking for credits or looking for some old rides that are almost "last of it's kind" Keansburg is deffinitely worth it.

[DerekRx]

Thanks for the tip! I was actually thinking about the park this past weekend while I was in Jersey, but didn't want to drive there just to find out the Wildcat was closed. At least now I know it'll be opened, and I may have to finally check out the park sometime soon. Yay for 2 credits and a darkride!

[ParkTrips]

and bumper cars!

 

oh, wait, you don't care

[DerekRx]

I like bumper cars, it's Nicole that doesn't! And I'd be psyched to ride them if those bumper car boys were there. Now, to find a brewery nearby....

[ParkTrips]

I would guess there can't be a brewery too far away... those dudes could probably keep a couple in business all by themselves

[BarryH]

^^You need to take Nicole on the Skooters at Knoebel's. If your knees aren't bruised after a session, it wasn't a good ride.

[niiicolaaah]

^There's no way in HELL I'd EVER ride Knoebel's scooters. Last year at PPP I gladly sat at on a bench while everybody else waited in line and rode.

 

Schwarzkopf Wildcat... and a dark ride... yay, another place to try and drag Derek back to once he's already been!

[Magnumfan]

I really like those Wildcat type coasters. I wish Valleyfair still had theirs, it was a pretty decent ride minus the badly needed paint job it needed(faded black and orange paint).