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I was able to get to Rocky
Point in October 2000, and unfortunately, it is nothing but a ghost town. All the
concessions next to the House of Horrors, including ROCKY bingo hall (later gift shop) all
the way down to Skee Ball are still there, with the garage doors in various stages of
disintegration. The little cinder block building upon which the Roto Jets sat is only
thing across from the Castle, as the rides in this area were pulled up and carted away;
mini-golf disappeared years ago to make way for the FreeFall.
And further down the midway
- the Carousel house still sits center stage, but there is a big empty space to it's left
where the Dodge 'Ems and the Redemption Center stood. Also, remember to the right of
Dodge 'Ems, there was a food concession and a small stand that once was a walk-thru
"Wacky Shack" in the early 1970's? It only lasted one or two seasons, and
then for the remainder of RP's life was the Gypsy fortune-teller's shack. It, too,
burned.
The "World's Largest Shore Dinner Hall" - the paint is peeling, and the letters that spelled out
the name across the roof are starting to disappear one-by-one.
So, as you can see, the empty buildings form an eerie ghost town. Gaudy,
bright carnival paint jobs scream out at you as you stroll past the empty counters and
games, in stark contrast to the empty sites where the rides once resided. Chopped
off power cables and steel strapping poke up out of the weeds here and there - lonely
reminders to us that the show has pulled up and left town. |
