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HoldyourfireAl
09-30-2008, 01:59 AM
Wildwood is my favorite place in the world! It's an island divided into 3 towns...

Wildwood Crest: The quiet, more family-oriented area, that features a large beach, easy to handle surf, jetsonian/50s futuristic hotels, and dolphin sightseeing boat rides.

Wildwood: The FUN part of the island. More of those crazy looking hotels, the boardwalk, amusement piers, bars, restaurants, etc...

North Wildwood: The place to go at night to see the pretty ladies & drink some beers!

Besides present day WW, there is a fascination with the past. If you grew up coming here, your heart will always miss things like an ENTIRE pier filled with "dark rides", which was the legendary Hunt's Pier! There was the huge Castle Dracula that some teenage idiots burned down in the off season, and there was Rock n' Roll, that some say was born here!

Anyway, I hope you'll join me in a journey around Wildwood's past, present, and future in pictures!

First up, are my most recent pics of the hotels during the day....

HoldyourfireAl
09-30-2008, 02:06 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:09 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:13 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:16 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
09-30-2008, 02:18 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:19 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:21 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:23 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:25 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:32 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:34 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
09-30-2008, 02:35 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:36 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:38 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
09-30-2008, 02:40 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:42 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
09-30-2008, 02:43 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:45 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:46 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:47 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:48 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
09-30-2008, 02:51 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
09-30-2008, 02:54 AM
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09-30-2008, 02:55 AM
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HoldyourfireAl
09-30-2008, 03:02 AM
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Rogue
09-30-2008, 12:17 PM
I miss Wildwood soooooooooooooo much!!! When I lived in NJ I used to go to the piers every summer. I love it there!!!! :)

cblakey1
09-30-2008, 12:26 PM
Awesome pics!

Seems to be frozen in time.

patrickwm68
09-30-2008, 04:53 PM
It sucks that a lot of these motels are being torn down to make room for big high rise hotels and condos.

I know many are long gone now.

HoldyourfireAl
09-30-2008, 07:06 PM
It sucks that a lot of these motels are being torn down to make room for big high rise hotels and condos.

I know many are long gone now.

Worse than that is the lost of Hunt's Pier & Castle Dracula!

wolverinejedi007
10-01-2008, 02:03 PM
Worse than that is the lost of Hunt's Pier & Castle Dracula!

Oh that brings back memories of being drunk and wandering around the boardwalk, geting called names by the guy in the dunking booth and groping girls in the dark in Castle Dracula...them ending the night vomiting under the boardwalk and waling up next to the toilet.

Oh the good old days...

HoldyourfireAl
10-01-2008, 05:48 PM
Oh that brings back memories of being drunk and wandering around the boardwalk, geting called names by the guy in the dunking booth and groping girls in the dark in Castle Dracula...them ending the night vomiting under the boardwalk and waling up next to the toilet.

Oh the good old days...

Just go to North Wildwood for Irish Weekend every September! I'm sure that'll bring some memories back! I'll post pics sometime!

:)

kngfu
06-17-2009, 12:19 PM
I'm a Philly boy, so Wildwood was one of my favorite places when I was growing up too.