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The next park on my hitlist was 40 min further south. Moreys Piers, a collection of three amusement piers with water parks spaced out along a 1.2k stretch of boardwalk along the Wildwoods Boardwalk in NJ (Right near the bottom of Cape May) https://www.parkz.com.au/search/photos/location/park-291-Moreys_Piers (Click through here to see about 170 pics) Various concession stands, chain fast food joints, places which sell “3 t shirts for x dollars”, gift shops, fake tattoos, game parlours and the like line the boardwalk. An ever present trackless tram trundles along, with a very irritating “watch the tramcar please” played whenever someone strolls slightly too close to its path. The park is generally pretty well presented, yes it’s a seaside type park, but its quite flashy and smart looking, doesn’t feel daggy. Perhaps the only exception is there are a few flat rides which are obviously carnival models with temp barricades around them. There are two water parks on the piers as well, Ocean Oasis and Raging Waters . The slides were all pretty 80s serpentine slides and freefall slides (None of the new Whitewater or Proslide stuff), though there was one interesting one that consisted of interconnected slides with intermediate basins. https://www.parkz.com.au/parks/US/Wildwood/Ocean_Oasis_Water_Park_Beach_Club/ https://www.parkz.com.au/parks/US/Wildwood/Raging_Waters_Water_Park/ The first pier is Adventure pier, which is the weakest of the bunch, and not really the best first impression, but you can tell they have made an effort to give it a look, so it probably was a bit worse in prior years. They seem to have gone for a urban Venice Beach style, with painted murals, shipping containers and chainlink fences. It’s fairly sparse with rides, and there are mostly upcharges in this bit, such as a skycoaster, booster, screamin swing, go karts etc, but the main thing is Great White, a wooden coaster which actually travels out over the sand. I liked this one, starts off with a tunnel under the boardwalk, then some good dipping out and back turns like Ghost Rider, and concluding with a run of airtime hills. There was an interesting looking ride where you were in boats that could shoot balls, but I didn’t get time for it. I then headed through to the far end for Surfside Pier, where several coasters are located Great Nor Easter This is an SLC, with some modifications to have the station where the maintenance bay sits on the regular model, and some modified supports that allow the flume ride and water slides to snake through. This would also be the first time I’ve done an SLC with Vekomas new trains with vest restraints (Ok Battlestar has them, but that was a new build) . I think they ran a bit better than the KumbaK ones, but you still get thrown around a bit in parts because of how Vekoma shapes their transitions, eg as you come into the inline twists. The ride has a no loose items policy, enforced by metal detectors, but the storage system was so easy. Free lockers and you scanned your ride wristband to lock and unlock. Simple. Zoom Phloom A nice flume ride, which got really close to Great Nor Easter! Typical formula, with a bunch of high up elevated turns, and a couple of drops, but it also had a tunnel of love type section that went under the boardwalk. Also on this pier was Runaway Tram, which didn’t open till a couple of weeks after my visit. Looked like a fun family coaster. Dantes Dungeon An average ghost train. I usually do any dark ride religiously when at a park or a fair, but these days the are beginning to feel a bit samey samey. Doo Wopper This was another Zamperla wild mouse, like the one at La Ronde, with a nifty 1950s burger drive thru theme, with Cadillac themed cars. The ending is a bit lame because it lacks the nice big drops you get on the Mack Mouse. Rollies Coaster It wasn’t cigarette themed as I expected. It was however the first Galaxi coaster I have ridden in YEARS, and it was good fun. Decent drops at the start and a helix of death…. It had OTSRs though, which was strange. Upon arrival at Mariner’s Pier I took advantage of the last remaining sunlight to get some pics from Giant Wheel, again, playing the “I’m a solo traveller from Australia” card to get around the single rider restrictions. Very high so excellent views . You can get a sense of how spaced out the piers are. Wild Whizzer Another one of those bloody Figure 8 spinning coasters, that’s what 5 for me now? Sea Serpent The last coaster to do was Sea Serpent, a very smartly presented Vekoma Boomerang, with an indoor queue with windows that looked into the equipment rooms and winch area for the ride. The coaster ran decently well. I ended up leaving then because I had to return to Newark, and at least get say 4 hrs sleep before my flight in the morning, so I passed up Ghost Ship (But hey, ive done plenty of horror walk throughs too) If I hadn’t gone to SFGAdv in the morning, I probably could have checked out Casino Pier and Steel Piee as well. If you are in this part of the country, you could easily do all the Jersey Shore parks in one long day. If you were with a family, or wanted to do lots of flat rides or water slides, you could spend a bit time at Morey’s Alone. I’ll conclude with a few more key pics.

As someone who travels to the park frequently with people with disabilities, dreamworlds cards are so simple and the staff are great!

All it takes is for a toddler to scurry off onto the concrete when mums back is turned for a second to recieve some pretty serious burns. Wnw obviously aware of the risk with sprinklers spraying on some of the paths. Definitely a liability issue. Thanks Gazza. God forbid someone has a different opinion on these forums. Ill take my 'lazy' and 'stupid' ass back to lurker mode again haha.

Small update for the park that doesnt seem to have been mentioned yet is that the Big Banana funpark has added a 4D Simulator theatre experience to their attraction roster. The pricing seems to be quite good with 4 rides costing $22. There are 4 different simulations to experience. This looks like another winner for the Big Banana funpark and they have hinted at another new attraction coming soon. Their water park would do well to add another tower or perhaps a a larger water play structure. All in all, the future is looking quite good for the park- lets hope they continue to grow and add attractions. Here is the link: https://bigbanana.com/rides-attractions/4d-ride-simulator/

My first thought when people mention that movie

I think you are being disingenuous. Obviously a lot of people don't wear shoes because that's the default when you go swimming. On the other hand, it would be unusual to visit a dry park without shoes, and in any case you don't get let on rides barefoot. Its a pain in the arse to have to leave them by the pool and at each ride and hope they don't get stolen, and it's just something else to get forgotten. Its entirety possible to have walkways that are comfortable, eg by having plenty of shade trees, and choosing surfaces that aren't rough and don't absorb as much heat. Doing this is a better guest experience. It's probably a bit safer because you're not inducing people to run around. I think it's a reasonable expectation for irregular guests that a water park would be comfortable to walk around barefoot, like any swimming facility. Not all guests will arrive with thongs either. I personally like a nice light coloured concrete, it can get warm, but not to the point of being burny. Stuff like LifeFlor is good too since it's soft as well.

Planning maintenance for half of the summer peak season? To me that indicates its time to

WnW is themed? Except for Calypso beach, I wouldn't say any rides, or the park in general is themed.