That was a little before the Ocean View Amusement Park roller coaster was scheduled to blow up on cue for the ABC Movie of the Week, “The Death of Ocean View Park,” but it had actually died ...

In the late ‘70’s, the old-fashioned park was closed and the wooden roller coaster – The Rocket – was intentionally destroyed in an explosion while filming “The Death of Ocean View Park ...

Perhaps the biggest attraction on the Jersey Shore, the Jet Star roller coaster in Seaside Heights remains in the ocean and there’s still no definite date for its removal ...