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PcMan:
This is a good thing  like the Phoenix it will rise again with a coal-mining theme

"The ride, Muscato (Knoebels spokesman and family member) said, will not appear exactly as it was in Wildwood. One option might be a ride with a coal-mining theme given, Central Pennsylvania's history, instead of a gold-mine theme, Muscato said.

Morey said that would be an appropriate theme. "I'd love to see that," he said, adding the ride is destined for a new life. "RIP. Reincarnated in Peace," Morey said.

Still there is work to be done before the Golden Nugget finds a new generation of fans.

"First, we need to assess the condition of (the trains and track) and see what needs to be done," Muscato said. "But our first assessment was it was definitely worth bringing it here."

J2 rules:
Thank you Dick Knoebel. I can not wait to see what they do with it.

PcMan:
I never made it done to this farewell event but I found a writeup on www.thrillnetwork.com looks like they had a great turnout

"Today I went to the Golden Nugget Goodbye ceremony that was open to the public on Hunt's Pier in Wildwood, NJ. In the hour before the ceremony a few hundred people stood on the boardwalk to enter the picket fence covered entrance of the pier. The ceremony was held inside the Golden Nugget, which got my interest in attending. Upon entry I got a gift bag with a piece of lift chain and a plastic miner hat. I noticed some people got track pieces and some got banister pieces, not as cool. The Morey's were quite surprised to see the larger than expected crowd on hand. They expected 200 but got well towards 500. Afraid that there wouldn't be enough chowder what do you get to fill in between? Philly soft pretzels that is. You can always get that in an instant in South Jersey. The Golden Nugget was gutted of track for all but a small section of the loading station were there were two cars in the corner. There were pics of the memorable times for the ride on the walls. I got to take a few pics of the lift hills and touch the structure. After the Morey's opened the ceremony, the Hunt's grand daughter spoke, John Allen's son, and representatives from PTC, DAFE, and ACE. It was freezing cold, but after the ceremony there were tours of the Morey's paint and coaster shop. At the reception of clam chowder and pretzels there was the model of Morey's proposed two pier coaster. I've seen pictures before of it but there were some details I didn't notice before. Really juicy features. I appreciate very much the free gesture and goodbye by the Morey's organization."

They had a new model of the proposed coaster made out of wooden,I'm sure will will see it at Eastcoaster

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