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Splash Zone Water Park
Splash Zone Water Park has closed (last season: 2025). This page covers its history and the rides it had.
- Location
- Wildwood, New Jersey
- Closed
- 2025
- Rides listed
- 0
Rides it had
No rides listed for Splash Zone Water Park yet.
This pier on the Wildwood boardwalk at Schellenger Avenue was known as Nickel's Midway Pier while the Nickels family owned it, from 1976 into the 2000s. Its best-known attraction, Castle Dracula, opened in 1977 and was destroyed by fire in 2002. Splash Zone Water Park opened on the pier in 2000 and closed permanently after the 2025 season; the owner is exploring redevelopment of the site.
Sources
- rcdb.com/4674.htm (RCDB: Splash Zone Water Park, 3500 Boardwalk, Wildwood, NJ; former names Nickel's Midway Pier, Marine Pier West, Playland; Nickels family owned the pier from 1976 to the 2000s; removed coasters Python, Katapult, Screem Machine)
- inquirer.com/news/new-jersey/splash-zone-wildwood-water-park... (Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct 17, 2025: Splash Zone, at the boardwalk and Schellenger Avenue, permanently closed at the end of the 2025 season after 26 summers; owner Andy Weiner exploring a boutique hotel or condominiums)
- wildwoodvideoarchive.com/?p=37668 (Oct 10, 2025: Splash Zone's history began in 2000; closed at the end of the 2025 season)
- watchthetramcarplease.com/?p=22409 (Oct 11, 2025: Splash Zone has officially shut down after 26 seasons; owner Andy Weiner)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morey%27s_Piers (Castle Dracula, walk-through by Nickels, operated 1977 to 2002, destroyed by fire)