The Master Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 Back in the 60s along the Black Horse Pike in Egg Harbor was Adventure Village. A long defunct park that was torn down in 2009. It was a weird Wild West / Gay 90s Main Street themed park with train rides, Model T rides, Movie theater that showed old shorts and films, etc. The park opened in 1959 and operated for 10 years, and probably closed in1969.The really weird part of the park's history is that after it closed, the buildings were turned into apartments and people lived in a defunct amusement park for decades! Here are a couple of links. http://weirdnj.com/stories/abandoned/adventure-village/ http://www.shorenewstoday.com/egg_harbor_township/history/history-notes-april-adventure-village/article_6afcabaf-de07-5146-9e77-cbb1df64e972.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 I was surprised to see this as I have never heard about it before. My parents bought a shore house in south Jersey in the early 70s and we went to the area for decades, but the park was never mentioned in any of the paper articles I have read over the years. I do remember Zaberers Restaurant in Egg Harbor Township (which was an odd place) but not Adventure Village. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted January 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 I never heard of it before too until I read it on Weird NJ.com. Perhaps the park never advertised itself that well which may have been part of the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.