Dracula's Castle, Wildwood NJ Boardwalk, 1991, Pt.2

For you Wildwood Boardwalk fans - here's a visit to the old Castle Dracula (almost the complete walk through) - plus some tidbits that follow. Extracted from our June '91 trip to Wildwood video. Good quality. Very dark, so your monitor might have to be adjusted. See Pt.1 for the Dungeon boat ride beneath the castle.

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[RedDragon0719]

Wow, what a treasure this video is. This is the only interior video online Ive seen. Im surprised they let you film but video cams werent popular then. 1991, that came mustve been huge ;) , well done

[Onneff69]

@RedDragon0719 Thanks, I appreciate that. It seems a lot of people are surprised they let me videotape, but there were no signs forbidding it - and they were actually very accomodating, as you say.

[rbford]

Great video, it really brings back the memories..thanks for posting this its hands down the best Castle Dracula video I have ever seen.

[Onneff69]

@rbford Thank you, rbford. Glad you liked it!

[Tink101ist]

I really like the video. You did a great job. I have been going to Wildwood ever since I was a baby with my family. I would always chicken out on going into the castle. I would just wait for my dad and brother. The castle always gave me the willies. Now that it is no longer there I kinda wish I did not chicken out well thanks for doing the video!

[rwk360]

If you would have been in Wildwood ten years earlier than this, 1981, there would have been two castles-Castle Drac, as well as Castle Frankenstein on Fun Pier approx. where the Great White loading station is now. Frankenstein opened 1978 and closed mid-1982, and burned to the ground Aug 1984, it was completely destroyed like Castle Drac was on Jan 16, 2002. Morey's Pier also had a multi level Haunted House that was open from 1972 to 1984.

[rwk360]

I wish something like this would have been rebuilt. Even if it was on a different pier like Sportland. Morbid Manor is good but it doesn't have the size that Drac had. It's like a haunted house tucked away inside a building. Drac on the other hand stood out, and was visible for blocks. Some of the former old timer Drac actors from the 80's work for Morbid Manor now, like Colleen, Ed, and Anita. There's a second haunted house under construction on Sportland on the rear, it is opening this summer

[yayitzme123]

Haha know there's the Ghost Ship,that i'm NEVER going in again

[DivineTrash81]

Granted, it's been YEARS, but in my mind this was the best haunted attraction that I ever experienced. Consider that both portions (castle and dungeon) took about 30 minutes to complete. And those contracting walls freaked me the hell out as a kid.

[666deadkennedy]

very good video its just a shame that it was from the crappy years Every person in it would have been sent to the dungeon i would never allowed shows like that

[coastermania17]

the guillotine part has me perplexed. does anyone know how they did that?