The Great White (Morey's Piers)

This article is about the roller coaster at Morey's Piers. For the steel roller coaster with the same name, see The Great White (SeaWorld San Antonio).

The Great White
The Great White taken from boardwalk
Morey's Piers
Location	Morey's Piers
Park section	Adventure Pier
Coordinates	38.98654°N 74.81073°W / 38.98654; -74.81073
Status	Operating
Opening date	June 10, 1996[1]
Cost	$5,500,000 USD
General statistics
Type	Wood
Manufacturer	Custom Coasters International
Designer	Dennis McNulty
Lift/launch system	Chain lift
Height	110 ft (34 m)
Drop	100 ft (30 m)
Length	3,300 ft (1,000 m)
Speed	50 mph (80 km/h)
Inversions	0
Duration	2:00
Max vertical angle	50°
Capacity	1200 riders per hour
Height restriction	48 in (122 cm)
The Great White at RCDB

The Great White is a sit-down wooden/steel roller coaster made and built by Custom Coasters International.^[2]

It has been operating since June 10, 1996 and has 2 trains from the Philadelphia Toboggan Company with 6 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train.^[2]

The ride starts by dropping into a tunnel beneath the boardwalk. After exiting the tunnel, the ride climbs up the 110-foot lift hill before dropping 100 feet at a 50-degree-angle, reaching a maximum speed of 50 mph (80 km/h). The ride then goes off the boardwalk and towards the beach, entering an elevated 225° swooping turn over the beach. The track then dives down into a turning drop, rising up to a flat 225° turn around. Another diving and swooping turn brings the train parallel to the first turn, and thence parallel to the lift hill. A series of three short airtime hills provide strong pops of ejector airtime, before rising up into a double-up into another flat turn around. The train makes one final turning drop and 90° before entering the brake run perpendicular to the lift hill and station.^[3]

This ride was built over the beach because Morey's Piers ran out of room on the pier.^[4] This ride is being constantly checked out by inspectors and has its track replaced frequently. This is one of the three 100+ feet coasters at Morey's and the only one that is a hybrid coaster.^[5][6] The ride has been retracked by Martin & Vleminckx.^[7]

For 2021, the coaster received 240 feet of new track, a new ride control system, and an elevator in the station.^[8] The coaster will receive new trains for the 2025 season. ^[9]

References

1. Mullen, Shannon (June 21, 1996). "Wildwood's wild wood". Asbury Park Press. Staff Writer. Retrieved September 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Great White (Morey's Piers)
3. Rollercoasters! Wildwood, NJ
4. A Morey's Story
5. Doo Wop Preservation League Forum - Wildwood, NJ - Aug. 17 to 21st, 2011 with Pics
6. Climbing The Great White - YouTube
7. "Retracking". Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
8. "A Classic Wooden Roller Coaster with a Bite!". 29 June 2021.
9. "Great White Roller Coaster Gets Major Upgrade".

Further reading

• Fun Pier: 1957 to Adventure Pier - Scott Hand, Diane Pooler - Google Books
• Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways - Jamie Jensen - Google Books
• Roller Coasters - Mike Schafer - Google Books
• Roller Coasters: United States and Canada - Todd H. Throgmorton - Google Books

External links

• "The Great White." Morey's Piers & Beachfront Waterparks