North Wildwood: Combine Alcohol With Swimming For Bonus Down The Shore Fun! Only 156 Tickets!

It’s almost the middle of June, and with the official start of summer quickly approaching, we’ll all be heading down the shore for at least a day or two in the coming months. And whether your choice of south Jersey beaches is Avalon, Ocean City, Stone Harbor, Sea Isle, Cape May, Cape May Court House, or wherever, you know that for the trashiest fun possible, you have to go to Wildwood.

This year, North Wildwood has decided to trash up its act a little bit by allowing Morey’s Piers to open up a bar at its water park. Yes, Morey’s Surfside Pier at 25th Ave. (the one everyone calls “Morey’s Pier”) has renamed Raging Waters and turned it into an adult playground.

The new Ocean Oasis is essentially the same thing as the old Raging Waters, with slides and a kids’ area and the lazy river. But there is one exception: The bar. And the pool tables. And chess and backgammon. Oh, and did we mention the serving of alcohol at a water park on the pier?

And people wonder why some of we native Philadelphians have an attachment to Wildwood. C’mon.

Bonus: According to this article, when the alcohol license was still pending, there was a group calling itself “Families Opposing Waterpark Liquor,” or FOWL.

One Seashore Town Allows Water Parks to Serve Alcohol [KYW 1060]
North Wildwood facility seeks OK to serve alcohol [Camden Courier Post]