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See a bird’s-eye view of a Wildwood water park at season’s end

An amusement pier and water park on the Wildwood boardwalk prepare for the end of the season and winter’s hush.

The latest from the Museum of Modern Art? No, this is a bird’s-eye view of Morey’s Piers, a signature feature of one of the region’s signature summer destinations, Wildwood-By-the-Sea. Founded by Morey family in the 1960s, the piers house over 60 rides, including seven roller coasters.
The latest from the Museum of Modern Art? No, this is a bird’s-eye view of Morey’s Piers, a signature feature of one of the region’s signature summer destinations, Wildwood-By-the-Sea. Founded by Morey family in the 1960s, the piers house over 60 rides, including seven roller coasters.Read moreMonica Herndon / Staff Photographer

The latest from the Museum of Modern Art? No, this is a bird’s-eye view of the Raging Waters Water Park at Morey’s Piers & Beachfront Waterparks, a signature feature of one of the region’s signature summer destinations in the Wildwoods.

Having withstood a four-day assault from a mutant coastal storm mined from Ian’s remains, Wildwood is returning to its wintering grounds, where in real life it is a small town with a population of around 5,000.

As it gets colder, it may seem like a distant relative of the summer Wildwood, when it becomes a raucous recreational metropolis. For generations it has drawn Philadelphians — and Canadians — attracted by a boardwalk roaring with amusement rides and gaudiness.

With four piers, two waterparks, a beach bar, and four hotels, Morey’s Piers, which is about to celebrate its final weekend of the season, might well be the essence of Wildwood.

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Like other Shore businesses, Morey’s suffered during the COVID-ian summer of 2020, but the beach towns have been rebounding.

Although not quite as robust as the 2021 season, when tourism returned to near pre-COVID levels, the summer of 2022 evidently was good for Shore towns — save for a shortage of help that appeared to be a national virus in and of itself.

Only 236 day until Memorial Day.

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