Ocean Playland Amusement Park was developed by Jim Caine and opened on June 11, 1965 on the bay at 65th Street. The park was built on a section of filled land that measured 860 feet long and 375 feet wide.
At its peak, it featured 42 rides including a monorail, a skyride, electric boats and a wooden roller coaster known as the “Monster Mouse,” which Caine himself operated during the park’s first year. A miniature golf course — primitive by today’s standards — was in the center of the complex.
Caine sold his interest in Ocean Playland in the early 1970s, but the park continued operating until the end of the 1981 season. The Town of Ocean City bought the property in January 1982 and today the town’s public works department covers the grounds of the former amusement park.
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