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Hydrus is a steel roller coaster at Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Opened in 2017, it was the sixth Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter roller coaster to open in the United States [1] and the first Euro-Fighter 320 model in the world. [2] It replaced Star Jet, which was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
Casino Pier was an amusement facility center featuring numerous rides, games, and concession stands. Before Hurricane Sandy, there were 38 rides on the pier, ranging from family rides to roller coasters; other attractions include a rooftop miniature golf course, a chairlift that runs the length of the Seaside Height's boardwalk north of Casino Pier, a figure 8 Go-Kart track, and numerous ...
Seaside Heights is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore, within Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,440, [10] a decrease of 447 (−15.5%) from the 2010 census count of 2,887, [19] [20] which in turn had reflected a decline of 268 (−8.5%) from the 3,155 counted in the 2000 census. [21]
Seaside Heights acquired it in 2017 after agreeing to swap 1.36 acres of beach with Casino Pier, allowing the rebuilding of the pier on the sand after it was badly damaged by Superstorm Sandy.
Star Jet was a replacement for the similarly-named Jet Star roller coaster, which operated on Casino Pier from 1970 until 2000. [2] The similarity in names between the Star Jet and its predecessor has resulted in Star Jet being frequently misidentified in the media as Jet Star, [3] and even misidentified on Casino Pier's own website following Hurricane Sandy.
Jet Star, sometimes stylized as Jet-Star, was a steel roller coaster which operated between 1970 and 2000 at Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.It was replaced by—and sometimes confused with [1] —Star Jet, [2] the coaster that was swept into the Atlantic Ocean by Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012.
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