General Discussions

We have Mother’s Day weekend for the car show at the reges, august 5-13 at the aloha and September 20-24 at the crusader Fir the fall car show.. Cant wait!

Take a second and vote for the Wildwoods' Doo Wop Experience Museum. It's in the running to be named one of USA Today's "Best Pop Culture Museums" . Follow this link and you can vote. (It's one click, and they don't ask for any personal info). http://www.10best.com/.../doo-wop-experience-museum.../

This is a bit outdated. I was going to post this earlier this past summer, however my laptop died- along with all my bookmarks. Back on August 7, The Dom Giordano Program on Philadelphia talk radio station 1210 WPHT interviewed Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano. It was supposed to be an interview abou

Anyone on social media has probably seen this already but the condominium conversion of the OceanView Motel in the Crest fell through a new group purchased the motel with plans of a full renovation and building off of the mid-century modern design. The renderings look fantastic and the OceanView wil

It looks like a new Starbucks will be coming across from the McDonald's on Rio. They are going before the planning board next month. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on the 6th day of June, 2022, at 6:00 p.m., prevailing time, a hearing will be held before the Planning and Zoning Board of the City of Wildw

If you've tried to visit this forum in the past week, you probably noticed the site was down. Russ, the person who runs this website, reached out to the organization because their web hosting expired. I was concerned that they might have decided to give up on this site, but thankfully it's back up a

The Ocean Holiday finally received Cafra approval yesterday. After waiting on approval for so long, construction will hopefully begin soon.

Based on a new sign at the property, it looks like condos could be coming on one of the two newly separated lots where the Martinique was behind the post office. They are calling them Residences on the Oak and are saying they will be ready for Summer of 2023. I guess it is better than an empty lot

Another motel has been sold. Mahalo Hotels LLC bought the Ocean Holiday for $4.55 million. Since it was bought by a hotel company, hopefully they will continue to run the motel.

Spring is here, and Stella Star began her web log again. The first post of the season can be found here: https://doowopcity.wordpress.com/2022/03/15/welcome-back-to-doo-wop-city Be sure to read the March 24th post to, about the Lu Fran.

We’re bringing back a tradition we haven’t done in several years and spending the night in Wildwood on the 16th so we can spend Easter Day down there. I was surprised because when I called the motel, I was told there were only 2 rooms left. I guess people are itching to go away again, which is nice

I have heard the Star Diner in North Wildwood has been sold to the owners of the Marvis Diner and will reopen in 2022 as the Marvis Pancake House. We always liked the Star Diner's breakfasts and a few times it was our first stop on the island on the way into town. Any comments?

Wow, this was a cool find I recently stumbled across. It looks like a pilot was filmed in 2011 of what it was like to work on Morey's Piers. Joey from the Wildwood Video Archive is in it too. This was a charming and fun watch. I was always interested in what it was like behind the scenes on the boar

The watch the tramcar please site has a camera overlooking the area where the boardwalk is being reconstructed. They are making great progress. https://watchthetramcarplease.com

Happy New Year everyone! I just wanted to pop in and address some things. When I was initially made a moderator for this forum, I had a lot more time on my hands. Over the last few months I haven't been able to pop in as much as I'd like because I have returned to work and, unfortunately, my son

Hard to believe, but 1993 was the first year I stayed in Wildwood at 7 years old. Though I took a gap and didn't stay from 2004-2012, I've been going every year for the past 10 years. I'll once again be staying at the Shalimar. 8/26-8/31. Can't wait!!

This post grew out of the topic, "What Do You do When You First Got To Wildwood?" Ad I didn't want to derail that topic, so I'm starting a new post here. One of the members asked for a few examples, and I provided this quote: "And I mean, OBSCURE: The Act: Snobbery and Decay (1988) Shriekback: Ev

You can see Stella's end-of-the-year wrap-up here. These Spectacular Season Finales are a lot longer and have tons of pictures! https://doo-wop.city/2022/12/01/post-200-spectacular-season-2-finale

My son and I were down for the annual Christmas Parade and recorded it for Randy Senna's YouTube page. You can check it out here:

Get ready for 1967 or 2023 with the Doo Wop City 1967 Stella Star Calendar! It features a new photo in Wildwood every month! It doubles as a 2023 calendar! Own it by following this link: https://py.pl/1tB1tJ Or: If you live in Wildwood or Lower Township, message me for information about fre

I saw on facebook that there's going to be a book release for all the Castle Dracula lovers at the Wildwood Historical Museum on 8/13. The link for more information and to rsvp can be found here.

Hello everyone. I have been working with Randy Senna from the Retro Arcade on the boardwalk to grow his YouTube channel. He is going to start posting weekly videos featuring unique items from his massive collection. We produced this trailer for his channel: Subscribe to Main Street Randyland!!!,

I saw on Facebook that the Doo Wop Drive Inn had been put up for sale, which is somewhat of a surprise because the owners recently moved back to their location at the Tangiers. When they announced they were opening the Tangiers Cafe, they said that both spots would be open. This will be the last s

Did anyone watch any of the coverage on Facebook or youtube? I felt so bad for the movers and it looked like they underestimated how big of a job it was. It must have been something seeing the building just sitting in the middle of the road. I might be taking a day trip next weekend and am excited t

August 28-Sept 2nd! Booked the same room as last year at our beloved Shalimar. It's only Feb but it's already been a rough year so I CANNOT WAIT!! Already compiling my itinerary, with plenty of time left for "do whatever you feel like doing!" What's everyone else's countdown?

A Wildwood legend has passed away, at 79 years old. Wildwood Days is THE Wildwood anthem. His music and spirit will live on.

Finally getting back to wildwood this summer for a weeks vacation! Its been 5 years. Back to our favorite hotel, The Aloha, too. August 13-19 ❤️😊. So excited.. Had to share the good news

It looks like the Waikiki was sold to Fiorio LLC/ Vienna 6211 Corp for $6.775M. It will be very interesting to see what they do with the Waikiki.

https://wildwoodvideoarchive.com/saving-a-wildwood-crest-motel/?fbclid=IwAR3Jeoe5YAt4OtUZKrE4c-tKdq6Gz20iGUE8HPqdcOgg6kmo2QfJUVRje2k I saw this posted just today, it looks like the Oceanview was sold and will be undergoing a condo conversion. The new owner apparently plans to demolish the historic l

I am posting a link to to the webcam near the Douglas Fudge Pavilion showing Boardwalk replacement in that area. You may enjoy keeping track of it. Thanks.......Warren Wildwood New Jersey Boardwalk Blog and News