Wildwood Tramcar

      Monday, June 19, 2023: After seeing a lighthouse in North Wildwood, I traveled south in Cape May County, New Jersey to Wildwood itself to ride the tramcar from one end of its two-and-a-half mile journey on the boardwalk, where it met the border with Wildwood Crest, to heading north into a few blocks of North Wildwood—and back! Off-and-on, as I rode the tramcar, I heard the announcement coming from this tramcar to the people on the boardwalk: “Watch the tramcar, please.” Along the way and back, on one side, I looked at the views of the beach & ocean; the convention center; amusement piers with its share of rides, games of chance, and miniature golf, as well as water parks, arcades, shops, and places to eat; and a few other buildings. On the other side, I saw what the boardwalk had to offer. In addition to the attractions that the piers offered, the boardwalk also included an aquarium, a chapel, and bars. For more information contact the following: Sightseer Tramcars Office, 5308 Boardwalk (609-523-1602). These tramcars had been made for the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and they have been on the Wildwood Boardwalk since 1949.  Meanwhile, other sections of the town had downtown shopping, other places to eat, bars & nightclubs, and a few museums. One of those museums was called the Doo Wop Museum, and inside, it exhibited items from Wildwood’s heyday in the 1950s and ‘60s. In fact, one on the things that set Wildwood apart from other NJ Shore resort towns was its several buildings dating from the 1950s and ‘60s in all its bright colors and retro-futuristic look. Other activities offered people chances to go fishing & crabbing, and of course, there has been the beach and ocean. In other words, there has been something for almost everybody. I could see why my parents used to take me here when I was a child in the 1960s.