First a fire, then the coronavirus pandemic. Fantasy Island Amusement Park has been on ice for all of 2020, so far.

“We were thinking about opening a bit earlier this year, but the fire shut down that idea,” said Brian Wainwright, now in his second year as owner of the popular family entertainment venue in Beach Haven. “Then the pandemic happened, and we weren’t sure we would have a season at all. It’s a challenging time, for sure.”