Fantasy Island Amusement Park’s owners, the Wainwright family, now own Thundering Surf Water Park and Adventure Golf in Beach Haven, uniting the neighboring businesses into a two-block complex of recreation, relaxation and forever-memories. The announcement came Tuesday, Nov. 25.
DOUBLE THE FUN: Now the water park (top), located between Taylor Avenue and Eighth Street in Beach Haven, is owned by the same people that own the amusement park (above), located between Eighth and Seventh. (Photos by Ryan Morrill)
As Thundering Surf celebrates its 50th season, the change of hands marks the start of a new chapter in the water park’s wet and wild history.
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