Jet Star (Casino Pier)
| Jet Star | |
|---|---|
Jet Star in 1978 | |
| Casino Pier | |
| Location | Casino Pier |
| Coordinates | 39°56′33″N 74°04′09″W / 39.942574°N 74.069198°W |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | 1970 |
| Closing date | 2000 |
| Replaced by | Star Jet |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel |
| Manufacturer | Anton Schwarzkopf |
| Model | Jet Star |
| Height | 44.3 ft (13.5 m) |
| Length | 1,765.1 ft (538.0 m) |
| Speed | 31.1 mph (50.1 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 1:07 |
| Jet Star at RCDB | |
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—Star Jet, the coaster that was swept into the Atlantic Ocean by Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012.