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To paraphrase Charlton Heston: They tore it down! The bastards tore it down! And now, on the sacred ground once occupied by the incomparable Jet Star, we have this...this...spindly boondoggle. I mean, I guess its okay and all, but by God its no Jet Star, and it doesnt deserve the same two syllables in its name. While its true that 92% of Casino Piers patrons are stoned out of their gourds on any given summer night, they still know their Jet Star from their Star Jet! But I digress... Lets see, the Star Jet. The best parts of the ride are those cribbed directly from the Jet Star: a rickety lift, a brief tour de mer, and a surprisingly intense first drop. The rest is sort of a Wild Mouse with a Napoleon complex. The Erector Set nature of this ride is exemplfied by the rolling stock, which looks like it was designed to hold Weeble Wobbles and is just waiting for another pod to be added to that wheelset jutting out in front. Unlike the trains on the Looping Coaster just south on Funtown Pier, these may actually double as a flotation device should the coaster topple into the Atlantic. Its a roller coaster, so Im bound to have some sort of postive feelings for it, but for those of us who knew and loved its predecessor, Star Jet can be little more than a bitter reminder of what once was.
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