Surrounding the bath house complex, as well as the area which was later occupied by the more modern mechanical rides, was an extensive lawn with walks and benches.
Taken out of operation by the early 1960s and stripped of its rocket cars and cables, the main tower remained as a landmark until it was demolished on camera as part of the climax of the 1978 feature film The Death Of Ocean View Park.
It usually had two heavy trains of iron-framed, wooden cars simultaneously on the track, which served a steady stream of passengers, and they would plummet down the first drop of probably 60–70 feet at a breathtaking pace.
Shaking, rattling, and kicking up sparks over successive hills, drops and tight radial turns, it often gave its riders the feeling that the cars would "skip the track" and send them flying in all directions.
A long, open-air, but covered promenade, at one time called the "Fun Pavilion", was located to the north of The Skyrocket, and ran parallel to the coaster and along the beach.
The beckoning Red Devil was in a glass-covered pocket high up in the wall, to the observer's left of the large waterwheel and, for a time, was accompanied by a "Laffing Sam" who occupied a similar niche on the right side of the wheel.
Drawing attention to this ride was "Laffing Sal", another mechanical device in the form of an overweight and rather homely-looking female who did no more than emit a constant stream of insane laughter, while doubling over again and again to the delight of all, excepting a few frightened children.
The Shooting Gallery was also prominently featured in the Rollercoaster film, as the character played by Timothy Bottoms is shown in an early scene winning a stuffed animal, and receiving praise from the operator for his marksmanship before remotely setting off a bomb on the coaster.
The "Penny Arcade" Located nearly opposite "Laff in the Dark" was the Penny Arcade, where patrons found coin-operated amusements such as a Punching Ball, a "Strength Meter", a mechanical "Fortune Teller", an "Electrocution" machine, "Skee Ball" games, souvenir photo booths, coin-activated gum and candy machines and an antique "Peep Show"— which was a coin-operated, crank-driven, photo-flipping "Cail-O-Scope" featuring, among other themes, a circa 1880s dance routine by "Little Egypt".
Very similar in design and operation to a ski-lift, it carried passengers in double seats with a single safety bar, suspended by a cable, at a slow and easy pace along a straight path and back again, affording them an aerial view of the park and the beach beyond.
A control arm would then raise the cylinder to nearly a half-vertical position for a set period of time before the ride was leveled again, and slowed to a stop.
A sizable snack bar was located on the east side of the area containing the mechanical rides described above, and served hot dogs, hamburgers, cold drinks, candy and other treats.
These passes consisted of a colored string, fastened around the wrist of the patron with a small metal clasp, and at one time were sold for one dollar.
In the mid-1970s, the park was scheduled to be torn down, but was saved from total oblivion when its roller coaster appeared in at least two Hollywood disaster films.
The other film was The Death Of Ocean View Park, a "Playboy" production starring Mike Connors (Mannix), Diana Canova and Martin Landau, in which the actual destruction of the coaster was the climax.
Many of the other attractions seen in the Hollywood films, including the Salt & Pepper Shaker Ferris wheel and the much older Rocket Plane Tower, were located in the area of the now existing three-winged high-rise condominium to the immediate east of this point.
The Shooting Gallery, the Penny Arcade, the Tunnel Of Fun boat ride and Laff in the Dark were situated in the now green areas to the north, adjacent to the boardwalk which runs along the border of the public beach.