served hot dogs, hamburgers, cold drinks, candy and other treats. Tickets and passes In the earlier days of the park's operations, each attraction had its own ticket booth, but later on, tickets could generally be purchased for most of the other attractions at any one of these booths. In the declining years of its operation, general admission whole park passes were issued at a single booth located at the park's main entrance, which was at the sidewalk, near the area of the entry to the Skyrocket. 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. Initially, the passes were good for entry into all of the rides in the park, except the Skyrocket, but near the very end of operations, entry to that ride was included as well. Closing 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. Rollercoaster (1977), starring George Segal, Henry Fonda and Timothy Bottoms, used Ocean View Amusement Park as one of many around the US which were being targeted by a mad terrorist bomber (Bottoms). 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 . A testament to the strength of the old ride's wooden structure remains fixed in the memories of those who witnessed its demolition. When the time came for the filming of the movie's climax, the primary supports of the coaster were fitted with explosive charges. At the director's signalr, one of the wooden trains, filled with mannequins, was sent for its "last" ride down the aged track. The charges were set off, blowing the large wooden posts to smithereens, while at the same time, huge, fiery gasoline explosions were set off for visual effect. The coaster refused to budge. The crowd watching from across the street broke into spontaneous laughter and applause. Inspections were made, new charges were set on the secondary supports, and the scenes were re-staged. The charges went off, the coaster remained standing, and the crowd cheered. Unwilling to spend any more time or money on explosives, the movie company finally devised a way to