Ocean View Amusement Park was an amusement park at the end of Granby Street at Ocean View Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, opened on April 13, 1957 and operated by Jack L. Greenspoon and Dudley Cooper. The amusement park and its wooden coaster, the Rocket, appeared in the 1977 movie Rollercoaster but closed on September 4, 1978. The Rocket was destroyed as part of the making of the television program The Death of Ocean View Park in 1979. The amusement park had five coasters, including the Southern Belle, Leap the Dips, Figure Seven and the Rocket. The history of the park is described at the Ocean View Station Museum in Norfolk, Virginia. Vintage features and attractions The dance hall In the park's heyday, the dance hall was a place for young singles and couples to meet and socialize. At the west end, outside of the Promenade, it featured live bands and a large wooden floor for dancing. During the 1960s, it fell into disuse and was closed down. The lawn and bath houses The extreme east end of the park was once occupied by a row of public bath houses, where beach-going park visitors could shower and change. 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. A Ferris wheel was behind the bath houses, offering riders a view of the bay. The casino On the immediate north side of the main coaster — at that time, it was Leap the Dips — and facing the area of the lawn and bath houses, there was a large casino before gambling was outlawed in Virginia. Flying Aeroplane / Rocket Tower Built around the turn of the 20th century, the Flying Aeroplane/Rocket ride was another main attraction at the park for over 50 years. 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. Kiddieland The Kiddieland area was initially much larger, east of the Aeroplane Tower and behind the bath houses, with a small coaster and a miniature train, but was eventually moved to a smaller, roofed-over area closer to the main promenade, next to the ice