If you're going for 2-3 days, I suggest going to Atlantic City instead of Wildwood. Me and friend did a roadtrip last year, took a room at the Tropicana Resort. 3 days/2 nights of pure drunken beach/gambling/fine eating.
Beach is as nice as Wildwood, boardwalk is less family oriented, more commercial. The Tropicana itself is like an in-doors Downtown, with couple of bars, karaoke, lounge, club, fine restaurants (We went to Red Square and Cuba Libre, both awesome places). 2$ 750 ml Coors @ Adam's Sport Bar was the shit.