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Thanks for the prompting Jerie... I was thinking 237 for balloons but thought that might have been plush horse in County Fair (I think they were close in numbers). I am in contact with Denise and Keith quite a bit. I was in Santa Clara during Halloween and they came over with their son. Also, hang o...

You're right it was Ed. He even taught bought bowling at SJSU which I took one semester. I have some of the keychains somewhere...

Howdy Brian,
I remember those little burgers they used to sell in KK. I loved em!

The employee nights were fun. I still have my Employee Night Luau frisbee (the pic is in my folder) and I ended up moving to Hawaii

Howdy there soup. I was in Merch and training about the time you were there. I also remember "Al" who used to give out Keychains each season. I remember Terri was pretty kewl and came by the shops a lot when I worked in Magic.

Good memories with good 'ole Dennys

Take care.

Well howdy Jerie ! Hm, store names and numbers off the top of my head for Orleans... For Sure: Emporium - 207 The others would be a guess. But, I am sure it will hit me in the middle of the night... Plush, Toystore (212?), Atari Store, Balloons, "Accessories 208," China Shop 209 (Hummels a...

I have to add another - OMG - As soon as I saw this thread title the light clicked on! I also remember him there at the park when I was there (80 - 89). That is great his is still there...

Sorry that this thread became an employee riding thread... :) I remember riding rides during commercial filming (off season park closed). We would ride the same ride over and over (loved it on the demon, hated it on the skywhirl) also we had to "act warm" since they were normally filmed in...

I have to agree the employee cafeteria was great. The burgers were awesom. I also liked the chili dog plate. It was huge with lots of chili and cheese. I remember the walls was this pressed fiber strings... it reminded me of smashed and painted spaghetti (maybe it was left overs..) One bad lunch eve...

I used to work in the magic shop next to the arcade in Orleans. I remember a secret on the early skeedaddle machines the arcade attendants told us about. On the right side (where the coin went in) there was a cable between the lever and the ball release. If a machine was on the end (right side) and ...

I still can't get over the tons of guests that ask the price of an item when the sticker was very evident. Many times they would shove a mug (or fill in your favorite souvenir) in your face and say "how much is this?" I would ever so gently roll it over and read the price on the bottom for...

= edited with answers = My name is Timothy. I wanted to give you all a shout from Hawaii. I just stumbled on to this site and look forward to contributing in the future. My Santa Clara MGA "career" was basically: Starting as a merch employee at the Magic Shop in Orleans Place in 1980. - Me...