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that_guy, Hi, i am not sure what rollercoaster it was that i saw. I would imagine it was probably turn of the century or whizzer. When the park first opened were those the only 2 coasters there (except for gulf coaster)? It was close to border of park from what i remember and have no idea if it was ...

My earliest memories of MGA are rather interesting. Actually, early-mid 70's i was in 4H, lived in Milwaukee area. Our 4H group was on an outing to museum in Chicago. On the way there (the following month we were going to Dandilion park) An adult chaperone told us that it might be the last time we w...

I know that this is a OT, and hope i do not get into trouble. I apologize for this, but i am really interested in finding someone who knows about or remembers Dandilion Park in Muskego,Wis. If someone does possibly we could just email eachother, i know this does not belong here. But i can find very ...

Here is a question..I remember late 70's probably 78 or 79 being at MGA. There was some kind of "Octoberfest" type of celebration. This was not fright fest. I do not recall any Halloween type decor. I remember a place seving Brats and Kraut and Beer. This may however have been a company pi...

Wow, thanks for all the replys. Love all the pictures. I wonder if they will come out with a book for 30th anniversary. That would be awesome. Love those old pictures..only problem is, does not seem that long ago.

Does anyone know of any books or publications that SFGA or MGA has or had. Alot of places sell booklets with pictures and info about park. Most likely in souvinier shops. I have searched e-bay and amazon cannot find anything. Also i have looked under book stores. I would find it hard to believe that...

That is absolutely amazing, i loved reading all this..thinking back to those years i sure wish i would have thought about working there. I was living in Milwaukee at the time. Of course Shockwave was my favorite rollercoaster. Thank you for sharing, i am sure that all employees of SFGA have lots of ...

Thank you all for your input on all of this. The first time i went on shockwave i was so scared, but when i got off of it , it was like....lets do it again. Though i hav to admit i got banged up quite a bit on it . Back then I had a problem with anorexia and was pretty frail. The restraint was pulle...

Thanks for responding. I appreciate it. It is so good to talk with others that have memories of the same things. I am curious, since they put the water park in, looks as though alot of parking area was taken up. That lot was always filled. Do they now have offsite parking?

Thanks for the info. Yes that is the park (silverwood) which i was referring to. Was looking at some old pictures last night from Great America. Wow. Anyone remember this? August, 1979 they had some sort of a radio-sponsered Country music thing. I was there under a large tent, pictures of the Oak Ri...

Where is Mt. Olympus???? Never heard of it. Anyone ever go to a place called Silverwood Park ? (Cour de alene, Id) closest park to where i live. Never been there, but dying to ride a coaster

Thanks for the reply, i just do not remember that one at all, memory block i guess. Maybe i was afraid of it. The Great american scream machine is one of the ones like shock wave i believe. Only slighthly taller. I wish there were was an amusement park close to where i live. I hope to get to Milwauk...

Hello everyone, Happy to have found this site. I have many fond memories of Great America. I grew up in Milwauke area, and first visit was 1978, and went there numerous times every summer. Shockwave was definetly my favorite ride, i was broken hearted when i found out they tore it down. Unfortunatel...