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That's not Buffet LeGrand, that's A-La Burger.

OMG Greta! I remember you too!!! It's Rick from Cash Control and (later) sales. You were always so damn much fun.

Here's a good memory for all of you - Wardrobe, circa 1989 or so. I can still smell the Reeboks from ERSC:

This continued into the Six Flags days as well. Probably still happens today. When I was a sales rep, we all had Plymouth Breezes. Plymouth was the park's sponsor (I think they sponsored the Music Hall that year (1998-99) but I can't be sure.) The Breezes replaced Chevy Corsicas, since the park's sp...

Oh my GOD! 10-13 people in ONE BOAT!?

I can't even wrap my brain around that one! Wow!

GREAT STORIES! I'm so glad I came back!!!

Wow... when I started in 1988 at the Front Gate, they still had those checked vests with the fluffy tie blouses for some areas of the gate. I think they were used pretty much in the parking lot only by then and possibly other areas like the kennel. The rest of the gate had been converted to poly blu...

Back to the ol' Great America Box for this one. It's a photocopy of an article in the Chicago Sun-Times after the incident happened. It was sent to me by a gentlemen back in the early 90s or so. I don't have anything other than this, but it was definitely in the news. Sorry for the crummy quality - ...

Avalon is still there. I never went to Poor Richard's but always heard about it. In-Laws apparently had a fire a few years ago and remodeled VERY extensively. The building is still there as it always was (always reminded me of an old Pizza Hut) but the inside is nothing like the dump it used to be b...

I remember when I first started at the park (1988) it was not long after they had dug out the area under the bridge. That year they made a revision to the path the employees took to walk along the service road- in the past they walked under the bridge along with traffic, but in 1988 they opened a ne...

Been a long time since I've posted here... :) I used to work in the park's Cash Control office, and there used to be a pickup drop box in that store room. I remember it was always a rather creepy place - never knew why. I had never heard of the "haunted" rumors, but anytime I had that pick...

It appears that Splashwater is, indeed, coming down. This was just posted to the Chicago Tribune. Sadly it's not for a good reason: Worker at Great America dies after falling 40 feet A worker trying to dismantle a ride Tuesday morning at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee died after falling more than...

I like the new logo... it gives the park its own identity again, in a way... the red, white and blue goes back to the old Marriott logo for me.

Let's hope this all means good things for SCGA.

I've been hearing Splashwater Falls and Raceway will BOTH be removed.

What's the status of the park music for 2007? I know last year for the 45th they played 70s and 80s tunes. What's being played now?

I suppose I could just GO and find out for myself.. but.. just curious.

That's awesome... they went back to the original "Demon" logo on the trains. Another kudos to Six Flags!!!

Good topic! I, too, remember having a delicious meal at Captain Morgan's Seafood. I think I ate there a year or two (or three) before it switched over to being Angelo's. I don't think there is a single restaurant in the park that sells seafood now, and it's a shame. My fondest memory, though, is of ...