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by Cheesehead Dave
Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:01 am
Forum: Rides
Topic: Most Sickening Ride
Replies: 30
Views: 53647

Cleaning the ride was easy; just pop open the door, fire up the hose, and watch everything flow away under the floor. Out of sight, out of mind! It was always pretty funny when someone lost it after the ride. Some poor kids would be standing there surrounded by his lunch while everyone else in the d...
by Cheesehead Dave
Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:20 am
Forum: Rides
Topic: Most Sickening Ride
Replies: 30
Views: 53647

Of all the ones I worked at, it was probably a toss-up between Power Dive and Cajun Cliffhanger. Both rides came equipped with hoses for easy cleanup. How nice that they were both in the same ride group. I doubt that a day went by without one or both going down at some point for cleanup. http://www....
by Cheesehead Dave
Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:20 am
Forum: Rides
Topic: Tidal Wave Question
Replies: 20
Views: 34685

NotBill wrote:Basically the Wave is a giant slingshot -- big weight in the tower, cable comes back to the pusher that is at the back of the train (it even had a name, I forget what it was though).
IIRC, it was named "Oscar". I'd like to know where that came from.
by Cheesehead Dave
Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:17 am
Forum: Remembering Marriott's GREAT AMERICA
Topic: What Do You Think About the New Highway Sign in Gurnee?
Replies: 11
Views: 20538

The sign is nice to look at when it's working. I drive past it every day, and it seems that at least once a week, there are random black squares here and there where the LEDs aren't working. I wish it was a little bigger, though. By the time you're close enough to read some of the text, you've only ...
by Cheesehead Dave
Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:12 am
Forum: Gurnee
Topic: Bugs at Gurnee Great America
Replies: 17
Views: 28578

I saw that bugs was wearing the old marriots red white and blue suit the first time I went but I never saw it again after that. Has anyone seen it this year? Yep. They had the show going when we entered the park a couple of weeks ago, and that was the first thing that caught my eye. "Hey! Bugs...
by Cheesehead Dave
Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:09 am
Forum: Gurnee
Topic: New Kids Area at SFGA
Replies: 18
Views: 31057

I'll give them the fact that the usually-empty queues in Eagle Arena were just a waste of space and they needed to do something with the area. While I'm not a huge Wiggles fan, the new area did seem nice and had some neat attractions for the kids. One bit of brain-deadness though: There's a gap betw...