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Hey Everybody,

Cool, vintage, Marriott's American Eagle mug / stein on Ebay. Take a look!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 7762206967

David,

I am 40 years old, 6' 193 lbs. Not bad for not seeing a picture of me.

JW

Okay David, guess my age and weight! There are some clues in the threads as to how old I am, but I am not giving any clues for my weight!

JW

Yes, being "America" was all about the Bicentennial that first year the parks opened.

Hey Everybody! It has been fun reading all of your memories. Keep em' coming. These are great! There is something about that first memory of being at the park. For me, it is pretty vivid.

There are a lot of items listed on Ebay for Astroworld right now. Take a look. Here is an auction for pictures of Astrowheel. http://cgi.ebay.com/EARLY-ASTROWORLD-MEMORIES-6-ASTROWHEEL-PHOTOS_W0QQitemZ7747195501QQcategoryZ13878QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem They look to be from the late 1960s or early 1970s. JW

I think one of the members of our Forum wrote that article.

Does anyone remember any specific "special events" hosted in SC or Gurnee in other years that were not mentioned here already?

Yeah, I wonder how a visitor to the park would have gotten one of these Demon coins.

It is interesting that all the "hype" you hear involves the Gurnee Edge. The same ride in Santa Clara did not experience any bad press. Anyone know of any interesting facts about the Santa Clara Edge that some of us may not know about? (Other than ridiculous false accident stories??)

Great Steven!

How have you been doing? Haven't seen you in the Discussion Forums in a while. Hope you are well!

JW

As was the case with Six Flags deciding to keep the recognizable name, Great America, someone should tell corporate at Macys in New York that the folks in the Chicago area would rather keep the name Marshall Fields. For those of you not in the Chicago area, Execs at Macy's have stated that after the...

Jonrev,

Now I see why you like Demon so much. Yes, Eagle, Southern Cross and Demon are located in about the same vicinity. I remember the very first season Demon became a coaster from TOC. It was an amazing transition.

JW

Hey Jonrev,

Can you explain why you are so interested in the Demon? I think it is cool that you know a lot of information about this coaster. It seems to be your favorite (from the Marriott days) ride at SFGAm.

JW

Rick,

I am ahead of you by 4 years. Those aches and pains keep coming, but I've found that stretching and exercising each morning really makes a difference!

JW