GREATAMERICAparks.com

Yes indeed! Thanks again for posting that.

Why do you get there so early? If you work there, that's awesome! When I go to the park for opening, I also arrive between 7:30 and 8 AM. That way, I'm one of the first ones into the parking lot, so I get a close parking space. This also allows me to be one of the first through the gate. With the p...

The name tag in the lower left hand corner has a gold carousel pin on yet. Is this a 10 year pin? I have the 5 year pin on my nametag which is more round. I didn't quite make it to 10 years. It is actually my 5 year pin, which would have been for the 1992 season (the last year I was at the park). V...

Everyone, Figured I would post 2 pictures, showing the name badges that I had while working at the park, and my collection of buttons as well. Enjoy! http://CPE-65-25-185-174.wi.res.rr.com:2711/jcpics/brian/MGAParksPhotos/bap_NameBadges.jpg http://CPE-65-25-185-174.wi.res.rr.com:2711/jcpics/brian/MG...

redfishpaw, Over in the Whack-a-Mole thread, http://www.greatamericaparks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=111 I posted the following The Gurnee Park (and I'm guessing Santa Clara) had 2 Shooting Galleries. One was called Pirates Alley, in Orleans Place, and the other was the Northwest Shooting Gallery, i...

I don't remember exactly where I found this article online, but I saved it, as it was very interesting. I will state up front that I am not the author of the below information, but I am posting it here, and I want to give credit to Mr. Denis M. Larrick, as he was the one who wrote this, and did all ...

I remember the root beer shop next to the grill. I think they still serve Barqs Root Beer there. They no longer serve root beer at that location anymore. I believe it has been a few years (maybe 4 or 5 now) that they stopped doing that. You are correct that it was Barqs root beer that was sold in l...

I remember the ferris wheel at the Gurnee Park. I don't remember though, if I ever rode on it. Your location is correct. What's interesting is if you look at that space today, you may wonder how a ride fit in that area, as it is quite small. That answer leads to the answer of your question, as to wh...

Steve,

Thanks for posting that picture.

By the way, was that taken in the Gurnee Park, or the Santa Clara one?

Redfishpaw,

That article about zforce is cool, but why, oh why did you staple it over something to do with Tidal WAVE?? On the right side, about 1/2 way down, you can see one of the waves.

I would like to see what's under the ZForce Article myself!

In the park (HTS, OP, etc.) it looks like there used to be more tracks for the trolley. I'm assuming this is true because if two trolleys were running, one had to (at one point) move for the other. So, in OP, it looks like there was a switch to move a trolley on a side track and reconnect it with t...

If you look down as you cross under the blue side track, it appears that there was a handrail running down the middle, so two queues actually passed under. However, that would leave only about 18 inches of space (not nearly enough for today's society!) which seems rather narrow. Is this correct, an...

Regarding the breaks at the top of the lift, I do know that in recent years, they have not been used. In fact, this past spring the park re-tracked the Blue lift hill, and in doing so, they removed the braces that were left up there. I feel that when the park does the Red side this fall, they will d...

That food kiosk is still there. Its kind of in the middle of the tent. Today, it sells Churros, soda, and I think Pretzels. They also sell slushies.

Did they build a hill with a tunnel for the Great America RR under the first turn of the Demon in Gurnee like they did in Santa Clara? There were actually 2 of them. One was right next to the Tunnel of lights, and the 2nd was under the lift hill. In later years, the one under the lift hill was remo...