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I am sure you'll all remember the mist of water you'd feel as you walked under the bridge of the Scenic Railway going from Carousel Plaza into Hometown Square. Has that always been in the park? Was there another place in the park where you could feel a mist of water?

Steven, This new forum is a "great" way for us to share information and ask questions. You'll probably know the answer to this one since you worked in Gurnee for several years. I had heard that some, if not most of the employees who worked at GA during the summers, were from other countrie...

One of the big rivals of the Gurnee Great America was Old Chicago Amusement Park and shopping mall. http://www.negative-g.com/OldChicago/OCIndex.html It was located in Bolingbrook, IL. The concept was a good one, but I guess nobody realized that once you've been to the park a few times, the novelty ...

I know we want to keep to the subject of Marriott's, but I recall Bally's on the signage to the Gurnnee park around 1984. Can someone explain this? Its a question I've wondered about for some time.