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Well you never know exactly what would happen with the rides. Why wouldnt they have Batman The Ride...the ride is a classic and famous for bringing a new generation of coasters. However the theme will be alot nicer if Marriott owned the park.

Did Marriotts Great America do anything for Halloween? I think they mentioned it earlier on this website that they did somehting but I couldnt really remember. If they did anything im sure it shouldnt have been that scary for the little kids...or was it?

There was an accident on there with a young girl who got her foot stuck on the floor while rising up.

Highly Doubt it. Those were down for a while now. Also, the park thinks AE as a classic as much as you. It will be long for this ride to be down. Hey Steve I like the SC picture of PGA but where are the recent Gurnee pictures? I hope everybody here wants to see them as much as I do. I mean I go ther...

Are you probly talking about in the kids area located in the Yukon Territory? Or are you talking about the Sky Whirl?

Thanks alot, nice picture. Wow it looks way different now then it did before.

^ Maybe, the one I am talking about was in the middle of the food court in between the tables and chairs.

Was the band located across the market along with its own stage?

I have noticed in the Sky Whirl Photo Album a picture of the Farmers Market...same name? Anyways, in the center of the court there was a stand of some sort with the color orange. Does anybody remember what it was? Sorry I cant paste a picture on here, it would be easier to explain.

What exactly was the Hot Shoppe? Was it located in Hometown Square next to the Hometown Grill?

I agree that they probably would have built more extreme rides. But....they would have kept the theming in place and Marriott runs a tight ship. The employees would be of a higher caliber, thus making families want to return to the park. Like I said before, it's been several years since I've been t...

Wow thats really cool Brdwy that your in a picture. Doesnt that feel weird to be on a post card, and twenty nine years later to see it again on the internet? I really, really wish I went to the Marriott years.

Where did you hear that less families go to the present day Great America? Was there a statistical study done of the demographics on attendance at the Great America parks through the years? Every year Six Flags has a press conference telling the attendance rates and for the past two years, the fami...

Alot of people believe that because the main source why Great America in both parks, present day, has lost its family touch is because of the rides that were to extreme for families. However, Marriott's Great America was still aiming towards the same direction. Once the Tidal Wave made its opening i...

So basically once the American Eagle opened the center ring was always an arcade center?

I don't remember what the trolley operators wore. In old MGA commercials, however, there is a shot of a trolley and the operator is wearing an Orleans Place costume. In Brian's photo you see "Allie's Trolley" on top of the car. If I recall correctly, Allie was Alice Marriott. Steven Its c...