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- Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:02 am
- Forum: Gurnee
- Topic: Marriott's GREAT AMERICA bumper stickers
- Replies: 16
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The only thing I have saved is . . . one picture of myself working at the Barbara Mandrell concert in 1981 :cry: I mentioned that concert in a post a couple years ago. That was the first day I was promoted to Permanent Employee status, and I had to work that concert in my new, starched, dark blue u...
- Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:56 am
- Forum: Gurnee
- Topic: Marriott's GREAT AMERICA bumper stickers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 51422
Well there seems to be some interest in my old bumper sticker cache! I've often thought about selling them, but at the same time I hate to give them up. If you think about it, these are likely the only original MGA bumper stickers still in existence! Then I looked at how many I have, and figured wha...
- Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:11 pm
- Forum: Gurnee
- Topic: Marriott's GREAT AMERICA bumper stickers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 51422
Would you believe I still have a half case full of those original bumper stickers? I snagged them out of the garage of the old Ritter estate on the west side of I-94 (the temporary offices for Great America during the park's construction). A few of us techs went over there to remove anything of valu...
- Wed May 28, 2008 9:20 pm
- Forum: Gurnee
- Topic: Season Pass Questions/Loose Articles Policy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 24822
- Wed May 28, 2008 8:56 pm
- Forum: Rides
- Topic: Using photographs from this site
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7069
- Fri May 23, 2008 7:04 pm
- Forum: Gurnee
- Topic: MGA attention-to-detail...Service Access Road...early years
- Replies: 8
- Views: 33381
^^^ Wow, you just jogged another memory out of the back of my brain! At the Gurnee park, they had the same problem, but they solved it by digging the road out underneath the bridge, which made more headroom above. The downside was the lower road flooded more often during really heavy rains, but that...
- Mon May 19, 2008 5:22 pm
- Forum: Rides
- Topic: Using photographs from this site
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7069
Another Wardrobe memory- Yes, we all owed a lot to the Wardrobe department, but don't think for a minute those ladies would pass up an opportunity to pile on an embarassing situation . . . :oops: They had a special award for those of us who fell victim to the unthinkable :shock: : http://www.greatam...
- Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:24 am
- Forum: Santa Clara
- Topic: 2008 Park Map
- Replies: 22
- Views: 63500
Ok thanks I think thats kinda dumb I under stand the 35 feet part but didn't the businesses know it would be loud if they chose there office to be next to a amusment park. Your mistake is, you are looking at the issue logically. :D You should never assume people are capable of logical thought. It's...
- Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:45 pm
- Forum: Gurnee
- Topic: After hours MGA employee hangouts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18100
- Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:07 pm
- Forum: Shows
- Topic: Merry Mardi Gras Parade music anyone?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 26329
So far no one from Show Ops has come forward with a recording. :( I have a VERY small segment of the parade on a cassette. It's playing in the background of a recording I made with a handheld recorder, when I walked in to the shop and talked to the guys. I haven't tried the college / school idea. Th...
- Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:35 pm
- Forum: Gurnee
- Topic: Name Badges and Buttons
- Replies: 17
- Views: 55263
Re: Gurnee Park Nametag Colors '77-'82
As I remember it from my supervisor days, the background colors on the name tags in Gurnee from 1977-1982 were: White - seasonal costumed employee Yellow - seasonal costumed employee under 16 years old Blue - seasonal costumed supervisors Red - permanent full-time management Green - non-costumed em...
- Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:15 pm
- Forum: Shows
- Topic: Merry Mardi Gras Parade music anyone?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 26329
- Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:57 pm
- Forum: Remembering Marriott's GREAT AMERICA
- Topic: Remembering MGA1
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4836