Why was it that the temp in the bathrooms was always about 12 below zero? Seriously, I remember the bathrooms at the park being really, really, really cold all the time -- which was great for escaping the blistering hot midwest summer heat.
Now that it was mentioned, the bathrooms are nice and chilly during the summer!! The air conditioners must be huge ones for that small area of space. This was still true at Six Flags this past summer.
^Cold air makes you feel better but not the smell! I guess in the summer it is pretty noticeable. It's a good idea to have good AC in the bathrooms just not on colder days.
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I started as an Area Host in Gurnee in 1977 (Marriott year 2). I remember the freezing restrooms. I also remember having to clean those restrooms...yuck. The restrooms originally had a through-the-wall mounted window air conditioning unit. It was located on the rear wall of the restrooms to the left of the large wall mirror. At that time, anyone could walk up to the air conditioner and open the control panel and either crank the AC way down or turn it off completely. Those AC units were also electric heaters. There were AC and HEAT push button controls on the control panels.
I think those through-the-wall units were removed in '79 or '80 and replaced with big central air conditioning/heat units. The central air units had a thermostat locked inside a small plastic box mounted on the restroom wall.
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I remember a couple of teenagers got busted 'going at it' in the bathroom in the summer of 1977. I had to go #2 and then I heard noises that were not normal for a bathroom. Before I left, security was all over the bathroom, 4 of them. They opened all the stall doors, including mine, until they caught them in the act. Those crazy '70s.