Purplehaze

Ah yes, the good old days. When I first started at KI in '89, I wore a long sleeved white shirt and black pants (yes, pants... shorts were not given out for Bakery). Then the next two years I worked in Rivertown and wore blue shorts and the infamous red & white checked shirts, which we called Bob Evans tablecloth shirts. (But the girls sure did look good in those short little red & white checkered dresses! ) That's when I first earned the nickname Big Boy, because back then I wore my hair longer than I do now, and with the humidity I always got a big wave in my hair. Combine the wavy hair and the red & white checked shirt, perfect the pose, and voila, Big Boy! Then in '92, I was 19 and old enough to pour beer, so it was on to Oktoberfest Gardens and the leiderhosen! And that's the reason I work Haunt... for fun. I have a full time job, but come Sept/Oct, it's a great time scaring the **** out of people! Being a hair dresser that wave you talked about scares me already, hahaha, jk! Yes back in the day river town ride ops wore the red/white, blue/white and yellow/white checkered shirts with bluejeans. Octoberfest, wore brown shorts with knee high brown socks and white shirts with a design on them. Coney ride ops wore red and white striped shirts with blue poly pants. H.B. land wore blue pants or shorts with light blue shirts with H.B. characters all over it. Animal Safari Habitat area(az) wore safari type uniforms, tan in color. This is what I wore my first year working on Screamin Demon. Back then you did not take your uniforms home, they had a fully staffed wardrobe dept. You arrived to KI give them your name and they gave you your uniform for the day, they did all laundry and repairs daily. Was kinda nice.

That is awesome Tom. Kudos to your father!

She should talk to her physician.

Happy. And I never noticed the part about the gender of the older two. Wonder why they would do that?

Yes when it was Oscars I could bring family members to eat with me. With permission of course, but before Oscars there was the Canteen...lol EDIT: Not sure if it was really called the Canteen. That is what we called it late 70's to the later 80's.

Prolly right Terpy. Used to be a employee could not buy food inside the park (In Uniform or even out of uniform while on the clock) with the the exception of Entertainment and EMS/Fire. Lately I see employees in uniform buying product. Have the rules changed? As for the canteen they always had tastey food and cheap prices when I was there.

How are the food prices in the employee canteen these days? Anyone know?

Yes people are coming back, not all of them but they are. Like a ballgame, prices are close yet people go everyday. I do not agree with the pricing and I think you know that.

Please do not correct me. Besides that is the way I do it.

^^^ LMAO

I agree with you all but coolers have been a big thing since it opened, I do understand they are loosing some business. However they will march on until CF can not take the loss anymore. IMO prices will never go down. We all speculate on this but until we see the actual numbers we have no idea. Even yesterday when it cleared up, every eatery that was open was busy. I bought food. Kelli that is true but remember things were cheaper then as was wages lower.

Doesn't matter. Even back in the 80's people complained about prices. No matter what they charge people always come back.

I think people after a period of time compare rides like AE to others like DB, you have to judge each ride for what it is.

Will always be footers to me

Cincy you hit it right on the head, the location is horrible. I often forget it is even there. Out of sight out of mind.

But then again it is just a hand stamp, I would actually think there is more to worry about than stamps.

I should have got one last night before I left to see what color it was. I usually always get stamped even if I leave at 9:45pm. Why you might ask? I do not know I just always do

Actually I am the first to complain about the high prices however no matter what there will always be visitors to KI. Kinda like smoking, when prices went up again I heard countless people say they would quit. Did they? Some but majority of them still smoke. Then you have the people who are just now starting to smoke, there will always be smokers as there will always be crowds at KI . Even with high prices people will always eat at the park.

Last week mine was huge and royal blue in color.

Tillamook, Oregon - Tillamook Air Museum & Blimp HangarJust south of Tillamook off of US 101 there is a huge old blimp hangar (in the Guiness Book of World Records as the world's largest woodframe building) with the words "Air Museum" in huge letters on the side. Inside are working historic planes, ****pit simulators and other exhibits, but it's the building itself that looks cool. [John, 07/01/2001] [RA: Considered the "World's Largest Free-Standing Wood Structure," 206 feet wide, 1,072 feet long and 192 feet high. The blimps housed here during World War II monitored enemy activity along the coast, dropped depth charges and sank a couple of submarines in 1943. Hangar A was destroyed in a fire in 1992; hangar B continues on as the Air Museum.] http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/4006

Drop Tower

Same here! About the same age and the Same Ride! But I really wouldn't Consider AE a very big coaster, even though it IS one of my all time favorites. MY first big coaster ever was probably the Mean Streak at Cedar Point when I was like Five. I honestly haven't though much about coasters until I rode The Beast In 2005... That made me fall in love with Coasters. My first Coaster ever was The Beastie/Fairly Odd Coaster/Woodstock Express. My first intense coaster (At least I thought it was intense at the time) was Top Gun/Flight Deck. I even though it looped! I was so ignorant! Ahh... How times have changed... Sorry for Rambling on you guys! FD is not my favorite ride and usually bypass riding it however when you first release from the lift hill it gets quiet and you slowly realize you are dangling way up there, good rush for sure.

^ And the sad part is a lot of parks have lost that old-time park feel who previously had it. It's like the magic just up and left over the years.

Although you can get info on sites like this you should always decide for yourself if a ride is worth your time. Above is a video of the ride in action.

Maybe this does not make any sense however rides do not make my decision to visit a park or not. There is so much to offer. Shopping (even if you do not buy), shows and just the atmosphere. And to be honest who cares who makes a ride.